Fights for Justice by Colonel Robertson of London
Colonel Robertson of London devotes his life to challenging wrongful legal outcomes. He recalls cases of wrongful convictions, ignored witness evidence, and miscarriages of justice in Ireland and England. He notes a harsh system, mentions a Dublin chemist shop assistant, a poor mother jailed, and a woman charged on trumped-up claims facing legal bills.
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Colonel Robertson
London
England
Thone
Colone P. F
Robertson
Ireland
Til
Mountjoy
Dublin
Reformatory
Painter Xavier Martinez Set to Wed His Model Elsie Whitaker
Artiette Wed Beautiful Model, San Francisco Xavier Martinez, famed painter, to marry his model Miss Elsie Whitaker a seventeen year old girl from the Whitaker family daughter of Herman Whitaker author of The Probationer and related stories. Martinez noted for his careless attire and distinctive black mustache remains inspired by his muse through the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artiette
San Francisco
Xavier Martinez
Elsie Whitaker
Ote
Herman Whitaker
Canadian
Northwest
Martines
Xavier Martines
Military vehicle delivery reported by Sazon war ministry
The Sazon war ministry said it has accepted the delivery of an armored motor car able to resume fire with a machine gun and space for ten men. Similar cars are being cannabe uptaa.
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Whesis
Herlin
Sazon
Geveral
Cannabe Uptaa
Hole in Heart Revealed After Autopsy in New York
Coroner's physician Dr. Philip F. O'Hanlon reports a newly described heart disease from autopsy of Mrs. Morence Stevens, 33, who lived ten months with a hole in the heart the size of a musket ball. The rupture, partially covered by an organized clot, occurred at the bottom of the heart. multiple diseases accompanied it including Bright's disease and tubercular intestinal ulcers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philip F. O'Hanlon
Marburger
Morence Stevens
Bright
Stevens
Dr. O'Hanlon
Paris Congress of Malmed Persons in Need
In Paris a congress of maimed persons convened to gain public sympathy and government permission to form a syndicate for protecting their interests. Attendees, many disabled or missing limbs, discussed issues of concern to their community and campaigned across the city for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Auction of Infants Sparks Police Stop In Avellino Market
London dispatch reports a peasant couple offering two four month old babies for 340 each in Avellino market. A buyer agreed to the price and began to take the children away before police intervention halted the sale and arrested all parties. Millionaire recluse dies in New York. George C. Taylor, son of Moses Taylor, long prominent merchant, dies at Great River LA after decades in retirement following a fortune built in New York City.
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Gale
London
Eng
Rome
Avellino
New York
George C. Taylor
Moses Taylor
Great River
Taylor Place
Largest game preserve in New Hampshire park plan
Chicago built Dive Mountain park in the western New Hampshire towns near Newport and Claremont. Austin Corbin created 25 000 acres enclosed by 28 miles of nine foot fence stocking wild boar moose deer buffalo and other game. Blaine S. Wiles manages the preserve with strict rules and passes for visitors.
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Chicago
Dive Mountain Park
New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Newport
Croydon
Grantham
Plainaield
Cornish
Claremont
Austin Corbin
New York
Germany
Montana
Blaine S. Wiles
Yale Forestry School
Via Itora
Famous Eagle in Hospital Near Buffalo Hopes for Recovery
Old Bob the bald eagle long a Grand Inland resident may never fly again after injuring a calf and being rescued by William Hodge, game protector. Dr. Horatius Wende treats the bird at a veterinary hospital with forest commission dispensation. Bob’s wings are damaged, and a penalty fight over possession looms if the Eagle is kept for further treatment.
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Buffalo
Bob
Grand
William ©. Hodge
Fish and Game Protector
Horatius Wende
Forest, Fair and Game Commission
Hodge
Wende
Mr. Hodge
Bees swarm on a car in Brightwood yards
A large swarm of bees gathered on a B&O loaded box car in Brightwood while waiting to load no bill of lading for melons from the south. Workers coaxed the queen bee for two hours, finally the queen hid in a crack and the car proceeded to Gallon Ohio with the melons, without bee removal.
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Cincinnati
Frank Bowers
St. Louis
Brightwood Yarda & Cargo
Brightwood Yards
W. B. Screen
School Street
Douglas Billa
Indy
Wages and Eatables Report on 1906 wage rise and food prices
The 1906 federal wage and food price study shows average hourly wages in manufacturing up 4.5 percent, with regular hours down 0.5 percent and employment up 7 percent. Full-time weekly earnings rose 3.9 percent from 1905. Food prices rose 2.9 percent. purchasing power of an hour’s wages grew, with 1906 ahead of 1905 in food buying power.
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Washington
Bureau of Inter
Bessemer
United States
Bureau of Labor
Austrian Baron Reveals Title At Wedding In Schenectady
Mise Elizabeth Stoddard wed Alvin DeKorossy, an electrical engineer at General Electric works, only to learn after the vows that he is an Austrian baron. He kept the secret from her father and asked the revelation be delayed until marriage to let her love him for himself.
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Baron Woos
Schenectady
Mise Mlizabeth Stoddard
Alvin DeKorossy
General Electrical Works
Wurpries
Mise Stoddart
Bane
Swallows Snake at Spring During Camping Trip
Thomas Jeffries of Cincinnati felt sudden illness after drinking water from a Kentucky spring. Dr. Ralph Tiley retrieved a live garden snake five to six inches long from Jeffries’s stomach, likely swallowed with the water. He recovered after emetic treatment and a playful remark about shakes from drinking water.
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Tawrenceburg
Ihd
Kentucky
Thomas Jeffries
Jeffries
Tilley
Checks Drift 500 Miles From Dover Sink Sack
A sack of old checks from the National Provincial Bank of England was hurled into the sea by a client who moved and sank the sack. The drift carried the papers about 500 miles, washing ashore on the German coast near Fohr. Bank officials learned of the discovery via Lloyds agency. The finders sought reward clarification.
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London
Wyk
Fohr
Dover
National Provincial Bank of England
Lloyd's Agency
Straits of Dover
Simple home remedy promise for urinary trouble
A dubious recipe claims suet mix of Plaid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargon and Sarsaparilla will relieve hackney kidney and bladder issues. It touts rapid kidney eliminative action, claims safety for the stomach, and notes a pharmacist can supply or mix ingredients. Ends with an unrelated London Opinion vignette about a cab.
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New York Daily Paper
Enid
Family Skeleton and Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Ad
A Philadelphia Press style joke ad promoting Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a laxative for indigestion constipation and biliousness. It mocks digestive issues with a quip about a square meal fitting a round stomach and offers money back if it fails. Sold by druggists for 50 cents to $1.00.
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Caldwell
Philadelphia Press
Hyacinth Curse Chokes Louisiana Rivers Hurts Trade
In southern Louisiana the hyacinth bloom clogs hundreds of streams hindering navigation and causing heavy losses to cane rice and timber industries. Waterways dammed by the weed disrupt rail and milling operations, forcing lumber firms to use motor boats to move the floats and logs to deep water with limited relief.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Loutate Ana
Franklin
Bayou Techa
Pardoned After Thirty Years Beloved Palestine Citizen
Alan William Pearson, who fled Alabama Penitentiary in 1876 after stealing a pig and later became a prominent Palestine, Texas, resident, has been pardoned by Governor Connor upon a petition from Governor Campbell and Congressman Gregg. Pearson had escaped after two months, was later convicted in Clay County at age 18, and reportedly refused political office until now. Meanwhile Coreans to Lose Topknots in new imperial ceremony signaling complete subordination to Japan as the emperor orders a haircut reform for all Coreans.
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Montgomery
Alan William Pearson
Alabama
Texas
Palestine
Connor
Campbell
Gregg
Pearson
Comer
Clay County
The Price of Health in a Malaria District
An ad notes the price of health at 25 cents for a box of Dr King s New Life Pills sold through H O Miller s Druggist Ellaa s of Nol and Ark claims the pills cleanse gently impute life and vigor to the system with guaranteed satisfaction.
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Thedford
S. E. N. Moore
Law
Olee.— Kome & Lower Uwake National Bank
Johnson City
Tenn
W. J. Matthews, M. D
Main Street
Ros
Kirkpatrick, Johnson & Miller
Attorneys-At-Law
Johnson City , Tennessee
Brown Building
Reams
A. McQlain
ES. Miller
Iino
I. C. Miller
Aldonce King Street
J. A Gardner
Spessislat
Eagle Building
D. M. Guinn
S. C. Williams
Solicttor
Tennessee
Sells
COX & Sells
Gam W. Price
Vines & Price Attorneys - At - Law
C. J. Broyles
New Harrow
Mein Street
E. J. Vaught
Ofes
Brown Bldg
Sreesanth
Pat Bamach
Bears & Dyer
Wutaio
Paris Gibson
Yale
Grand Island
Neshaminy
John McCarthy
Cataska
McCarthy
Philadelphia
Keystone Telephone Company
A.J. Sirich
Federal Department
SEA
Suet
Andden
Ian
Corea
Dulaney & Lewis
Mercantile
Cleantaito Ead Buiding
Spring Street
Haat Market Street
BK. Williams & CO
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