Court Hears New Chapter in Thaw Life Trial
In White Plains a court heard Susan Merrill recount Thaw’s alleged acts from 1902 to 1905. She described two lodging houses, 200+ girls, and $25 000 paid for silence, with a pearl whip as she testified Thaw lashed girls. The defense pressed her credibility amid cross examination. A separate note reports a United Mine Workers meeting over explosives, and Taft Cup sailing honors won by the Joyette yacht.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Susan Merrill
Stanford White
New York
Madison Square Roof Garden
State
Thaw
Thaws
Charles Morschauser
Mr. Morschauser
Pittsburg
United Mine Workers of America
Marblehead
Mass
Commodore W. H. Childs
Bensonhurat Yacht Club
Brooklyn
Flower and Tree Facts From a Historical Note
The Brazilian cdéeanut palm reaches 600 to 700 years. Cedar poles require over 190 years to reach thirty feet under average forest conditions. Tulips close petals on cloudy days and reopen with sun. Cottonwood trees reportedly grow fastest in the country at about a quarter inch per year.
Secret Service to Star Bush Temple Stock Company in Chicago
Chauncey Keim brother of Adelaide Keim serves as stage manager at Bush Temple theater Chicago May Buckley joins the company presenting Cameo Kirby Dustin Farnum will be in the theater production The British censor forbids a bar league on An Englishman's Home downgrading the show slate
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Chauncey Keim
Adelaide Keim
Bush Temple
Chicago
May Buckley
Cameo Kirby
Dustin Farnum
First Church of Christ Announces Services and Meetings
Nov 17 1909 notice for First Church of Christ lists Sunday School at 10 a m Worship at 11 a m and a Thursday 7 p m prayer meeting with plans for regular preaching soon. Mrs Joyce Claremont New Hampshire endorses Foley's Remedy for kidney trouble in testimonial signed MC VanDorn sells it.
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S Joyce
Claremont, N H
Foley
VanDorn
Deal Off Plot at School For Holiday
A school boy tries to dodge a day of lessons by telling the teacher his mother wants him excused. The teacher reveals the mother changed her mind and the boy quips that both are lying, so he will stay.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Wealthy Soldier's Idea
Australians recall colonial volunteers through a tale recorded by the Melbourne Times. Gene, a Stock Exchange member, guarded a wagon in a wet night and asked the colonel for a rough value. The colonel guessed £200. The plan to visit camp and issue a check was Gene's bright idea to avoid cold, a detail not recorded by the Times.
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Gene
Stock Exchange
Melbourne Times
Fourteenth Century Medical Advice From Synge
The excerpt quotes fourteenth century tips for physicians noting liver obstructions and patient misperceptions. It warns using obstruc tion to convey liver issues and advises against dining with unpaid patients, suggesting inns instead. It also counsels excluding a patient’s friends after injuries, since they may faint and incur costly disruptions.
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Synge
England
Secret Society Among Sese Islanders in Uganda
A fragmented note describes Bachichi a secret society among the Sese Islanders in Uganda linked to death customs. It claims members may avoid burial by eating the dead while relatives bear bodies to forest sites. The piece mixes colonial commentary with sensational detail and briefly advertises patent medicine and fur goods.
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Uganda
National Magazine
A Movable Feast at Rhode Island Clambake
A Western guest at a Rhode Island clambake confesses unease about dining rules and asks when to stop. Senator Aldrich replies with a humorously practical plan to sit four inches from the table and move back when he touches it.
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Rhode Island
Senator Aldrich
Pittsburg
World ages yet lies lively in daily grind
A Kansas City Journal verse-like reflection notes the world’s long age yet persistent renewal. It admires its ongoing pace, refusal to quit, and ability to sprucely adapt like a youthful player in the race of time.
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Kansas City Journal
Wildness and snappy quips from old newspapers
A collage of humor snips and quips from Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Star and other papers. Cartoonish lines on sports youth slang horse sense and a light joke about a leaking roof. The tone mimics early 20th century briefs and snippets.
Parachute Fashion Sparks Debate in Houston Post
Poem-like note comments on airborne travel and parachutes as lifesaving gear for ladies. It playful critiques how curiosity about the sky might affect men’s necks when gazing upward at flight.
Kinikerbecker Family Recalled by De Scadds
A Chicago News piece recalls the Kinikerbecker family with remarks from Mr. De Scadds. Grandfather notes he remembers you as a girl as old ties and memories surface.
Notable figures profiled in a brisk biographical sketch
The piece profiles diverse figures from politics business and exploration. It notes Joe Cannon's chair posture, Nilo Pecanha's Brazilian presidency succession, Senator Dick of Ohio’s career path, Sidney Kidman's vast landholdings, Baden-Powell's kite invention, Frederick Taylor's long exploration record, Franklin M. Greeley's long factory service, Charles G. Dawes's wealth and politics, and Yale's oldest living graduate Chester Dutton at ninety five living near Riverside eight miles from Cuvenecordia Xan.
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Ohio
Sidney Kidman
Australia
Baden-Powell
South Africa
Frederick Taylor
Royal Geographical Society of London
Franklin M. Greeley
Bridgeport
Conn
Horace Greeley
Charles G. Dawes
The
Treasury
Chicago
Yale University
Chester Dutton
New Flaven
Riverside Homestead
Cuvunecordia
Xan
Nightfall Leaves: Plant Roots and Smoking Tree Wonder
A single leaf orange tree can root boldly with careful planting. Most plants shut petals at night, while scientists say none fully sleep. A smoking tree in Ono Japan posts a sunset plume from its trunk, standing sixty feet high. The heliotrope recalls Clytie, linking to sunflower as symbols of devoted attachment.
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Ono
Japan
Clytie
Motor Goose Rhyme and Metropolitan Magazine Joke
A playful verse about motors and a grim line about twenty four killed on the road. The piece shows a chauffeur fleeing after a police pursuit with a satirical jab at human treatment. It also cites Metropolitan Magazine and a cartoonish office scene from New York Life.
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Metropolitan Magazine
A Way Out of It
A debt of calls looms over a person who cannot pay while wishing lawmakers would heed the issue. The text frames the situation as a social bankruptcy and critiques the system, as presented in the Washington Herald.
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Washington Herald
Informal courtship clash echoes in family dispute
A dialogue scene shows Mrs Hansom confronting a suitor about secrecy and propriety. A witty remark from the suitor mimics a clash of manners. The piece references the Nelson River’s vast flow and geography, with a brief exchange on Catherine of Russia’s portrait and hair.
Remarkable Baseball Umpire and Juggler Talent
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet praises a baseball umpire noted as a “dandy juggier toe” who can catch pop bottles. The odd pairing of officiating skill and juggling ability forms the humorous highlight.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Poem Snippet on Squeeze and Altitude
A brief Lippincott's Magazine verse contemplates the art of judging the right altitude for a squeeze. The lines offer a coy philosophical musing on balance and propriety in intimate moments.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Choked on Them amid Words Swallowed Anger Quote
A Baltimore American quote notes a man’s visible anger as if he has swallowed his words, illustrating heated rhetoric and tense emotions in a public discourse.
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Baltimore
Nature Enthusiasts Preview Local Beauty
Nature enthusiasts seek a passing hint of the world’s beauty through seasonal ads from summer landlords, inviting readers to glimpse nature’s fair offerings.
Notable women around the world face varied paths in life
Italy’s first woman Sawyer Signorina Lollini begins practice as a lawyerly trade. Mrs Zelmay B Sawyer of Gardiner Maine remains active in a tailor shop at eighty six. Nancy C Bush in Charlotte Vermont becomes oldest postmistress in New England at seventy eight, with thirty seven years in service. Mrs Parks of Los Angeles has seventeen living children and forty eight years old. Mrs Higgins of Great Barrington Mass sleds into New Year at eighty eight. Mathilda Hilaska of Budapest ends engagement over smoking. Florence Haywood of Indianapolis guides Louvre tours in Paris teaching art to American visitors.
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Italy
Sawyer
Signorina Lollini
Zelmay B. Sawyer
Gardiner
New England
Nancy C. Bush
Charlotte, Vt
J. L. Parks
Los Angeles
John Higgins
Great Barrington
Mass
Mathilda Hilaska
Budapest
Florence Haywood
Indianapolis
Louvre
Paris
Ball Players Entertaining Ideas for National Pastime With Mexicans
The article notes Martin Walsh弟 of Ed Walsh will showcase baseball ideas with the Chicago Mexicans next spring while Cuban pitcher Mendez reportedly signs with Cincinnati. It also mentions Eastern league holds weak promise, and details minor league records for Barger and Stanley. Cincinnati pitcher Cantwell from Winchester weighs 200 pounds, six and a half feet tall and attends Georgetown postgraduate study.
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Martin
Ed Walsh
Chicago
Mendez
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Barger
Rochester
Stanley
Montreal
Joe Cantillon
Washington Americans
Nationals
Detroits
San Antonio
Tex
Burns
Johnson
Tom Cantwell
Winchester
Georgetown, University
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Shoop
Idrods
C. L. Gates Hancock
Minn
Swanson Pills
Harry Thaw
First Church of Christ
Draggista
J. Loeb
McMahon
Chicago Tribune
Kida
Philadelphia Star
Hewitt—Gruet
Jewett
Elephantom
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Chicago Post
Browning’s
Hoopskirts
Houston Post
Sires and Sons
Joe Cannon
Nilo Pecanha
Brazil
Pena
New York Life
Mrs. Hansom
Nelson River
Hudson Bay
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Ontario
Great Lakes
Montana
Minnesota
Catherine of Russia
Ball Players
Cleveland Plats Dealer
Washington Star
Johnny
Little Star
Chicago News
J. Loeb’s
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