London Romantic Murder Trial Ends With Pardon Recommended
A London case recounts two lovers who planned to drown themselves in the Thames. The man was found guilty as a principal in murder, though pardon was recommended after judges concluded the woman acted by encouragement and potential accident. This report from Every Oeser Saturday outlines the legal reasoning and jury findings surrounding the fatal drowning.
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Westminster Bridge
Thames
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Door-Bell Fiends and a Kitchen Door Protest
A Manhattan woman living near Central Park keeps a wall of advertising cards in her kitchen closet. She forbids buying from any man whose card appears on the door, mails offenders’ cards to be nailed beside the others, and instructs servants to answer every ring to avoid aiding innocent traders. She aims to deter door-to-door solicitors and refuses to patronize those who she believes push wares deceitfully.
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Sun
The Laughing Sex and its Talkative Nature
A Boston newspaper column argues women are biologically compelled to laugh and talk excessively. It mocks female speech, describing women as always explaining their conclusions and gesturing with arms and hands, claiming nature made them so.
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Gardening notes on cauliflowers salsify and root cuttings
The text discusses cauliflowers needing rich soil and watering for best growth and blanching to ease foliage. It mentions limited salsify cultivation, its cultivation similar to other roots, and yields with rich soil and spacing. It also describes methods for propagating bushes via seeds cutting and spring time division.
Coffee houses of Istanbul described by a San Francisco Chronicle cor
The report sketches Turkish coffee houses as busy, saloon like spaces run by multi service vendors including surgeons barbers and dentists. Benches surround a central chair used for medical procedures while narghili stands line the walls. Customers drink strong impalpable coffee in casual, ceremony free surroundings.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Miscellaneous items from period noting laws and curiosities
The excerpt reviews a NY legislative tax proposal on geese and bachelors, a New York governor signing oleomargarine restrictions, a Luna Island tragedy recounted from 1850, a pulse and temperature study linked to smoking, a Chicago museum display of a double headed cow, and a Hindu ear-cutting ritual for marrying age girls.
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The Bridal Canoe Tour Down the Hudson and Beyond
A Beeson couple plans a lavish bridal canoe trip on a silken sail craft. They will travel from Riverside Park up the Hudson to Lake George and Champlain, then down the Connecticut to New York, with tents and camp gear aboard and a costly but graceful voyage envisioned.
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N. S. Journal
China opposes railways until roads mature
Pekin correspondent argues foreigners fear railways would dominate China, while Chinese prefer road improvements first. He notes telegraph and minor rail links built under foreign supervision but operated by Chinese, and predicts railways will come only after a decade of road infrastructure.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Boy kills rat to please mother in reforming garden nuisance
A three year old in Indianapolis acts on his mother’s wish to remove a nuisance by killing a rat mistaken for a plant pest in her window garden. The incident highlights a child’s literal interpretation of a parent’s harsh view and provokes distress among relatives.
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Remarkable egg-eating feat draws crowds on Front Street
A young man with a gold scarf-pin and alluring smile visits John Ross's cafe on Front Street. He consumes thirty-six pounds of beef and sixty eggs in staged runs, while spectators wager large sums. The repeat performances promise further feats as witnesses laugh and marvel at the alleged record.
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