Killing Men For Sport
A historical column denounces sniping and target killing in war, detailing British and Russian incidents. It cites a Crimean War nobleman with sport rifles at Sevastopol, condemning noncombatant killings as murder and urging peace conferences to ban such acts as grave offenses against wartime norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
Philadelphia Times
Sevastopol
Lord Raglan
Eyre
House of Commons
Labouchere
India
Hindustan
Cawnpur
Lucknow
Delhi
Half Monkey Madagascar Lemur Aboard Night Dweller
A New York Press summary describes Chiromys madagascarensis the nocturnal Madagascar lemur nicknamed the half monkey. Dr. Friedrich Knauer’s specimen offers the first authentic life portrait, detailing its shy reclusive habits, batlike hunting, and peculiar fingered limbs used for drinking digging and leaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
New York Press
Friedrich Knauer
Feminine Vengeance in Pinera Canyon Adventure
Rhoda Riggs, a plucky Arizona rancher, leads a cavalry band to avenge lumberman J. D. Mack in Pinera canyon. She tracks Apache ambushers, spots their trail, and fires from cover, turning the fight and scattering the attackers as soldiers pursue the remaining riders through the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Riggs
Plains
Pinera Canyon
J. D. Mack
Wild
Rhoda
Arizona
Mack
Miss Riggs
A Trifling Indiscretion by Howard Fielding
Miss Weld frets over visiting Morton at his bachelor apartments as a looming group of men and a stubborn sideboard block passage. She dodges social scrutiny from Mrs Powers and Mrs Warner Burton, while Morton’s innards of a writing life and his friend’s troubles lurk in a crowded hall of unusual residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Weld
Morton
Mr. Morton
Edward
Mrs. Powers
Graham Douglass
Bertie Hollis
Raphael
Mr. Ormund
Amy Weld at Bevanini Concert Nightmare Escapes
Amy Weld endures a farcical sequence as friends crowd a hidden studio. She avoids capture by climbing a sideboard and chairs, feigns a mouse scare, and finally attends Signor Bevanini’s recital with Morton, who reveals his support after a tense moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Weld
Dollie Hayes
Amy Weld
Leland Powers
Amy
Dollie
Satan
Burton
Signor
Dry Garret Notes Reveal Clerical Inheritance
The late Sir William Lockhart’s father Rev Lawrence Lockhart, once Inchinnan parish minister, left items in a Lanarkshire garret upon succession. Arriving heir inquired if the garret was aired and proper. Reply stated the garret’s contents were all right, well aired and quite dry sermons and all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Lockhart
Lawrence Lockhart
Lanarkshire
Inchinnan
Renfrewshire
How Are Your Kidneys Dr Hobbs Sparagus Pills Cure
A dubious advertisement claims a patent pill cures kidney diseases. It urges readers to obtain a free sample and directs to Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago and a New York address for the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Vartcocktle
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Howard Fielding
Kohn Lumber
Perry Street
Vanini
Signor Bevanini
Hayes
Ernest Barsgrave
Ric
JREL
Aay Jisder
Tires
Kennedy & Kergan
Superior Street
Cleveland
O. K
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan
Madison
Chicago
Mackintosh
Davis
Address & CO
Chicacos
Searoebuck
Tseusé, Roebuck & Co
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