Convicts Mankugo Bore the Tess Prison Fire
A massive blaze destroyed the Women's Work House on Blackwells Island. Convicts forced from cells aided in rescuing inmates as fire crews struggled. the revolt and heroism ended with convicts vowing to guard the prison themselves. The fire spread to the hospital and work house extending to Long Island and the East River shoreline.
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Cis- AH
Glackwells Island
Waly
Re Work Biog
Dar Net
Oreek
Tie Wits
Wonen
Long Island
East River
Woman Granted Full Pardon After Manslaughter Case
Sentoria Yarborough of Dawson Georgia was pardoned by Governor Terrell for involuntary manslaughter in which she struck her drunken husband with a stick. The pardon follows a prison commission recommendation and was granted on December 14 in Atlanta. The report notes a 1910 exposition in Atlanta will be debated again next week by a 26 member committee.
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Sentoria Yar Fborough
Dawson
Terrell County
Terrell
Alex W. Smith
Wiseiy
Oy Stalion
Southern
Aderage
Mler
Roguage Cent C
Ferivetta Sk
Parliaments Whip System And Its Uneasy Practices
A historical note explains the parliamentary whip as an official who pairs members from opposite sides to suppress votes and maintain majority control. The role includes arranging for attendance and recording the pairing, reportedly with a salary around ten thousand dollars, and humorous mispairings sometimes occur like a man with a broken leg paired with a newly deceased thunderer.
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House of Senate
Parchiament
Pit Rouge
Cory Prewetig
Aostavor
Pia
Understanding Winds and Drafts in Buildings
The article explains how opening windows on opposite sides creates drafts when wind enters and exits a room. It notes drafts feel colder and can affect sensitive people, with stronger drafts forming in moving air like railway car windows.
Five-masted Schooner Henry O Barrett Lost Men Overboard
The five masted schooner Henry O Barrett from Norfolk bound for Boston was attacked by heavy seas in Vineyard Sound off Nobska. Captain J B Norton of Rockland Maine and Mate Conley of St John New Brunswick were washed overboard, leaving the vessel anchored awaiting a tow to Boston.
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Vinyard Haven
Mass
Henry O. Barrett
Norfolk
Boston
J. B. Norton
Rocklaid
Conley
St. John
N. B
Vineyard Sound
Nobska
Montgomery Editors Honored At Forty-Year Banquet
Montgomery Alabama January 3. Maj W W Screws former president of the National Press association and F P Glass owners of the Montgomery Advertiser were entertained at a banquet by their employer. This marked forty years for Major Screws at the Montgomery Advertiser.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. W. Screws
National Press Association
F. P. Glass
The
Montgomery Advertiser
Screws
Mississippi Legislature Convened in Special Session
Jackson Miss January 3 The Mississippi legislature has convened in a special session with plans to consider a new code and a bond issue of one million dollars Governor Vardaman stated he will place no time limit on the session and will let the body proceed as needed
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Mssissippi
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Vardaman
Japanese Expansion Talk and Griscom Visit to United States
Toyoto Visit United States York Dec 14 Lloyd Griscom discusses Korea and the Korean question with officials in a lengthy interview. He says America remains informed, Admiral Togo plans a U S visit after England, and Griscom plans to travel to Washington soon while his departure was delayed by a cold.
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York
Lloyd Grisco
Griscom
Lee Aune
Pol Ou
Korea
Altho
Marquis
Japan
United States
Togo
England
Washington
Official Butcher Card Sender Fined In Federal Court
Notre Dame chemistry professor Robert L. Green pleaded guilty in a U S district court to sending a postal card to H H Peck Windsor Vermont labeling him Official Woman Butcher in connection with the Mrs Mary Rogers murder case. He was fined $10 and costs.
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Notre Dame
Indianapolis
Ind
H. H. Peck
Windsor
Robert L. Green
Notre Dame University
United States District Court
Mary Rogers
Green
Tough Problem Letter Referred by Atchison Globe
A reader asks how to dispose of a widow’s clothing found in the former home. The letter, referred to the Lancaster Literary Society, describes a closet containing a brown dress skirt petticoats stockings slippers and a black silk waist and seeks a satisfactory plan for relatives and neighbors.
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Lancaster Literary Society
Atchison Globe
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