Justice of the Peace Tard Hears Slay Charge Tale
Roy White, a Vinton Construction foreman, confesses to killing a man named William Anderson after forcing layoffs. White claimed justification, saying he acted to punish the workers he deemed least capable. Anderson, intoxicated, was arrested for drunkenness and fined.
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the Peace Tard
Tord
Roy White
Pam
Vinton Construction Company
Gtarre
Willian Anderson
Poagain
East Broml Street
Petseway
Toran
Anerson
White
Anderson
Lake Shore Electric Abandons Sub station at Masser's Corners
The new Lake Shore Electric sub station at Masser's Corners is completed. The high tension wire was cut in haste and tested. Machinery will be installed tomorrow. When this sub station is in place and operating the Clyde sub station will be abandoned.
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Lake Shore Electric
Masser's Corners
Clyde
Gold Loss From Atlantic Gold Shipments Revealed
A banker notes that shipping gold by sea loses value due to abrasion and movement. Gold coins shed 12 to 16 ounces per million in rough seas, about 200 dollars, while bars lose less. In calm weather losses fall to around 100 dollars per million. Even with waves, bars save over a thousand per ten million shipped.
Slavery in Brazil Italian Farm Labor Exploitation
The piece condemns conditions for Italian laborers in Sao Paulo Brazil, detailing 1904 estimates of 1.1 million Italians in Brazil and 650,000 in Sao Paulo. It describes extreme hours, poor food, and brutal treatment on fazendas, with authorities and consulates failing to protect workers and likening masters to former slaves. It also touches on superstition about opals and a miscellany of reflections on vitality and resilience.
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Brasil
South America
Saya
San Paulo
Republic
Oreste Ristori
Poplorae
Mantua
Brazil
Gulf
Tstortella Vis.i
Rane
Republc
Same Operation, Different Outcomes in Hospital Care
Two men undergo identical operations by the same surgeon under equal conditions. One patient recovers. the other dies. The contrast highlights vitality as the main factor in recovery amid sustained business pressure.
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Saya
Stories of Scotch Judges and Their Callous Rhetoric
Edinburgh observers recall how Scottish judges in earlier eras treated life as cheap and indulged levity at risk. Sir Francis Bacon and a condemned man share a quip about kinship before the hangman, while Lord Kraxieid is noted for relishing convictions and joking about bleeding hearts. A judge even mocks a personal friend as a late victim, reflecting a harsh judicial culture.
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Salvesen
Edinburgh
Francis Bacon
Bacon
Ting
Kraxieid
Juvsn Peysonal
Glass Clock Built by Bohemian Polisher Joseph Buyer
After six years of patient labor in Theresien thal, 71 year old Bohemian glass polisher Joseph Buyer completed a working clock with every part forged from glass except the springs. The frame gears and dial are glass, joined by glass screws, wedges, and pins, with a glass winding key. The mechanism required repeated making and remaking up to forty times for proper operation, and the finish cost about 2,500 mirka, reflecting low local labor costs in Bobenia.
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Joseph Buyer
Theresienthal
Bobenia
Real and Rogas Relics From a Bygone Era
An 18th to 19th century sale catalogs various hocked relics and mementos purported to belong to famous figures. Items include a tooth said to be from Napoleon at St Helena sold for 37.60, wigs and skulls attributed to historical names, and personal effects of Rousseau, Descartes, Newton, and Heloise priced or offered. Some consignments are described as inauthentic, with Voltaire walking sticks and other items questioned for genuineness.
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Napeorgon
St. Helena
Kor Kant
Sterne
Descartes
Sir Isaac Newton
Heloise
Rousseau
Voltaire
France
Jean Jacques Rous
Heirs Seek To Get Land In Pittsfield Township
A land dispute in Pittsfield township asks the court to recover 10 acres. Plaintiffs Henry McRoberts Volney Arthur Charl Ernest Archie Frank Emma and Jane claim Pitt McRoberts died in 1898 leaving property to Abby McRoberts for life. upon her death it should go to Pitt’s brothers Henry Volney and Arthur and sister Jane, not to Barnards. George Holliman occupies the land as a tenant of the Barnards.
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Fittsfield Township
Court of Common Pleas
Henry
Volney
Arthur
Charl Ernest
Archie
Frank
Emma
Jane McRoberts
Henry H
Alonzo Barnard
George Hollman
Pitt McRoberts
Pittsfield Township
Abby McRoberts
George Holliman
The
Barnards
Oberlin Girl Weds En Toledo in Thanksgiving Wedding
Miss Bessie May Colburn of Oberlin and Mr. Frank B. Ward were married in Toledo on Thanksgiving Day. They planned a long wedding trip to London and expect to be at home in Pittsburgh after March 15 as Ward continues in business.
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Bessie May Colburn
Oberlin
Frank
Ward
Toledo
Mac
London
Pittsburg
Busin
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