Influence of Matrimony on Crime Rates Across Ages
The piece notes married men show lower property crime and morality offenses than un married men while widowers contribute more crime between ages 30 and 50. Early marriage correlates with higher offenses due to expenses, while crime against property declines with age among the married. It cites Sir Purdon Clarke disputing a Delhi throne pedestal at the Metropolitan Museum and calls genuineness a frequent museum debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
Sir Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Boston
Lord Curzon
India
Delhi
Metropolitan Museum
Sir Purdon
Newspaper Poets Barred Out by Impulsionism fad
The Washington Post notes a Paria based movement naming itself Impulsionism. It claims poets write only under genuine emotion and await the purple mood, forming a new but non revolutionary school of American newspaper poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Washington Post
Global Industry Shifts Highlight Latin Harbor Plans
The article notes a future shift toward trained American workers, surpassing reliance on natural resources, with competition from Germany and others. It highlights South American harbor projects, Chile's $20 million Valparaiso port work and Brazil's $19.5 million dock expansion at Rio Janeiro, signaling expanding trade.
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Cleveland
Germany
Chile
Valparaigo
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
South America
Week's World Events Review Highlights Turmoil
A broad review lists political moves in New York and Taft's cabinet, notable crimes, trials, and deaths. It notes Elk-like incidents in Mexico, labor strain, international accords between the United States and Japan, a shipwreck near Pangasinan, and major sport events in Savannah.
Floods and disasters sweep across states as death tolls rise
News items report 3000 homeless in West Guthrie Oklahoma from Cottonwood river flooding after two days of heavy rain. A mine explosion in Marianna Pennsylvania kills at least 138 with grisly casualties. Chinese detainees at San Francisco dock escape custody as immigration decisions loom. Postmaster General Meyer reveals 208 million in receipts with a 16.9 million deficit. Multiple other incidents include murders, suicides, tornadoes, riots, a Sheridan statue unveiling, and deportation orders for British workers.
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West Guthrie
Oklo
Cottonwood River
Pittsburg-Buffalo
United States
Meyer
Adolphe Steinheil
Mme. Japy
Paris
Mme. Steinheil
North
H. C. Moore
Col. Moore
Nevada
Frisco Police Chief Drowns After Bay Voyage
William J. Biggey, Frisco police chief, drowned returning from Belvidere aboard a patrol launch. Engineer Murphy, the other occupant, reported the chief missing as search boats converged on the bay. The death follows strained relations with graft prosecutions after Morris Haas’s death and related pistol custody disputes and denials of duty.
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San Francisco
William J. Biggey
Biggey
Belvidere
Kell
Murphy
Morris Haas
Francis J. Heney
Riggey
Haas
Duke
Sergt
Thomas F. Burke
Taylor
Schmitz
Jeremiah Dinan
Abraham Ruef
Elisor
Boy Singing in Bed Sparks Tragedy in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on December 1 Janna Hackett attempted to kill her seven year old son James with a ratchet after he sang in bed. Anna Hackett intervened and took the blow to her head. The husband, in a suspected insane state, cut his wife’s throat and then killed himself. The child escaped and alerted neighbors.
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Pittsburg
James
Janna Hackett
Morningside Road
Anna Hackett
Hackett
Engineer and Pilot Drowned in Red River Steamboat Disaster
Paris Texas reports the steamboat D Cawley owned by Ames Shovel & Tool Co. of Paris upset on Red River Monday morning. Engineer Ed Holden and pilot Busbee of Shreveport drowned while 10 passengers escaped as the boat struck a pier during flood-driven current.
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Paris
Tex
D. (. Cawley
Ames Shovel & Tool Co
Red River
Ed Holden
Polit Busbee
Shreveport
Mystery meat pies hint at trunk disposal in boarding houses
A quoted narrator argues old leather trunks and suitcases are recycled into meat pies and stews in boarding houses, claiming leather beef is used without requiring proof of trunk hardware. He asserts knowledge of the practice and its source, amid broader reflections on urban waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. MacSwilliger
Candidate seeks psychic society to test ghost hypothesis
The Washington Star reports a candidate answering a question about joining a psychic research society to determine if he possesses a ghost of a two show. The campaign manager asks where this will lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Psychic Research
Washington Star
Village mothers select handsome baby by ballot
In a village club a dozen mothers decide by ballot whose baby is the handsomest. Each child receives one vote, and the judge notes the playful, communal contest among the families.
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Nothers’ Club
Welland Canal Linking Erie to Ontario Since 1833
The Welland canal joins Lake Erie and Lake Ontario over 27 miles. Begun in 1824 and completed in 1833, its original size has been expanded to a current depth of 14 feet.
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Glasgow Corporation
Forth
Clyde
North Sea
Atlantic
British Isles
Italy
Holland
England
Foss Dyke
Lincoln
Trent
Torksey
Welland Canal
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Remedy for Colds and Art Pottery Ideas Urged
A column promotes a non medical cold remedy using Syrup of Sarsaparilla whiskey and a draught to be taken every four hours. It also argues that cheap artistic pottery could gain a market if firms invest in affordable designs and stops the notion that art must be expensive, urging a shift in shopkeepers attitudes.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Internal Remedy Endorsed
Describes catarrh as a constitutional disease and claims internal remedies reach the disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is paired with Hall's Family Pills. The advertisement asserts endorsements by physicians and offers testimonials while noting a 75-cent price from Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggista
Distemper Cure Endorsed by Grand Old Man of Racing
Ed Geers praises SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE saying it cures all forms of distemper and prevents disease in stable horses. The remedy, priced 50c and 1, is sold by druggists and the Spohn Medical Co. in Goshen Indiana.
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ED Geers
Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
A Nice Hirt: Nurse Proposals in a Small Tale
A bashful lover resists a marriage proposal. The girl declares she will become a trained nurse, arguing her six months of experience caring for him qualifies her, despite his doubt. The dialogue highlights ambition and romantic tension in a light literary vignette.
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BIE
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York Republican State Committee
Elihu Root
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Chihuahua
Mex
Frank H. Hitchcock
Eleanor Mérron Cowper
St. Regis Hotel
New York
John Gardner Coolidge
Nicaragua
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Gunness
Laporte
Richter
Vermillion
Christina Clark
John 8. Leech
Samuel B. Donnelly
Brooklyn
Wilbur Carr
Marshal Thomas Nicholson
Gowrie
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Detroit
Mich
Wilson
Illinois
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
William A. Shanklin
Upper Iowa University
Andrew Carnegie
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank of
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Iron and Steel Trades Journal of London
Japan
Pacific
China
Philippines
Ponting
Narvacan
Pangasinan
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Jersey City
Leo
Victoria Katiebrun
Nellie Morton
Belleville
Ill
Sydney Baker
Peter Waeltz
H. F. O'Reilly
Shenandoah
Martin H. Halloran
Kansas City
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Pu Yi
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Lexington Avenue
Panama Line
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Sandy Hook
White Star
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Panama
Savannah
Louis Wagner
Fiat
America
Census Bureau
Kansas and
Missouri
Salvatore Baldona
Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill
Baldona
Pocahontas
Frank Butt
Bromwell
W. Va
Judge Owen
Lee Carter
Hayti
Interior Leconte
Peter Cunningham
Paterson
Sardinia
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Malta
Ernest Verweihe
Harvard
Yale
Roosevelt
Verweihe
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Lancia
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Andersonville
Frank Hanly
General News
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Red Cross
Quentin Rankin
Walnut Log
Tenn
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Elopers
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John C. Osgood
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Christian County
Delaware County
Iowa
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N. J
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State Guard
Don. Philip H. Sheridan
Washington
R. W. Drake
Laneville
Ala
Manila
Department of Commerce and Labor
Great Britain
Firth. Carpet Company
Th Clit
NX Co
Frisco
Father
Maniac
Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Czolgocz
Justice Papinski
Czolgocz
McKinley
Leon Czolgacz
University of Pennsylvania
Chattanooga
Dea
Fred Grow
Northern Hotel
Juke Eldridge
Qgochran
Market Reports
Cincinnati
York
Baltimore
Louisville
Mr. Timmid
Miss Maud
Papa
Mathera
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Mrs. Pinkham
Carters Ver
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