Rich heirs Astor and Harriman back Honest Ballot group
William Astor and Averill Harriman, both twenty three, are the principal backers of an Honest Ballot association in New York. Each plans to lead the great system his family built while supporting civic causes. They style themselves cautious yet decisive in political funding.
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New York
Broadway
America
Astor
William Vincent Astor
William Averill Harriman
Aster
Edward H. Harriman
Averill Harriman
Harrimans
Union Pacific
Harriman
Yale
Harvard
Har
Timan
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The
Honest Hallot Association
Bloody Judge Jeffries Exerts Power Over 17th Century Trials
The article recalls Judge Jeffries from Corbett's State Trials 1680 to 1685, detailing his tyrannical courtroom behavior. It describes his bullying, lecturing, and desire to control all aspects of the trial, including dismissing defense and mocking witnesses. It cites Joseph Hayes as a pointed example of his iron rule and disdain for opposing counsel.
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London
Corbett
Jeffries
Court of Kings
Joseph Hayes
Sidney
Hayes
Carr
T. A
Man plucks out eye over biblical injunction in Greensburg
Greensburg resident John Linardos, inspired by the Bible verse If thine eye offend then pluck it out, gouged out his eye in Detroit after relocating from Greensburg. He sought spiritual cleansing through self mutilation, then recovered in hospital while friends claim he repented and became a better man. A separate bulletin notes a second raspberry crop on farmer William Henwood’s Athensia farm in Passaic County.
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Greensburg
John Linardos
Linardo
United States
Detroit
Mich
Linardos
Passaic
N. J
William Henwood
Athenia
Henwood
Fur Bearing Flah Highlighted by Northland Explorer
The polar trout, described as the only fur-bearing flah, is hailed as the latent contribution of the frozen north by John Hunker of Northwood Centre New Hampshire after his Greenland expedition.
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Boston
John Hunker
Northwood Centre
N. H
Greenland
Independence church seeks charter to legitimize past actions
In Independence Kansas the First Presbyterian church, lacking a charter since 1890, gathered 299 members to apply for a new charter. Trustees have bought land, built a $30,000 church, and erected a parsonage, actions deemed illegal until a charter legalizes them and allows potential suits. Only two charter members survive Mrs J B Craig and Mrs Bh Devore.
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Independence
Kan
Kansas
First Presbyterian Church
J. B. Craig
Bh. F. Devore
Craig
Devore
Judge Craig
Town of Independence
Love notes to Jane Addams headline
Miss Jane Addams reveals two years of letters from Henry Leunker who signed the notes. He was arrested at her request in New Orleans. Addams says she has never met him and believes he is mentally unsound.
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Jane Addams
New Orleana
Misslves
Chicago
Henry Leunker
Miss Addams
New Orleans
Grizzlies Near Extinction in California
The state fish and game commission reports Grizzly bears dwindling in the Sierras with barely a half dozen remaining. The notice also cites 30,000 deer killed annually in the state with 20,000 by mountain lions and coyotes.
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Sacramento
California
State Fish and Game Commission
Sierras
Preventive Measures Urged For Malady Verbomania
New York reports Ossip Laurie, a Russian writer, argues verbomania a societal menace from excessive talking. He calls for a campaign of temporary silences, teacher and minister involvement, and preventive rules in family and school to curb the spread, noting women and southern races as affected groups.
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New York
Ossip Laurie
Laurie Ingrets
Ife
M. Laurie
Preacher Netted Fish Fined in Minnesota Waters
Virginia Minnesota Rev K L Forsell a Minneapolis college teacher was arrested at Dunham Lake between Virginia and Duluth for netting fish. Warden seized his 100 foot gill net and catch. He paid a 100 dollar fine plus costs with 290 remitted due to his clergy status. Girls Change Hair Dressing Style in Jamaica New York High School pupils follow principal’s advice and all alter their hair fashion in one day.
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Virginia, Minn
K. KL Forsell
Minneapolis
Dunham Lake
Virginia
Puluth
Jamaica
N. Y
Warfare of Other Days Lecture on Numbers in History
University of London lecture by Prof. Hans Delbrueck examined how historical warfare hinged on troop counts and logistics. He cited Moltke’s massed forces, Metz provisioning by Bazaine, and Herodotus’s Xerxes army estimate to illustrate the scale challenges ancient and modern armies faced.
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London
University College
Hans Delbrueck
University of Berlin
Delbrueck
Moltke
Bazaine
Metz
Herodotus
Xerxes
Susa
Tigris
Thermopylae
Marathon
Shock for old coin market in Rome pot outbreak
A laborer digging a trench broke a clay pot revealing 7,600 early consular coins dating 2500 years. The coins, valued for King Victor Emmanuel interest, spilled and the thief fled but was captured.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Walker 360 Miles To Start Five Year Penitentiary Sentence
Buck Patterson, 56, convicted of manslaughter at Russellville, walked 360 miles to Little Rock to begin his five year term. Delays in commitment papers forced him to travel back and forth twice, finally entering the penitentiary after legal steps.
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Buck’ Patterson
Little Rock
Buck Patterson
Patterson
Russellville
Dig
Little Hook
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