Wealthy boys give money for causes in New York
Two twenty two year old heirs, William Astor and Averill Harriman, back the Honest Ballot association. Both come from vast fortunes and work daily in offices or at Yale ties. They interview solicitors with keen questions and decisive checks, shaping civic funding on Broadway.
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New York
Broadway
America
Riman
Yale
Astor
Harriman
Averill Harriman
The
Honest Ballot Association
Infamous Judge Jeffries Crowned Troublemaker of the Bench
London recalls the brutal era of Judge Jeffries as chronicled in Corbett’s State Trials. The article quotes his belligerent style, bullying cues, and the way he dominated court proceedings from 1680 to 1685, claiming he could execute judgment single handedly and scolded defendants and counsel with relish.
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London
Corbett
Jeffries
Court of Kings’s Bench
Joseph Hayes
Sidney
Hayes
Carr
T. A
Eye plucked out over belief one of the strangest cases
Greensburg man John Linardos, driven by a strict bible teaching, gouged out his own eye in Detroit after years of studying scripture. Friends say the act followed his belief in moral rebirth. He endured weeks in a hospital, while his family cites his renewed conscience. A second raspberry crop reports from Passaic County. Willam Henwood of Athenia shows ripe fruit branches to prove the harvest.
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Greensburg
John Linardos
Linardo
United States
Detroit
Mich
Linardos
Passaic
N. J
Willam Henwood
Athenia
N. J. Henwood
Polar trout fuels fur bearing fish claim
Boston dispatch reports the polar trout described as the only fur bearing fish, tied to a claim by John Bunker of Northwood Centre New Hampshire after a hunting trip in Greenland.
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Boston
John Bunker
Northwood Centre
N. H
Greenland
Independence church seeks charter to legalize past acts
In Independence Kansas the First Presbyterian Church, lacking a charter since about 1890, seeks a new charter to legalize trustee actions. Trustees have bought and sold property and built a $30,000 church, with parsonage and additional lot, and may sue or be sued once chartered. Only two original charter members survive.
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Independence
Kan
Kansas
First Presbyterian Church
J. B. Craig
B. F. Devore
Craig
Devore
Judge Craig
Town of
Love notes to Jane Addams in Chicago
Miss Jane Addams revealed she has received two years of letters from Henry Leunker who was arrested in New Orleans at her request. She said she has never met him and believes he is mentally unsound. In California the grizzly bear is near extinction with only about 24 individuals remaining in the Sierra foothills. Deer killings reach about 30,000 annually, mostly by mountain hunters and opgates.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Henry Leunker
Miss Addams
New Orleans
Sacramento
California
State Fish and Game Commission
Sierras
Preventive Measures Urged Against Verbomania in Women
New York critic Ossip Lourie labels excessive talking a social disease and calls for a campaign to enforce temporary silences. He argues language evolved from signs to speech, warns that talking without ideas dulls intelligence, and urges family, school, and medical efforts to curb verbomania, especially among women.
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New York
Ossip Laurie
Mr. Lourie
M. Lourjle
Preacher Nets Fish in Lake Virginia Case Fined
Virginia Minnesota Rev K E Forsell a teacher in a Minneapolis business college 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 and costs but 90 dollars were remitted because he is a clergyman.
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Virginia, Minn
K. E. Forsell
Minneapolis
Dunham’ Lake
Virginia
Duluth
Girls switch hair style in one day at local high school
Following guidance from the principal about hair not blocking hearing, all girl pupils at the local high school changed their coiffure in a single day.
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N. Y
Numbers in History lecture links war and logistics
Prof Hans Delbrueck at University College discussed how war history starts with troop numbers and the challenge of moving large masses. He cited Moltke in 1870 directing vast troops from a central point and pondered Herodotus claimed Xerxes fielded 5 100 000 soldiers, noting the logistical limits of classic battlefields like Marathon.
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London
University College
Hans Delbrueck
University of Berlin
Delbrueck
Moltke
Bazaine
Metz
Herodotus
Xerxes
Susa
Tigris
Thermopylae
Marathon
Slump Hits Old Coin Market In Rome
A sharp downturn in Rome’s old coin market follows high interest sparked by King Victor Emmanuel. During sewer trenching work, a laborer accidentally struck and broke a large piece, signaling a pullback in trade.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Treasure of Ancient Coins Recovered From Market Theft
A thief fled after a stream of coins spilled from a bag during a heist. Authorities recovered 7,600 early consular period coins dating about 2,500 years old, all well preserved, highlighting significant ancient monetary finds.
Walks 360 Miles to Begin Penitentiary Sentencing
Buck Patterson, 56, bound for five years for manslaughter, walked 360 miles between Russellville and Little Rock after an error in court routine delayed his commitment papers. He traveled to the prison, failed entry due to missing papers, walked back to Russellville, retrieved them, then returned, completing the journey in a week before admission.
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Little Rock
Buck Patterson
Patterson
Russellville
Wae
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