Vigilant bank tellers thwart daily scams and threats
A New York Sun piece recounts bank teller experiences with daily visitors trying to obtain money without proper papers. Scenes include a man who returns each morning seeking funds, an attempted armed demand stopped by a quick draw, and a knife-wielding intruder chased from the front door. A man passing a fake check dies under mysterious circumstances.
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Ile
Tie
Kansas
New York Sun
The Banyan Tree and Ancient Dolls in Rome
The banyan tree serves as a shade and makeshift shelter with feasting spots along Indian routes, its sacred role often shadowed by practical uses like resin for gunge mine and bark in medicine. The doll is an ancient toy unearthed inside Roman children's graves. most men act as heroes or cowards, but many stay hidden.
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India
Rome
Three Simple Rules For Chinese Name Pronunciation
An authority on Chinese name pronunciation outlines three rules to render names accurately in English. Vowels align with Italian-like sounds, every syllable has independent value, and consonants are pronounced as written. Examples include Taku, Li Hung Chang, Peking, Shanghai, and Szechuan.
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Song
Taku
Lee Hoong Ehahng
Li Hung Chang
He Hung Chang
Peking
Shahng-Hah-Ee
Shanghai
Shanghizh
Tsoong-Lee-Yahmen
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Tsung He
Tien-tsin
Far East
Boston Transcript
Bavarian seducer jailed for 120 breaches of promise to marry
Alois Frankenberg of Gratz Austria faced assizes court verdict after confessing to 120 breaches of promise to marry. He advertised as a wealthy suitor, extracted money from many women in Gratz and Munich, then vanished. He was captured, tried, and sentenced to two years six months with hard labor.
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Alois Frankenberg
New York Sun
Gratz
Austria
Jratz
Tie
Spain
Munich
The Old Time Shipbuilder and the Rise of Modern Marine Work
A Boston Herald reflection contrasts the dwindling old time shipbuilder with the modern rivet driven worker. It portrays the broadax man as vanishing along the New England coast, especially the Kennebec, while praising the rivet man as a noisy machine part.
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Canada
New England
Kennebec
Boston Herald
British Museum Opens Douce Box From 1900 Stated as Deliberate Hoax
Trustees unsealed a box bequeathed by antiquary Francis Douce who died in 1834. The box held only paper fragments, torn book covers and debris with a note accusing trustees of average intelligence and taste.
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British Museum
Francis Douce
Little Girl's Courage Saves Indiana Man From Snake
Indiana man C Sigworth recounts nearly being fatally constricted by a black snake. A brave young girl with him grabbed the snake's tail and walked around him to unwind it, a act Sigworth credits with saving his life as the reptile gripped tightly.
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C. Sigworth
Indiana
Mr. Sigworth
Notable Figures Do News in Global Roundup
Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister becomes an accomplished golfer. The Earl of Airlle, lately killed near Pretoria, boasted a 250 year old title. Stephen Crane wrote late at night, then slept. General Chaffee was to lecture in Newport on Spanish American War lessons. Edwin G. Cooley heads Chicago public schools, not a college graduate. Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, Annapolis 1861, joined Wabash in blockade duty. William G. Nash of Weymouth, oldest US grocer, began as an employee in 1831 and ran his own store 67 years. Julian Ralph reports injuries not likely permanent. will lecture in fall. Simon Newcomb receives honorary Cracow degree at 65, lives in Washington. General Marcus P. Miller struck a barn in a thunderstorm. two cows killed, a farmhand stunned. Midshipman W. W. Sillern of San Francisco earns dispatch mention for bravery. mother married English vice admiral Kinahan. Gaunt family in Australia shows versatility: judge father, novelist Mary Gaunt, naval Lieutenant Gaunt, and Captain Cecil Gaunt fought at Lady Smith.
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Wu Ting Fang
Earl of Airlle
Pretoria
Stephen Crane
General Chaffee
China
Newport Naval War College
Edwin G. Cooley
E. Benjamin Andrews
Chicago
Louis Kempff
United States
Peking
Annapolis
William G. Nash
Weymouth
Mass
Julian Ralph
London Daily Mail
America
Simon Newcomb
University of Cracow
Austria
Washington
Marcus P. Miller
Great Barrington
Methuen
Buller
W. W. Sillern
San Francisco
R. G. Kinahan
Ben Ali Haggin
Gaunt
Australia
Melbourne
Mary
England
Samoa
Cecil Gaunt
Ladysmith
Stage Glints and Theatres Reach New Seasons
Teresa Carreno to return to this country next season. Lewis Morrison plans a Faust like new play after next season. Irving and Terry revive Olivia at the London Lyceum. Lucette Ryley’s My Lady Dainty set for London. Pericles adaptation by John Coleman to be staged in London after years. Maude Adams rested in Catskills after London Paris trip. Marie Wainwright hires Justin Huntly McCarthy for one act comedy next season. Marle Halton shines in Rho dope at Berlin. James A. Herne seeks baths at Hot Springs for rheumatism. Gerry Society halts two Japanese Aerobits over child acrobat training. James Young in talks with Mary Johnston for Prisoners of Hope adaptation next season.
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Teresa Carreno
Lewis Morrison
Uses of Salt in Household Practice
A list of practical salt uses for cleaning, health, and stain removal. It notes salt can put out chimney fires, serve as a throat gargle, inhaled solutions for colds, treat ink stains, deter moths, soothe bee stings and spider bites, remove teacup stains with vinegar, clean willowware, prevent slipping on cleaned hands, and prevent flare ups when broiling steak by adding salt to a coal fire.
The Wall of the Pessimist and Poetic Echoes
A collage of verse and prose traces fame through ages with asks on beauty liberty and learning. It cites Demosthenes Socrates Horace Virgil Cicero Gettysburg Thermopylae and Bunker Hill while urging readers to seek light and moral riches beyond wealth. It includes poems by Elin Higginson and reconciling musings on sin mercy and renewal.
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Demosthenes
Socrates
Plato
Homer
Rome
Horace
Virgil
Cicero
Curtain Raisers and People in the Theatre World
A roundup of stage news notes from Sarah Cowell Le Moyne plans a New Haven vacation Burr McIntosh backs Mary Mannering in Janice Meredith Cora Urquhart at 16 wed James Brown Potter Mrs Leslie Carter to tour Switzerland after London engagement Abbey Sage Richardson to dramatize Robert Tourney for Daniel Frohman Augustus Thomas writes a new comedy for Willie Collier Wagner operas slated Paris 1901 and 1903 L Education de Prince Anna Held rights The Dagger and the Cross Robert Mantell signs with W R Tremayne Marcia Van Dresser returns to the stage next autumn Carl Sontag is dead brother of Henrietta Sontag War plays Shenandoah earns royalties Elwyn Barron to star in an Italian-set play next season with an unnamed title
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Sarah Cowell le Moyne
New Haven
Burr McIntosh
Mary Mannering
Janice Meredith
Cora Urquhart
James Brown Potter
Leslie Carter
Switzerland
London
Abbey Sage Richardson
William Sage
Robert Tourney
Daniel Frohman
Augustus Thomas
Willie Collier
Wagner
Siegfried
Grand Opera
Paris
Anna Held
Robert Mantell
W. R. Tremayne
Marcia van Dresser
Bostonians
Daly
Carl Sontag
United States
Commedienne
Henrietta Sontag
Shenandoah
Bronson Howard
B.S. Willard
Elwyn Barron
Chicago
Italy
Nebraska Attorney General Opens Standard Oil Hearing
In New York Attorney General C. J. Smyth of Nebraska opened a hearing on Standard Oil operations. Smyth aims to determine if the company is a trust under Nebraska law and sought testimony from Rockefeller Flagler and Tilford but they were absent. Witness George Rice testified about costs and profits alleging oil could be sold at 4 cents a gallon in Nebraska by carload.
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Nebro Ank
New York
C. J. Smyth
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company
Smyth
Supreme Court of Nebraska
John TD. Rockefeller
H. M. Flagler
W. H. Tilford
Standard of Company
George Rice
Marietta
Rice
United States
Baseball Scores and Standings in Major Leagues
Baseball results from yesterday across the National American and Eastern Leagues. Brooklyn Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia St Louis and Pittsburgh show scores. standings list Brooklyn atop the pennant chase with 60 wins and 37 losses, followed by Pittsburg and Philadelphia. Other notes include Rogers Locomotive Works closing in Paterson and Mr. Bryan planning a Chicago speaking tour after Labor Day ticketed events.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadela
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnatic
St. Louie
New York
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Secon
Cleveland
Buffalo
Kansas City
Detroit
Milwaukee
Hartford
Worcester
Springfield
Providence
Montreal
Toronto
Nester
The Tribune Ad Emphasizes Low Cost Local News
The Tribune touts being the leading Freeland newspaper priced under one cent with full local reporting and world news in condensed form. It promotes the paper as suitable for the home circle and safe for children, favored for its trustworthy content.
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Nature
Tribune
Freeland
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