Witness in Matched Murder Plot Escapes Hanging
A maid recounts being hired by an abusive, stingy husband Dyson who poisons his wife and murders her by flinging her from a window after plotting with arsenic and staged accidents. The narrator is beaten, left unconscious, and later recovers, only to learn Dyson fled with a new wife to America. The killer remains at large and free.
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Dysons
Wotan
Wolces
Ile
Dyson
America
Stood on His Dignity at Liverpool Dinner
Eminent organist John Best, present at a public dinner in Liverpool, refused to respond to a command that the organ play. The mayor announced the organ would perform, but Best remained seated. After a whispered reminder, he finally rose to entertain the company with a choice of music.
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John Best
Liverpool
Best
Mellifluous English Praise Of Madan Mohan Malavayya
The late G W Steevens lauds Pundit Madan Mohan Malavayya in In India as a mellifluous speaker. He notes a slim figure in white, poised like Eiffel’s tower, with pellucid statements and rolling sentences that charm the congress audience.
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G. W. Steevens
India
Madan Mohan Malavayya
Congress
Ile
Madan Mohan
Eiffel’s Tower
Congress Company
Widow Declares Headstone Inscriptions Bias in Death
A Denver Times anecdote recounts a widow visiting a tombstone shop to choose an inscription for her late husband John T Abernathy. She rejects the phrase Here lies, noting it would wrongly accuse him after death, preferring a gentler memorial.
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Tombstone Company
John T. Abernathy
Denver Times
Princess gown and winter hat fashions described
The Philadelphia Ledger outlines a princess gown with moire gauze, black silk net vest, and diamond buckle, paired with a plain yet elegant long skirt. It notes millinery trends including panne and velvet hats with ostrich plumes, synthetic feathers replacing real ones, and gold braid accents. A Paris hint covers a navy blue serge morning outfit with plaited skirt and embroidered jacket.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Sixty Dollar Bill Exemplar From 1778 Noted In Spokane Chronicle
A rare sixty dollar paper bill from the Continental Congress era, issued in 1778, is described in the Spokane Chronicle. The specimen, heavy greenish paper about 4 by 3 4 inches, bears a receipt promising sixty Spanish milled dollars, with a back bow and arrow design. The note, possibly signed by an authority figure, was linked to George Washington by some but questioned by others. Owned by Otto Fiechtl, the relic gained notoriety after its 1886 Charleston earthquake finding and 1893 Washington review, concluding legal status but never returned to the treasury. It has drawn offers well above its face value, yet remains with its Spokane owner who refused a $1,000 bid.
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Spokane
United States
Continental Congress
Congress
Philadelphia
Hall & Selers
George Washington
Otto Freeht
Wiechts
Caner d'Alene
Charleston
Erin's Isle
Treasury Department
Spokane Chronicle
The Foreign Soldier Reviews Allied Troops in China
A Philadelphia soldier in China, Martin B. Schroeder, critiques Russian and German troops as merciless, praises American and Japanese soldiers, and observes interactions with Chinese workers during the Tien-tsin occupation. He notes Russians detain and kill Chinese, Americans are respected, and French and German troops disappoint in appearance and conduct.
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Martin B. Schroeder
Philadelphia
China
Tien-tsin
Tommy Atkins
Glad He Wasnt Home Story From a London Café
An English reader recalls a German opera singer in a West End cafe who disparaged the Kaiser. He later awoke in a hotel puzzled by his latitude and feared punishment for lèse-majesté. Hearing a milkman’s call, he breathed relief, thinking he was in London, not Berlin.
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Leuten
West End
Pitters
Notce
Tie
Hine
Peror William
Himmel
London
Donnerwetter
Faneied
Berlin
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