Dozen Disparate 1900s Incidents Span Fires Robberies and Collapses
A sweeping roundup reports a Tiburon fire destroying the business district with $100000 loss, Akley Minnesota bank robbery netting $10000, a Wichita hotel robbery shooting, a Warsaw prison chief killed in a cab, Havana’s Liberal newspaper shuttered, Chilean quake tremors, fatal crashes in Ohio and Mineola New York, and multiple attacks and arrests across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Hamilton
Wichita
Kan
Jakovioff
Warsaw
Exterminating the weed dock in fields and fences
The Country Gentleman notes curled dock an introduced weed from Europe. It advises digging or cutting with a mattock for few plants, or deep cultivation for fields, and using acids as an alternative. Prevent seed maturity and coordinate neighbor effort to maintain long term control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Variety in Neckwear Sparks Fashion Dilemmas
A long fashion piece outlines neckwear trends for the season, detailing stiff linen collars, empire fichus, and bow knots. It also offers beauty and health tips for hair, skin, and nails, plus guidance on curing nervous habits in children.
Rear Step for Wagon Enhances Farm Load Handling
A Handy rear addition to a farm wagon offers a step supported by two float iron uprights. It eases entry and exit during unloading and provides a resting place for boxes or sacks. The Farm Journal notes it allows tipping and loading with less overall lifting effort.
PICKINGS FARM NOTES AND AGRICULTURAL TIPS
Farmers buy more spraying outfits and attack weeds along roadsides and fence rows before they seed. Remove weed seeds from gardens to avoid next year’s extra work. Cowpea hay value equals red clover hay and nearly matches wheat bran for feeding. Small white worms on roses can be controlled by dusting with soot and ashes after dew.
Where Mirror Is Handy Door Mirrors Save Space and Style
The article notes the decline of the pier mirror while praising door mirrors as practical space savers for modern homes. It highlights their dual role as functional dressing aids and ornamental features especially where room space is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pier
Thin Cookies Recipe From an Old Kitchen Note
Cream together three quarters of a cup of butter and lard mixed with two cups of sugar. Add the beaten yolks of four eggs and fold in the whites whipped to stiff froth. Sift two cups of flour with one teaspoon of baking powder and add enough more flour to thicken then roll thin and bake in a hot oven.
Controversy Sharpens Between Carter Payne and Miss Munro
In New York a feud between actress Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne and Norma Leslie Munro, heiress daughter of Norman Munro, heightens local gossip. Mutual friends note past allegations against Munro mirror Carter Payne’s experiences, signaling escalating tensions as both return to adjacent apartments in the Munro estate building.
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New York
Leslie Carter Payne
Norma Munro
Lillian Russell
Norma Leslie Munro
Norman Leeake Munro
Mra
Carter Payne
Miss Munro
Robert Osborn
Playhouse and Shirtwaist
Osborn
Ives
Miss Munron
Friendship broken by marriage sparks court clash
Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne faced back rent claims from Mrs. Henriette Munro in a dispute over West Fifty-ninth Street apartments. The suit was dropped after Payne paid $526, defending only three months’ rent. Despite settling, tensions persist with threats of further revelations.
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Carter
William Louis Payne
Miss Munro
Juno
Munro
Leslie Carter Payne
West Fifty-ninth Street
Henriette BE. Munro
Payne
Belasco
Carter Payne
Norma
Lillian Russell to Race Horses in Autumn Rivaling Langtry
The actress Lillian Russell plans a foray into horse racing this fall using her own bred horses from England. John J. McDonald bought high bred mares with three Carbine colts among them, shipping mares and foals to the United States likely in October to Kentucky farms for racing in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Russell
Lillian
England
Miss Russell
Europe
Mrs. Langtry
Kentucky
Athletes and the Perils of Competitive Training
A Brooklyn doctor argues that excessive athletics harm marriage prospects and family life. He cites studies and notes that while light exercise benefits health, competitive sport risks heart enlargement, fatigue, and higher divorce rates among athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert BH. Coughlin
Brooklyn
WEDDING MAY FOLLOW DIVORCE IN HIGH SOCIETY
Mrs Annie M A Stewart obtained a divorce from William Rhinelander Stewart Jr in Sioux Falls. custody of daughter Anita goes to Mrs Stewart while William Jr receives custody of another child. The pair had public social ties with financier James Henry Smith known as Silent Smith. No alimony mentioned in decree.
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Annie M. A. Stewart
Sioux Falls
William Righel Ander Stewart
Stewarts
Anita Stewart
West Fifty-seventh Street
Stewart
At Harbor
Ife
Smith
William C. Whitney Manson
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-seventh Street
Clement
Mire
Northwest notes show 1906 Wyoming coal output and regional events
The Wyoming coal output reached 6,602,021 tons valued at 7,296,961. Nevada & Northern Railroad aims to reach Ely by the 26th. A series of crimes, trials, and incidents unfold across Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, including a Helena shooting, mine accidents, land fraud cases, and public notices.
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Wyoming
Nevada & Northern Railroad
Ely
Nevada
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Liberal
Havana
eWror
Santiago
Chile
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M. C. Briggs
Mineola
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Gomez Farias
Chihuahua
Exico
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Fifth Infantry
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Porum
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United States
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Joseph Edgey
Trusty
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Sudbury
Canada
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Poltavchenko
Theodore A. Bell
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Peoria
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Murray
Zion City
Butte County
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DPD
R. V. Iverson
Zioniata
Findlay
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Y Rockefeller
Muchange National Bank
Atchison, Kaw
John C. Hately
Collara
Health and Beauty Notes
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Langtry
Northwest
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Helena, Mont
Flannery
Purdue
Helena
Charles No Pray
Chouteau
Congress
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Lewis and Clark County
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Fred la Pointe
Franklin Pierce Mays
Willard J. Jones
George Sorenson
Blue Mountain
Portland
John McIntyre
Seattle
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Spokane
W. B. Griffiths
T. B. Foster
John Day
Ore
David Eccles
H. H. Rolapp
Adam Patterson
Browning
Joe Pingree
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Montana
Bozeman
Swiftwater
Bill Gates
Alaska
Gates
Goldfield
Wing B. Allen
Daily Mining Record
Denver
Salt Lake
G. G. Rice
Sullivan Trust Company
8. Johnson
Wapanuka
J. T
Rawling
Wyo
J. B Hickman
Thomas Irvine
Archie
Continental Divide
Rawlins
Hickman
Hugh Hickman
St. Paul
A. Krechter
Posse
Krechter
Alfred Lambert
H. T. Phelps
Boise
John Evans
la Grande
Evans
Phelps
J. G. Sullivan
Frank Mulvaney
Rhyolite
Green
Laramie
Eleventh Infantry
Camp Islay
Crow Creek
George Roberts
San Francisco
Ash Meadows Water Company
Medite
Augusta
Washington
Beattle
Butte
Spoll
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