Keepers Ban Dancing by Monkeys at National Zoo
Keepers at the National Zoological Park report monkeys in the zoo promenade and dance, sparking disbelief and a noisy protest. A passing keeper saw Julius Caesar and a younger crew joining the routine as the older monkeys tried to stop the display, ending the scene like a Bowery ball.
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Ashington
Natonal Zoological Park
Antenie
Julius Caesar
Monkeyl
Julius
Rock Creek
Cleo
Courteous Chief Justice Fuller remembered in anecdote
An anecdote recalls Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan during a streetcar encounter. Harlan questioned a law's rigidity as wind and smoke swirled around them while Fuller calmly offered a cigar light and refrained from judging the case before them. The scene ends with Fuller’s courteous conduct.
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Justice Harlan
U Street
Fourteenth
Justice Fuller
The
United States
Resuscitation Method Led to Assault Charge Dismissal
Hart a Takoma Park gas foreman faced an assault case after reviving gas victims with rough methods. Judge Pugh dismissed the charge noting resuscitation requires firm action. Dr. Archibald I. Miller and local citizens supported Hart’s approach.
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Willem ‘Hart
Washington Gasoline Company
Pugh
Hart
Takoma Park
Owernome
Archibald I. Miller
Takoma
Inmate Cobbler Faces Diet and Confinement Move
Marcellus Wilson, 51, an inmate at the Institution for the Aged and Infirm, is at risk of a limited diet and confinement in room 4&8 after alleged repeated refusals to work. Superintendent Fay asked district commissioners to back the disciplinary measure, despite Wilson's amputation below the knee, as a means to enforce obedience.
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Marcellus Wilson
Wilson
William J. Fay
Fay Hes
McKinley era reminiscences and self surgery novelty
An Italian craftsman recalls McKinley’s dignified bearing and a Dixie moment at the White House balcony. In Los Angeles, Police Surgeon Zerfing records a selfless tumor operation performed without anesthesia using a mirror and assistant Dr Kidder, who aided with a scalpel.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jerfing
Kidder
Zerfing
San Francisco
Zerting
Lnter
Dr. Kidder
Dr. Zerfing
Tail loss prompts farmer and laborer feud
A laborer quit a farmer’s work then demanded balance pay. The farmer’s crop suffered, he refused payment. The laborer sued and lost. Later the farmer’s cattle had their tails cut, prompting a civil dispute with witnesses. a neighbor jokes about wholesale sale as a remedy.
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Norman H. Msci
Natonal Monthly
Willing to Accommodate A Justice Offers Certificates
A New York justice recounts a jury delay ending at 430 in the morning and an offer to certify time served for jurors, which he declines. The column also notes a young businesswoman lamenting lack of personal property at home and urges respect for private belongings to reduce family life irritations.
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New York
Job Hunt Sparks Office Banter in Chicago
A humorous exchange portrays an alderman asked to secure a dog catcher job. The applicant quips about quitting current work for the city role claiming former experience as a letter carrier, illustrating local political banter in a Chicago Tribune style snippet.
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Ghicago Tribune
Kiss Must Go Back Alone on Campania
Sterling and his dog Kiss, a vaudeville act, were dissolved at sea when Charles Sterling, 34, hanged himself in the Campania hospital after his partner and troupe faced uncertainty in an England to America tour. Kiss mourned, refusing comfort as the ship yanked toward port, with Kiss slated to return to Lillian, his partner’s wife.
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New York
Sterling
Campania
Lfe
Charles Sterling
Kiss
England
Olympia Music Hall
Liverpool
Lillian
America
Kise
Robert Brace
Lee Gangway
Warr
Mercer
Morristown man jailed for 200th time at age sixty eight
William Cook, 68, has been jailed here for the 200th time. His first arrest came at seventeen. Despite efforts by churches and missions to reform him, he remains a persistent troublemaker.
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Morristown
N. J
William Cook
Seba
Juror Quits Jury Duty On Sabbath At Sunset
In York, Superior Court Justice Lehman faced a Sabbath clash as jurors from a trial over a $10,000 contract with Pioneer Fruit Company could not sign after six o'clock. Two Jewish jurors refused to continue due to Sabbath, and after affirmation from the judge, the remaining 11 jurors continued deliberations to reach a verdict.
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York
Lehman
George Rae
Pioneer Fruit Company
Jusee Lehman
John M. Carver
Carver
Emil Schultze
John B. Stanchfeld
Monumental lazy man jailed for six months
Gustave Schillinger of 466 North Paulina Street was sentenced by Judge Goodnow to six months in the Bridewell. The court lauded his unexampled loafing, recounting nine years with no work and a family sustaining him, while his mother paid rent and food. He claimed he had done nothing, prompting the judge's remark that his problem was indeed doing nothing.
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Great West Side
Justave Schillinger
Gustave
North
Paulina Street
Goodnow
Bridewell
Schillinger
Wrant
Porterfield
Wyant
Hole in the Snow Spurs Mystery Robbery at Gillis Street
Kansas City reports a $23,000 cash stash vanished from a hiding hole by the riverfront at Gillis street. Frank Wyant, linked to prior court disputes over his son, claimed the money was missing after officials doubted the hole’s existence.
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Ansas City
Gillis Street
Frank Wyant
Wyant
Jesse
Goats Muzzle Ends a Minneapolis Streetcar Feud
A goat mascot named Near Stop Billy caused a theft scare at a Minneapolis street railway yard. Conductor wallets and a transfer book vanished from shop pockets over two months as thieves appeared among the workers. The goat was captured after entering the loungeroom and sniffing coat pockets, but the outcome remains unresolved.
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Minneapolis
Billy
Wi Feloh
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