Verse War Rages Over Homestake Mine Labor Clash
From the Sioux City Tribune a western South Dakota mining feud unfolds as Homestake resumes nonunion hiring, unions picket trains, and imported workers clash with antiunion factions. Poets on both sides vent through verse while sheriff orders weapons restrained and families form auxiliary unions amid mounting tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Tribune
Sioux Falls
Great Homestake Mining Company
Black Hills
South Dakota
Western Federation of Miners
Homestake Company
Colorado
Joplin
Lead
Homestake
Fes
Nursing a pastime for women of leisure
From the New York American, the piece argues nursing should be learned as a vocation. It emphasizes systematic training, early devotion, and practical service over sentimentality, noting hospital life tests earnestness and shapes character in women who pursue real nursing advancement.
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New York American
England
Hwlige
London
Tea on the Hotel Royal terrace at a January meet
Eugene Higgins drinks tea on a sunlit terrace at the Hotel Royal while guests discuss a funeral. Mary Bunith recounts attending the obsequies, saying she found it elegant and sat with the corpse's husband along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gitar
Eugene Higgins
Hotel Royal
Mary Bunith
Mary
Hafort
Drowning myths and the limits of underwater endurance
The piece debunks drownings myths by quoting Dr. Joseph Boehm and tests across Nova ratino Ceylon and the Red Sea. It concludes that prolonged underwater stay beyond about ninety seconds is unlikely without loss of consciousness. It notes a two minute stay can cause severe aftereffects and five minutes is generally unattainable. It also references varied reports and public sentiment about diving endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Joseph Boehm
Novararino
Ceylon
Red Sea
England
Alone in a guest room at the warden's sister home
A narrator, a doctor, endures a bleak guest room and fear of isolation. He notes the bare, mismatched comforts, missing paper and light, and worries about being a burden to Warden's family while contemplating possible dangers and misfortune in the unfamiliar setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Warden
Hugo V
Eleanor
Robinson Crusoe
The Night Pier Rescue of Ethel Verve
Ethel Verve, under pressure from her stepfather, flees to London and nearly falls prey to men near the river docks. Captured, she calls out to her fiancé Frank Betiwell, who rescues her after a dramatic confrontation aboard a cab. The shipping magnate reveals a plot against his daughter and rewards Betiwell for safeguarding Ethel. The couple learns of the wider scheme and the couple’s future looks brighter as Hartwell takes command of a new ship.
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Ethel
Stephen Corliss
Fingerenal
Den
Mr. Winslow
Frank Hartwell
Winslow
Yorkshire
Franka
Mr. Curliss
London
Dong
Mes
Bethel
Ben
Aaid
Sullora
Missy
Jack Chapman
Failore
Ften
Harmne
Frank
Frank Betiwell
Pthel
Hartwell
Captain Hartwell
Vicious Dogs and Owner Liability in New York Ruling
The New York appellate term under Justice McLean holds that a dog owner is liable for damages only if aware the animal is vicious. A lumber-yard bite case shows warnings or signs do not prove knowledge of viciousness. The opinion, rich in classical allusions, questions reliance on Theocritus and Praxinoe, urging common sense above learned citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Supreme Court of New York
Justice McLean
New York
McLean
Theocritus
Praxinoe
Eloping Couple Plot Garden Hideout After Ladder Joke
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet shows a girl whispering plans to escape with her lover. They debate disposing of a ladder and whether they must hide it in the garden or risk using it to return if her father forgives them. The exchange blends romance with conditional urgency.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The King and the Fight Then a Bite
Dialogue recounts a boy receiving a black eye from fighting and a woman describing a quick car ride in a white yacht hat with a blue band, a white shirtwaist with pink trim, a brown skirt, violets at the waist, and questions about the car color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Mr. Smith
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Henpeck
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