Beautiful Girl Bandits Terrorize Paris Police Capture
Detectives in Paris trapped a female led gang of garroters who dressed as men to rob pedestrians. Mathilde Linst led the outfit with companions including Mertha Plecan and other women, transforming to women during escapes. Police recovered jewels worth about $12,000 and busted the bold scheme.
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Quay D'Orkay
Paris
Rodels
Mathilde Linst
Montmartre
Osimoany
Elrike
Rustreth
Mertha Plecain
Reu Boursault
Plecain
Hugo Lenfant
Moulin
Avenue de la Grande Armee
Buse
Linst
Germany
Mathilde Linet
Corn Yield Report Sets Record High Per Acre
Snow's Crop Report for November shows corn yield of 31.1 bushels per acre with district gains and an estimated total around 8 billion bushels. Winter wheat area increases noted in Indiana Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska with improved growth versus last year. Government report hints at 9 billion bushels total and 260 million more than last month.
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Snow
Indiana
Olinola
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Enormous Legal Fees Highlight Wealth of Attorneys
A survey notes record lawyer fees including James B. Dill's 1 000 000 settlement for Carnegie Frick disputes and William D. Guthrie's 800 000 for Plant will. It cites Higbee Choate Depew and others, comparing legal earnings with banker and railroad president pay and public salaries.
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James B. Dill
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Henry C. Frick
United States Steel Corporation
Dill
van Norden
Great Britain
United States Supreme Court
London
Mr. Choate
Parsons
John KE. Parsons
D. B. Hill
Auncey M. Depew
New York Central Railroad Company
Equitable Life
W. Bourke Cochran
Samuel UN
Walter (. Browning
Philadelphia
Co. L. Magee
Browning
Magee
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Univeralty
Howard A. Kelly
Johns Hopkins Hospital
A. McLane Tiffany
J. W. Chambers
Chicago
Dc. T. Parks
New York City
L. F. Loree
Rock Island
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railroad
Milton’ S H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Charles M. Hays
Southern Pacific
Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Pacific
Jamen Stillman
National City Bank of New York
Henry O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Willam K. Corey
Geta
Admiral Dewey
General Chattes
Staf
Muller
Ute
Corset Purchase Dilemma In Unclear Panel
A fragment describes a man ordered by his wife to buy corset goods at a department store. He disliked the errand yet felt obliged to act. A passerby questions the store staff about corsets, while an offer of extra fee is mentioned and the dialogue ends abruptly.
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Noorwalker
Alker
Household hints for cleaning and care from old issues
Practical tips cover stain removal with cold water for perspiration and boiling for fruit stains, turpentine substitutes for whitening, milk for patent leather, shoe polish on heels, lemon salts for glass, and methods to remove grease with cold water borax or hot iron. Also includes carpet cleanup, lace curtain starch patches, varnish and wallpaper care, oven cooling with water, bath enamel rework, blueing tips, corset care, and repairing china with hot milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theoven
Miscellaneous Hints on Life and Cooking From a Vintage Column
A collection of aphorisms about manners and virtue, mixed with recipes and kitchen advice. The piece offers wry lines on romance, piety, aging, and social behavior, followed by practical notes on coffee, tea, and simple dishes like a bread crumb bake and lemon sherbet. It reads like a late 19th or early 20th century domestic miscellany.
Beggars of London And Paris Wealth From Alms
A survey of beggars in London Paris and across Europe reveals fortunes earned through mendicancy. Stories recount nobles and clerks posing as cripples to beg, with some accumulating tens of thousands or more in francs and pounds. Notable cases include a Madrid bankruptcy filing a Parisian beggar royal pensioners and a Budapest beggar leaving funds for a university chair.
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Trenton
N. J
Knights of the Road
the Nile
House of Peers
London
Avenue de l'Opera
Paris
Napoleon
Louis Napoleon
Prince de Joinville
Australia
Madrid
Arasanapati Kvacharry
M. George Berry
M. Berry
M. Louis Paulian
Father Antoine
Sous Antoine
Andreas Jungkowicz
Gyurikovic
Royal Hotel
Budapest
Andreas
University of Presburg
The
Universality
Simon Opposich
Simon
Our Stupendous Railroad Development From The Review of Reviews
A forward view on U S railroads cites growth from twenty three miles in the early era to over 223000 miles of track with 313000 miles including sidings. Freight tonnages rose from 9.9 billion in 1882 to 187 billion in 1905, outpacing car and locomotive gains. The piece calls for extensive reconstruction and investment, estimating capital needs of 4 to 6 billion dollars over the next decade to expand mileage, improve tracks, terminals, and rolling stock.
Can't Name Your Own Child Fact From The New York Sun
A British registrar refused to register a baby girl named Coralie, citing no such name exists. The incident reveals discretionary powers held by registrars and occasional bans on certain names. A fee can appeal, but the case underscores drifting authority over infant names.
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New York Sun
Coralie
Elnacheny
Bae
Discovery in New York Weekly Notes Radiation Conditions
An important discovery notes a condition called internal radiation recognition. The report cites many castle of henness and mentions the idium is not alcoholic but linked to a company of drinkers. Whiffers protests and wishes to show it to his wife.
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New York Weekly
Hliffers
Castle of Henness
Drukers
Whiffers
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Spirit OF the Times
James 8. Dill
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Hinge Ha
Piccadilly
Cardiff
Yeovil
Holbeach
Himstock
Newport
Bridge
Kent
Midland
Aquarium
Pete Levasnier
Levasnier
Evreux
Lebeau
Dervis
Como
Palais Royal
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