American Bias Against Jews Spurs Calls for Unity and Reform
A Chicago rabbi traveling in Europe argues American anti Semitism is a newer problem, urging Jews to self police by excluding undesirable elements and urging Gentiles to see Jews judged by same standards. He cites Europe’s relative tolerance, cites Dreyfus era France, and urges social and political reform to keep Judaism in its proper community role.
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Berlin
Emil G. Hirsch
Sinai Temple
Chicago
America
Europe
Emurope
United States
Atlantic
Tribune
Mirsch
England
France
Germany
American
Dreyfus
Kaiter
Italy
Rome
New York Safe-Robbers Captured After Weeks of Pursuit
Inspector McCafferty and seven detectives trap the bold band in Newark during a safe breach. Three men and a woman are arrested. loot valued at over $20,000, including tools and counterfeit inventory, is found at 28 Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn. The group, led by Humpty Williams, is tied to recent Manhattan robberies. The woman, identified as Lizzie Smith, is held on burglary charges.
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New York
McCafferty
Newark
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Inspector McCafferty
Humpty” Willams
Manhattan
New York City
Lizzie Jacobson
Lizzie Smith
Butts
Essex Market Court
Rogues’ Gallery
Reed Sisters of Stage Endure Hard Times After Fate
Laura and Florence Reed, sisters of the late comedian Roland Reed, faced years of poverty and illness. Neighbors Mrs Muhn and Mrs Milon helped house and feed them while Laura recalls the Walnut Street era and the stars she performed with.
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Philadelphia
New York
Roland Reed
Laura
Florence Reed
Florence
Walnut Street
Roland
Tim Fa Thion
Mira Laura
Hugabeth Muhn
Darien Street
Higabeth Milon
Ure
Taiia
Eerrow
Liauble
Dhatraan
Pholand
Daushtur
Han
Lion
Hite
Walnut Street Theater Company
Thomas H Momphil
Mire
Augusta Garry and
Coonge
Janauchek
Charlotte Cushman
Guy Mannering
Barney Williams
Billy Florence
John C. Clark
Wright
United States Pension Roll Reaches One Million
A Washington report notes the U S pension roll has reached 1,000,000 recipients. It compares civilian war pensions to other government outlays and cites totals spent since 1865 along with related debt figures and a line about Ruby Abrams.
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United Sates
Washington
Ratironda
Republic
Photographing the Stomach and Theatre Censors
Popular Mechanics notes a Munich physician’s device to photograph the stomach by swallowing a camera with an electric lamp and small film. A Hanover stage incident at Wedekind's The Awakening of Spring drew police scrutiny over a controversial scene involving an adult actress.
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Munich
Manover
Wedekind
Berlin
Hlanover
Frau Bereman
Bride Weds by Escaping Rice Shower via Ladders
In New York Moorial a bride avoiding a rice shower fled the scene by climbing down ladders from a Riverside Avenue building. A janitor and guests watched as Daphne Dieterleh and her fiancé slipped away through a corridor and rear entry, boarding a carriage and heading toward a railroad for their wedding journey.
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New York
Ourrugens
Daphne Tame Dieterleh
Mchoyler Imbere
Whelio
Nicholia Murray Luther
Garleford
Mina
Nikremont
Boas Rlee
Courk
Guewia
German Girl 8 Heir to Krupp Empire in Wartime
A newspaper piece portrays Miss Krupp, an 18 year old heiress who inherits ownership of the Krupp steel works in Essen. It notes her limited day to day control and the global impact of Krupp guns on European armies and navies. The article highlights the irony of a young woman owning a maker of weapons that fuel wars.
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Europe
Baden
Germany
Krupp
Masen
Warehe Armorers
Asia
Cuar
Yalu
Port Arthur
Viailivostok
Togo
Krupp Worka
Essen
Merr Krupp
Mien Krupp
Austria
Russia
Turkey
Italy
Spain
Guna
Kruppa
Miaa Krupp
Unwritten Law and Emotional Insanity Through History
A historical overview argues fifty years of unwritten law and emotional insanity in high profile US cases. It links Sickles, Thaw, and Cole-Hiscock through alleged societal decay and the idea of male property rights in marital disputes, noting Dr Hamilton's critique of sensationalism.
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T. Paul
Sickles
Washington
Cole
Harrin Hiscock
Allan McLane Harailton
Bickles-Royth Cole- Hiscock
Peculiar Vegetable Growth and Strange Plant Forms
An odd horticultural note describes a grotesque palmlike plant nicknamed the pandanus or screw plant. It details its young, warted growth and later straightening, with moplike foliage and fruit resembling a pineapple. The piece mentions a church and a redwood reference in California.
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Chotor
Ondy Apeaker
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Geremany
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Napoleon Ovenhiry
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Laisville Onirier-Journal
Ianmens
Arin
Toe
Williams Alias
Hunch
Fourth Street
Baqoklyn
Mise
Ruby Abrams
Cooper Loetitute
Te Dent
Hoth & Few
Ientasttes
Goddess OF War
Miss Krupp
Apnty Nova
Cal
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