Relics of Rochambeau and Lafayette Arrive in Washington
The French liner Chicago arrived from Havre after delays with heavy seas and snow. Mme Le Thomson brings relics of Rochambeau and Lafayette to the Congressional Library in Washington to be kept until the war ends, after 20 years collecting and recent Paris display.
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New York
Chicago
Havre
Wales
Mme le Thomson
Rochambeau
Lafayette
Congressional
Washington
Mme. Thomson
Paris
F. W. Honeycutt
Third Field Artillery
F. A. Doniat
Meeting a Lion in South Africa by Stewart Edward White
Stewart Edward White contributes to the January American Magazine with a thrilling account of his African jungle hunting experiences. The excerpt describes a day after a long southward walk when the party observed something unexpected in the wild.
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Stewart Edward White
How Can You Tell When You Are Getting Old
In the January American Magazine an essay titled A Husband's Story recounts a husband with twenty five years of marriage describing how aging changes happiness for him and his wife. He says the keynote of joy has shifted to comfort, both physical and emotional, marking their sense of growing old.
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Ormally
Mai
Age and marriage as the years temper joy and desire
A narrator recalls aging and the shift from youthful pleasures to quiet study and home life. His wife’s early midlife rebellion and jealousy edge toward divorce as she longs for youth, beauty, and power, while he notes men age more slowly than women.
Stubborn Straphangers Hold Up Streetcar In Chicago
In Chicago on a Sunday morning the Sixteenth Street car carried 20 strap hangers beyond Kedzie avenue. Ordered back to the barns they refused transfers and to alight, holding up traffic for two hours until the superintendent sent the car out on its regular run.
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Chicago
Ill
Kedzie Avenue
Illing of Unfortunate Classes
New York reports Dr Edward Wallace Lee argues that mental defectives and incurably insane criminals should be put to death by the state. He blames intoxicants bad habits drugs and malaria for crime and divides inmates into three classes including those who should never have been confined.
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New York
Soicety
Edward Wallace Lee
New York Medical Journal
Lee
Dr. Lee
Eradication Proposed for Incorrigible Criminals
The speaker divides offenders into three classes, praising treatment for the reformable and prison for the undeserving while asserting that the absolutely incurable should be eradicated. He argues for a national board of health to possess power over the life of the incurable.
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National Board of Health
Old Bible tale links vast fortune to 1844 will
New York reports Joseph A. Luria of Montclair claims an old Bible hides a $90 million Hoffman Poznanski estate. The document, dated 1894, allegedly records a will by George Hoffman made in South Africa after feuds over family shares and smuggling gains. Luria led an investigation committee.
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New York
Joseph A. Luria
Montclair
N. Jour
Hoffman-Poznanski
George Hoffman
South Africa
Hoffman
Russia
Dccumer
Poznanski
Lura
New York Times Baby Ostrich Roasted for YMCA Dinner
A five month old ostrich weighing over 15 pounds was served at the YMCA Christmas dinner along with 1,500 attendees. Each drumstick weighed 16 pounds and 165 pounds of dressing were used, including chestnuts butter onions bread celery and spee. A special six by six foot oven roasted the bird.
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Jos Angeles Cor
New York Times
Y. M. CA
War
Household Remedy Patent Medicine Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Thomas Electric Oil for the family today with claims of curing cuts bruises sore throat and lameness. The small print notes price 25 cents and five cents in sale by all druggists.
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Bay
Willie
Mamma
Grandma
Thomas
Police Chief Reenacts Graveyard Murder in Petras Trial
In Geneva HL Chief Michels of Aurora staged a courtroom reenactment describing snow prints a ditch muff and a knife to illustrate the Hollander murder. He traced how the attacker allegedly dragged Theresa Hollander into the cemetery and killed her, with the weapon linked to Anton Petras.
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Chicago
Michels
Aurora
Theresa Hollander
Anton Petras
Geneva
Petras
Frank Carrimont
The Lobster’s Happy Fate According to a Biologist
A Jersey marine biology study claims boiling lobsters is cruel and inefficient. Biologist Joseph Sinel asserts piercing the brain fails and lobsters resist dying, preferring cold water to bring them to a painless coma and death as temperatures rise to 80 degrees.
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Jersey Marine Biological Station
Joseph Binel
Jersey Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Mr. Sinel
Sinel
A Sinners Diary Notes by Lynette Freemire in Judge
The narrator describes a woman who plots by opposites and questions motives of others. She muses on self invention and charm compared to cultivation of a man and notes a humorous unease with knowledge levels. The piece ends with a quip about eugenics and fire versus wood.
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Lake Michigan
Sharp Wits and Small World Observations
A compact meditation noting the smallness of the world and the prevalence of small people. It contrasts those born rich, those who work for riches, and those elected to fat fees. It suggests you can pursue a good man but not ride over him.
Plain Fare for a King Reduces Royal Living Costs
A report on King George trimming royal meals to four courses and cutting daily food costs from $2.30 to $1.25, while servants’ hall costs fall from $1.44 to 85 cents. The note compares royal and servant meals and markets a patent tonic ad at the end.
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George
Servants
Remarkable Trade Visitor and World’s Tallest Dwarf
A trade show feature highlights a tall dwarf advertised as the most remarkable, claimed to stand five feet five inches. The Bland Showman notes the dwarf’s record height and cites a December statistical note from the Department of Census. Trade data also references weekly export figures for December and country rankings by pounds.
Local Exchange The Bowling Alley Quip
A lighthearted exchange between two women over a husband who works just enough at home. One notes his hard work seems hidden while the other jokes about spotting him only at the bowling alley.
Thoughtful exchange about salt water and tide
Mr. Groome from interior jokes he will carry a bottle of salt water home. Mrs. Groome warns not to fill it full, leaving space for the tide to rise.
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Mr. Groome
Record Copper Export of 30.7 Million Pounds to Europe
Copper exports from the United States to Europe reached 30,724,567 pounds valued at $3,825,474 during the period reported by Washington and New York copper authorities.
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Washington Cor
New York
Furope
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