Kleptomania as a legal and medical issue debated
The article surveys kleptomania as a psychiatric and legal problem, noting the distinction between instinctive theft and calculated crime. It cites historical cases and medical opinions on whether kleptomania renders a person insane or merely irresponsible, and recounts how London society and the police began recognizing the condition in courts.
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Shakespeare
Aou
New York Herald
Mra
Castle
San Francis
Redon
Police
London Times
Old-Time Cooking Of Three Hundred Years Ago Reported
The piece notes Mes era cooking lacked science and fashion with beef a status symbol. Forks were unused, wooden trenches served as dining ware, and cloths and napkins were rare. Cuisine centered on soups stews pies and fish, with large meat pasties for the wealthy, and beef soup containing carrots cabbage and apples.
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New York
Express
Greatest Crime Prohibition Debate Sparked in Local Paper
A terse exchange notes that the greatest crime occurs where prohibition is enforced, with Hungry Higgins arguing prohibition itself is the gravest offense and the Indianapolis Journal framing it as a defining local issue.
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Dawson
Higgins
Indianapolis Journal
Not paying for lumber, sultan delays in U.S. order
The sultan faced two years of payment delays for a lumber load ordered from an American firm. The St. Louis Dispatch quips about how any Christian Napoleon of finance could manage payment faster, implying the delay is notable and improper.
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United States
Christian Napoleon
St. Louis Dispatch
High-Geared in Brooklyn Life Quips on Vocation
A brisk, satirical note in Brooklyn Life remarks on South Americans and their fighting vocation. The snippet uses a metaphor about high gearing and revolutions to imply judgment of a pro shaft.
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Crankyatson
Brooklyn
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease, not local, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, guarantees up to one hundred dollars, and urges readers to request testimonials. The piece ends with a testimonial quip about counting ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Chenry
No-To-Bac Ad Claims Cure For Tobacco Desire
An advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a regulator or remover of tobacco craving, boasting over 400000 cured and promising health and manhood benefits with a cure guaranteed. It urges purchase for one dollar and claims druggists carry the product, closing with a cryptic line about sinners.
Planet Jr Tools Price Report and Seed Co Listing
Planet Jr Combined Drill offered at 6.50 by John A. Salzer Seed Co with a big catalogue available. City notices mention London district waste separation practices converting rags and paper into brown wapins paper and residuals used in brickmaking.
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Planet Jr
John A. Salzer Seed CO
la Crosse
Wis
Chelsen
London
Pacific Coast Two Through Trains Daily via the Union Pacific
Daily through sleepers on the Pacific Coast service with fastest runs to principal western points such as Denver Salt Lake City Butte Helena Portland San Francisco and Sacramento. Inquire at 617 17th St corner Curtis. Kitty has penned a piece promised to create a great sensation. A one act show with no shape for returning or other men to be running in
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Unios Pacific
Den
Salt Lake
Butte
Helena
Portlan
San Francisco
Sacramento
17Th St
Corner Curtis
Kitty
Rethe
Mire Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Teething Comfort
The ad touts Mire Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claiming to relief teething pain reduces inflammation and cures wind colic at 2 cents a bottle. It features a testimonial from Amos Kelner of Cherry Valley Illinois dated November 23, 1805 and a coy quip on life and vibration.
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Winslow
Piso
Amos Kelner
Cherry Valley, Ill
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Pacific Coast
McKinte
Ayer
Windsor Hotel
Denver
Windsor
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Prosper
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Sampice
Bosanke Med. Co. Phila. Pa
St. Jacobs Oil
Yandy Cathartig
Ad. Sterling Benedy CO
Chicago
Montreal
Can
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
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