Notorious Kemmler Execute Under Electric Chair
The article recounts the Auburn execution of William Kemmler by electric chair, detailing the cool demeanor of Kemmler, the warden Durston, and the medical staff. It covers the setup, the shocks, the initial death, a suspected revival, a second prolonged current, and the ensuing autopsy findings with notes on brain and organ condition and expert opinions.
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Kemmler
William Kemmler
Wi BP
Warden Durston
George Welling
Pack Fad Exposed as New York Women Endure Harsh Bathing Rite
A New York World account details a writer's experience with a drastic body pack used by fashionably progressive women. The ritual involves heavy blankets, hot compresses, ice, and forced liquids, leaving the subject weak and discolored yet claiming a fashionable glow. The piece ends noting packs are common among fashionable ladies.
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New York
Hoffman House
Duchess of Marlborough
Atlanta
Umijde
Violetta
Camille
Limoges
Host's Thoughtfulness Delights Pittsburg Guest
The exchange shows Brown from Philadelphia inviting Jones from Pittsburgh to a welcoming room with every comfort prepared. Jones thanks Brown for thoughtfulness, joking about cable car gangs hung under his window and a boy hired to bang them daily, in a lively Pittsburgh Bulletin tone.
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Brown
Philadelphia
Jones
Pittsburg
Pitteburg Bulletin
Wicked Youth Admires Ibsen Photo Mockingly
A Boston Herald quip recalls a vain, irreverent young man who mocked a drama critic by asking for a “real good picture” of a Marmoset monkey as a joke about obtaining a dramatic portrait.
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Ibsen
Eai
Tf Son
Boston Herald
Knouting of Popo Revealed in Lumbomirski Novel Excerpt
An excerpt from Prince Lumbomirski's new novel depicts the brutal knout torture of the political prisoner Popoff. Villainous interrogation continues as the colonel demands the secret and the prisoner resists, enduring floggings that drive the prisoner to the brink of collapse.
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Popo
Palkin
Popoff
Pope
Pallin
Vopoff
Nicholas
Pualkin
Popull
Hangmas
Prince Lumbomirski
Seedy Stranger and Doorman Clash Over Identity
A short dialogue fragment shows a seedy stranger boasting about coining a phrase and pressing a redacted keeper to reveal his identity. The exchange hints at secrecy and pursuit as they plan to exit through a back door to avoid detection. Included quips reference a distant context and cautions on giving dangerous advice.
Tuition and board at Chillicothe Normal School noted
The article states 31.00 covers board tuition and room for ten weeks while 24.00 covers about forty weeks at Chillicothe Normal School and Business Institute. It claims no other private normal in the West offers similar rates. It praises the faculty as specialists and the building as beautified, comfortable, heated by steam, lit by electricity, with the best apparatus.
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S24
Chilicothe
West
Stevin
One Eyed Aeronaut Bartholomew Charms Europe
Eugene Field's Chicago Times excerpt recalls Professor Bartholomew the one eyed aeronaut from Burr Oak Michigan. A fearless showman who toured globally with a baseball troupe and staged balloon ascents. In London he outwits a cab driver by flashing a glass eye and dodging a five shilling fare.
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Europe
Janey
Professor Bartholomew
Burr Oak
Mich
Bartholomew
Nan
Romeo
Lynch
Leigh
Mmoreé
London
Bartholomaw
United Kingdom
Eugene Field
Chicago Times
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Ocution
Wallurs
AusBun
Auburn
Durston
Houghton
Yates
Wardes Durston
Kemmiler
Dr. Spitzs4
Rommler
Durst
Dr. Fell
Dr. McDonald
Dr. Batch
Dr. Mc Donald
Dr. Spitzka
Wardeni Durston
Kemmier
Shrady
France
Egatra
Darkeeper
Har-keeper
Lippincott's
Puck
Phila
Jobin Sebastian
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Ry
Titus Aturonicus
Wasuisuton
Iis
America
Ita
W. T. Hannis
Commiszioner
Educationhee
Carminas
Esstir
Jeux Fiske
Ag Cla Rivest
Chas. L. Webster & CO
Vublishega
Ste
Deering
C. Aultman & Co
Joliet
Massachusetts Street
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