The Light of Love in St. Anne's Courtroom Trial
In St Anne's county courthouse a sensational murder trial unfolds over Janny Haskell and her husband Jim Haskell with Bill Thorne as the accused. William Thorne testifies he will shield the widow and accuses the state’s attorney of bribery, sparking cheers as an acquittal for the accused follows. The widow is celebrated as innocent while the town later gathers for Thorne’s expected execution burial.
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St. Anne's
St. Anne’s
Janny Haskell
Jim
Bill” Thome
Thorne
Marlborough
Haskell
Willis Howard
Atorney
Howard
Thomne
Congress
Dee
Jim Haskell
Mr. Howard
Sawyer Monard
Iegardea
True
Itile
Accidents in Shooting and the Risks Involved
A Fortnightly Review writer notes that shooting in the British Isles sees 300000 participants and 50 to 40 million cartridges fired annually yet accidents remain rare. The piece cites dangerous shots and ignorant stops, recalling Lord Cardigan’s quip about using men instead of boys for stops.
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British Isles
Anther
Lord Cardigan
Popes of humble birth and rise to power
A study notes many popes came from low origins. It cites Alexander V a beggar boy and Sixtus IV a fisherman’s son, while Sixtus V was a pig driver who rose as bishop and pope. Urban IV was French cobbler’s son and Boniface VIII a street gamin. The piece highlights Hawthorne on St. Maria Maggiore tomb and Greg VII, a carpenter’s son, as a brilliant statesman.
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Alexander V
Benedict XII
Sixtus IV
Sixtus V
Felix Perretti
Montalto
Fermo
Rome
Nathaniel Hawthorne
St. Maria Maggiore
Ars
Urban IV
Adrian
Boniface the Great
Lings
Lidrebrand
Gregory VII
Central residential club proposed for young men in London
Younus men living in London of small means are told of a planned central residential club. Exeter hall committee plans a superior Rawton House style facility with about 400 bedrooms at a shilling weekly rate. It will offer libraries, reading room, gym, bicycle storage, dining room, laundry and economical services, potentially costing about £25,000 and self funding.
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C. A
Younus
London
Young Men's Christian Association
Exeter Hall
Rawton House
Iwrars
Thevention Room
Athe
Gymnasiim
Career of Lieut Strebler Captured Filipino Leader
Lieut Strebler, born in Germany, captured Gen Liuchan the Filiping leader. He enlisted in the regular army before age 20 and rose to lieutenant under President McKinley after serving as a sergeant for his third term. He has seen active service but has never been injured.
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Strebler
Liuchan
McKinley
Hawleyident Roosevelt
Mr. Cullom
Grant
White House
Illinois
Roosevelt
Joseph Roswell Hawley
Connecticut
Senate
Hawley
ISS
Committee On Appropriations
Cannon
Congress
Treasury
Washington Letter on Congress and Fashionable Curling
A Washington letter recalls the senate chamber visit by Prince Henry and notes crowded galleries, then wryly chronicles Congress members with peculiar hair curls and grooming habits. The piece also lampoons collared mishaps in the barber shop, vaccination episodes in Saginaw, and an anecdote about Senator Hawley and President Roosevelt, ending with quips about privilege and appearances in the capital.
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Henry
Senate
J. Pierpont Morgan
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New Jersey
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Congressman Zenor
Ohio
Zenor
Louise Jones
Payne
Joseph W. Fordney
Saginaw
Mich
Hod
Fordney
District Health Department
Senator Cullom
Pres
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