April Fools Day in Literaccre
A compact survey of April Fool s Day in literature traces the day through Sir Walter Raleigh Arabian Nights and Shakespeare. It recalls a Kenilworth tale of lemon custard mischief for Elizabeth I and cites Haroun Al Rasheed and Arabian Nights pranks.
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Literaccre
St. Valentine's
All Souls
Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth
James I
Great Britain and Ireland
Earl of Leicester
Kenilworth
Sicilia
Fife
Godde
Virginia
Sir Walter Raleigh
Biskoonah
Haroun
Linnie Haguewood, Deaf Blind, Gains Financial Independence
Linnie Haguewood, once deemed disabled, is described as financially independent and focused on a career in the mechanical department of an institution for the blind. Her teacher, Miss Dora Donald of Gary South Dakota, notes her skill in stereotype making proofreading and book binding using Braille print shops and a typewriter. Born October 12 1879 in Grove Iowa she survived scarlet fever measles whooping cough and meningitis after early normal life.
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Linnie Haguewoo
Linnie Haguewood
Helen Keller
West
Miss Haguewood
Dora Donald
Gary
S. D
Linnie
Linnie Hazuewood
Grove
Newlywed Couple Escape Paris Amidchain of Tragedies
A newly married pair traveling from Antwerp to Paris faced a sequence of misfortunes. A fellow passenger killed himself in their railway carriage, a hotel visitor was killed in the lift, and a lunch invitation ended with the host’s servant dying earlier that day. The bride fainted and the couple returned to Antwerp by train.
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Antwerp
Paris
Bath
Horsewhipped Mayor of Topeka by Carrie Nation ally
Miss Mary Boise whipped Mayor Albert Parker of Topeka Kansas with a rawhide during Prohibition era protest. Boise, a Nation lieutenant, said she planned to horsewhip Parker and others not enforcing the law, but Parker declined to comment beyond noting agitation by critics affecting liquor policy.
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Mra
Carrie Nation
Mary Boise
Albert Parker
Topeka
Kas
Boise
M Ta Nation
Sale
Parker
Stanleen
Hazen
4Rcy Nichols
Shein Pei
Miss Holse
Ohio postmaster general official gets prison and fine
In a Washington correspondence piece from the New York World the former Ohio politics figure Rathbone and subordinates Neely and Heeges receive prison terms and heavy fines for embroiled fraud linked to a recalled stamp issue. The article notes a U S postmaster general role and cites other political figures and debates over the metric system.
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Ueca
Teter & Obes
Virginia Andlade
Speaker
Washington Correspondence
New York World
Florence Burns Freed After Mistrial In Murder Case
Florence Burns, detained for weeks on the Walter T. Brooks murder charge at the Genstand Hotel, New York, was discharged by Justice Mayer after prosecutors failed to prove a case. Court patrons applauded as the verdict was read. Burns remained restrained, while spectators celebrated outside. Senators Kean comments on Capitol frescoes near the old Congressional Library feature in a separate note.
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Florence Burns
Walter TP Brooks
Genstand
New York City
Mayer
Justice Mayer
Capitol
Congressional Library
New Jersey
Kein
Alan
Senators
Kean
Charles Neeley Found Guilty Of Cuba Post Funds Theft
Charles F W Neeley was sentenced in Havana to ten years in prison and a fine of $46 701 for theft of Cuban postal funds. He was treasurer of the department and the first to be arrested. The investigation linked Director Rathbone and Arthur Reeves to the crime as they allegedly plotted to control Civil Governor, Treasurer and Auditor offices and rob the island treasury.
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Prion
Charles F. W. Neeley
Havana
The
Rathbone
Arthur Reeves
Neeley
Reeves
New Balloon Design Combines Heat and Cold System
A Parisian aeronaut unveils a balloon equipped with both refrigeration and heating gear. By lowering gas temperature with a refrigerator lever the balloon descends. heating expands hydrogen to rise. The device aims to control altitude via thermal and gas compression.
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Haroun al Rasehin
Albubi
Alfh
Hiskoonah
Allan
Biskoonal
Turin
Vicky
Charles Dickins
Serdoge
Scrooge
Flor
Shakespeare
Dogherty
Filstaff
Henry
PM Sone
Thetisha Havang
iEstex G. Rijn
Attevtor
Cwhan Portice Department
Dro
Howard
Canandaigua
Dwyer Howard
Itied
Undertaker
United States
Catholic University
Washinton
Charles Neely
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