Poisoners Through History In Art Of Murder
A fragmentary essay traces poison as a macabre art from ancient Greece to Renaissance Rome and Catherine de Medici. It highlights Borgias and Brinvilliers, Tofania, and Brinvilliers, describing methods like poisoned needles, rings, and water torture, and contrasts past myths with modern toxic science.
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Borgins
Brinvilliers
Bentlock
Greece
Rome
Vorne
Pompeii
Naples
Madame Tofania
Catherine de Medici
France
Duke of Orleans
Sainte-Croix
Marquise
Publle
Notre Dame
Earl of Leicester
Elizabeth
Amy Robsart
Earl of Essex
Lord Sheffield
Nicholas Throgmorton
Cardinal Chatillan
Caracalla
Vendatora
Love and life end in Omaha tragedy and reunion
William W. Hately shot himself on the Omaha lawn after sending a note to Mrs. Charles Stierle of Newton Montana declaring love and a divorce. Once married to Mattie May Lowe, with two children, Hately faced poverty and jealousy as his wife pursued a new life with Stierle. He had worked in Omaha, then Newton, and the case follows a bitter sequence of separation, divorce and the fatal act.
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Addreesoi
Charles Stierle
Newton, Mont
William W. Hately
Omaha
Hately
William Hately
Mattie May Lowe
Jean
Robert
Thomas Hately
Cross Row
Gateshead
England
E. F. Deright
Newton
Mont
Thomas Kilpatrick & Co
Enforcing Obnoxious Laws Cause Mexico City Disturbance
Mexico Missouri city marshal creates uproar by enforcing strict ordinances. His actions spark criticism and public disturbance as residents react to his insistence on enforcing the rules.
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Meéshal
Mexico
Plan to rename Cedar Park in Bronx for Sigel
Admirers of the late Gen Franz Sigel urge New York officials to rename Cedar Park at One Hundred Fifty-second Street and Mott Avenue to Sigel Park. Sigel lived in the Bronx for over twenty five years and was a leading Civil War veteran in the area. Many public officials and Bronx citizens support the plan.
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Sigel
Franz Sigel
New York City
Cedar Park
One Hundred and Fifty-second Street
Mott Avenue
Bronx
Father and Son Share Greenwood Baptist Pulpit
Rev. Dr. Robert Brave Hull served as pastor at Greenwood Baptist church while his son, Rev. Robert Chipman Hull, preached in the evening. The 21 year old has recently preached at Stronglace Baptist church in Wrooklyn during the summer.
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Greenwood Baptist Church
Robert Brave Hull
Robert Chipman Hull
Stronglace Baptist Church
Wrooklyn
The Law of Compensation Verses on Hats and Sun
A playful reminiscence on past courtship days and the transformation of women’s hats. The speaker notes oversized hats once sheltered both, then jokes that now they wear smaller tats and share shade beneath his Panama.
Bartlett’s suit seeks arrests of 12 Atchison farmers
Johnstone Bartlett, a lightning rod agent, urged the prosecuting attorney to issue warrants for twelve Atchison county farmers. He alleges he left Atchison with horses and a wagon, was swindled in trades, lost his gear and lightning rods, then walked back. The prosecutor noted that one clever horse trade is not illegal. Bartlett said bankers are easier to swindle than farmers.
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Johnstone Bartlett
Atchison County
Nebraska State Journal
Atchison
Bartlett
New Mining Method Taps Gold in Arizona Clay
In Santa Cruz county a gold bearing clay proved refractory to standard extraction. After many methods failed, a novel approach using thorough drying and beating with a club successfully liberated the gold, a technique reportedly unknown elsewhere.
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Santa Cruz County
Arizona
St Jacobs Oil Promises Pain Relief for Rheumatism
Miss Stephenson of Aberdeen writes that rheumatic pain once made dressing impossible. After using St Jacobs Oil, she improved after two bottles and can work normally again. The letter touts the remedy as conquering pain and urges others to try it.
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Jessie Stephenson
Hartington Road
Aberdeen
St. Jacobs of
St. Jacobs
Shah Muzzafer-ed-Din’s European tour echoes past regal visits
The Persian shah Muzzafer-ed-Din travels Europe on his fifth sovereign journey, a pattern since 1873. A prior ruler spent about 16 million dollars over six months, while England reserved Buckingham Palace wings for the entourage. Singed by curiosity, a royal execution was averted when officials warned such an act could not be allowed in Britain.
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Europe
Muzzafer-ed- Din
Persia
England
Buckingham
Business College Seeks Students at Templeton Takion
The Templeton and Salt Lake area business college issue invites inquiries for the new school year. They promote the Ellis Cabinet bookkeeping system and the Gregg shorthand as leading tools, urging professional and educational men to visit the Templeton location.
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Ellis
Gregg
Templeton
Salt Lake
Foreman report from eastern ranch about roundup and trouble
In Emerson Hough story, a quarterly foreman report to an eastern ranch owner notes 800 cages, good hay, potatoes fair, and a quarrel with an Irishman in the other camp who was killed. The message ends with a casual sign off.
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Emerson Hough
Jim
A boon to travelers from a curious extract
An explorers note praises a remedy named Ex tract of Wiki Strawberry Curren dysen tery seasickness uausen as pleasant to take and acting promptly, offering comfort to travelers and seaborne passengers.
Wealth of Patagonia Islands and Andes Hinted as Resources
The Patagonia archipelago hosts dense evergreen forests capable of yielding vast timber. nearby mountain ranges, sharing geology with Chile and Peru, are likely rich in mineral resources.
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South America
Patagonia
Chile
Peru
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Blood Remedy
An advertorial claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured with local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that acts on blood and mucous surfaces, describes it as a genuine prescription, and endorses it with testimonials and the promise of best family pills from Hall.
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Benell
Hall
WAL
Cheney
New Cable Route Planned Across African Desert
The Fretch government plans a 1400 mile furrow from Tunis to Lake Tehad to lay a cable in one operation. A plow drawn by an engine will advance at one mile per hour, creating a thirty inch deep trench for the cable.
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North African
Tunis
Lake Tehad
Putnam Faceless Dyes Prove Fast to Light and Wash
Putnam introduces faceless dyes praised for fast lightfastness and wash resistance. Tests show vivid color retention after exposure to light and repeated laundering, signaling strong fabric performance.
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Putnam
Courts for Women and the Paris Court Idea
In France a proposed Court of Justice run by women would handle cases beyond male lawyers expertise, relieving male judges from disputes like insults by dressmakers and reducing reliance on expert testimony. Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts, sprains, stings. Instant relief. Dr Thomas' Electric Oil at any drug store.
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France
Monarch
Thomas
Municipal Ownership Interest Cited By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt told New Haven officials he was interested in reform efforts and expected near term municipal ownership reforms in the District of Columbia to serve as an object lesson for cities nationwide.
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George Wallace
Board of Aldermen
New Haven
Conn
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
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Bilger Badtee
Leneiog Magames
Cesar Borgia
Cansir Borgia
Catherine
Duke of
Orleans
Tofania
Porgias
Madame Brinvilliers
Itainwoete
de Brinvilliers
Charity
Saint-Croix
Marelioness
Hushand
Ife
Eliabet
Jones
Gen. Grants
Shetter
Business College
Low
Templeton—Takion
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