Forced from Southern hotels in Biloxi over notoriety
Rev. E. A. Hamilton his wife and daughter Edna faced repeated humiliations as they moved between hotels in Biloxi after the Clinton trial over Tom Snell’s will. A Biloxi lodging-keeper cut them off, and the family sought quieter quarters, sometimes under assumed names to avoid reporters.
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Bloomington
E. A. Hamilton
Edna
Clinton
Tom Sneil
Charles Wilson
Biloxi
Mass
Central Illinois
New Orleans
Snell
Hamilton
Hamiltons
Nebraska Prison Probed Over Dope Problem
Lincoln March 24 Governor Sheldon ordered a sweeping inquiry into the Nebraska penitentiary after Prison Physician R E Giffen reported that among 412 inmates 159 were morphine addicts and described the prison as a huge dope joint. Giffen, a noted surgeon, formerly served in the Cuban war and as a prison surgeon at Blackwell's Island.
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Lincoln
Neb
Sheldon
Nebraska
R. E. Giffen
The Good Angel of Slum Children
London reports the Children’s Happy Evening association led by the Princess of Wales with Mrs. Bland-Sutton as secretary. Since its founding nearly twenty years ago thousands of slum children have been guided into useful lives, aided by the founder and her surgeon husband’s ongoing support.
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John Bland-Suttton
Bland-Sutton
Association
Chelsea Hospital For Women
Middlesex Hospital
New Hampshire as Flower of Atlantic Fleet
The prompt notes the battleship New Hampshire as the flower of the Atlantic fleet and asks if the cruiser Boston would be the navy bean, implying a playful nicknaming of ships within the fleet.
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New Hampshire
Boston
Navy
Gown of Lace and Mohair Delights with Yellow Stripes
A white mohair dress features diagonal yellow shadow lines, with a pointed front skirt. The surplice front uses filet lace and gold embroidered dots. Yellow and brown embroidery accents the sleeve cap and girdle, while French lace trims the dickey and sleeve frills with long mitten cuffs.
Old Maids Strike Banquet as Bachelors Form Protections
Plainfield Indiana March 24 The Old Bachelors club abandoned a planned banquet shocking local old maid circles. The group formed an Anti marriage Protective and Assurance association to guard members from leap year proposals and heartaches.
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Plainfield
Ind
Old Bachelors’ Club
Old Bachelors
Qki
Whole City About to Emigrate to America
Madrid March 24 The 9 000 strong Bejar in Salamanca plans a mass emigration to South America The city centers on weaving with many skilled loom workers The leaders of Nicaragua and Uruguay offer ships and spinning mills for settlers The plan divides roughly equally between the two nations and aims to boost textile growth while potentially shaping regional political currents
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Madrid
Bejar
Salamanca
South America
Spain
Nicaragua
Uruguay
Little Dinner Graft for the Congressman
Philadelphia March 24 It is claimed the Pennsylvania railroad withholds passes but keeps a single graft trace. The rail line replaced a $1 tabled hoted dinner with an a la carte plan making meals cost about $2. On the Congressional limited between New York and Washington the railroad still offers a $1 dinner, a notable perk for members of Congress.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional
New York
Washington
Congress
Railroads
The Way You Bake Beans in a Home Oven
The passage discusses baking beans at 200 degrees with center temperatures near 100. It notes fibers resist breakdown without fierce heat, producing heavy, hard to digest results. Dry heat crisps the exterior while centers stay undercooked, bursting skins and yielding a weedy texture.
Our Way Baked Beans The Factory Method
The advertisement touts factory cooked beans baked at 245 degrees with attached thermometers for consistent heat, 90 minute bake in live steam. It claims the process makes the beans digestible and thoroughly baked, not browned or broken, yielding a mealy texture with a nutty, whole bean character.
CAP DEFENDED NEARS COMPLETION
A small City Island boatyard prepares a forty foot class American defender for the British international motorboat cup. The Wolseley Siddeley challenger from Lord Howard de Walden will race near Port Jefferson across a 35 to 40 nautical mile course under a trust deed.
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Dixie
Southampton
Motorboat Club of America
Lord Howard de Walden
Cowes
Motor Watch Club
Tams, Lemoine and Crane
B. F. Wood
Port Jefferson
L. L
Barbers Offer Self Comb Experience Draws Laughs
Patrons enjoy barbers who let customers comb their own hair, while others joke they wish they had hair to comb offering a playful take on salon service.
One Hundred East ern Stars Headed to Peru for Banquet
One hundred members of the Eastern Stars from this city traveled by a special car to Peru last evening at 6 30 for a banquet and initiation exercises. They report an excellent time.
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Peru
Millinery Vendor Promises Early Spring Hats Next Week
The merchant explains the delay in spring hats and millinery goods is due to early season timing. He buys only sample hats and shapes, expects new stock next week at half price or less. Customers are urged to wait to snag trimmed hats and shapes at strong discounts.
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Snell Case
MSA
Giffen
London
Prin
Cess of Wales
Children’s Happy Evening Association
Mrs. Bland-Sutton
Crosby
Wasaguan Caosst Co
Bachelors’ Association
America
van Camp
Michigan
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Cap
City Island
HIST
Ofan
Ness
Joe Oppenheimer
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