Mrs Housman Returns Home After Ten Day Disappearance
Mrs Olga Housman, wife of Alonzo Housman of Brooklyn, reappears in New York saying she left to escape burdens and to obtain a millinery job under an assumed name. She explains she staged a drowning impression to deter her husband and reveals she read about her mother's illness and family distress in newspapers.
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Alonzo Housman
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
Rockaway
Manhattan
Duffy Jury Disagrees on Conviction Vote
In New York on June 13 the Duffy case jury reported a complete disagreement and was discharged by Justice Goff. The panel was said to be 11 to 1 for conviction, with Duffy remanded pending bail settlement and likely re trial. Also a $76,000 Syracuse fire destroyed ten frame buildings on Emerson and Willis avenues in the west end.
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Justice Goff
Syracuse
N. Y
Emerson and
Willis Avenue
West End
Truman G Palmer sugar literature distributed in public documents
Truman G Palmer distributed literature on sugar in public documents. The pamphlets promoted sugar policies and were circulated to local officials and residents.
Sulzer Not Worried at Threat of Probe
Albany news reports Governor Sulzer dismisses a looming probe as a legislated committee to investigate patronage and veto power concerns. The authorized panel, led by Senator James J. Frawley, would study charitable and supervised state institutes, not the governor’s office.
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Albany
N. J
Sulzer
James J. Frawley
New York
Market Summary of Butter Eggs Cheese and Poultry
General Markets report from New York dated June 13 shows steady butter with varied receipts and prices for creamery extras firsts and seconds. Eggs receipts at 24,992 cases with per dozen pricing for extras firsts and dirties. cheese firm with bundled state and regional varieties. dressed poultry steady with multiple categories and weights including western frozen milk fed broilers and roasters with priced perchases.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Waite
Philadelphia
Long Island
Fancy
Mainec
Bomb threat disrupts Paterson loom mills in June
Julius Santher fired at two would be bombers after spotting them in his Riverside yard. The device dropped by intruders was a poorly built bomb with a ten inch fuse and mixed explosives. it failed to explode, but could have caused major damage. Three Paterson ribbon mills opened with limited return of workers as I W W leader Elizabeth Gurley Flynn faces trial and prosecutors plan a June 23 Hudson county jury move.
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Fischer Mill
Haenston Bros
Westerhoff
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Dunn
Hudson County
Hudson
Bombs at Lodi Plant Kill Owner Amid Attempted Explosion
A bombing at the Bonura Mascarelli skirt plant in Lodi New Jersey led to a fatal attack on owner Joseph Bonura who died after surgery for a tumor. One bomb exploded wrecking a door while two dynamite bombs failed to ignite. several bombs were found near burning woodwork. About thirty workers, many from New York, faced the collapse as relatives waited at St Marys hospital.
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Passaic
N. J
Joseph Bonura
A. Mascarelli
Charles Street
Westminster Place
Lodi
Bonura
St. Mary’s Hospital
New York
Tinker Suspended After Fist Fight in Cincinnati
President Lynch suspended Tinker pending umpire report after a sixth inning brawl with Philadelphia’s Knabe in Wednesday’s game. The clash began with heated words and escalated as Tinker slid into second, requiring multiple players to separate the two.
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August Herrmann
Mu Ager Tinker
Tinker
Knabe
Philadelphia
Market Results for Live Stock and Hogs
Kes reports June 13 market results with cattle prices across grades from prime to common and fat cows, steady sheep and lamb markets, and lower hog prices. Prime cattle around $8.40 to $8.00, hogs $7.50 to $9.00, lambs $4.50 to $6.85, veal calves $10 to $11, and stags not fully listed.
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Uispuren
Seton Hall Graduates Twelve With One Entering Baseball
Twelve Seton Hall College graduates received diplomas in South Orange New Jersey on June 13. Eleven earned Master of Arts degrees and Vice Chancellor John Griffith received an honorary Doctor of Laws. Bishop John J. O Connor presided with James F. Mooney. Eleven will enter the seminary for priesthood, while Joseph A Peplowski becomes a professional baseball player.
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N. J
Seton Hall College
John Griffith
Jersey City
John J. O'Connor
Newark
Mer
James F. Mooney
Man refuses arm amputation to avoid blood poisoning
Nicholae Domenico of Newark says he would rather die than lose his left arm after it was crushed in a folding machine at the Drake Morrison Paper Box plant. Doctors at St Michael's hospital plan surgery but Domenico has not consented, risking blood poisoning.
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N. J
Nicholae Domenico
Eighth Avenue
St. Michael’s Hospital
Drake-Morrison Paper Box Company
North Third Street
Often the Case Echoes Household Strain After Cook's Exit
A Washington Herald note quotes a wife relieved the main cook left. The remark suggests household tensions ease as duties shift and others in the home report satisfaction with the change.
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Washington Herald
A Perfectly Good Reason Visit to Chiropodist
A prim elderly woman reveals to a friend she plans to see a chiropodist not for foot pain but to boast of having had a man at her feet. The anecdote plays on social norms and modest desire in a humorous exchange reported by the Telegraph Union.
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Tun
Votes for women noted by a child in a birthday scene
In a domestic vignette a young girl rejects a talking doll and requests one that says Votes for women. The piece contrasts playful childhood with suffrage sentiment in a quiet family moment.
Strange Visitor Locked In With Five Children
A puzzling encounter unfolds as a man attempts entry to a home, is denied, and later finds himself locked in a dim hall with five distressed children. After an eerie hour, the resident returns and offers to listen, yet the man escapes before night ends.
On What Happiness Depends by George S Merriam
A brief meditation on happiness noting how daily mood hinges on others’ behavior at home work and in public. The author argues that much of daily pleasure or misery comes from interactions with people and that individuals largely influence their own happiness by how they respond to others.
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Lake District
Ethel
Tess
George
Cleveland
Merriam
The Lyre Bird and Other Notable Observations
The lyre bird, Australia’s ornate songster, imitates tools and animal sounds and spreads its tail like an ancient lyre. A cancer doctor warns about signs and risks of cancer from minor injuries to internal damage. The English Yeoman article clarifies yeoman meaning and lifelong landholding lineage.
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Australia
Eveh
Fragmented verse and quip filled miscellany note
A garbled text mixes stray lines about a bee and a poem discussion. It includes odd spellings and names like Mint A, Jedril, and F. Hiller, plus a joke about Mr Homeleigh’s matrimonial prospects and a remark from the Boston Transcript.
Paradoxical Willie Faces School Time Warnings
A brief cartoonish exchange shows Willie warned about a hoisted safe on the street and a mother advising caution about dangerous air, followed by a clipped motto about pushing on and not dwelling on failures.
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Mamma
Boston Transcript
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