Amiable Joseffy Aids Contemporaries In Virtuoso Era
Rafael Joseffy, famed pianist of a past generation, stood out for kindness and lack of jealousy. He mentored Conrad Ansorge and praised rivals like Rosenthal and De Pachmann, earning admiration in New York amid the heyday of Chopin performance. A noted anecdote from contemporaries reflects his generous spirit.
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Elerma Pachmann
New York Tribune
Blood Purity and Wound Healing Theory
The article argues that healthy blood supports quick germ destruction after skin injury preventing pus. It explains how impure serum lets germs grow, misuses a globe and dye analogy, and stresses continuous blood renewal to resist disease.
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Bank Robbery Intercepted By Cashier Webb
Webb bound by two bandits at a rural Oklahoma bank. He freed his bonds, pursued the robbers as they fled, and fired a shotgun from behind vault doors after placing a customer and himself in the vault. The wounded bandits fled toward the railway station with Webb in pursuit.
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Trrant Okla
Webb
Maxim Coffee Test Reveals Wheat Mixtures Best Says Stenographer
The article recounts Sir Hiram Maxim testing coffee blends with thirty workers and a stenographer. She disclaims all blends but the half wheat and half coffee with chicory, later declaring that mix "That is coffee" as the true stuff. Includes brief notes on the First Seal of the United States and unrelated quips.
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Sir Hiram
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Army
Costa Rica
Cashier fires on robbers as money is seized
A robbery ends with the cashier firing at suspects after they try to take cash. The men fail to obey and flee. the money is recovered.
More War Plots and Prohibition State Elections
The piece notes seven states set for statewide prohibition at the new year Colorado Iowa Washington Oregon Idaho Arkansas and South Carolina By November 1 1916 Virginia closes its saloons and nineteen states join the dry column Nebraska California Michigan Vermont South Dakota and Alaska vote on prohibition next year With war plot allegations a federal grand jury indicts eight men including Congressman Frank Buchanan Former Congressman Robert Fowler and Frank Monett for conspiring to form rent strikes in US munitions factories funded by Germany to curb munitions exports to the Entente allies.
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Alaska
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
Robert Fowler
Milinois
Frank Monett
Ohio
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