Robes of English Judges Portraits From Dagland Era
In the July 27 2010 issue the Marshfield Times reprints a standard article detailing the full dress of England’s historic judges. It notes velvet coats rich mantles steel buckles and ermine trim as worn by the lord chancellor master of the rolls and other high offices with analogous court wigs hats laces and bands.
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Dagland
Castune
Justica
England
Récorder of London
London Standard
Firehead Brings Death On Freight Train Incident
Spayde a freasan on the New Haven railroad near New York City was firing on a freight train bound for Boston. He tumbled from the engine at New Rochelle, leaped back toward the tender with a rod, and was fatally electrocuted by contact with overhead wires. The train halted as railway workers found him near the tracks, his upper body burned black by the electric current.
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Charleo XI
Spayde
New Haven
New York City
Boston
New Rochelle
Minister questions why remarriages avoid same clergyman
A minister muses aloud about why couples who wed again do not ask him to perform subsequent ceremonies. He notes many second and third marriages occur in society and newspapers, yet he is not asked to officiate again, wondering if trust, superstition, or personal preference drives the choice.
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Pars
A Woman Helps Stranded Family In Central Park
A gracious woman in Italian dress sheltered a baby and three Nile toddlers found sleeping in Central Park. She paid a taxi to take them to Cherry Street, four miles away, after the driver received a $3 fare and the woman spoke softly. The scene showed the mother’s awe as she thanked her helper.
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Central Park
New York
Cherry Street
Gyrac
Aintly
Fragmentary Opera Crowd Quote Sparks Necklace Comment
A reading from a dusty opera scene shows a speaker leaning toward a woman and remarking that what they need is another necklace. The quirky exchange captures a moment of social chatter amid a crowded venue.
A Sense of Danger
The fragmentary text hints at a wary farmer or observer noting kerosene use to combat mosquitoes and a tense reaction to lightning bugs seen nearby. The dialogue reflects caution and unsettled feelings amid unclear local threats or pests.
Next Time Stella Belin Yor Remark Raises Questions
Fragmentary OCR text shows a fragmented line about Stella and Belin Yor with a remark about paying bile and fetes next time, lacking clear event, date, or identifiable entities to form a full news item.
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Stella
Belin
Breech Block Blast Kills Fort Monroe Coast Artillery Men
Eleven coast artillerymen die and several more wounded after a breech block explosion during target practice at Fortress Monroe Virginia. Aboard gun a second lieutenant is severely injured as a board of inquiry probes possible gun Fault or crew negligence.
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Monroe
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Washington
Jost
Townslay
Colonel Townsley
Townsley
Artisteg
Hende
Reads
Rawn Death Held A Self Inflicted Bullet Wound
Chicago police declare Wad NUL Assassinated president of the Monon road died by a self inflicted gunshot. Investigators discard murder theories, citing possible motive tied to a 1.6 million dollar graft scheme at Illinois Central during his vice presidency. Private detectives cling to burglary theory, while family says no new information emerged after funeral held Friday.
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Chicago
Ir G. Rawn
Monon Road
Herman Schuettler
Police of
Mr. Rawn
Schnattler
Winnetka
Rawn
Lolinota Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Grand Trunk Strike Paralyzes Rail Traffic Across Regions
Montreal reports 18000 out of work as Grand Trunk rail strike spreads. 6000 conductors and trainmen quit, 10000 shop workers laid off. freight and passenger traffic halted. Montreal fears milk shortages while other essentials pile up. Toronto notes an uneventful second day but perilous freight yards. Cleveland officials pledge full support to striking workers.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk
Varique
Mesnor
Flint
Mich
Toronto
Ontaro
Cleveland
Grand Trunk and Vermont Railways
W. G. Lee
Brotherhond
Brotherhood of Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
The
Vermont
MILL DIRECTORS ASK INQUIRY FOR PITLEBURY WASHBURN LOSS
London reports four million dollars vanished from Pitlebury-Washburn Flour assets, largely tied to wheat gambling and unrecorded notes. An additional 1.845 million could not be traced as records were destroyed. About 900 thousand more was lost in agents balances and uncollected debts. Shareholders pressed for prosecutions, but the meeting adjourned without action.
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Pitlebury-Washburn
London
Pitlebury-Washburn Flour Company
United States
R. H. Glyn
Glyn
Deputy Kills Five Negroes in Mississippi Shootout
Deputy Cauley of Cerro County in Hillett, Mississippi, killed five African Americans and mortally wounded two more at the Henry Beck place while defending his life. He fired two revolvers, cutting down seven assailants in under ten seconds as they advanced armed with axes and pitchforks. Cauley transported to Carrollston and surrendered to the sheriff. exoneration anticipated.
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Hillett
Miss
Sherifd
Cauley
Cerro
Old Henry Beck
Beck Place
Cawleyett
Garrolston
Large 191 Carat Diamond Revealed at Premier Mine
A Johannesburg source reports a new diamond discovery at the Premier mine near Johannesburg. The pure white gem weighs more than 191 karats, measures about two by three fourths of an inch, and is valued around 150000 dollars with cutting potential pushing value to at least 200000 dollars.
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Premier Mine
New York
Maiden Jane
Johannesburg
South Africa
Wissours Bank Closes in Sedalia Missouri
The Bank of Tipton near Sedalia closed and passed to the State Bank Examiner Swanger. Deposits total about $25,900. Established 1873. Cause of failure not stated. Acting cashier A. T. Adams was arrested in Tipton on grand larceny charges for not recording transfers of certain telephone text and released on bond.
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Sedalia
Bank of
Tipton
Jar Tiptos
State Bank
Swanger
A. T. Adama
Woman Killed After Auto Strikes Pedestrian
Miss Bessie Cox, 27, was struck by a speeding automobile driven by a Black man at Eighth and The Paseo in Kansas City. She died two hours later from injuries sustained in the Thursday incident.
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Kansas City
Bessie Cox
Eighth
Brooklyn Inventor Driven Crazy by Aviation Study
After 12 years of researching aviation, Grecklyn inventor Robert J. McKinley has become mentally unbalanced and is confined to a hospital for observation and treatment.
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Alrships
New York
Robert J. McKinley
Baroness Hangs In Asylum At Matteawan
Anisia Louise de Massey, who claimed nobility, is found dead by hanging in Matteawan asylum after a conviction for Elibg Gustav Simon, shirtwater manufacturer, on November 19, 1906. The death is ruled a self inflicted act in the New York facility.
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Anisia Louise de Massey
New York
Matteawan Asylum
Gustav Simon
Chicago census estimates 2.3 million members in district
A school census report presented Thursday to the board of education suggests that the Chicago area education system serves about 2,300,000 members. The estimate includes children counted by the census and related family figures.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Mischievous Boys Burn Man On Park Bench
Robert Finley was hospitalized after mischievous boys threw a burning newspaper under him as he slept on a bench in East Pittsburgh on Thursday. He suffered painful burns and received medical care for his injuries.
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Pittsburg
Robert Finley
East Pare
Gov Carroll Indicted for Criminal Libel in Iowa
Governor Carroll of Iowa was indicted by the Polk county grand jury on criminal libel for defaming John Downie, who resigned from the state board of control. Carroll claimed Downie had diseased cattle and misconduct with girls at Mitchellville. He was released on his own recognizance and seeks immediate trial, facing up to one year in prison or a $1000 fine if convicted.
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State Board of Control
Dés Moines
B. ©. Carroll
Iowa
Polk County Grand Jury
Crimnal Lbel
John Downie
Cownie
Carroll
Mitchellville
Downie
Polk
Rail Casualties On Railways Reach Over Fourteen Thousand Killed Or Injured
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for the year ending June 30, 1910 total railway casualties at 104,348. Of these, 8,722 were killed and 95,626 injured. Among the dead were 253 passengers. One passenger was killed for every $23,608 carried, and one injured for every 86,468 carried.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lightning Bolt Hits Airship in Cross Country Flight
While crossing the country Aviator Ebr moras Aeroplane was struck by lightning and fell burning to the ground. He escaped unharmed in a near miracle. In Chicago a pair of young arsonists, Leroy Holzner aged twelve and Harry Hanson aged thirteen, confessed to setting fires across two buildings in two days, with losses totaling around $50,000.
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Barcelona
Ebrmoras
Chicago
Edgar
Leroy Holzner
Harry Hanson
Rockefeller Tax Raise In Cleveland Forestation Bill
Taxes on a forest bill in Cleveland were raised over 500 percent, boosting the assessed value of John D. Rockefeller’s home to 1,415,830. The measure reflects a drastic revaluation amid a quadrennial appraisal cycle affecting major properties.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Moros Attempt To Kill Secretary Worcester On Palawan
On Palawan Island a band of Moros attacked Secretary Worcester during his visit to install a new governor. His bodyguard opened fire, killing three attackers and wounding several others, forcing the survivors to flee. Captain Moynihan ordered the guard to fire just in time to avert a tragic outcome.
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Manila
Palawan
Dean C. Worcester
Worcester
Sulu
Belogs
Secratary
Moynihan
Tims
Kids to Clean Milwaukee Prize Plan Promoted
Milwaukee mayor proposes prizes for children to aid street cleaning and the rise of the White Wings. He asks arming trusted youths with power to arrest health violators and urges monthly outings and souvenirs as rewards to the top contributors.
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Seldel
White Wings
Milwaukee
Mil Seldel
Social Democrat
Revival Meeting in Pittsburg Breaks Up in Mob
A 4000 strong mob disrupted a Prentucostal revival in Homestead after disgust at women groveling on the evangelists platform. The crowd silenced the lights, then attacked the prostrate converts. Injunction sought by Rev B A Fisher to stop interference with the meetings. threats of harm to relatives of the evangelist reported.
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Pittsburg
Homestead
Hiisirew
B.A. Fisher
Tha
Nial
Evangelista
Bank Loot Plotter Held On $10,000 Bail In Cambridge
Massachusetts clerk George Coleman, earning $12 a week, confessed to a Cambridge National City bank looting scheme, naming John R. Marshall Jallus Darby Moulton and two others. Marshall and Moulton were arraigned in Philadelphia with bail set at $10,000. About $200,000 stolen. arrest followed five months after discovery.
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Massachusetts
Philadelphia
John R. Marshall
Jallus Darby Moulton
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Mays
United States
Craig
Marehyll
Cambridge Institution
George Coleman
Kansas City
Marshall
Narshail Stoully
Mothers Dead Baby Dying In Grand Rapids Blaze
A fire at the Ledyard block on South Division Street and Fourth Avenue in Grand Rapids left Mrs Grace Wilson dead with her week old baby dying in hospital. Bargh operator Mrs Amelia Keeney suffered burns while attempting rescues as a gas explosion suspected. The old building was destroyed.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grace Wilson
Ledyard
South Division Street
Fourth Avenue
Amelia Keeney
Mother
Babe
Man Censures Wife to Crawl for Confession on Street
J Anderson of Tenth Street forced his wife to crawl a block on her knees to church to confess her supposed sin after her elopement. A crowd watched as the sobbing woman carried out the unusual penance amid public spectacle. A cyclone swept central Sweden damaging property but causing no fatalities, with many farms and factories unroofed near Eskilstuna.
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Wankegel
Mana
Hone
J. Anderson
Tenth Street
Chorch
Sweden
Stockholm
Swesalen
Epxiistuna
Death in Car Wreck Near Bolsa Idaho
A header collision on the Bulse and Interurban railroad near Bolse Butte Thursday killed motorman Willa Barwood and injured four passengers. The incident prompted an investigation into the rail line's safety measures and signaling.
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Bolsa
Idaho
Bulse & Interurban
Butte
Willa Barwood Wea
Water outage blamed on miscommunication
A brief exchange reveals a water shutoff issue and misplaced responsibility. One speaker apologizes while the other notes it was due to prior pressing concerns, highlighting communication gaps and accountability in a transit or utility matter.
Savings in TB sanatoria costs outlined in bulletin
A National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis bulletin notes the average cost per patient per day in thirty semi charitable sanatoria across the United States. Institutions spend over 3.306 million dollars annually and provide more than 815,080 treatment days each year. The study suggests substantial yearly savings if indigent consumptives are properly segregated.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States
National Association
Busleu
Sumner’s London Dinner Sparks Gentle Exchange
At a dinner in his honor in London, Charles Sumner faced a critic and replied with wit about “ashes” and how Americans honor the dead. An English guest suggested burning corpses, Sumner retorted with a reference to Gray about fires in ashes, and the exchange ended without further censure.
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Charles Sumner
London
Mr. Sumner
Gray
Dreamaer Questioning Josh’s Morning Routine Mystery
A Dreamaer jokes about whether Josh writes poetry or romances and Farmer Corntossel explains he does nothing but stubbornly refuses to get up until late. The scene features the Htercarr Iady and a rural tone with humorous banter.
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Josh
Farmer Corntossel
Father and Son Work Ethic Clash in Life Feature
Bob returns home from college and tells his father he has worked hard for him. The father agrees and replies briskly that the boy should now work for himself. The exchange reflects a tension between parental labor expectations and the push for independence.
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Bob
A Farcical Exchange on Pickpocketing and Wives
A fragment shows Roy aton musing on detecting a pickpocket with a quip about his wife. The line suggests humor about loyalty and trust, noting a friend’s value compared to an enemy testing strength in a brief, playful exchange.
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