Sophie Lyons at 50 A Criminal by Heredity
A profile of Sophie Lyons, famed thief with many aliases, detailing her criminal lineage from Mother Mandelbaum through her own decades of pickpocketing and bank crimes. The piece notes her arrest in New York for carrying burglar's tools, her long life in and out of prison, and hints at a possible return to crime despite claims of reform.
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New York
Scotland Yard
Sophie Lyons
Sue
Abe
Sophie
Lyons
Hamilton Brock
Hambrock
Tons
Tle
Lyon
Connecticut
Criminologist’s Heredity Theory Challenged by Lyons Family
A disjointed account traces Sophie Lyons and her crime‑prone family. Her father and mother carried deep criminal roots while her daughters joined a Montreal convent and her son died in Auburn prison. The piece argues environment shaped outcomes, noting Lyons’s notorious bank robberies and volatile ties with accomplice Hambrock, ending in a fatal shootout.
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Auburn Prisen
Sophie
Montreal
Biilion
East
Auburn
Rophie Lyons
Sho
Thad
Sophie Lyons
Bam Levy
Return of Sophie Lyons and Lyons’s Recollections
The article recalls Sophie Lyons once famed for beauty now aging, declaring she is worth at least $100,000. It notes her four language fluency and wide knowledge in art and literature, though she dislikes public portraits of her current appearance and laments past times. Lyons remains alive and frail, often in Jersey City, wary of crossing to New York.
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Lyons
Jersey City
New York
Sophie
The Rose of Stars Poem Excerpt by G. H. Woodbury
A Century poetical excerpt describes Lovs great moral conflict as the rose of stars blooms from Eden into the world. An archangel watches with veiled eyes while warmth bursts forth in bud and blossom. The scene shifts to a vast cosmos as Venus and Mars glow, and the line ends with the Rose of Stars cited.
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Eden
Paradise
Venus
Mars
Hall Harth
G. HE. Woodbury
Napoleon's Will and its Hidden Meanings Revealed
The text analyzes Napoleon's will and codicils, noting a simple sincere tone with hidden messages. It cites piety, forgiveness of enemies including Enghien’s murder, and a large bequest section totaling about 250 million francs to many who aided him. It mentions a controversial remark about Cautillon and Wellington.
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Suringle
France
Marnont
Augereau
Talleyrand
Lefayette
Itbel
Enghien
Gerlea
Ora Cautillon
Wellington
Italians Deserting Their Army Amid Abyssinian War
Italian troops grow restless as desertions rise with the Abyssinian campaign. Citizens flee abroad, and authorities struggle to curb departures. Reports claim sixty deserters arrived in Nice in July, underscoring low morale and weak commitment to Italy's foreign troubles.
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Italy
Africa
United States
Nice
France
Chattahoochee River declines hit Columbus business hard
The Chattahoochee River sits lower than years past, damaging Columbus Georgia business interests. The river valley feeds thousands of fertile acres that underpin the city’s revenue, while the region faces broader social and economic concerns amid shifting population and infrastructure pressures.
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Chattahooche River
Columbus
Chattahooches
United States
Jane
Cannon
Kansas City
Carthage
Stirlingville
Jeferson County
New York
Ketcham Divorce Saga Lights Up Wheaton Society
A lengthy social drama unfolds as Nettie Poe Ketcham sues John B. Ketcham in Chicago society. Once rich Toledo connections fade amid a split that ends with Nettie securing a divorce and a $100,900 settlement, marking a fall from high living to a quieter life in Toledo.
Adventures of Telegraphers at the Jonesy Station Nights
Telegraph operators recount odd night cases and dangers from their rail work. A New Jersey sleeper blizzard night featured starvation, muskrat hunting, and improvised cooking as trains were blocked and meals ran out. The tales mix humor with hardship from early American telegraph life.
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Walters
Yarnepinning
Knights of the Key
Bradley
Texas and Pacific
Lickie
Gorton
Roma
Befers
Billy Marshall
New Jersey
New York Sun
A Philosopher Jules Simon Dies At 82 In Paris
The modest philosopher Jules Simon, aged 65, died amid calm acceptance. He wrote his own epitaph before death, noting his lifelong devotion to God, country and liberty. An accompanying note explains northern Japan customs where children receive names after age six chosen by their father.
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Jules Simon
Yules Simon
Gail
Baron de Coubertin
Pavlow
Revinwea
Anolis
Japan
Law Society meeting directs call for women to bar
At a Toronto meeting of the convors ion of the law society of upper Can ada the legal committee was directed to frame rules providing for the calling of women to the bar. In the Russian army two days a week fasts on which soldiers avoid food are observed, with bread and water flavored by rye bread.
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Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
Wes
Two Wave & Workare
Labor unrest and union activity across industries in 1900s era
Reports show diverse union actions and strikes with thousands of members involved. Railway workers in several states consolidate activities, while New York Cigar Makers levy per capita taxes. Scranton opens a municipal labor bureau to assist applicants. London building trades strikes incur substantial costs for carpenters and bricklayers.
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Easton
Walters’ Union
Denver
New York Cigar-Makers’ Union
Oley Street
Reading, Pa
Fall River Weavers
Missouri
Scranton
New York
London
Carpentere
Bricklayera
Plaxterera
Rencra Fuilders
Bollermakers
Notes of the Day From Kansas City to World Weirdness
Notes recount Frank Tiron hunting in Colorado for gold encrusted deer teeth and plans to mine again. Mr. Dixon returns with placer gold samples and aims to resume mining soon. Mathias Sether of Decatur Ind. wastes away from esophageal disease and arranges funeral details. Harvey Bennett of Vienna Ind. touts a 75 foot pumpkin vine bearing 25 oversized pumpkins. Global bits note Japan’s pearl trade gain, Irish creameries boosting butter exports, a squash-neck egg exhibit in Louisiana, two wool rams fetch high prices in England.
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Frank Tiron
Kansas City
Colorado
Mr. Dizon
Dixon
Mathias Sether
Decatur
Ind
Harvey Bennett
Vienna
Bennett
Ireland
Cork
Dublin
Ior
Louisiona
Pike County
Missouri
Lincoln
England
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Ctackamen
Lig Share Lyons
Longsland
Septic
Sophia Lyons
Napoleon
Lifes Drama
Toledo
Goclery
Nettie Poe Ketcham
John B. Ketcham
Chicago Times-Herald
Wheaton
Hasbema
Mr. Ketcham
Olio
Maumee
Bnile
Mra. Ketcham
Paris
Tim London
Heself
Prightee
Ata
Ketcham
Chicago
Lexington
Hye
Ste
Toleto
Ian
Bia Wita
Adventures OF Telegraphers
Tahor
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Utah
Pall River
Mase
Dinoin
National Union of Railway
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