German Army Officer Convicted of Bigamy in Jersey City
Von Miller an officer in the German Army was found guilty of bigamy in the Court Reed Sessions Jersey City. The judge ordered the sentence and the defendant planned to appeal claiming multiple marriages and witnesses not produced. The trial lasted under two hours with no defense witnesses called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ier
Reed Sessions
Jersey City
Blair von Lier
von Muller
Ae Veilhelmann
Wood Power
Los Angeles
Anna Jacobs
Regina Veihlmann
Callicut
Mie
von Miller
Noonan
Regina Weidelmann
John Rudolph
Hoboken
Rudolph
West Ninety-second Street
Miss Welhelmann
Vickers
Count Vonderhagen
Munich
Emil Kari von Hagen
Rich Hoagland divorce suit shocks New York society
Grace W Weir Hoagland, once a Holy Trinity choir member in Brooklyn, sues for absolute divorce from wealthy London elopement husband John A Hoagland. The couple, separated a year, live amid Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street area as legal action unfolds with Bergen Prendergast defending the husband. The case hints at a substantial secret alimony arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grace W. Hoagland
Grace L. Weir
Holy Trinity Church
Grookyn
John A. Hoagland
London
Supreme Court
Hoagland
Bergen & Prendergast
Gouch & Smythe
Hoaglands
Wyoming
Seventh Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Joseph Co. Hoagland
Beverwick
West Twenty-seventh Street
Miss Weir
Pauline Chase
George C. Cannon
Miss Chase
Cannon
Hartford
Brooklyn
Rate Curiosities in Atlantic Coast Freight
Eastern cities away from the Atlantic once paid higher railway rates to the Pacific coast than New York and other Atlantic ports. Steamship lines began absorbing rail rates from cities like Pittsburg and Buffalo to the Atlantic, leveling rail and water routes from these inland locations. Railways answered by equalizing rates from 400 to 600 miles west of the Atlantic with those from the seaboard, as Middle West manufacturers and merchants pressed for parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Ocean
New York City
Atlantic
Pittsburg
Buffalo
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Transcontinental Rail Rates and Distances Cited in Scribner's
A Scribner's note explains that Eastern lines keep local first class rates and Western lines charge their own from junctions. Distances to Seattle and Spokane from St Paul Chicago and New York are listed, with Seattle rates at 3 per 100 pounds from all three origins and Spokane rates ranging 3 to 4.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Eta
Missouri
Seattle
Wash
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago
New York
St. Pauli
Spokane
Scribner’s
Alphabet of Mealth and Temperance Motto
A playful health pledge from Atchison urges abstaining from intoxicants and excess food, breathing clean air, regular sleep, and self discipline. It stresses prevention, temperance in small matters, avoiding decay, and sharing teachings with others for lifelong health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Obe
Scarcity of Common Sense in Modern Speech
A reflection on common sense as rare and elusive in urban life, noting that genius and verbose phrasing crowd out plain understanding. The essay argues simplicity is a basic, rudimentary mode of thought, yet rarely expressed plainly, and concludes there is only a slight chance true common sense will ever become common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
New York Evening Sun
Arrest of Cadet Nagle for Forged Drafts at Staunton
Cadet C. Nagle of Texas a Staunton Military Academy student was arrested on charges of forging two drafts each for 125 dollars using Captain W. G. Kable’s signature. One draft bounced for lack of such bank. the other was cashed for 250 dollars at Augusta National Bank. The only strong evidence is a bank teller’s identification of Nagle. He is eighteen, reportedly from a wealthy family. A big field in court was expected but outcomes remain unclear.
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Staunton
C. N. Nagle
Texas
Staunton Itary Academy
W. G. Kable
Augusta National Bank
Nagle
Early Settlement Sought in Miners Strike Talks
Chicago reports a move toward settlement in the coal miners versus operators dispute with progress in Iowa Indiana and Western Kentucky. Illinois remains unsettled over five cent per ton wage hikes and payment of shot firers as scale committees estimate three weeks to a conclusion before a Springfield convention ratifies. May 1st resumption of mine work seems unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Indiana
Kentucky
Duncan McDonald
Tiinois
BE. T. Dent
Tdinois Coal Operators’ Association
Springfield
Tragedy in Park Street Store Ends in Murder Suicide
Washington report details upholsterer E. D. Brooks shooting Alice Gray at the Mattingly store on Fourteenth Street then turning the gun on himself. The woman died after ambulance transport to Garfield Hospital. Brooks, a Virginia native around twenty eight, died at the scene. Witness William H. Schell described the struggle and motive as linked to money matters at Park Savings Bank.
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Washington, D. C
E. D. Brooks
How
Mattingly
Park Savings Hank
Fourteenth Street
Park Road
Tenth Precinct
Bedica
William H. Schell
Irving Street
Brooks
Garfield Hospital
Savings Bank
The
Park Savings Bank
Mazie Brooks
Virginia
Virginia Sunday School Convention Speakers and Topics
The nineteenth annual Virginia State Sunday School Association session met in Norfolk from April 11 to 14. A lengthy list of speakers from churches and publishing houses presented topics on graded lessons, training teachers, temperance reform, adult Bible classes, Sunday School administration, and modern methods for religious education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Sunday School Association
Norfolk
J. W. Barnes
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
Josephine L. Baldwin
Presbywriaa
William J. Wright
Cincinnati
C. E. Stuart
Anti-Saloon League
E. W. Thornton
Teader
Los Angeles
Cal
Gross Alexander
D. D
Methodist Quarterly Review
Nashville
Tenn
Richard Wegener
Methodist Book Concern
M. A. Honline
Ohio State Sunday School Association
G. Otis Meade
Episcopal Church Extension Work
A. de Phillips
Young People’s Society
Presbyterian Church
Jesus
J. T. Watts
Virginia Bautisti
Mervin A. Repp
Ph. Pp. Ltd
Eastern Coljece
Manitssan
Bundas School
C. HL. Wooleten
PD. TD
Philadelphia
William HM. Munn
Virwinia
Mi Kl
Watton Wioenist
Diffficulties
Cnntury
Sura School
A. BC. Mademond
Georgee W. McDaniel
Tomdad
Henn
Teath Marris
W. C. Pearce
International Sunday School Association
Chicago
Men of America
Man of Galilee
Bibl- Close
Sunday School Convention Topics Highlight Talks and Plans
A fragment describes a Sunday School convention in Maryland with sessions on home work country Sunday school and superintendent conferences. It lists topics including missionary work, organized Sunday School work, and teacher needs with morning study blocks from 9:35 to 11 00.
Struck wedding party fatal on Boston and Maine line
A wedding carriage crossing the Boston and Maine Railway tracks at WAVERLY MA was struck by an outbound train. Charles A Bryer of Center Harbor NH and Ernest M Harlow the driver were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Charles A. Bryer
Center Harbor
N. H
Ernest M. Harlow
Trouble Ahead and Peary Backers Face Congress
A column contrasts a Chicago woman's pseudonym Claire with Violet at a wedding and analyzes Peary sponsorships. It argues Congress rightfully resists full recognition of Prober Peary’s expedition proofs, citing commercial deals with Times magazine and book publishers and criticizes some supporters for overreach.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Claire
the Independent
Peary
Congress
Mr. Peary
New York Times
the Pole
United States
Congress of the United
Crete Book Reframes Ancient Myths as Fact
A new work by H and Harriet Hawes in Marper's Library of Living Thought links Crete to early Greek origins. It argues Herodotus and Thucydides were not mistaken, citing excavations and Candia museum finds as proof of King Minos’ palace and Crete’s early influence on European civilization.
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Crete
H. and
Harriet Hawes
Greece
Marper
Herodotus
Thucydides
Grote
Curtius
Minos
Chossus
Museum
Candia
Liewe
Cadman Rails Against Women Liberty and Cocktails
The Rev S Parker Cadman leader of the Central Congregational Church Brooklyn criticized New York women’s liberty in a speech to the New York Methodist Episcopal Conference calling out cocktail drinking and Parisian fashions. He warned against a demand for a strong imperial leader, saying democracy shows decay and urging men to stand firm.
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Poughkeepsie
S Parker Cadman
Central Congressional Church
Brooklyn
New York
New York Methodist
Bol
Paris
Mer
Cadman
White House
Cms
Portraits of the indoor business man in phrenological terms
The text describes features of an indoor business man including faculties like causality comparison and calculation. It links forehead shape with planning ability and motives sense. It notes broad brow areas for method honesty tact and reserve, plus a stout rounded head and ruddy countenance indicating enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liman Pature
Davon
Erupting Greek Volcano Threatens Evacuation Efforts
Brooklyn volcanologist Jank A. Perret predicted the eruption would last about six months and be the most serious in the volcano’s history. Authorities warned residents to evacuate as ashes and lava threatened towns and Mt. Benne area.
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Asain
Jank A. Perret
Brooklyn
Policeman Fires on Northbound Third Avenue L Train
Police officer Thomas J. Hearn stationed at East Twenty second Street opened fire on a northbound L train after cursing passengers. He shot Charles Goldenberg, a 22 year old hatter from Avenue A, as the car halted at One Hundred Sixty sixth Street. Goldenberg collapsed but recovered, passengers fled amid chaos. Hearn, 29, married, of 2047 Washington Avenue Bronx, was intoxicated and had previously threatened guards and riders. His police record prior was reported as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Third Avenue
Thomas J. Hearn
East Twenty-second Street
Hearn
Michael McGarry
Goldenberg
Lves
Washington Avenue
Bronx
Story telling club grows in Washington society
Washington society adopts a new story telling club led by Mrs N wlas Longworth. The plan was to meet at Longworths house but the gathering was cancelled due to European travel. The club aims to develop entertainers with no officers and will meet at members homes for talk fests. A stenographer will attend sessions for a souvenir volume.
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Washington
D. C
Washington Society
Wlas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Longworths
Europe
Playhouse Club
Garwood quartet serenades Cranford pastor. arrested
Four Garwood Chapel singers headed by W B Johnson serenaded Rev Gordon M Russel outside Cranford’s parsonage at 4 am after singing The Christ is Risen. West and Littel objected and a patrolman intervened. quartet agreed to leave for Garwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gordon M. Russel
Presbyterian Church
Cranford
N. J
Presbyterian Chapel
Garwood
Garwood Chapel
Russet
W. B. Johnson
Mr. Russel
Peter BR. West
George W. Littel
West
Johnseon
Littel Spreen
Wall Street
Coffe
Hennessey
Suation House
Johnson
Haltey
Russel
Garwoud
Red Bloods and Mollycoddies Split Humanity, Says Dr Dickinson
Dr Lowes Dickinson divides humanity into Red-Bloods and Mollycoddies with Roosevelt cited as a Red-Blood exemplar. He argues Red-Bloods act instinctively for self preservation while Mollycoddies act from principle, noting Americans as a quintessential Mollycoddie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowes Dickingon
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Cecil Rhodes
Joseph Chamberlain
Socrates
Voltaire
Shetley
Dick Insen
Mr. Dickinson
Europe
America
Quondam Enmity Mentioned In President's Remarks
A quoted exchange shows a former rival denouncing the injunction bill in Congress. The speaker notes the President labeled him the Chief Executive’s quondam enemy while opposing the bill introduced by Representative Mann of Pennsylvania defining and omitting injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pers
Sr R
Hig
Tomy Pers
Congress
Mann
Letters From German Nobility Tie Barnes Trial
Excerpts from letters between Count Ferdinand von Hochberg and the German Crown Prince were admitted at the Noah E. Barnes trial in New York. Barnes faces charges of converting to his own use about $30,000 from Cottonwood Creek Copper Company while selling stock to German nobility. The letters show Hochberg praising Barnes and recount Hochberg’s marriage to a Berlin shopgirl, with offers to support his family in America. The Crown Prince called Hochberg a valuable Barnes ally, and Barnes reportedly bought Hochberg’s letters for one dollar and other considerations. The exact materiality remains undisclosed.
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New York
Ferdinand von Hochberg
Germany
Berlin
Noah E. Barnes
Supreme Court
Barnes
Cottonwood Creek Copper Company
Count von Hochberg
Kaiser
Caesar
Prince Ie
Hochberg
Buelow
Papa
America
Hochhere
Crown Prince
Spanking Willie Dialogue Sparks Domestic Jest
Comic exchange from Boston Trans cript reveals Scott and Mott debating spanking and palm reading as a joke about marital quarrel. The brevity hints at a humorous, period voice with everyday domestic banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Scott
Mott
Boston Transcript
Ancient Mammoth Steak Delights Banquet Guests
A banquet in Russia reportedly served a quarter of a million year old mammoth steak that guests praised as juicy and sweet. Scientists preserved the frozen flesh in a glazier for 250000 years, a feat leading to humorous speculation about Nature's motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Lke Dicken
Nature
Bonehead
Dayton News
Harris Trial Postponed in Warrenton Murder Case
The trial of Professor J. D. Harm of Warrenton charged with murdering W. A. Thompcoe editor of the Warrenton Virginiem was postponed to April 26 by agreement after a venue change to Manassas. The case drew a large audience due to the editor’s prominence and Harm’s ties to Warrenton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mg Teme
Manassas
J. D. Harm
Warrenton
W. A. Thompcoe
Sciage
Warrenton Virginiem
Mat Bing
Bee
Chicago Tribune Quote on Overwork and Praise
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a dialogue about overwork and conscience in literary editing. The exchange features a caller and the editor debating whether reading many novels overburdens the mind or conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
cChe Cago Tribune
A Fine Punishment in The Delineator Narrative
A mother leaves Edna with a hired helper and returns to find Edna unraveled a drawer of patterns. Edna claims she was well behaved while Julia misbehaved, becoming nervous and talkative about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Edna
Julia
Julian
House
Forgetful Mistress Teases About Aunt Maria
A terse exchange shows a mistress asking Mary about last night and directing her to tell Aunt Maria she left a teehee pouch on the plane. The fragment hints at relational tension and a humorous undertone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Maria
Tied to the Track
A fragment quotes cautions about drivers and pedestrians, noting chauffeurs must be careful and cannot afford mistakes if a pedestrian panics or loses composure. The line contrasts motorist caution with pedestrian risk in urban transit.
Prominent Citizen’s Busy Life Mentioned in Remembrance
A fragmented reminiscence notes a man who ran a solid business and gained prominence. It asks if he drank and concludes he did not, citing his busy public duties as the reason for limited social attendance.
Significance of the eagle on American money
A dialogue recalls the eagle symbol as swift and emblematic of liberty. A jury scene closes with the court joking about meals, reflecting early courtroom banter and the pace of the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son of Liberty
A Preserved Chestnut Joke From The National Ticket
The indignant editor protests a long running joke while the humorous writer admits keeping it in cold storage all along. This exchange reflects a lighthearted back and forth on a once fresh gag preserved in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd
National Ticket
Howells critiqued by Spectator over English city bishops
The Spectator mocks Mr Howells travel volume Seven English Cities claiming an English city cannot be bishopless. It notes Liverpool Manchester York and Durham as qualified, Sheffield and Boston rejected. Aberystwyth and Llandudno praised for their amenities in travel sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howells
William Dean Howells
Spectator
Howells
Liverpool
Manchester
York
Durham
Boston
Athens
Doncester
Trowells
Aberysetweth
Llnndudne
Why the Birds Disappear
Fragmented, error riddled text describes Phime hunters and vague references to wars and killings. It mentions American involvement, Japanese raiders, and a theme of conflict and relief but lacks coherent details or clear entities. The piece reads as a disjointed reflection on violence during holidays and the impact on victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afatean
Fitsar
Jane Plans May Wedding as Bridge Named Groom
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes a devotee asks who Jane will marry and is told the name is Bridge revealing the odd cryptic clue in the social brief. The exchange hints at a forthcoming wedding with light, humorous tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Bridge
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Yorick Hamm Tas Faces Vaudeville Drama
Rialto Gossip notes Yorick Hammtas contends with society drama as he struggles to shape a collection of epigrams into a cohesive vaudeville monologue. The anecdote hints at the challenges of compiling sharp lines into stage impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Yorick Hamm Tas
Homeopathy Founder Samuel Hahnemann's Origins
The text notes Samuel Hahnemann, born 1755 in Meissen Saxony, as the founder of homeopathy and not Swedish. It mentions a 1825 context with 15 000 practitioners and outlines the principle of treating disease with remedies that produce similar symptoms in health and opposing irritants with similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hahnemann
Meissen
Saxony
Their Defense Exhibition of Grandchildren’s Noise
A grandmother scolds her noisy grandchildren for their ruckus. She complains that their commotion prevents her from a peaceful mood. The children humorously retort that without them she would not be a grandma, a line from Harper's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Roosevelt recounts a dangerous lion hunt in Africa
Excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's African Traits describes a close encounter with a lion in East Africa. Roosevelt details shooting at 200 yards, wounding the beast in the paw, pursuing it despite its charges, and delivering a precise shot that hit the chest, spraying blood and ending the pursuit as the lion collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tartteen
Tarlton
East
Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Divorced Wife Sues Fifth Husband in New York Court
Mrs Pamble Hmogen of 215 Monroe Street sues fifth husband Harry Rosen at Supreme Court seeking separation. She, 55, says she married in Russia, endured cruelty, and later came to America with savings of about 200 dollars earned by work before another marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pamble Hmogen
Monroe Street
Supreme Court
Hve
Harry Rosen
Us Stroume Street
Brr
Hosen
Russia
Themes
Fingil
America
Say Where Do the Mumps En Messies Go
A playful exchanges asks where the mumps and messies disappear when one lacks them, reflecting a humorous or farcical exchange typical of a quip or cartoon caption.
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Emil Karl von Miller
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Negro
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Virginia State
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Richmond
Catania
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Gar
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CLUB
Chole
Gompers
Labor
Harris
Tomernow
Miepende Witter
Jts
Fiipte
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