Notable Notices and Encounters Across High Society
A rambling survey lists society figures and incidents from the era. Mrs. Howard Gould’s father left her a dollar. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is praised as a top New York bridge player. Miss Ellen Stewart of Carthage dies at 104 in Watertown. patent history notes Mary Kies’s 1806 straw-weaving patent in Washington, D.C. Counts and scandals appear with perjury conviction for Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, a Cuban feminist group formation, and a bloodstain fright incident in Brooklyn. Olga Bergerman wins $4700 after alleged forced kiss while rent kept. Count Bon de Castellane employs detectives to monitor Gould and Sagan to influence a French court over Castellane children. Mrs. O’Ferrall dies of apoplexy in Richmond. widow of a former Virginia governor, with five children surviving and two marriages.
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Howard Gould
Stuyvesant Fish
New York
Ellen Stewart
Carthage
Watertown
Cuba
Vanguardia Liberal Feminista
Santiago de Las Vegas
Zagista
Katie Hartigan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Olga Bergerman
Hibbing
Mich
Jacob Kitz
Count Bon de Castellane
Mme.Gould
Prince Sagan
Castellane
Charles T. O'Ferrall
Virginia
Richmond
O'Ferrall
Jennie Knight
Nottoway County
Columbus official pleads guilty to bribe
Frederick J. Immel, member of the Columbus Board of Public Service, admitted taking a bribe from H. G. Lang, superintendent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company. He received four years in the Ohio Penitentiary and a $1000 fine.
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Frederick J. Immel
Columbus
Ohio
Duma Adopts Bill for Siberian Railway Double Tracking
The Duma approved the Russian Government bill to double track the Siberian Railway, advancing a major transport infrastructure project across Siberia. The measure supports increased rail capacity and faster service along the route.
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Duma
Boundary Inspection Updates Vaccination Certificates For Passengers
Inspection at the border to curb smallpox spread from Minnesota continues. Amid protests over treatment of southern travelers by Canadian inspectors, regulations now require sleeping car conductors to issue vaccination certificates to passengers stating vaccination date or proof of successful vaccination. If not vaccinated, passengers must undergo the procedure. certificates are presented to Canadian officials at the border.
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Minnesota
Washington
Winnipes
Only a Little While We
Somerville Journal reflects on a brief span of life filled with worry, fuss, and daily pretenses. The piece questions whether the short duration of trouble is long enough and laments the shared burdens and joys of existence.
Giant Ray Adventure Inspires Young Scientist's Resolve
In a Florida coastal reef scene a Boston professor and his student Bolling chase a massive manta ray. After harpooning and gunfire fail to subdue the creature, the launch is wrecked and both men abandon ship, fleeing into mangrove near shore. The encounter yields material for a scientific paper for the Ichthyological Society.
Monster devil-fish stalks the launch in quiet pursuit
In a calm sea a giant ray lurks beneath a surveying party. The professor and Bolling watch as the line tightens and the creature circles, planning a trap as the water darkens and the fish shows its calculating, ominous advance.
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Jim
Ray
Mangrove
Bolling
Words of Wisdom and Wit Across the Ages
A collection of quotes and maxims from Kingsley Crabbe Macaulay Emerson Dallas News Lowell and Beecher. The sayings cover duty will love happiness and human nature with practical and moral reflections.
Day Of Departure Story Highlights A Scientist
A government scientist known as a hard taskmaster is noted for a rare moment of warmth toward his servant Henry. He jokes about taking his world on a voyage and contemplates an extended cruise, while discussing the time zone change and loss of a day during travel.
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Henry
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