Maniac Army Captain Marries in Wild Washington Flight
Edwin Frank a former U S Army private and self styled captain fled from St Elizabeths Hospital with Virginia Strouse to marry in Gretna Green at Rockville then toured to Willard and Belvidere before a ball game. Detectives tracked them to a box at a ball game. Frank returned to St Elizabeths and a divorce may follow for insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
St Eliza- Ge Ielavet
United States Army
Heckville Gretna Green
New Wield Hotel
American League Park
Central Office
Edwin Frank
Government Hospital For
Virginia Strouse
First Street
Frank
West 122d Street
New York City
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Army
Government Hospital
Washington
Elizabeth's
T i
New Willard
Seventeenth United States Infantry
War Department
Anto
Rockville
Gretna
Roeckyville
Congressional
New York
Harvey’s
Pratt and Howlett
Harvey
First Precinct
St. Elizabeth's
Should Shakespeare Be Played in Modern Times
A critique arguing that Shakespeare should not be judged by Elizabethan standards alone. Ben Jonson suggested even Shakespeare blotted lines. some passages in his plays deserve omission today. The piece notes the 20th century American republic values decency and questions relegating Shakespeare due to occasional vulgarities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
James I
England
American Republic
Drake Park Named After Poet Joseph Rodman Drake
An old Bronx grave site, now Joseph Rodman Drake Park, marks the poet's tomb with his epitaph. The park on Hunt's Point, fed by the Bronx and East Rivers, was rehabilitated under the American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society amid ceremony with literary figures and officials. The plaque notes the bond with Fitz Greene Halleck, who wrote the epitaph.
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Bronx
East Rivers
New York City
Joseph Rodman Drake
Tech
Fitzreene Halleck
Durae
Mttle
Hunt's Point
American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society
Rodman Drake
Joseph R. Drake
Joe
J. Rodman Drake
Drake Park
Frank Marshall White
Harper's Weekly
Panama Crisis Deepens Over U S Interference
The United States faces sharp tensions with Panama as Washington presses its will on the Mendoza government. A clash with canal head Goethals over color and official status intensifies anti American sentiment as Panama calls a National Assembly amid rising unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
United States
Panama
Mendoza
Goethals
Central America
Washington
Nicaragua
The Misocopist Query to the Sun Editor
A reader asks what copiphobia and a misocopist are in a brief letter to the Sun. The note seeks definitions of these coined terms and their usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sun
Earnest Seeker in Copiphobia Mystery
New York reports a curious mental derangement called Copiphobia or copyphobia. The condition affects those who read and write for hire, causing obsession that all worthy words have been said before and should not be repeated. A misocopist is a victim of this affliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howard resigns to accept state agency post in Atlanta
Stu art A. Howard, known in Richmond, resigns as superintendent of agencies for American National Life Insurance in Lynchburg to become the State agency for the Guarantee Trust and Banking Company of Atlanta. He will open an office in Lynchburg after three years with South Atlantic Life of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Stuart A. Howard
Richmond
American National Life Insurance Company
The
Guarantee Trust and Banking Company of
Atlanta
Howard
South Atlantic Life of
Toledo Romance Ends in Fatal Shot After Dare
In Toledo Ohio a quarrel over a few dollars led Miss Lila Williams to dare her sweetheart Joseph Beren to shoot her in front of her home. Beren claims she taunted him. She lies dying with a bullet below her heart as authorities investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Lila Williams
Joseph Beren
Beren
Preaching and Pageantry Before the Passion Play
A Harper's Bazar description of a midsummer Passion Play cycle. Villagers attend performances from May to September with nightly band processions announcing the next day, a village cannon sounding at 5 AM for mass, and 500 performers joining the pastor in silent prayer before the curtain rises.
Secure Airship for State Fair
Richmond Virginia special. After weeks of negotiation the Wright Brothers of Dayton Ohio secured Johnstone, a celebrated aviator, to headline the State Fair during the week of October 3. He will perform daily flights featuring high lying maneuvers, gliding, circling and roller coasting, promising the most thrilling air displays yet seen in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ralpheadstone
the Fair Associaon
Fred Lewis
Asbury Park
Mr. Lewis
Brookins
la Chappelle
Hoxey
Johnstone
Treacherous Tribes of Tierra del Fuego and Ona Warfare
An excerpt discusses the Ona of Tierra del Fuego and white settlers, portraying Ona treachery as part of their strategy. It cites ambushes near Useless Bay, attacks on miners, and uncertain wrecks near the Strait of Le Maire, noting retaliation for white abuses and referencing Charles W. Furlong’s Harper’s quote.
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Tierra del Fuego
Useless Bay
Strait of
le Maire
Ona Cantempkle
Charles W. Furlong
Harper's
Wedding at Hasker Methodist Parsonage Jo Adams Weds HB Walker Price
Miss Josephine Adams married Mr HB Walker Price at Hasker Methodist parsonage at seven o'clock. The bride is Joseph Adams's daughter of the city. Price hails from Danville Virginia and works as a contractor at the locomotive works. Rev G W M Taylor performed the ceremony and the couple will reside with Mr Jones on Twenty-eighth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price—Adams
Hasker Methodist Parsonage
Josephine Adams
HB. Walker Price
Locomotive Works
G. W. M. Taylor
Hasker Methodist Church
Mr. Jones
Twenty-eighth Street
Complete Roster Efforts For Thirteenth Virginia Infantry
Richmond Va Special Colonel James V Bidgood Secretary of Military Records reports ongoing efforts to obtain complete rosters for the Thirteenth Virginia Infantry. He notes Company E from Culpeper the Brandy Rifles roster is being compiled and Company F Larrier Guards roster from Pittsylvania County will be added. Two Ninth Virginia Infantry companies also lack rosters.
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Richmond
James V. Bidgood
Thirteenth Virginia Infantry
Culpeper
Brandy Rifles
West Virginia
Larrier Guards
Pittsylvania County
Ninth Virginia Infantry
Baltimore Artillery
J. P. Wilson
Bidgood
Chuckatuck
St Patrick's Day greens inspire Washington Herald poem
A Washington Herald verse notes that spring arrives with festive green for St Patrick's Day. The piece contrasts slow March warmth with widespread emerald shade seen in both West and East, praising the holiday’s color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Herald
Millionaire Colony Terrorized by Bear in Greenwich
Special to the Journal reports a bear on the loose around Rock Ridge the summer home of Rockefeller and associates near Greenwich Connecticut. Hunters comb the woods as tracks appear then vanish. Residents keep children indoors fearing further sightings near Bowlders estate of C W Post.
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Greenwich
Conn
New York
Rock Ridge
Ae Rockefeller
William H. Rockefeller
W. Masury
Max Wallerstein
Commodore George Lauder, Jr
Brain
George Cronk
Bowlders
C. W. Post
Mr Cronk
BE. B. Close
Post
Aopees
Anonymous Pseudonyms in Contemporary Novels Cited
The passage argues that "Anonymous" serves well as a fictitious author name for works like The Inner Shrine and The Wild Olive, while noting The Fruit of Desire is a pseudonym not anonymous, indicating its true authorship.
Mark Twain’s Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven
Mark Twain favored the last story Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven as a prime favorite. He reportedly believed it hinted at a book he hoped to write and valued the Captain as a real figure his friend Howells recalled. Twain even used the name for his Connecticut home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
United
Kaiser
Vienia
Mississippi
Captain Stormfield
Heaven
Connecticut
Roosevelt Aids Insurgent Cause In Kansas
Kansas coverage reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt traveling on a special train to Kansas City after a speech in Osawatomie. Insurgent leaders predict Republican Congressional wins with Roosevelt's support as progressives consolidate, following a dinner with Governor Stubbs and other state leaders.
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Lawrence
Kan --Secial
Theodore Thoosevelt
Kansas City
Osawatomie
United States
Bristow
Wth
Roosevelt
Congress
Ne- Publican Party Council
Theodore Roosevelt
Yesterdy
Kansas
Senator Bristow
Madison
William Allen White
Stubbs
Summers Stabs Traveling Man in Hotel Lobby
Summers, collector of internal revenue, Abingdon offices, stabbed traveling man W. O. Harris twice with a penknife in the Hotel Tip-Top lobby at Bristol. Harris knocked Summers's hat off after blows, with a rib stopping the first thrust and a minor wound to Harris's abdomen. No warrants issued yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Tenn
L. Pp. Summers
Internal Revenue
Abingdon
W. O. Harris
Harris
Summers
Courage Over Fear Motivates Endurance Across Life
In this Harper's Weekly meditation, fear is highlighted as humanity’s chief foe while courage emerges from will, belief, submission, and love. Endurance grows when one rejects pity, faces suffering, and leans on daily acts of kindness from shopkeepers and widows, and from those who bear great burdens for liberty and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Harper’s Weekly
Will Be Roosevelt Poll Reflects Wide Public Support
The World's Work surveyed 1600 subscribers nationwide to gauge opinion on Mr. Roosevelt. Of 426 responses from all states plus the District of Columbia, results show broad belief that his re election is a necessity despite criticism. The July issue prints notable replies and Roosevelt photographs marking key moments in his career.
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Roosevelt
Union
Mr. Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Waist Bows Rise As Fashionable Yet Odd Trifles
Waist bows captivate fashion at present, seen as conspicuous but stylish. Some are large and butterfly shaped with pleats, all cross stiffly at center. They attach at the back or side, with one sided draped waists popular in Harper's Bazaar description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Innocent maid and widow spar over knowing facts
The Chicago News excerpt depicts a pretty widow and an Innocent maid trading lines about knowledge. The widow notes the reader evidently knows a thing or two while the maid responds there are four or five male acquaintances.
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Chicago News
Heinze Wedding in Trouble Spawns Suit and Honeymoon
Justus Heinze and his bride Mrs Bernice Golden Henderson embarked on a honeymoon to Butte Mont after a Waldorf Astoria breakfast. A $25 000 suit from occult wife claimant Mrs Lillian Hobart French followed Heinze, with a summons served during the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus Heinze
Bernice Golden Henderson
Lillian Hobart French
Heinze
Butte, Mont
Mr. Heinze
Europe
Golden
Carlos Warfield
Butte
Arthur P. Heinze, Jr
Otto C. Heinze
Charlie Watson
George Potter
Stanley Clifford
M. M. Joyce
H. A. Appleton
Apology Issued For Postal Card Prank On Booths
New York report details a prank aimed at Ballington Booth and his wife, leaders of the Volunteers of America, as a New Jersey incident drew attention. A department store shipped mineral water labeled whiskey to their Montclair home, prompting Mrs Booth to demand a plainly worded apology on a postal card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Montclair
N. J
Booth
Dredge Engineer Fatally Crushed at Hell Gate
Henri Koch a 32 year old Swiss dredge engineer on the R. C. Packard No. 9 near Hell Gate was ground to death when his clothing was caught in a cog wheel. After a blast the engine stopped and Koch moved toward the gear, clothing snagged, body drawn into the machinery. Police found a German Savings Bank book and Foresters badge on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henri Koch
Hell Gate
Koch
R. C. Packard
Big Hell Gate
Martin Kent
Emil Hansen
Dwyer
The
Foresters of America
How Andrew Johnson Learned to Read
Harper's January recalls Andrew Johnson as a self made man who rose from tailor to President. It notes his illiteracy and pride, recounts Pepper sending tools and a coat he made, and tells how Flora McCardle helped his reading after marriage. It also mentions his misreadings and misquotes in later public speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
Harper's
Pepper
Johnson
A. V. Brown
Tennessee
Buchanan
Flora McCardle
Creminar
Rome
Macaulay
Forests, East and West in Public Debate
Two essays urge forest conservation through distinct voices. Hamlin Garland’s Cavanagh Forest Ranger stresses central authority and forestry service work amid rancher feuds. Irving Bacheller’s Silas Strong pleas for forest careers and preservation, casting the woodsman’s view against urban encroachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiin Garland
Cavanagh
Forestry Service
Irving Bacheller
Silas Strong
Adirondacks
Jaguar Pictures on Orinoco River Expedition
Mr. Fitzgerald plans a small boat filming expedition on the Orinoco with two students to capture jaguar, snakes, and alligators for moving pictures. He will avoid hunting with rifles, using them only for self defense, and hopes for combat footage between a gator and boa constrictor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fitzgerald
Orinoco
New York Sun
Tomb In Rear of Costly Home
Residents in the Coeur Alene district near Venice plan a petition to the Venice board to stop E F Kelner from completing a tomb behind his summer mansion. Kelner, a wealthy mining man, says the tomb idea is sentimental and common in the South. He intends a one foot deep concrete tomb with two coffins, lined with ore from his collection, and gold ore inscriptions, costing about $700 per coffin and valued at thousands overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur -Alene
Venice
Board of Trustees of
E. F. Kelner
Kelner
Mr. Kelner
South
Arizona
Southland
Youths fined for riot at Cloverdale summer home
Five young men from Central Valley area were fined $10 each for rowdy behavior at Cloverdale, a summer retreat for the store’s girls. They rampaged on the piazza and damaged property, cutting telephone lines and scattering chemicals as Matron Sullivan and a guard intervened. the men were identified, arrested, and fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
Central Valley
Cloverdale
New York
Sullivan
Micklehoupt
Baby tragedy at Jamaica Park as mother drowns trying rescue
Mrs Catherine Fogarty with her two children Marie and a infant at Jamaica Park outing. The baby carriage rolled into a pond. Mrs Fogarty jumped in and drowned after failing to save her child. A bystander, about sixty, also drowned after attempting a rescue. Martha Daley, a nursemaid, plunged in and saved the infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Catherine Fogarty
Marie
Jamaica Park
Fogarty
Bilboa Under Martial Law
Bilboa and its environs are virtually under martial law as clashes between strikers supporters and strikebreakers flare at docks and mines. Over twenty people are seriously hurt, General De Bourbon has ordered all available soldiers deployed, and a thorough police system is in place amid growing mob defiance.
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Bilboa
Spain
General de Bourbon
Anonymous Novels and the True Writer
A tired reviewer argues for anonymity in fiction to curb futile curiosity about authors. He cites "The Wild Olive" and "The loner Shrine" as examples and suggests judging writers by their works, not color, location, or quirks. The piece calls for a shift toward recognizing progressive beauty and art rather than celebrity.
Signalmen Enlist Upon Recognition Strike Threat
In Buffalo New York the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen vote to strike the New York Central unless a conference with President Brown is held before Saturday. They demand higher pay shorter hours and formal union recognition.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
New York Central
Brown
Curtiss Breaks All Records in Aviation Feat
Aviator Curtiss runs record pace at Euclid Beach, earning $5,000 plus $35,000 prize for a speed record. He forecasts a possible $5,000 for altitude if conditions permit. Curtiss touts a new eight cylinder engine delivering fifty horsepower as he tests the biplane, pursuing further glory despite worsening weather and a looming contract expiration.
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Glenn
Curtiss
Euclid Beach
Curtis
Albany
New York
Hudson Valley
Bae Construction
America
England
Robert Loraine
Blackpool
Ormond Beach
Fla
Hammondsport
N. Y
Cleveland
Boston
Would Be Death By Own Action Now Wants To Live
Vera Fitch, the California girl who shot herself at the Hotel Astor, told Flower Hospital she wants to live and to win fame through literature. Doctors report peritonitis and septic pneumonia worsening her condition as an elderly man, paying $134 for two weeks of care, fled after inquiries about her bills.
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New York
Vera Fiteh
Californis
Hotel Astor
Flower Hospital
Hughes
Sveck
Roy Conger
Vera Fitch
Grace Fitch
Democrats Eye Strong Field For Presidential Nomination
Harper's Weekly notes a growing Democrat push to nominate quality candidates, highlighting Governor Harmon of Ohio and potential contenders from New York and New Jersey. It praises Osborns Shepard and Woodrow Wilson, cites Dix as a promising state chair, and commends Mayor Gaynor for staying focused on his current role as Democrats renew serious political effort nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon
Ohio
White House
Demoocrats
New York
Osborrns
Shepard
Hasmon
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Dix
Gaynor
Harper's Weekly
Mayor Gaynor Advertisement on Escape and Impact
The Springfield Republican notes the sensational effect of Mayor Gaynor's assassination attempt exposure on public sentiment. It compares historical survivals by Caesar and President McKinley, argues the need for Gaynor to regain strength and poise, and suggests he may continue to influence through steady work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor
Springfield Republican
Caesar
Brutus
Rome
McKinley
Sumner
Broks
Cane
Harpers: Weekly
New Hair Styles Replace Pompous Coiffure in Fashion
Fashion notes state the pompadour has fallen out of favor among artists and young girls. A new style with a softly waved front, parted or fringe, and a coronet braid or coils at the back is deemed more flattering to a youthful face.
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Maniac
Merchant of Venice
Sheridan
William Winter
Little Republic
Ralph Johnstone
Aerop
Bear
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