Unlucky Number 13 Ties Prendergast Case to Execution
A Chicago Record analysis notes thirteen recurrences from murder to hanging in Patrick Prendergast’s 1894 case. It traces murders, judges, jail officials, and the scheduled March 23 execution, delayed by insanity hearings, habeas petitions, and legal appeals, with the final death at 12 13.
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Brentano
Supreme Court
Federal Court
Chetlain
Criminal Court
Payne
Grosscup
Supreme Court of the United States
Electric night clock and fraternal affection notes
A Chemnitz clockmaker patents an electrical alarm clock with incandescent dial illumination and a hand operated brake lever. The article then discusses the enduring bond of close brothers through shared youth and family life, followed by a note on Egyptian coffee customs as a special weekly ritual.
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Pr.s
Chemnitz
Saxony
Barn and Hennery Start With Suitable Farm Buildings
Advice sketches the need for proper farm structures, urging farmers to plan barns and houses to suit their operations. It stresses economical design, good ventilation, and forward thinking to avoid mismatched, piecemeal buildings and to present a neat farmstead.
Improving Barn Design for Profit and Efficiency
The article argues barns should be practical, well built and well ventilated to support livestock and poultry. It describes a hillside hennery integrated with a barn, detailing floors, pitch coating, sliding windows, nesting systems, fattening rooms, and a spring water supply. It emphasizes labor savings, easy cleaning, and adaptable layouts for various farm needs.
A Brooklyn Girl Violinist Rose to Notable Talent
Miss Rosie Henrietta Major of 357 Court Street Brooklyn is a 13 year old violinist gaining local notice. She plays with skill at sight and in varied positions under teacher Louis Mollenhauer and has performed at major musical events.
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Brooklyn
Rosie Henrietta Major
Court Street
Rosie
Fire helmet for foul cellars used in smoke filled houses
London fire department officials toured European cities and observed Vienna's chamois skin helmet with an air life tube designed for cellars or underground fires. Invented by Chief Inspector Muller the device uses a rigid air tube and a shoulder strapped harness. During a test in the Central Fire Station cellar the helmet proved simple and useful, though the English captains could not descend through dense smoke.
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London
Fire Department
Europe
Vienna Fire Department
Muller
Vienna
In His Wife's Name. A Banker's Religion Quip
A Washington Post anecdote recounts a Western banker and politician who fell from influence. Facing reverses, he tells a Presbyterian friend that all he has left is his religion, a remark another acquaintance dismisses as being in his wife's name.
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Delaware
Buster
Brother Billings
Washington Post
Etiquette of the Hand in Social Greetings
The piece outlines handshaking norms by gender. It says women avoid extending a hand to unfamiliar men and often to men they respect or admire, while a gentleman should not offer his hand to a lady first. It adds that manners are shown in dining and hosting as well.
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Palliser, Palliser & Co
New
Australia
Foundling Hospitals
Opera Glasses Add-on Lets View Behind And Ahead
A New South Wales resident patents a removable frame for opera glasses that holds adjusting reflectors in front of the lenses to provide both forward and rear views. The device can be inclined to any angle and is also applicable to telescopes.
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Sydney
New South Wales
A Beckett Jests as Magistrate in Greenwich Case
Gilbert A Beckett jokes during his elevation to magistrate at Greenwich police court. A man charged with robbery with violence says the assault happened after an evening party. The magistrate quips that he cannot accept an ex parte statement.
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Beckett
Gilbert A’beckett
Greenwich
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