Notorious Bank of England Robber Returns Free Man After Life Sentence
Liwin Noyes Hill, also known as Hills or Noyes, former co‑conspirator with Austin Bidwell, George Bidwell, and George Macdonnell in a failed £5 million Bank of England heist, is released on ticket of leave, later canceled, and recounts the daring scheme and its collapse. He is the sole survivor of the four robbers.
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Bank of Ngland
Austin
George Bidwell
George Macdonnell
Liwin Noyes Hill
Hills
Andon
Noyes
Bank of England
Austin Bidwell
Berlin
Resdén
Bordeaux
Versailles
Luys
Widwell
A. Warren
Buenos Ayres
South America
Warren
Bow Lane
Old Newgate Prison
Mansion House
New York
Cuba
Old Bailey
Crisis in Swiss Watch Industry Seethes Under Strikes
New York Times reports growing crisis in the Swiss watch guild as strikes loom and cantons aid factories to curb unemployment. Emphasizes competition from Britain and America, with 1908 production declines and Swiss cases losing ground to foreign-made watches.
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The
New York Times
Swiss Canons
Wiss
R. B. Mansfield
Lucerne
Switzerland
United States
Naturalization Hearing In Toledo Ends With Polygamy Joke
Assistant U S district attorney P Orth represented the government at a Toledo naturalization hearing. A German applicant answered questions but did not know polygamy. The judge pressed him about having one wife, and the man replied with a humorous, earnest yes.
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Toledo Blade
P. Orth
United States District Attorney
Naturalization
Toledo
Mustache
Shure
Wedding Rings as Curtain Hangers in Westminster Cathedral
A silver gilt tabernacle in Westminster Cathedral chapel is to be hung with curtains supported by about 14 gold rings donated by friends and relatives. Each ring bears the donor's name as a tribute to a lady who has supported the church, with rings collected in anticipation of the service.
Airship Demonstrates Possibility of Aerial Navigation
Count Zeppelin's airship, after many successful German flights, was struck by lightning during a trial and exploded. Several spectators were injured, but the count escaped uninjured. The craft had shown promise toward the 24 hour continuous flight prize, making the loss a severe blow to Zeppelin after years of work in aeronautics.
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Count Zeppelin
Germany
WSS
The Motor Car on the Farm
The gasoline engine saves 20 to 40 percent over horse or steam power and needs little storage. Engines range from five to 100 horsepower for stationary or portable use, with over 50,000 sold to farmers in two years. Portable gasoline threshers aid harvests in the Northwest and Canada, reducing horse labor. Cars and runabouts help marketing, yielding higher profits. farmers' wives and daughters operate the machines to sell produce directly from autos in Western towns.
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Cassier
Great Northwest
Northwest
Canada
He Was Poor Once From the Delineator
A ragged boy selling papers in a busy downtown corner recovers a dropped purse. A stylish woman thanks him and offers a nickel, but the boy replies that he was poor once himself and refuses the coin.
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Mickel
Ghost haunting leads to divorce suit in New York
Ora Dresselhaus O'Donnell, a chorus girl who married actor John O'Donnell in February, claims in a New York divorce suit that her mother in law's ghost haunts her nightly. She alleges cruelty and neglect and seeks restoration of her maiden name amid turbulent marriage.
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New York
Inlaw
John O'Donnell
East Eighty-ninth St
Mamma
Cincinnati
Society For Psychical Research
Mrs. O'Donnell
Mrs. O’donnell
The Glory of Work Exalts Labor's Sacred Role
A quotation from Henry Van Dyke extols workers across trades as builders of divine order. It envisions masons, quarrymen, palm-grove choppers, raftsmen, and labor ranks marching in service to God, praising honest toil as holy and faithful work as prayer.
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Henry van Dyke
Titian Locks and a Fiery Temper Revealed
A fragment reports a woman named Fred-Pegey admitting her dyed red hair was used to win an argument. It mentions Jack-How and Fred-George, noting a fiery temper. A separate note cites a New York woman who married the man whose car struck her.
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Fred—Pegey
Jack
Fred—George
Family Gives Skin to Save 9-Year-Old
In Brooklyn a mother and her two children donated portions of their skin to save Mildred Lynch after a bonfire accident. Surgeons at Kings County Hospital and Children's Hospital performed the extensive graft, covering nearly a third of the burns. The operation marked the hospital’s most extensive skin grafting to date and Mildred’s life was saved.
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New York
Mildred Lynch
Mildred
Prie St
Brooklyn
Children's Hospital
Arthur
Isabella
Kings County Hospital
Mrs. Lynch
No Desire to Catch Her in Courtroom Retort
Law notes recount James F. Sweeney of the Suffolk bar handling a cross examination where a woman in court retorted she could not be caught. Sweeney replied he had no wish to catch her and suggested the meek husband might regret his success. The exchange drew laughter amid the proceedings.
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Law Notes
James F. Sweeney
Suffolk
Mass
Mr. Sweeney
Irate Father Confronts Suitor After Midnight Visit
A furious father recalls confronting a persistent suitor who kept calling on his daughter late at night. The scene unfolds as the town clock strikes midnight and he comments on the intruding visits. Geologist Parker predicts no anthracite after 2055.
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Parker
United States Survey
Mrs. Keppel Wows at Goodwood In Sheath Gown
Mrs. Keppel wore a pale blue directoire sheath dress that clung and constrained her steps, drawing attention at Goodwood. She avoided the royal presence directly, staying in a retiring room before moving to the king’s private box while the queen watched from the royal box.
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London
George Skeppel
Directoire
Goodwood
Mrs. Keppel
Lke
An Inglorious Wound from Tit-Bits on a Veteran Irish Sergeant
A north range marker known as Old W. recounts three wars Crimean Indian mutiny and Chinese without a wound. He once walked through fire to the bulls eye, taunting others. Finally a rifle shot struck his shoulder and he was carried from the line after exclaiming he was shot by a Saturday afternoon soldier.
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Phivat
Auto Cuts Up Rattlers Lands Fragments on Women Hats
In Waterbury Connecticut Leroy Ames and Mrs Ames Miss Ames and John Watkins all of the Bronx New York and J E Spencer of Philadelphia rode in an automobile toward Grey Stone when a pile of rattlesnakes appeared on the road. Watkins swerved and the car crashed into a farmhouse manor injuring the women. Snakes fragments coated the hats and parts of a rattler landed inside the car. Elsewhere E Hart Penn and Rawson Hewitt, driving near Glastonbury on the New London turnpike, stopped to dispatch rattlers blocking the roadway.
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Waterbury
Conn
Leroy RB. Ames
Mrs. Ames
Miss Ames
John Watkins
Bronx
New York City
J. E. Spencer
Philadelphia
Greystone
Pnd
Watkins
E. Hart Penn
Rawson T. Hewitt
New London Turnpike
Glastonbury
Crops Grow Without Rain in Syria and Palestine
The article describes Syrian farming practices from April to October with virtually no rainfall yet crops like watermelons tomatoes and cucumbers thrive. Peasants rely on moist subsoil, shallow plowing keeps surface soil loose to prevent moisture loss, seeds are sown to damp subsurface soil, and roots spread into the moist layer while rain returns in autumn.
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Chicago Tribune
Syria
Palestine
No Mistake and the Eggs That Proved It
A New York produce commission house faced a New Jersey complaint about poor eggs. The junior partner responded by tracing the order and showing the original instruction read Rush 50 crates eggs We want them bad. The joke hinges on a misreading rather than an error.
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New York Produce Commission
New Jersey
Hashimura Togo on July 4 mockery of fireworks habit
Hashimura Togo lampoons July 4 fireworks in America. He imagines a red white and blue floating monument ship funded by saved firework money. He compares traditions with Japan and jokes about prohibition and memory, ending with a note about noiseless powder and progress.
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Hashimura Togo
Collier’s
U. Ss
America
Congress
Senator Beverage
Iditor
Pinny Wheel
Flower Pottery
Nigger Chase
Japan
New Jersey
Daimo
Dan Webster
Columbia
Picknick
Mexico's Thrift Policy Praised in Herald View
The Mexican Herald argues Mexico keeps military spending around 18 percent of total outgo, far lower than the United States Britain and Germany. It notes rising living standards, expanding schools and factories, and a growing middle class under a lean defense burden.
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Mexico
Mexican Herald
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Hummels German Student and a Drinking Duel
The New York Sun recounts Lawyer Hummel's witty talk about Lusi tania and a heated exchange with a scarred German student over education. A Heidelberg visit leads to a duel joke as a waiter interrupts with a quip about tapping a fresh barrel at the landlord’s invitation.
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Hummel
New York Sun
Lusitania
Heidelberg
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