Poison as a Woman's Weapon in Noted Trials
An article surveys a spate of poisoning cases linked to women across years, citing Botkin, Molineux, and others. It traces how female offenders and public sympathy shaped verdicts, noting murders in New York, Buffalo, and London era cases with names like Mrs Botkin, Mrs Dunning, and Marie Joniaux, illustrating persistent fears of female crime.
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Francisco
Mrs. Botkin
Kate Adams
Henry C. Barnet
Molineux
Blanche Chesebrough
Lave
Botkin
Florence Maybrick
Liverpool
England
Helen S. Moore
Springfield
Mass
Wis
Mamie Starr
Chicago
F. W. Newland
Matt Wimple
Rome
Ora McKee
Buffalo
John F. Shann, Jr
Princeston
Newark
Mary Shann
Marie Joniaux
Alice A. L. Fleming
New York
Boston
Compuiny & Tudaway
Pontiac
Mich
Bliss and Canaries: Acquittal After Poisoned Chowder Trial
The article details a sensational trial ending in acquittal for Bliss. It then discusses German canaries prized for singing, describing training to select the best singers and the export trade to Europe, America, and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss
Germany
Europe
America
Australia
Laughable Bits From Old Newspapers Across the World
A collage of brief comical exchanges and quips from early 20th century periodicals. The items feature light banter about marriages, manners, social roles, and everyday misunderstandings, with jokes about opera etiquette, hall lights, a telepathic wife, and quirky observations on fashion, clocks, and public life. Named figures and publications surface in snippets, preserving the period voice.
A Pertinent Inquiry and Sharp Banter in a Puzzle Dialogue
Exchange between Ferdy and Percy features playful world wisdom and a mockingly grim line about silence. Boss Jack shares limited knowledge while Nell laments the oppressive quiet as Puck hints at broader worldly perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Nell
Funny stories buy and sell across clubs and ministers
The piece describes how after-dinner speakers, political figures, lawyers, club women, and ministers acquire humorous stories for pay. It notes women increasingly purchase anecdotes, with prices ranging from a bouquet to five dollars, averaging about two fifty. It recounts clubroom scenes where women request stories, the ethics of loaning or renting lines, and the social value of owning clever anecdotes over borrowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jong
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Russians Described as Degraded Peasantry and Widely Ignorant
The text portrays the Russian peasantry as on the verge of starvation, improvident, ignorant, and superstitious. It notes distrust of reform and heavy drinking as common traits, while middle class presence is minimal and foreigners dominate many trades. It argues education could improve the people, but centuries of serfdom have entrenched evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Do Dogs Read Almanacs or Pray for Sunday?
The passage notes dogs seem to know when Sunday arrives, reacting with low spirits on that day. Observers wonder if dogs track time using an internal almanac or cues, yet some dogs need no token to feel mournful on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Tulliver
London Mail
Humorous Tales and Colonial Quips From Various Notes
A jumble of comic anecdotes spans teaching a slave child to spell ox by tail cues to a herbal witticism about the bliss of science. It includes remarks on Oliver Wendell Holmes and Aldrich, a McDonough theatrical quip about a ham speech, a Greyfriars churchyard visit, Afghan cleanliness fable, and a remark that good looks hinder enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
William Bliss
Pasadena
Cal
Los Angeles
Dr. Bliss
Tom Moore
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mr. Aldrich
Dr. Holmes
Glen McDonough
McDonough
Greyfriars
Edinburgh
Aberdeenshire
Highlands
Scotland
America
Hielands
Roberts
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Iyer
Massachusetts
Daniel Webster
Louis- Ville
Japan
Manila
Jean Payot
Chamounix
Tugela
Juanita
Corporation
Washington
John W. Ross
Puck
Maude
Clara
Percy Sappy
Harry
Belle
Dodger
Sam
Detroit Free Press
Brown
John
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ben Eylent
Harvard
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Times-Herald
Brigand
Little Jones Boy
Washington Star
Conqguer
Dix
Hix
Winder
Nol
Savage Bachelor
Browns
Indianapolis Press
Ferdy
Percy
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