Poison as Women's Weapon In Historic Murder Cases
The article surveys 19th century poison cases linked to women, citing Mrs Botkin and Mrs Molineux as catalysts. It traces how arsenic and chocolates were used to kill, detailing trials of Florence Maybrick in England, Helen Moore in Massachusetts, Mamie Starr in Chicago, Ora McKee in Georgia, Ella Holdridge in Buffalo, and others, framing poison as a recurring, gendered method across eras.
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San Francisco
Dunning
Delaware
Botkin
Anch
Mrs. Botkin
Kate Adams
Elviry C. Barnet
Molineux
Blanche Chesebrough
Florence Maybrick
Liverpool
England
Helen J °. Moore
Springfield
Mass
Mamie Starr
Chicago
F. W. Newland
Matt Wimple
Rome
Ora McKee
Buffalo
John F. Shann, Jr
Princeston
Newak
Mary Shann
Marie Jonianx
Alice A. Lleming
New York
Ving
Mra
Massachusetts seeks Daniel Webster homestead state park memorial
A movement to convert Webster's sea coast homestead and the Pilgrim graveyard where he lies into a state park. The report notes existing memorials and the push reflects ongoing interest in preserving Webster’s legacy.
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Massachusetts
Daniel Webster
Louisville
Japan
Bliss Acquitted After Poisoned Chowder Trial
After a drawn out sensational trial, Bliss was acquitted of charges related to sending poisoned clam chowder. The proceedings featured lengthy testimony and strong media attention.
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Bliss
Singing canaries in German breeders value song above form
German canary breeding establishments prize song, training birds with an automatic whistle to imitate, selecting top singers for higher prices. Less gifted birds go to second or third quality or are destroyed, while exports reach Europe, America, and Australia where prices stay high for superior vocal birds.
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Germany
Europe
America
Australia
Laughing Across the World in Quick Quips and Gags
A collage of humorous snippets and witticisms from early 20th century papers. Jests about weddings, opera manners, marriages, slang dialects, and social scenes feature characters like Nell, Percy Sappy, and Mrs. Makassurr. Citizens jab with light satire, punchlines, and playful misreads.
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Percy Sappy
Funny stories buy and sell among clubs and ministers
The piece notes how after dinner orators and public speakers pay for amusing tales. It covers women entering the market, typical prices from a violet bouquet to five dollars, and how stories are loaned or rented to protect performers. It highlights club women, physicians, ministers, and society figures who buy tales to enhance talks, with Chicago and London contexts and a closing aside about dogs and Sundays.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Russian Peasants and the State of Society
The passage condemns the Russian peasantry as degraded and ignorant, habitually starving and improvident, with superstition and distrust of reform. It notes a near absence of a middle class, foreign ownership in manufacturing, German dominance in larger trade, and suggests education may improve dullness but centuries of serfdom create deep-rooted evils.
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Russia
Almanac Habit Of Dogs Worries Observers
Note the passage of time and the dogs’ habit of using an almanac. The piece asks if dogs keep time, noting Sundays loom as a bad day for them. Some dogs need no book to sense the day, as they rise in low spirits on Sundays.
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New York
Boston
Pontiac
Mich
Maggie Tulliver
London Mall
Befo' de war lessons and witty vignettes on life
A collection of humorous anecdotes from a bygone era. Drill sergeant teachers, a pupil Polly and the ox spelling joke, Dr Bliss and the initiative by referendum, Holmes and Aldrich cannibal quip, McDonough a chorus girl quip, a Greyfriars churchyard visit, Afghan dirtiness at Roberts camp, and a remark that good looks hinder business.
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Polly
William Bliss
Pasadena
Cal
Los Angeles
Dr. Bliss
Jom Moore
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mr. Aldrich
Dr. Holmes
Glen McDonough
McDonough
Greyfriars Churchyard
Edinburgh
Aberdeenshire
Highlands
Greyfriars
Sexton
Scotland
America
Roberts
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Manila
Jean Payot
Chamounix
Tugela
Juanita
Washington
John W. Ross
Puck
Maude
Clara
Nell
Harry
Belle
Sam
Detroit Free Press
Brown
John
Philadelphia Bulletin
Werdy
Percy
Jack
Ben Evlent
Harvard Hasben
Philadelphia Press
Chicago Times-Herald
Brigand
Little Jones Boy
Washington Star
Dix
Hix
Winder
Browns
Indianapolis Press
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