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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
11
The witness named Wood was repeatedly contradicted during cross examination and left the stand amid laughter. The proceedings featured audible interruptions as defense and prosecution pressed key points.
Witnesses including Prof. McClelland dispute Perry Douds handwriting as the source of anonymous letters. Detectives describe Perkins as author, while experts outline distinct letter forms, slants, and peculiarities in Portersville Brown and Dickey letters.
The witness evaluates letter shapes and strokes to identify the author of several letters. He notes differences in letter forms such as Greek e and w, comparing Portersville Dickey Brown and Douds samples. The expert concludes none of the indicted letters were written by the defendant, a point likely hard to test in cross examination.
In a lengthy cross examination Judge Martin grills Prof McClelland on handwriting traits shading and letter patterns. The panel compares Douds writings with anonymous letters as attorneys clash over reliability of penmanship to prove authorship.
Christopher Askew aged 80 died at his son Charles Askew’s West North street home after a gradual decline. Born in England he served as a soldier and escorted Queen Victoria at her coronation. Survived by Mrs Hattie Glenn Edenburg Mrs Golden Clarksville Christopher Fremont Ohio and Charles of this city. Remains to be shipped to Clarksville for interment by Ofutf and Co.
Routine morning session of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants convened in Washington. A Chicago delegate announced Barney Nolan’s prior expulsion and asked for his removal, then left after declaring it takes Chicago to insult a man in the capital. W. J. Driscoll urged closer ties with the Publishers' association and the Typographical union. action to follow.
In New Haven on George Street saloonkeepers shut doors after rumors spread of a roaming woman preacher. Ellen Eldred of Laurens, reading a dialogue at the bar, prompted police caution and guidance to cease until consulting the chief. Alderman Kelleher twice expelled her from his saloon.
Adam Stapf a former resident of this county and brother of Charles Stapf of the Wampum hotel is dead at his Lima Ohio home where he had been in business for three years. The remains will arrive Wednesday at 10 46 a m over the Lake Erie and be taken by Offutt Co to Wampum for funeral services. Interment will be in Greenswood cemetery.
A notice announces a Wednesday evening meeting of the Federal Labor union in New Chateau at the ALA hall. The calling committee invites members to attend and discuss union matters.
John Burroughs evokes June’s arrival with vivid nature imagery. The poem describes fields, woods, leaves, and meadows in fresh, spotless bloom, a sunlit landscape, and the river’s shifting light, celebrating summer’s height and renewal.
The piece catalogs varied literary trivia from Mascagni writing a Verdi life to Milton signatures, Victoria’s taste for Scott and Austen, and humorous notes on George Ade pronunciation. It mentions Howells relying on machines for copywork while preserving original manuscripts.
Beerbohm Tree says profits from Shakespeare funded losses on popular plays in London. Sir Henry Irving receives an honorary M A from Dublin University and holds degrees from four institutions. Jean Coqulin, son of the actor, shows promise as a dramatist with a Paris success of Quo Vadis. Sarah Bernhardt, aiding a millinery venture with a niece, views it as relaxation in London.
The snippet compares sayings about success and proof with lines from the Chicago Daily News and Leslie's Weekly. It contrasts moral allusion with practical discipline and notes how fame follows achievement, while the practical test is the aftermath of effort. The tone mirrors humor sections in period newspapers.
The quipty exchange recalls past gifts and present finances as a married couple spar over candy and rent. The dialogue contrasts pre and post marriage generosity with the blunt question of payment and survival. The snippets reflect a humorous slice of domestic life from early newspaper humor pages.
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