The Register News Snippets and Notable Mentions
A collection of brief items notes pensioners drawing small sums, fashion notes on Corat, a 2000-pound devil fish caught by tourists in Florida, and skin graft experiments. Also reports Sherman’s refusal to authorize a sketch of his late wife, schooling on newspaper events, London’s ruling on women in council, a divorce suit in Omaha, hydrophobia myths, Jewry defense in The New York Sun, a bank siege at Oklahoma, and Justice Miner’s 73rd birthday and career.
Jury Prayed During Trial in Butts County Murder Case
In Butts County Georgia Thomas Shaw faced murder charges. After a verdict of guilty the defense sought a new trial arguing that a preacher witness led prayers insulting the defendant. The Supreme Court granted some relief though details are unclear.
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Butts County
Georgia
Thomas Shaw
Supreme Court
Odd Health Bits From A Western Paper and Vatican Fuss
A Western paper notes that only one in sixty thousand dies in bed while asleep, dismissing fear as wasteful. An East association offers funeral advance plans, angering undertakers who boycott, with the motto die and fet live. Roscor Coxxaine may have a biography this year, and Col Conkling could author a notable study. The pope requires a pledge not to seek or reveal his secrets, provoking a Duke d Osuna controversy over apologies and cab fare, while railway workers show health declines over time. Dr Lichtenbag cites data of 250 workers with over a third affected by car disease, with engine drivers prone to rheumatism, pneumonia, sensory loss, spinal issues, and mental strain.
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Duke d’ Osuna
Vatican
M. Duchesne
Lichtenbag
Buda- Pesth
Boston man rescues invalid sister in fire mistaken for old maid
A Boston boarder, aided by an ill sister, carries an elderly maiden out of a burning boarding house after mistaking her room for that of his sister. The escape succeeds without harm, though the elderly woman remains enraged at the mix up and the fracas.
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Boston
Health tips from St Louis Magazine for child care
Practical home remedies cover handling injured children and soothing inflamed eyelids with alum and egg, plus simple rules for feeding invalids. It also suggests cleaning pipes with lime water or carbolic acid and a鼻 foreign object removal method by blowing through the mouth to expel a nose blockage.
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St. Lewis Magazine
Desperate Kansas City Burglar Slashes Detective in Court
In a Missouri court, James Smith facing burglary preliminaries seized a knife from the evidence table and mortally wounded a detective. He was shot by another officer after wounding a second officer. An innocent bystander was also struck. The event stunned spectators and drew comparisons to dime novels.
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Kansas City
Missouri
James Smith
Smith
Court Room Ineidans
Haid
A Narrow Vale
Robert G. Ingersoll reflects on life as a narrow vale between two eternities. He notes futile attempts to see beyond lights and the elusive word from the dead. Hope and love perceive a star, while myths arise from human hopes, fears, and tears decorating creation with passion.
Reconciled Scientist and Pianist Find Second Honeymoon
Dr Gray a famed but solitary biologist clashes with Mrs Vernon over endless Chopin. A piano dispute drives him to visit, rekindling memories of love and ten years lost. He finds Margery, now his wife, forgiving and forgiving him. They embrace a second chance.
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Sam
Marmaduke
Margery
Teesdales
Isle of Wight
Mr. Teesdale
Household life in Japan sparks exotic routines
A newlywed English tea merchant wife in Japan describes five servants at the same cost as two in New York. She recalls nightly prostrations, a handkerchief mishap, and a kitchen floor disturbance over whose duty it is to return a lost item, illustrating the sociocultural quirks of Oriental housekeeping.
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Japan
New York
Yam
Literary Mania Ruins a Scholar in Poignant Tale
A gray-haired professor abandons teaching to write A Reply to Uncle Tom's Cabin hoping to vindicate the South and stun the North. He spends his savings, loses his home, but the book never appears. He dies leaving only his manuscript and a broken family.
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Lom
Allanta Constitution
Insomnia Remedy Mentioned By Ethalinda De Wiss
Ethalinda De Wiss tells Fitzpercy that fatigue leads to sleep and proposes a remedy when hearing of another insomnia case. A fragment notes Nianiy 87,000, 0,090 births.
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Ethalinda de Wiss
Fitzpercy
Nianiy
Women Drug Clerks and Pharmacy Careers in the West
A Washington druggist discusses women's prospects as drug clerks. He notes few hires despite graduates from Chicago and other colleges, cites physical demands of long hours, patient trust in male doctors, and suggests gradual acceptance may come later, not this year.
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Colleges of Pharmacy
West
Washington
Chicago
Pye
Reporter Visits Chateau Avenue Parlor Mystery
A Cincinnati Enquirer anecdote recalls a St. Louis reporter who visits Chateau avenue after a call from three young women seeking to glimpse what a reporter looks like. They hoped to meet Cousin Annie's fiancé, and the scene ends with the journalist leaving bemused by the young ladies' naive curiosity.
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St. Louis
Chateau Avenue
Acard
the Democrat
Annie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Living Skeleton at Dime Museum Draws Attention
An American unique living skeleton, famed as the greatest living skeleton earning $500 weekly, endures persistent visitors urging him to eat to gain weight while a sympathetic observer notes the exhausting routine. The New York Weekly quotes the display's tensions and public curiosity about body image.
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America
Dime Museum
New York
Maud S Named as Fastest Girl in Talk
Mrs Cumso recalls Mr Fangle praising a girl described as fifteen and the fastest thing he knew. The husband asks if a name was mentioned and she confirms Maud S was the one.
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Col. Conkling
Health Nuts
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