Cruel cattle losses and court contortions in Fairburn News
A long letter critiques winter cattle losses on the plains, recounting 33 to 76 percent mortality and painful suffering, with images of starving cows and calves. It condemns cruel stockmen and urges humane care, then shifts to a Grand Jury scene in Fairburn where Judge Wright forces amendment of presentments, prompting a staged display of disapproval.
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Rio Grande
Saskatchewan
Kansas
Arkansas River
Wilkison
Fairburn
Defective Criminal Laws Highlighted by Silver Dollar Case
In New York a man named Pendergrast was wrongly convicted for attempting to pass a silver dollar deemed genuine by Washington Secret Service chief and the President's pardon. The incident exposes flaws in criminal law and the lack of compensation for damaged reputation and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Pendergrast
Pendergrast
Auburn
Brooks
Secret Service
Washington
Pendergrant
Prendergrast
Judge and Jury Custom in Georgia Grand Juries
The article recalls the Georgia tradition of thanking the presiding judge in grand jury presentments and notes a rare violation when Judge W. F. Wright adjourned early in Douglasville after hurrying to conclude business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
W. F. Wright
Douglasville
Grandpa and Baby Rose in the Park Carriage Mystery
A reporter in a New York World piece recounts a park scene where a little old man wheels a baby carriage with a veiled face. The reveal shows the doll in mourning for Baby Rose, who died last week, prompting the man to ponder funeral imagery and the truth kept from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Grandpa
New York World
Wales Joke at Court Shows Tailor Poole's Place
London notes recount a tale of Poole the Prince of Wales tailor invited to high society events. The exchange with the Prince reveals the delicate line between titled nobles and shopkeepers. Poole admits the party was pleasant but notes the society was a little mixed and not all to his taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poole
Prince of Wales
London Letter
A Question of Temperature and Comfort
A Continent letter-writer argues for lower indoor heat as a health measure. He cites a physician’s remark urging 68 degrees Fahrenheit and recalls audiences resisting the idea. The note claims daily life improves with cooler homes, and mentions dust-absorbing carpet tips.
Tornado Origins and Kidney Health Examined in Lecture
Dr Horace R Hamilton outlines a theory that solar sunspot activity drives cyclones and distant kidney and liver derangements cause widespread health symptoms. He shares a personal recovery from long illness attributed to Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver remedy, claiming broad preventive potential for modern disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace R. Hamilton
New York Society For the Promotion of Science
Department of Life
San Francisco
New York
White House
Warher
Button making around the world and a tonic claim
The article notes glass buttons produced mainly in Bohemia by child labor earning ten cents daily, pearl buttons in Vienna, shirt buttons in England, and Paris dominating agate buttons with 5000 to 6000 workers. It adds bone brass ivory and composition buttons are made locally with Americans claiming superior quality and global sales. It ends by touting Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic with real merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Vienna
England
Paris
Women’s Waists and the Notched Form Debate
A reader critiques a notion of female beauty rooted in a “Christian civilization.” The author argues that beauty centered on a deep waist notch serves male convenience and harms women’s prospects in ordinary life, likening it to a woodman killing a tree.
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Mfra
Swise- Me
Health tonic ads tout Hosteller Stomach Bitters cures
A collage of medical claims extols Hosteller Stomach Bitters as a rapid remedy for rheumatism and a range of ailments from liver and kidney troubles to debility and constipation. It praises purification of blood, digestion aid, and strengthened constitution, while peppering in promotional lines for other tonics and patent medicines.
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Tee Vourate Bear Co
Marshall, Mich
Dye
N. B
Green
Henry B. Incanm
District Messenger Co
New Haven
Conn
Ingram
New York City
Hunt
SU Centre Syrelt
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Judge
Baby Rose
Wales
Coop
Brown
Puck
United States
All Drugegistes
Carl Joetwel
Wankenton
N. C
Hey. J. FE
Barham
Tuseil Brown
Hood
Vennor
Messrs. Hood & Co
Usn
Essex County
James R. Micon
Ganlt
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H. W. Hoyt
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Our Lady Friends
L Cragin & Co
St. Philo
Lyon
Rolleh
S. Woovarrey
Summer Street
Boston
Malania
F. A. Liyooun
Qzongz KE
Bellows
Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Graham
Austin
Tex
Wm. Hall
Dr. Bones
Worm
Arsenal Be
Ge Louie Io
John C Mgalvin
Fulton Street N
Ashley Electric
Semmenesth Sisiee
Oruyem Qaura
Norwich
Gager
Goor
Gostly Outfittres
Addreas Iruit & Co
Augusta
Maina
Olest & Best Commercial College
C. Bat Liga
Dubuque, le
R.S
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
National Publishing Co
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Ngine and Boller
Milwaukee
Cramer, Aikens & Cramer
Wew Lane
A.W. Morgan & CO
Twombly Knitting Machine Co
Tremont Street
Masa
Bo, Fy Sreny
Fort Wayne
Ind
L.oc
Woon
Allan Pink&rton
U. S
Vai
Nted Xorisn
TELE
Seforr
Clark St
Lil
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Hagan
Perry Davis
Burns
Oswego Sun
L. Pond
Aurora
Kane Co
University OF Notre Dame
Tuk
Rev. TV
E. Walsl C
Notre Dame P. O
Perera
ST. Mary’s Academy
Dame Duiveraity
Conservatory of Music
Siaters
Apile
St. Hiverya
N.A
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