Imprisonment Over Fines, Juries and Justice in Indiana
Judge Baldwin argues the wealthy escape punishment while the poor face harsher treatment. He cites Standard Oil, calls for jailing corporate officers, and notes England executes more swiftly than the United States. He criticizes expert testimony and juries, urging reform to curb favoritism toward moneyed interests.
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D. Pp. Baldwin
federal court of
Indiana
United States
Lawyers’ club
Chautauqua assembly
Chautauqua
New York Times
Judge Baldwin
Standard Oil
Chicago
Standard
Standard Oil company
Broadway
England
London
Delmas
Child's Appeal to Stork Seeks Baby Brother in New York
Hazel Carney nine year old writes a letter to the stork asking for a baby brother and to leave him on a windowsill at 401 East Thirty fourth Street in New York. Her mother notes Hazel’s maternal instinct and planning as she waits for the stork in Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Carney
Bird
mr. Stork
Frazel
East Thirty-fourth street
New York
Stork
Central park
New York World
Hazel
St. Catherine
Far Rockaway
Pistols in loaf of bread in jail escape bid
A Brooklyn arrest reveals a woman baked two revolvers and cartridges into a loaf of bread to free Daniel Carberry from Hudson county Jail. She claimed to be his wife and planned the break with Larry Gibson, an associate of Carberry. Police later found the weapons and several escape tools during a room search and visitor inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
dJerney
Brooklyn
Larry Gibson
Hudson county
N. J
New York American
Daniel Caberry
Gibson
Carberry
War Veteran Rouses Neighborhood With Bugle Blaze Alarm
A three story building at 345 Bleecker Street New York suffered about 1000 in damage to a shoe store and a cigar shop after a fire. A war veteran blew a bugle to alert residents when the alarm delay occurred and the engines finally arrived to extinguish the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bleecker street
New York
New York Herald
Wiliam Acland
Abraham Samburg
Fair and Unfair Burials in Union Coffins Dispute
A jurisdictional fight between woodworkers and carpenters over coffin labeling causes doubt about proper unions. The Union Burial association sells carpenters labeled caskets despite woodworkers’ protests that they are nonunion. Carpenters claim exclusive labeling rights while woodworkers warn graves would remain with nonunion marks. The Chicago Federation of Labor may be asked to appoint a committee to judge the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
carpenters
Chicago Trribune
Union Burial association
carpenters’ union
Chicago Federation of Labor
End of Famous Locomotive Texan to be scrapped at Atlanta
The Texan locomotive once carrying the Civil War raiders to victory in Atlanta faces a inglorious end. The New York Tribune reports it will be broken up for scrap iron and sold, marking the loss of a famed engine tied to a historic campaign and executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texan
Andrew
Atlanta
New York Tribune
Menagerie Modes on the Street Parade Fashion
In Cleo C style from the New York Times, a humorous verse celebrates extravagant animal themed fashion. It riffs on elephants and peacocks in gowns and accessories, imagining a dazzling promenade where until steam calliope music signals the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo C, Long
New York Times
Illinois Professor Claims Smokeless Heat Plant Breakthrough
Professor L P Breckenridge of the University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station says smokeless burning is achievable at large plants. He reports a 65 percent efficiency, $5,000 annual savings, and a method to keep flame away from the boiler for smokeless operation. He cites the Edson plant in Chicago and stress on proper combustion, monitored coal analysis, and mechanical stokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
L. P. Breckenridge
engineering experiment station
University of Ilinois
United States geological society
Washington Post
Breckenridge
Washington
geological survey
University of Illinois
university
Edson
Chicago
geologic survey
Maine fisherman reports 2500 lobsters found offshore
A Maine fisherman released his lobsters near Cash's banks and hauled in 2500 specimens, none under ten inches and most around fifteen to twenty. He argues crustaceans may have left shore for unknown reasons, but many still exist if their whereabouts are found, inspiring others to try similar methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Kennebec le Journal
Lusitania Veranda Cafe and Two Luxury Suites Onboard
The Lusitania, largest ship afloat, debuts a veranda cafe with sea view and two regal suites priced at 2000 dollars. Passengers report a smooth 22 knot cruise from Clyde to Liverpool with minimal vibration, while one traveler logs 1200 miles at 25.25 knots.
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Lusitania
Lusitannia
Liverpool
England
Clyde
Ireland
New York World
fiverpool
Sue
Indiaman Wright's odd farmhand lure draws many applicants
Hezekiah Wright a wealthy Elwood Indiana farmer offered his daughters company on buggy rides with wages and room and board to attract farm hands. Applicants from several states flooded his mail with questions about worth death will and daughters looks. Wright now has enough help for the harvest.
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Hezekiah Wright
Elwood
Ind
Chicago Records Herald
Wright
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Finger Good as a Gun
Mrs Elizabeth Meydrech of St Joseph Michigan confronted a burglar returning home at night She shouted LHS shoot and raised her forefinger like a gun The ruse caused the burglar to cover his face and flee dropping a sack with silverware and a pocketbook of money
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Elizabeth Meydrech
St. Joseph
Mich
St Joseph
Mrs. Meydrech
Kerry cows become a fashionable fad for country life
The New York Press notes women drawn to farming trend favor the Kerry cow as a quaint addition to Long Island estates. Mrs Adolph Ladenburg, who owns two Kerry cows, plans to import more on her 200 acre Meadowbrook area estate, envisioning the small animals as stylish symbols of rural living. Perhaps one will even ride on the road like a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adolph Ladenburg
United States
Long Island
Ladenburg
Odd Foot Race In Paris Draws Spectators
A comical foot race was witnessed in Paris with nineteen men as contestants. Each participant used a wooden leg and the winner completed a mile in twelve minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Art Collection For Japan Embargoed by London Embassy
The Japanese embassy in London has assembled a collection of 40 000 European and British artworks to be sent to Japan. The exhibit aims to showcase Britain and other European art for Japanese audiences and cultural exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
London
Buy Partners Not Love Says Harvard Former Instructor
Chautauqua Aug 7 report quotes Professor John Graham Brooks stating that among the wealthy money buys marriage partners. He asserts a baby cannot be reared cheaply, that rich men and women purchase spouses like goods, and that social status drives unions rather than affection. He warns wealth disrupts morals and institutions.
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John Graham Brooks
Harvard
America
Chautauqua Assembly
Cupid
Mr. Brooks
Professor Brooks
Berkman
Emma Goldman
Klondike
nancy
lord
preas
Joking Hug Breaks Widow's Rib at Hayes Hotel
Cape Girardeau Missouri August 7 Charles Probst a lively guest at the Hayes hotel hugged a woman guest Mary Gode a widow until she fractured a rib and suffered internal injuries and lung hemorrhages Probst said the act was to tease his wife and asked for forgiveness after she regained consciousness
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Charles Probst
Hayes hotel
Mary Gode
Probst
Tod's Ducks Dig Up Scallop Beds in Greenwich Cove
Imported ducks owned by J Kennedy Tod of New York are raiding the mud flats near Greenwich Cove Connecticut, digging up scallops and clams and provoking residents to petition Tod to confine the birds.
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Tod
Greenwich Cove
Conn
J. Kennedy Tod
New York
viciity
Mr. Tod
Bloodhounds Offered to Sheriff in Newark Case
Sheriff Frank H. Sommer received a letter from a southwestern man offering to sell bloodhounds of the old racial variety to assist in tracking fugitives. The sender runs a bloodhound farm and urged the sheriff to employ them, but the sheriff chose to rely on constables instead.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Hi. Sommer
southwest
Baseball Scores From Yesterday's Games Across Leagues
The results include American League games with Athletics 4 over Cleveland 2, Chicago 6 over New York 2, and St Louis 5 over Poston 1. National League features Brooklyn 3 over Pittsburg 1 in game one and Pittsburg 8 over Brooklyn 0 in seven innings, plus Cincinnati 4 Boston 3 and Cincinnati 2 Boston 1 in two games. Also Tri-State and Atlantic League results with Harrisburg, Trenton, Withamsport, and others. A Staunton burglary story ends with a girl alerting police after taunting the intruder over the phone.
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Athletics
Cleveland
St. Louis
Poston
Chicago
New York
Washington
Harrisburg
Trenton
Withamsport
Wilmington
Johnstown
Lancaster
Altponk
Reading
Newark
Pottsville
Brooklyn
Elizabeth
Allentown
Easton
Tamaqua
Meningitis Cure Reported From Castalia Ohio
In Castalia Ohio three severe meningitis cases once deemed fatal are nearing recovery after treatment with a serum developed by Dr Simon Flexner head of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Flexner plans to announce success upon his return next month from international research.
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New York
Castalia
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Flexner
Man and Woman Drowned in Bear Lake near Chillicothe
Aug 7 report from Chillicothe Missouri describes the drownings of Miss Lucretia Evang and Emery McDougal after a boat capsize in Bear Lake. McDougal attempted to save Evang and both sank. two others aboard survived.
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Chillicothe
Lucretia Evang
Emery McDougal
Bear Lake
Oldest Man In Ohio Dies At 113 At Seneca Infirmary
Oldest man in Ohio, Jeff Scott, died at the Seneca county infirmary where he had resided three years. Birth records from North Carolina place him born July 4, 1794, making him 113. His father was Cherokee and his mother mulatto.
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Ohie
Tiff O
Jefferson Scott
Ohio
Seneca county
North Carolina
Scott
Halifax county
Nuggets of News: Mining Fatality and Alabama Senate Pick
A rock fall in a mine at Plymouth Pennsylvania killed Lewis Pitez and fatally injured two others. In Alabama, Governor Joseph F. Johnson was elected United States senator to succeed the late Senator E W Pettus.
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Plymouth
Lewis Pitez
Alabama
Joseph F. Johnson
United States
E W. Pettus
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REVEILLE
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Philadelphia
Lydia B. Pinkham
JAMES CHESTER
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. 35th St
New Gork
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E. Pinkham
Staunton
Central
Tex
Tom Hall
Goliad
pegroes
Clarksville
Tenn
John Wilson
Montgomery county
Luther Ramsey
Wilson
tobacco association
Middletown
Middletown insane asylum
aslum
Kingston
Jefferson City
Hadley
Mississippi valley
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Bank of England
King Edward hospital
Savannah
L. B. Anderson
Coffee county
Ida Summerlin
Portland
Ore
Aus
Mardletown
N. Y
Laura Witsht
Fiord Upright
Ulster Heights
Upright
Standard OH
Italy
St Lunig Globe-Democrat
ARBUCKLE BROS
New York City
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