Precocious in Crime Among New York Street Arabs
A 16 year old Louis Wood and a gang of youths are described through sensational reporting. The piece details Wood’s appearance a farm incident involving Bertie Wagner and a boy named Tommy Maloney, with varying accounts of murder and abduction and the Gerry Society’s care for the youths.
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Seorge Manby
Desperade
New York
George Banley
George Hanley
Chicago
Louis Wood
Bertie Wagner
Oldae
Lews
Bartlett
Sun Jourt
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Gor
Wegner
Freehold
M. J
Gio
Dasling
Bertie
Louis
Court hearing on Tommy Maloney drowning tale ends with caution
In a Tomba police court session Justice Meade hears Lago Radigan and Tommy Maloney's parents contend over a diving tale. Tommy recounts a half hour underwater ordeal with muddy water and fishes while two colored men rescue him. The boys are warned and released. questions remain about the truth of the story. Jerome Jacquinin sits adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sommy Maloney
Tommy
Johanie
Jeeome Jacqtin
Dangers of trained animals in world show exhibits
Miss Amelia Berg was bitten when her trained tiger Leo attacked during a World’s Fair Midway act. Dot Sonwell, a five time bitten snake charmer, survived venomous bites from a diamond rattlesnake at New York museums while relying on mesmeric control and whiskey treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dot
Amelia Berg
Dot Sonwell
New York
Miss Berg
Leo
Det Soawell
Fall River
Mess
Providence
Fourteenth Street
New York City
Polson
Remarkable Accident During Madris Presidency
A crowd hunting a tigress wounded a sportsman who was then killed by a discharged gun that had fallen against a bank. The tale recounts a bizarre misfire during a hunting party in Madris era, leading to a fatal consequence from the weapon’s own discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madris
Wortalk
Lenard’s Window Demonstration Reveals Cathode Rays Permeating Air
Dr Pashp Lenard of Bonnard presented a Berlin Royal Prussian Academy paper on a rare plate in discharge tubes that becomes permeable to cathode rays. The Lenard window stays air and light tight yet lets rays pass from a cathode 12 centimeters away, making the surrounding air faintly luminous.
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Pashp Lenard
Bonnard
Royal Prussan Academy of Science
Berlin
Hertz
Or Lenard
Wien
Lenard
New York
Telugrana
Congress of Criminals Plans New York Meeting
Reports say Rod dy Burdick, a notorious bank robber with many aliases, aims to convene a congress in New York with 200 or more delegates from highwaymen train robbers and other criminals. Police doubt the scheme but fear a possible organized crooked fraternity. Pickpockets would be barred.
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New York
Roddy Burdick
Burdick
Reddy Burdick
Congress
Fish tale from Emporia claims a lively three inch bass
Tobias, a citizen famed for veracity, reports finding a well developed black bass about three inches long in his front yard. The fish revived after being placed in water and now swims actively, adding to a curious good fish story in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Tobias
Truths and Tests as Pennsylvania Court Sworn Witness
A man with prior experience faced expert cross questioners in a Pennsylvania court. After the clerk read the oath, the witness promised to tell the truth only if he was permitted to, signaling cautious cooperation under scrutiny.
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Pennsylvania Cour
Lins
Lost Heir or Double: Rickety Dan Battle at Shiloh Pension Trial
At Springfield federal court, William Newby of White County Tennessee faces a pension fraud case over whether he is the late William Newby or the outlaw Rickety Dan Benton. Witnesses from both sides test in a dramatic reunion of veterans as detectives trace Dan Benton’s life from 1845 to prison and pension claims.
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Willem Newby
White County
Fifieth Infantry
Dan” Benton
Tennessee
William Newby
Shiloh
Federal Court
Springfield
Hingis
Dan
Bill Newby
Dan’ Benton
Hickoty Dan
Drs
Newby
Andersonville
William Surder
Crazy Jack
Dan Benton
United States
Tennessee Penitentiary
West
Company B
Forseth Minnismafan
Fennessee
Moresai
Wite County
Hiram Mores
Bull Newby
Tennessee Ens
Mirmois
Aear
Clifford Calverley Faces Fame on Narrow Wire in Siam Gorge
A Toronto climber named Clifford M Calverley aims to top Blondin style by crossing Mingars Gorge on a 69 foot wire. He first shocked crowds with a 6 minute 5 second crossing and later did a 2 minute 35 second run with tricks including a stove and chair balance. The Fourth of July crossing in darkness ended with spectators fearing a fall as Calverley performed the famed Calverley dive.
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MM. Calveriey
Nisgare
Sam Patch
Mingars
Clifford M. Calverley
Toronto
Blondin
Peer
Dixon
Calverley
Clifford
van Calverley
England’s 1545 steel needles and curious odds
A quirky digest notes England produced steel needles in 1545, a whale reaching 143 horsepower at full tail, and the vast reach of language with 2,733 tongues spoken today. It parodies terms waistcoat trousers versus seat pant and recalls Harvey as a farmer’s boy who discovered circulation of the brood.
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England
Harvey
Boys Ride in Undertaker Wagon Behind Truck
A New York San article recalls youths who hopped into an undertaker's wagon for a ride, three boys seated at the rear on a grim vehicle. They showed cheerful indifference toward death, seeking thrill rather than fear in the moment.
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Undertakers
New York San
Relic of Lord Byron Sells Through London Auction
A Philadelphia Ledger item reports a Victorian relic from Lord Byron sold at auction in London. The note includes two letters, one from the poet’s progress to a convent and another from his daughter, Augusta Leigh, dated September 1821. The daughter’s note is handwritten in a round childish script, later dying a few months after the letter.
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Lora Byres
Lord Byron
London
Moore
Byron
Llezea
Bengacai
Phualephia Leder
NERVE AND ENDURANCE On Mire Rodney Tramped From Galveston to World’s Fair
A reported feat details Mrs Lucille Rodney walking from Galveston to Chicago to attend the World’s Fair. She did the trip between May 16 and July 27, losing about days to illness and weather, part of a wager of 22.00 to win 5,000 if completed in 76 days. The tale notes her weight loss and the rough journey with weather, trestles, and occasional shelter in private homes. The piece also mentions a wagon-journey family en route and other long-distance travelers using bicycles and unusual conveyances for distance walking.
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Rodney
Galveston
Chicago
Lucille Rodney
Dallas
Las
Catawissa
Mfo
New Orleans
Husband
Electric device used to trap a murder suspect in court
A trial recounts a murder case where an electric apparatus hidden in a chair and floor transmitted signals to a receiver, revealing the defendant’s reactions. A court official in a nearby room interpreted the sensations via a wired system and the suspect eventually confessed.
Window mischance and theft report in Porpath
A woman dropped a roll of bills from a train window near Porpath, NBH, scattering money and triggering a search. The Rambler rider touts comfort, durability and speed as the text veers into promotional prose about the vehicle.
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Porpath
Nbh
Insects and Butterflies and Distant Seeing Tools
Article surveys butterfly collecting in tropical regions with methods using butterfly nets and dust shot, plus perils of climbing tall trees. It also notes a telephotography precursor using selenium optics to transmit images over wires. A humorous ad closes with a reward promise for reader familiarity with the doublet.
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Gerre
Jts Woon
Berte
Lanistras
Teac van Wart
Maezor
Lewis
Thoras Maloney
Meers
Prt Carther
Maloney
Tomuy
Jho
John
Frank Lago
Patsy Hadigan
Oak Street
Beekman Street
Liz Deather
Kota
Dex Tommy
Lago
Johnny Maloney
Gerry Society
Tommy Maloney
Walter Dickson
Sam de Nigger
Ewa
Siam
Samson
Odds and
M Hinery
Yast
Horney
Iself
Iridea
the News
Tropics
Tex
Eugene Aaron
Atlanta Constitution
Bome
Baron Rothschild
Sumetra
Joss
le Pontes
Pittsburg Electric Club
Raimbler
Remington
Newe
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