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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1893
Page
6
The article notes science in crime detection, but questions its role in enabling crime. It cites two New York cases, focusing on Certrie Harris on trial for murder and Dr. Robert W. Buchanan's sneering stance.
An 19th century overview notes that poisons challenge detection yet experts insist one grain of arsenic can be found in an ox by toxicology tests. It contrasts Harris and Buchanan trials with historic poisonings, cites key physicians, and discusses insanity defenses and the limits of science in murder cases.
A local taxidermist preserves a shark caught by fishermen. Inside the fish a butter call bearing a Grover Cleveland portrait is found, evidently worn by a president admirer. The tale appears in a Seattle correspion and San Francisco Chronicle note.
An 1830s style satire describes brutal hazing at Ohio Wesleyan University and a related ladies' college in Delaware. Accounts of caustic burns, red hot shovel assaults, and expulsions prompt calls for harsher penalties. The piece argues such cruelty signals a broader drift to harsh discipline and warns of future generations being disciplined by severity.
Article recounts AL Horace Palletier claim that eggs have magnetic properties with a negative end at the large pole and a neutral line, and that placing the small end at the forehead can induce sleep. It describes experiments at AL Gall’s house with witnesses and a servant, noting a successful awakening when the large end is used.
A discussion highlights the World’s Fair as educating foreigners about the United States and correcting erroneous beliefs about progress and development. It notes that even intelligent immigrants hold false ideas, such as civilization being limited to New York suburbs or the interior being wilderness, with Indiana cited as an example.
A New York boy is charged with violent street crimes, including robbing a streetcar conductor and wounding a police officer. The piece recalls historic cases of juvenile violence, mentioning Randolph Walker and Vincent Shevlin, their age peers, and the reform debate sparked by such incidents.
A historical sketch recounts the Millerites 1843 era and the Boston Howard Street tabernacle. It details the 1841 date setting, the Rev William Miller’s predictions, the ensuing ridicule, a hoarded poem by Rev Stiggins, and the collapse of the movement as public fear and misinterpretation faded.
A fragment from The St. Louis Republic discusses the compass plant of Tartary as a creeping grass used by shepherds and its curious influence on armies. It also recounts a Boston woman describing losing a new set of teeth during a humorous social moment with a senior warden returning them.
A San Francisco Chronicle report recounts a 1888 Arizona bullion raid from the Vulture mine led by Gribble. Mexican bandits ambushed the guards near Negro Wells, killing Gribble and another, while a fourth fled with the bullion. Authorities pursued across the desert. Valenzuela was captured posting as the thief, with his blood-stained bullion recovered. The capture halted the road agent era.
Paris police pursue AM Arten, once close to Baron von Reinach, famed as a lightning change artist. He deceived friends with many disguises and amateur acting, aided by wigs and costumes. Detectives used a local wigmaker and an artist to map his disguises from photographs. Meanwhile World's Fair promoters report vast international visitor interest and traffic to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, with travelers from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas expected.
A survey of American and British differences notes reduced gaps since three years ago, with examples like American Heilroad and conductor versus British Agricultural labourer and to stop at a place. It cites Shetland lace legends, Atlantic cable history, and a brickbat of quips on Bible verses, art, animals, and the Rambler column’s jests.
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