Tillman and McLaurin brink of duel fears rise
Washington telegram reports fears that U S Senators B F Tillman and John L McLaurin may clash in a personal duel due to a long running feud. Insults and temper threaten a confrontation unless friends broker a cooling off, with both men denouncing the other and warning of possible face to face challenges.
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Tillman
Washington
Friends
United States
B. F. Tillman
John L. McLaurin
South Carolina
Mr. McLaurin
M’laurin
Thiman
Mg Laurin
George F. Curtis
Cooks in New York’s fine-dining scene guard secrets and rituals
An old restaurateur describes the elite kitchen caste in premier New York restaurants. Cooks, largely Swiss or French by birth, follow strict hierarchies under the chef who rules with an iron routine. They receive modest pay and meals, beer on duty, and the chef’s starched uniform marks his absolute authority.
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New York
Wise Words and The Principals of Economy
A collage of maxims on patience truth and virtue followed by a humorous anecdote from a New York City transit car about honest spending and a village fund questioned at a town meeting. The piece ends with a quip credited to Youth's Companion.
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Diderot
Emerson
Froude
Holmes
Pascal
Sam Rawson
Sam
Board of Highwaymen
Finland’s Mourning Stamp Protest Against Postage Abolition
Finns issued a black stamp reading Stomi-Finland with the national arms on envelopes as a mourning protest after postage stamps were abolished. The Russian stamp was placed on the opposite side while authorities moved to interdict the practice. The incident reflects nationalist sentiment amid imperial control.
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Finland
Naval Arch to Honor American Navy in New York Harbor
The Naval Arch at the Battery in New York City will stand 125 feet tall and wide, featuring statuary niches, a quadriga of sea horses on top, and five interior niches per side for naval heroes. Designed by Ernest Flagg, the project is led by the Naval Academy Alumni association with $500,000 already pledged by New Yorkers and a nationwide fundraising appeal to follow.
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New York City
Emaj
Gebhard
Freddy Gebhard
Lily
Langtry
Jersey
England
Hugo de
Baltimore
John B. Morris
That City
Battery
Navy
Ernest Flagg
New York
Naval Academy
Annapoolis
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Naval Arch
Naval Academy Alumni Association
Device to destroy ironclads touted by inventor Sheckler
An Ohio inventor Sheckler has patented a steel magnetized explosive device designed to attach to the armor of a battleship from a submarine and detonate remotely. Secretary Long and President McKinley are cited as believing in the concept amid wartime chatter.
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Sheckler
Wellsville
Ohio
Auccesa
Marconi Engaged to Miss Josephine Holman in New York
Wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi announced engaged to Miss Josephine Bowen Holman daughter of the late Indiana justice J A Holman. The pair met aboard the St Paul in 1899 and have traveled through Europe before settling plans for a likely early fall wedding in England.
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Marconi
New York Dispatch
Giglielmo Marconi
Josephine Bowen Holman
Queenstown
Miss Holman
J. A. Holman
Indiana Supreme Court
St. Paul
United States
Hampshire
Europe
Paris
Nice
Monte Carlo
New York
Josephine Holman
West Ninety-second Street
England
Paducah Woman Wins Local Popularity Contest
Paducah Kentucky announces Mrs Ot tillia Hippel Davis as the most popular married woman. She is a noted horsewoman and champion bowler owning five thoroughbreds. She once held the reins during a runaway carriage incident and afterwards drove the same team the next day. Mr Davis works as a southern agent for a Chicago lumber company.
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Paducah
Ottillia Hippel Davis
Davis
Mrs. Davis
Ing
Mr. Davis
Chicago
Mind Your Business Hungarian Woman Refuses Ambulance
A Hungarian woman in New York falls from a second story window landing right side up and resents neighbors calling an ambulance. She tells the responding doctor that she would summon medical help only when she needs it, insisting it was her own window and yard where she fell.
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New York
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Amsterdam Avenue
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