Wife's Appeal at Dublin Bankrupt Court Ends With Committal
In Dublin on March 20, Judge Boyd ordered Arthur H. Eilis Spong committed for unsatisfactory answers about his affairs. He admitted fabricating means and held aliases KE, H. KE, Selwyn and Stapleton, with no occupation. Spong’s wife pleaded for mercy, saying they would work to repay creditors. The scene was described as indescribably painful.
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Boyd
Dublin
Arthur H. Eilis Spong
Spong
Arthur Glenrs
Donegal
Killybegs
Daily Mail
Railway carriage windows struggle for his rights
Gerald B Francis a Stock Exchange member was summoned at Chertsey for damaging a window on the London and South Western Railway at Weybridge on January 20. Three other passengers wanted the window shut and a struggle followed. Francis admitted aiming to have air and smashed the pane with his foot. He argued the railway should provide carriages for strong men and not force them to travel with invalids. He was fined 40s for each offence plus 5s damages and costs.
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Gerald B. Francis
The
Stock Exchange
Chertsey
London and South-Western Railway
Weybridge
S. Cancellor
Woking
Waterloo
Francis
Railway Company
London buyers chase curious champagne trade note
A London and country wine buyers letter reveals a strange champagne incident. Mr Ludwig Heicher of Vienna purchased three cases from Southard and Co. London, including Moet and Chandon Dry Imperial labeled 1803-5, with costs totaling £186.
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Moet and Chandon
London
Ludwig Heicher
Vienna
Messrs Southard and Co
Moet and
Chandon
Reicher Prosecution Over Non Vintage Moet Label Row
A Vienna dispute over a non vintage Moet and Chandon wine labeled 1893-5 led to Prosecution against Reicher for selling vintage wine. Southard Co and Moet agents trace a neck label 1898-5 and explain consent for pastille labeling while Vienna agents warned against sale. Simon Brothers defend that adding the neck label did not convert the wine to vintage. Daily Mail notes the probe and settlements.
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Vienna
Moet and Chandon
Epernay
Reicher
Messrs Southard and Co
Themi
Messrs Southard
London
Messrs
Moet and
Chandon
Simon Brothers
Messrs Moet
Moot
Daily Mail
Fortune in an Armchair Mystery in Algiers
Telegraph Paris correspondent reports a widow Madame Borg from Dellys left an armchair fortune claimed by relatives. A Spaniard, Perez, bought the chair, gained wealth, and is accused of misappropriating more than 100000 francs found in the chair. The case heads to an Algiers court.
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Telegraph
Paris
Algiers
Madame Borg
Dellys
Malta
Perez
Port
Mediterranean
Madame l Borg
Banka
Williamson's Insomnia Troubling Early Years and Family Care
Williamson's sleep troubles trace back to infancy with wakeful nights and 1 to 4 am exercise. His mother in law and relatives insisted on preserving his slumbers, celebrating mornings when he over-slept as atonement. Williamson Jr. proved resistant to such parental control.
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Charlie
Mra Williamson
Williamson Junior
Williamson's Night of Wakeful Fatherhood
A Chicago News tale depicts Williamson junior an extraordinary baby with nightly cries pushing his parents, especially his father, to sleeplessness. Williamson senior finally tries infant care, discovers the infant was feeding itself, and learns to tolerate insomnia while his wife regains confidence in him.
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Williamson
Mrs .Willamson
Kitty
Mr. Willamson
Charlie
Mrs Williamson
Charlie Williamson
Chicago News
How She Became Beautiful
A Paris maid recalls her mistress suffering to achieve beauty. Treatments included hours on the floor, swaying on a stool, a Grecian nose band, paraffin cheek injections, weighted ears, and a single nostril sponge for a year, all aiming for a statuesque figure.
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Paris
Comment of the Classics The Russian Route
The Athenians rushed to cross the River Asinarus seeking relief from the assault of horsemen and multiplicity there, aiming to gain safety by passage over the river, while other forces pressed.
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Asinarus
Desperate River Crossing In Grecian War Chronicle
Thucydides records a chaotic river crossing where Greeks struggle to reach the far bank as enemy pressure pinches the line. Many perish or are carried downstream, while victors gain glory amid universal destruction described by the historian.
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Thucydides
B.C
Daily Mail
Dress Suit Causes Riot in Goldfields Nevada
The Daily Mall reports Denver magnate Willard Hatch wore an evening dress in Goldfields Nevada causing a miners riot. He was seized and escorted to a dance hall where spectators paid to view the attire, funds raised to drink Hatch's health.
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Denver
Colorado
Willard Hatch
Goldfields
Nevada
Hatch
Pathetic vigil ends with the death of a longtime mausoleum renter
The New York correspondent reports on March 24 that Jonathan Reed, an aged retired merchant, living for years in his wife's tomb, was found mortally stricken in a furnished mausoleum room. He spent each day beside his wife's coffin and spoke to the body, believing the parrot and his wife's belongings were part of a sleeping scene.
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New York
Jonathan Reed
Kaiser Hosts Franco German Embassy Dinner in Berlin
The Kaiser dined with the French Ambassador in Berlin on March 17 as reported by Daily Mail. He wore an Uhlan uniform and sat between M. Elhourd and Count von Bülow, with no ladies present. French and German conversation circulated amid Paris painted menu cards and Moroccan politics notes.
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Berlin
Unter den Linden
M. Bibourd
Paris
Decapitated but Alive in Shock Medical Claims
Dr George Crile reports that different tissues show varying suspended animation periods and death is uneven. He resuscitated a dog 15 minutes after respiration and circulation stopped and kept a decapitated dog alive for 12 hours with slow adrenaline infusion.
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George Crile
Odessa Sees Arrests Over Bomb and Hidden Arms Stash
In Odessa the great Russian port on the Black Sea a man was arrested with a bomb in his possession and a secret store of arms was discovered.
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Odessa
Black Sea
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