Wallingford Creator George Rice Now Jailed for Stock Fraud
New York march 16 George Randolph Chester, creator of Wallingford, notes the extraordinary rise of George Graham Rice who is serving a sentence for using the mails to defraud in stock sales. Before Schoftely & Company tied to his arrest, Rice accumulated and squandered fortunes from race tips and high living in New York, New Orleans, and Garfield. He admits he has spent his last dollar and is broke, with six months to release.
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Garfield
Blame Cast On Lucan In Light Brigade Charge
A published statement from Lord Cardigan about the 1854 Bala klava charge shifts blame to Lord Lucan. Cardigan recounts orders to attack the Russians despite warned batteries and riflemen, with Nolan's aide present. The paper presents this firsthand account of the fatal decision and aftermath.
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Light Brigade
Valley of Death
London
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Balaklava
Lord Lucan
D Lucan
Nolan
Lucan
Lacan
Nolan's Bold Dash Recalled Amid Army Controversy
A memorandum recounts Brigadier Nolan riding at the front during a brigade’s deadly assault, attempting to steer units toward Raglan's flank plan while Lucan pressed a frontal attack. Nolan was killed as he fought to save the maneuver, his death immortalized in military debate.
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Raglan
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Bessie McCoy Planned Europe Trip With Davis
Baltimore rumors say actress Bessie McCoy deserts the musical comedy and sails to New York to join author Richard Harding Davis, then to Europe on the same ship. Davis has long shown interest, and the pair were reportedly close, though Mrs Davis seeks no divorce.
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Richard Harding Davis
Europe
Baltimore
Bessie McCoy
New York
Davis
Mrs. Davis
Miss Clark
Chicago
Mr. Davis
Marbles Said To Slow Boys In School
Cambridge doctors warn that heavy pocket loads from marbles and other trinkets hinder a boy’s posture and mental condition. Dr. Joel E. Goldthwaite of Harvard Medical School explains that carrying junk in pockets can cause slouched stance and backwardness in studies.
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Mass
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Marvard Medical School
Goldthwaite
Queue cutting and Chinese hair exports decline
Washington reports that queue cutting in China does not boost supply of hair for American use. A Con sul-General notes hair for export, once common from barber shops, is shrinking as queues are cut. American women may see little impact on wigs and cosmetics while Chinese barbers lose long hair for hair cloth and mattresses.
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China
Anderson
Hongkong
Bureau of Manufactures
Maude Lillian Berri Films Visit To Mother In California
Miss Maude Lillian Berri unable to make the 3000 mile trip to her mother's winter ranch near Fresno so she arranges a moving pictures visit. A 1000 foot reel captures her posing in Washington Park in her auto, skating and romping with her cable named San Francisco.
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Maude Lillian Berri
Parent
Chicago
Unale
Fresno
California
Washington Park
San Francisco
Miss Berri
Parachute Jump From Airship Ends Near Tragedy
Albert Berry, famed for the first parachute jump from an airplane, narrowly escaped death at St Louis when leaping from a Benoist airship piloted by Antony Janus. His parachute deployed just in time after a perilous near-ground moment.
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Albert Berry
Antony Jannus
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