Thaw trial adjourned as European witnesses delayed by storm
The Thaw trial paused due to Atlantic storm delays of European witnesses. Justice Dowling limited expert witnesses to three per side. Comstock testified about Thaw letters and Stanford White’s apartments while the defense presented a 1908 letter supporting the wife’s account of her relations with White. Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw faced intense cross examination in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Europe
Justice Dowling
Harry Thaw
Tombs Prison
Anthony Comstock
Stanford White
Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Mixed Early 20th Century News Briefs
The report covers bank closures with a National Bank of North America receiver, a naval entry into Buenos Aires by American torpedo boats, Mrs Mary G Eddy relocating to a Christian Science house, and labor shifts in Goldfield open shop mines. It also notes the Ouida death near Florence, a jewelry heist in Kalamazoo, a deadly dynamite blast in Homestead NJ, and legal actions by Illinois Central against Herrin. Additional items include deaths of Ichijo’s mother, a Clinton Ta. fire damages, Portland wholesale blaze, chess master Techigorin, night rider violence near Hopkinsville, Taft Philippines report, Capuchin Father Maria Bernado’s Addis Ababa mission return, and Mrs Mary Frances Reiley’s death at Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of North America of
New York
National Bank
Charles W. Hanna
American Torpedo Boat Flotilla
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Mary G. Baker Eddy
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Pleasant View
Concord
N. H
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Mass
Christian Science Denomination
Mine Owners’ Association of Goldfield
Nev
Louise de la Ramee
Ouida
Tolina Cervelli
Florence
F. R. Darcy
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bergen Hill
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Homestead
N. J
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Herrin
Showing Ichijo
Clinton
Fish Brothers
Portland
T. Techigorin
St. Petersburg
R. YI. Rogers
Hopkinsville
Taft
Philippines
Father Maria Bernado
Addis Abeba
Menelik
Mary Frances Reiley
Abraham Winmn
Sioux City
Thieves Hold Up Mail Wagon and Cash Found
A group of thieves robbed a United States mail wagon in New Orleans and reportedly secured about $5,000. Separately in federal court in Kansas City, George L. Thomas and L. B. Taggart pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay rebates to shippers. Judge Smith McPherson fined Thomas $7,000 and Taggart $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
New York City
L. B. Taggart
United States District Court
Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Thomas
Taggart
Central
Pontiac
Madison
Ill
Jean Jumeau
Dessalines
Gonaives
North Carolina
Charles F. Brown
St. Louis
Minnesota Board of Pardons
Merton S. Munn
Bemidji
August Franklin
Portland
Andrew Jackson Detsch
Harry Ferree
Philadelphia
Ferree
Detsch
Emily Yznaga
Duchess of Manchester
Lister Kaye
England
Natchez
Miss
Kenneth
George Stetson
Burlington
Wis
W. Leo Bockemohle
Bank of Ellinwood
Ellinwood
Kan
Gilman Mitton
Kewanee
Charles Bradley
Minneapolis
International Narvester Company
Milwaukee
Frankfort
S. R. Hamill
Terre Haute
Ind
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Paul Kelly
New York
P. F. Disser
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Aurel Batonyi
Frank Work
Burke Roche
Margaret Fulton
Jane Fulton
St. Clairsville
Georgia A. Smythe
Boston
New Brunswick
Maria Witzherbert
George IV
Hocking
Farmano Lopez
Franco
Portugal
San Julia
Tagus River
James H. Smith
Mattie Helpfal
Irvington
WORN OUT WOMEN
Mrs. W. L. Merritt of Anoka Minnesota reports kidney pain back ache dizziness and irregular secretions. After using one box of Dean's Kidney Pills she felt relief and believes others will too. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Merritt
First Ave
Anoka
Minn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Ananias and Sapphira Referenced in Courtship Tale
A man declares lasting love to a woman while she trusts him, and she humbly notes that even biblical lovers started with courting ardor. The exchange echoes the cautious optimism of romance as a parable of early affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ananias
Sapphira
Hall's Catarrh Cure ad and a New Hampshire church anecdote
A jumbled 19th century page includes a Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement offering $100 reward for incurable cases and testimonials for F J Cheney Co. It also features a Toledo druggists endorsement and price details. A New Hampshire tale depicts a frugal man attending church to offset a $50 loan to a pastor, turning pew rent into a business joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & CO
Tolado
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Watving, Kinnann & Marvin
Toledo
All Dragegtete
New Hampshire
New Year Nude Boy Cartoon Sparks Editorial Debate
A captious critic questions the New Year depiction as a nude small boy while the art editor defends the choice saying the year only becomes clear by December 31. The exchange highlights tension between interpretation and calendar symbolism in period illustrations.
Grape-Nuts Praised as Healthful Food for Infants
An anecdotal testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a perfect food for delicate babies and healthy adults. A mother recounts doctors advising condensed milk and crediting Grape-Nuts juice mixed with milk for saving her infant. The piece urges readers to read The Road to Wellness in packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
Weliilie
Advertising Trick Frosts Western Farmers
A convincing scam in South Dakota swindles farmers by offering land sale at inflated prices while demanding paid advertising at fifty cents per acre. The scheme relies on oral promises and lacks contractual backing. In Brown County about twenty two farmers were targeted and one paid 320 dollars. others plan court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Brown County
What Hubby Missed
A girl recalls telephoning at night and a whispering voice on the line. She wonders what secret the speaker does not want her husband to hear and, though told to disconnect, cannot sleep thinking about the hidden conversation.
Seed company ad touts Moravian Barley and Teosinte fodder
An advertisement from John A. Salzer Seed Co. promotes Moravian Barley and Speitz cereals for hogs and cattle, along with Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass and Teosinte hay production claims. It invites readers to mail 10 cents for packing and catalogs from La Crosse, Wisconsin, listing seeds and samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speitz
Dak
Ont
Ida
Colo
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Chance to Show It
Mrs Biggs notes Mrs Hilon plans to move again while Mrs Diggs observes she relocates monthly since receiving new furniture.
House Work and the Silent Burden of Women
The article appeals to American women burdened by household duties and domestic strain. It highlights daily sacrifices in keeping homes neat and children dressed, noting pains and aches from overwork and the need for support to ease suffering.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Andrew Carnegie
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Amsterdam
Hook of Holland
George M. Bourquin
Butte, Mont
Edward Creighton Largey
State Savings Bank
Heinze Institution
Lydia Bradley
Peoria
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
University of Chicago
Duchess of Fife
Queen of
Norway
Victoria
Allo
Queen Alexandra
Sivan Lie
Abourgraver
London
Turie Nordstrom
Mayport
Fla
Brunswick
Loop
City Hall
Frank J. Constantine
Louise Gentry
Joliet
Calabria
Italy
John Fetter
South Bethlehem
Hilla Fetter
Deer River
Charles Mitchell
St. Joseph
Merrimac
Monitor
J. W. O’bryant
Hyde Park Methodist Church
Alfonso
Spain
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago Street Railroad
Board of Education of
Dowagiac
Messina
Sicily
Portage
W. E. Carter
Meadville
Bennie A. Walker
Canton
Los Angeles
Cal
W. D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
Nils Nielson
Lghthouse
New Haven
Gov
Warner
Michigan
John T. Rich
Treasuer
Frank P. Glazier
Lantry
Hall
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia EE. Tinkham
Lever
Lydia FE. Pinkham
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