Judge Bargains For Brand Silence In Private Deal
Wheeler Brand faces a coercive offer from Judge Bartelmy as Judith Bartelmy and Brand admit their feelings. The judge aims to buy Brand's silence with ten thousand dollars, planning a midnight payment that could end a public scandal. Nolan presses Brand after the deal is set, leaving the editor morally torn.
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Mr. Brand
Judith
Wheeler Brand
Miss R Bartelmy
Brand
Wheeler
Uwne
Judge Bartelmy
United States
Nolan
Contiuur
Howley Reputation and the Duke of Cumberland Tale
A London Tatler anecdote explains Archbishop Howley’s alleged foul tongue as misattributed. The Duke of Cumberland, famed for swearing, claimed the archbishop could discuss the bill, while the profanity was actually just a normal part of the duke’s talk.
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Howley
Duke of Cumberland
Culloden
House of Lords
London Tatler
Ade Warns Americans on Humor in London
George Ade spoke at a New York dinner about American humor and its reception in England. He warned that making American characters seem like comic valentines in London invites misunderstanding and offends many, urging Americans not to attempt English jokes there.
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London
George Ade
New York
England
Parson's Checks Confound Bank As Insufficient Funds
A Chicago News item recounts Virginians in old times writing polite checks without bank deposits. Parson J. drew many checks in Richmond for a year’s supplies, bank cashiers refused them, a generous planter intervened with indorsement, saving him from trouble.
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George Cary Eggleston
Eggleston
Richmond
Parson J
Chicago News
Bottled Deep Sea Water Sampling Method
A brass or metal water bottle with upward opening valves and a central stem is lowered along a line to collect seawater at chosen depths. Valves stay open during descent and seal on haul up, locking via a small propeller mechanism. Multiple bottles along the line yield depth samples.
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Scientific American
Railroad Bridges A Constant Source Of Worry
The Chicago Tribune notes bridges haunt officials and train crews with looming disaster. Wrecks delay hours but bridge failures halt schedules for days, prompting frequent spring flood preparations, costly maintenance, and cement bridge construction to avoid fire losses.
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Callboy
Chicago Tribune
Aeroplanes and Air Sickness Warned By Lancet
The London Lancet notes that aero travel challenges are being overcome yet emphasizes air trips will still demand nerve. It cites giddiness from heights, sudden dives or rises, seasickness, and fear of edges as common responses to air travel and ascent or descent.
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London Lancet
The Gentle Game of Golf Folly
An elderly woman overhears a golfer recounting a chaotic round with mishaps at every hole. He describes getting stuck in a gorse bush, perched in a tree, slammed into a farmyard, snagged by a wire, buried in mud, and ending in a dirty ditch, prompting the old lady to vow Edwin will not play.
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Edwin
London Globe
Wireless stations boostAzores from Lisbon to Atlantic routes
The Portuguese government set up five wireless telegraph stations in the Azores to aid shore communication for Mediterranean steamers and transatlantic liners. Three English and three German engineers built the 230 foot masts over about a year, proving their value by aiding the Cunarder Slavonia after a wreck.
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Azores
English Channel
United States
Not a Question of Etiquette Soup Lesson
Mrs Hendricks the landlady offers more soup to Mr Dumiley who refuses. She insists etiquette aside it is not proper to refuse second help as they are not particular people here. The exchange centers on soup and social custom.
Man learns and co eds in a family quarrel
A Washington Herald quote sketch shows a man claiming marriage teaches him and a woman retorts that experience does not bar co-eds. The exchange highlights gender dynamics in a domestic dispute.
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Weill
Washington Herald
Overcharged Dentist Fee Questioned by Nell Yeu
Nell Yeu questions whether the dentist overcharged for care and mentions gas for a balloon. The brief notes concerns and seeks clarification on charges.
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Nell
Vehicles of Paris Traffic and Street Use Report
A Massard report for the Paris municipal council details nearly 500000 vehicles in Paris including 20000 handcarts and 9000 wheelbarrows. It notes 63870 accidents in 1909 caused by 81868 vehicles and estimates stationary street traffic would occupy 445 acres on 2079 total acres of streets.
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Paris
M. Emile Massard
M. Massard
Hon. Neil Primrose Elected Amid Family Budget Clash
The Hon. Neil Primrose, Lord Rosebery's second son, wins a Cambridgeshire parliamentary seat amid references to his father's budget opposition. Asked if the father’s stance was unfair, Primrose quips that when a father hits, it is usually below the belt.
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Lord Rosebery
Neil Primrose
Cambridgeshire
Country Life
Mr. Primrose
Tunic Gowns Lose Lure in Fall Fashion Forecast
Dame Fashion declares tunic gowns out for fall with one exception the silk frock veiled by chiffon tunic draperies. The illustrated costume showcases the summer favorite and highlights the remaining acceptable tunic effect.
Origin of the Black Hand title and its criminal reach
United States secret service explains the Black Hand as a generic label for Italian criminal networks using extortion, murder, arson, kidnapping, and bomb threats. The name traces to Chicago about a decade ago after a famous unsolved murder and a warning letter showing a fist and dagger.
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United States Secret Service
Black Hand Society
United States
Italy
Chicago
Fst
Black Hand
Magasine
Two Oceans Pass Marked by Continental Divide Spill
A spot in Yellowstone National Park named Two Oceans Pass sends water to both the Pacific and the Atlantic as the stream overflows. Water flows east and west across the continental divide, creating a rare dual drainage at the same time.
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Two Oceans Pass
Yellowstone National Park
Pacific
Continental Divide
Executions in Russia Face Rising Gallows Figures
In the last five years Russia has executed 6 258 people. Most were convicted of offenses that many magistrates would forgive. The report notes a trend toward harsher punishment and questions of judicial leniency.
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Russia
Ancient Japanese Steel Method Described
The article notes a traditional Japanese technique where forged iron is buried in marshy ground for eight to ten years. Natural processes are said to transform the iron into steel through an alchemy of nature.
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