Roman Girl Penelope Carnevali Ended In Double Trial
Penelope Menghini, a Roman beauty later known as Penelope Carnevali, faced a double trial in Frosinano for the murder of her lover and the death of her first husband. The case links her elopement with Mario Carnevali to poison plots and a string of affairs spanning Rome and Palermo.
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Penelope Carnevali
Frosinano
Mario Carnevali
Carnevali
D’ottayl
Rome
Penelope
D'Ottavi
Mario
Palermo
Carnevall
Tmttavi
Jones
Cornewall
Wealthy Nun Catherine Drexel Linked to Old Lover Marriage
Washington reports claim Catherine Drexel, heir to the Drexel fortune, plans to renounce vows and wed Walter George Smith after leaving the convent. The piece cites papal and bishop authority on dispensations, notes American precedents, and chronicles related nun cases from Roscomna to Ethan Allen’s daughter, highlighting church law and historical context.
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Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
Catherine Drexel
Philadelphia
Drexel
New York
Catherina Drexel
Francis Drexel
Walter George Smith
Torresdale
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Drexel
Walter Georg Smith
Pittsburg
Catherine
Mrs. Smith
Europe
Holy Father
France
S&j
Sisters of Charity
Little Sisters of the Poor
Omer
Miss Drexel
Miss Roscomna
General Rosecrans
Ohio
Phil Kearny
Sacred Heart
Caornilives
Paris
Winfield Scott
Visitation
Georgetown
D. C
Fannie Allen
Ethan Allen
Ticonderoga
Montreal
The Bulwer Lytton Book Sell That Tricked a Reader
A young man enticed by a $12 Bulwer Lytton set paid in weekly installments and kept buying to avoid feeling the expense. A persistent collector reappeared monthly, the set depreciated in his eyes, and he eventually faced the risk of a cheap duplicate haunting him as he secretly carried the books home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulwer Lytton
Bulwer
Chicago
Heo
Tie
Kentucky Man Declares Rattlesnakes Superb Delicacy
John Henry Howard of Kentucky tells a St. Louis Post-Dispatch correspondent he has eaten rattlesnakes for about ten years and weighs 920 pounds. He describes cooking methods and his stronger taste for the reptile over other game, recounting a copperhead bite that turned him away from that species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Howard
Kentucky
Howard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Whart
Columbus Report Claims Mandelbaum Lying in Ohio
A Columbus paper alleges Mother Mandelbaum, a famed defector from New York, is living in Columbus. It claims her Montreal death was a feint to mislead authorities and shield her escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mother Mandelbaum
New York
Montreal
Land of Dreams as Shadows Fall In Quiet Verse
A poetic meditation from Martha Bonner in the Boston Globe explores dreams as a realm where death, ambition, and justice blur. The piece envisions a holy unknown land where prisoners shed shackles and kings arise, contrasted with daily life’s fragile dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angulah
Klag
Dreans
Martha Bonner
Boston Globe
Embroidery on a sewing machine as art
A correspondent asks if machine embroidery can be art. The answer notes it is conceivable yet unlikely for ordinary or even gifted artists to create true art via a sewing machine, as the personal flair of handicraft would likely be missing.
A sampler may outshine a sewing machine reproduction
A reader opines that a child's imaginative sampler, imperfect though it is, can be more artistic than a finely produced painting copied by a sewing machine, noting the depth of handmade charm over mechanical perfection.
The Scoop That Backfired on Two St Louis Newspapers
A Missouri editor hunted a sensational scoop after a gun death near a town with two papers. He hid the body and wrote a two column story. Accusations followed, bail was refused, but later evidence led to his acquittal and conviction of the real killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kcoops
M. C. Brown
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Missouri
Misa Primrose of Brooklyn Dies After Foretelling Death
Misa Emily Cecilia Prim rose, 19, of Brooklyn, foretold her death a week earlier. She told friends on her front steps she would not live another week and noted crape at her door. She fell ill at 8 o’clock next Wednesday and died three hours later from heart region pains.
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Misa Emily Cecilia Primrose
Brooklyn
Misa Primrose
Aho
Changed From Black to White in Chambers County Alabama
A 16-year-old girl in Chambers county Alabama reportedly changed from dark to very pale skin due to a disease called leucopathy. A nearby girl recalled visiting waxworks with her mother and being told they might be wax, but the effect did not materialize.
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Chambers County
Ala
Apparition in the Mirror Warns of Neighbor’s Debts
An elderly Philadelphia narrator recalls a 17 year old New York social season terrifying mirror vision of a pale man with a dagger. The man struck during a later attack but was captured by the aunt, Marian, Christopher, and cousins. the would be assassin proved to be the neighbor’s son entangled in debts and dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Times
New York
Christopher
Marian
Ball Night Plotter Delays Murder Plan at Feast
A suspect in a ball night plot drifted toward murdering and silencing a target to steal valuables and settle debts but never acted due to lack of courage, despite persistent thoughts of the scheme.
Paris Discovers a Troglodyte Oddity Juliette the Monkey
Paris spectators marvel at Milo Juliette a troglodyte monkey in a private room on Rue de Pontoise near Boulevard Saint Germain. The creature shows unusual intelligence examining an album greeting visitors with a polite right hand and preferring bearded guests. A German vessel crew earlier found Juliette with her mother and later sold her in Havre.
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Paris
Milo
Julliette
Rue de Pontoise
Boulevard S T. Germain
Madamoiselly
Juliette
M. Jou Win
Kange
Havre
M. Jonssein
Jullette
No Longer a Terrorist Salvador Franch Withdraws Anarchist Stance
Convicted Spanish anarchist Salvador Franch, awaiting execution for the Liveo theater bombing in Barcelona, repudiates his prior act. He says reading Balmes, lent by his nun sister, led him to repent, embrace Christian faith, and reject terrorism as a means to justice.
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Salvador Franch
Liveo
Barcelona
Balmes
Cardinal Wiseman
Franch
Pallas
Valencia
Funeral Invite Sparks Irish Wit At Doorstep
An old Irish woman, upset at missing an expected funeral invitation, retorts with humor about possibly attending a funeral at her own house to see who will be invited, reflecting sharp local wit amid a tense social moment.
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Doston
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William Jones
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Pallian
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Tren
Darling Manio
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Saturday Tribune
Mother Mandelbaum Redivivus
the Land OF Dreams
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Salvador Franc
Tam
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Spruce Street
Scranton
Souare
Francke's
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Frey
Wyoming Ave
Jy Lal Gates
Madison Atenee
John L Wentz
M. D
Commonwealth
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KR. Kay
Ehil
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Hoswere FA
Parranaos
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Lfredhand
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Washington Avenue
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Attys
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Ton
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Sprucost
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Lam
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Offes
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Commmonwealth
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Comegys
Sprucest de BE
Logle
Tego
Spree
Kilcam
R . Ton
Oming Avenue
Wobcha Tan
Laubach
Ava
Lang
SHE Republic Savings and Loan Association
N. Callen
KR. Clark & CO
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Creen
North Main Avenue
Grand Union Tea GO
Jones Brow
OS. Kuettel
Lackawanna Avenue
Weslminster Hotel
W.G. Cee Mar Bixteanth Street
Union Uar'o
Quranton House
Vicroa Kocu
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Boomer
Pia
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Brown
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Adee
KR. J. Bauer
Hnrbert
Orton Dbd Swarts— Wholesale Iumber
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Mi Ekgargee Brothers
Wasuington Sveneaak
DU -Poote
Brown & CO
W. Lackawanna 6 Avenue
E. Robinson's
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Pilsener
Porroni
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