Variety of punchlines and puns from the era
The item is a collage of quips and light anecdotes from The Herald page. It notes John L. Sullivan to open a New York cafe, comments on stage shows, a New York auto incident, and Harper's Magazine on gender roles. It mentions Edward Atkinson, Hayti revolutions, a Pittsburg stamp convention, and a Kentucky pen. It caps with musings on King Edward, kleptomania, a slot machine, Vanderbilt, and a bomb-proof room.
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John L. Sullivan
New York
Trolley Cars Linked To Illness In Odd Theory
A claim attributes appendicitis largely to trolley cars sparking debate over disease patterns and social class. William C. Whitney's heirs contest an inheritance tax of 222,222 dollars and question reducing it to 221,999,99 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Whitney
New York
Meteor viewing and city manners in a hazy column
The piece notes Mexico publishment facing tax ease under Diaz, a hammock view of meteors, a fiancé protesting whisky leading to poison, jewel theft reform, and Mrs Goelet’s jewels turning up after sensational publicity. The piece satirically comments that publicity is the essence of advertising with a wink.
Geneva professor finds blue light calms dental work
A Geneva professor reports that blue light has a soothing effect during dental operations. The observation contrasts with the familiar anxious mood that often precedes visits to the dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Crude Rubber Prices Stir Meat Strike Doubts
A remark about crude rubber at 1.20 dollars per pound prompts thoughts that some meat may be priced or presented as steak during ongoing strikes.
U S Leads In World Food Exports Says Report
A report claims the United States surpasses Germany in beer, Russia in caviar, Italy in spaghetti, and outshines Holland in cheese. The finding highlights broad American industrial and agricultural output and global competition.
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America
Germany
Russia
Italy
Holland
Umpire in Williamaport Apologizes for Threat at Game
A Williamaport Pennsylvania baseball umpire declared he could lick the whole crowd in the grand stand after the game. He later told attending physicians he spoke hastily and regrets the remark.
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Williamaport
Schwab Returns From Europe With The Largest Auto
Charles M. Schwab returns from Europe with the biggest automobile money can buy. The note hints he may seek to settle scores with critics over his handling of the shipbuilding trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
Europe
Building Trust
Tornado Rips North St Louis Killing Two Injured Twenty
A deadly tornado struck North St Louis on a Friday afternoon, killing two people and injuring twenty as it twisted through the district. Homes, mills, and businesses were destroyed, with Notre Niedringhaus rolling mill and Summers Brothers tailoring among the hard hit sites. A ferry boat on the river and several church and factory buildings suffered damage while debris blocked streets and power lines. The city later faced a separate thunderstorm with wind to 52 mph and light damage at the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John Ellington
Joe
William Bigger
James Crosby
William Duckhauer
William Fouche
W. Fricke
Jacob Harmeste
W. H. Largan
William H. Linham
Louis McCullin
Edward Papison
Girtwood Powinski
Herman Snuerwine
T. A. Sommers
William Yorkicke
Niedringhaus
Harlier
Nineteenth Street
Angelrodt Street
Brenan Street
River Front
Madison
Leiderprang Hall
Madison Cooper Works
Venice
Granite City
Fair Grounds
World’s Fair Grounds
Utah State Building
Storm Tornado Wrecks Venice Home Kills Woman
A tornado crossing the river from North St. Louis struck Venice Illinois on Friday night injuring ten and killing Mrs. Margaret C Beal as destruction spread across streets and riverfront homes. The Bennett family suffered multiple injuries while several residents were bruised or struck by debris.
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Venice
Ill
North St. Louis
Margaret C. Beal
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Wheeless
Nellie Schmidt
John Bennett
Weslie Bennett
Laura Bennett
Minnie Bennett
Bennet
John Foster
Hinoers
Bent
Wheeless
Bennett
Engine hurls car forty feet in Memphis crash
A Jackson Mound car collided with a switch engine on the Illinois Central line in Memphis. The car was hurled forty feet into a saloon, destroying the front of the building and killing an unidentified man. Carroll Whinfey, 16, and C. I. Wilson, the switch-engine engineer, were seriously injured. The motorman and conductor escaped by leaping. the motorman says brakes failed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jackson Mound
Illinois Central Railway
Carroll Whinfey
C. I. Wilson
Baseball results on August 19 across leagues
National League New York 2 Pittsburg 3 American League New York 6 Chicago 1 Baden 1 Cleveland 2 eleven innings Boston 2 St Louis 6 Washington 0 Detroit 5 American Association St Paul 1 Minneapolis 3 Western League Sioux City 1 St Joseph 6 Denver 15 Des Moines 0 Colorado Springs Omaha 9 Southern League Atlanta 9 Memphis 2 New Orleans Montgomery 1 Birmingham 8 Little Rock 6 Nashville 6 Shreveport 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Baden
Cleveland
Boston
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Denver
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Omaha
Atlanta
Memphis
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
Little Rock
Nashville
Shreveport
Banker Spalding Is Set Free
Charles W. Spalding, former president of Globe Savings Bank and ex treasurer of the University of Illinois, was released from state prison on a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Dunne. After more than six years of imprisonment, his freedom comes on a technicality in the law, marking the ninth time in his lengthy case since his 1897 sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles W. Spalding
Dunne
Globe Savings Bank
University of Illinois
Cotton Mill Chief Shoots Himself in Atlanta Office
William Montgomery, vice president and general manager of the Georgia Cotton Mill Company, shot and killed himself in his Atlanta office. No motive or cause for the act has been disclosed.
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Atlanta
Wiliam Montgomery
The
Georgia Cotton Mill Company
Des Moines Man Drowns While Escaping Workhouse
M C Bennett of Des Moines Iowa leaped into the Mississippi River to escape from the local workhouse and was drowned. He claimed to be an insurance man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
M. C. Bennett
Des Moines
Iowa
Two Men Die From Electric Shock On Penn Avenue
Pittsburg august twenty second. A mysterious defect in the electric lighting along the Penn avenue district caused two men to die and ten or fifteen others to suffer severe shocks. The incident prompted an investigation into the city’s electric system and safety measures.
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Pittsburg
Penn Avenue
Navy rezoning of guns under bureau plans
In the bureau of ordnance Washington plans are being drawn for the resighting of all the guns in the navy.
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Bureau of Ordnance
Washington
Navy
Fort Arthur siege rages as Japanese attack fails
Intensive fighting around Port Arthur continues with reports of heavy casualties on both sides. Russian defenders hold key positions but fear the fortress may fall. Tokyo claims decisive advances while St. Petersburg eyes fleet destruction if necessary.
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Chefoo
Port Arthur
Stoegsel
Palung Chang
St. Petersburg
War Office
Admiralty
Prince Outomsky
Shapleigh of Galesburg Appointed to State Board
Gov. Yates named B. FP Shapleigh of Galesburg Illinois to fill the vacancy on the state board of arbitration caused by the resignation of Walter A. Mathis of Clinton. Mathis said his railroad engineer duties prevented him from giving the office sufficient time.
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Springfield
FP. Shapleigh
Galesburg
Ill
Yates
State Board of Arbitration
Walter A. Mathis
Clinton
Elected Without Ballot for Cork District Seat
London Aug 22 William O'Brien nationalist was elected to fill the Cork parliamentary vacancy. Nominated by nationalists he was declared elected without balloting for the seat.
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London
William O'Brien
Cork
O’brien
Thugs Terrorize Town In The Oil District
Marion Indiana August twenty second a race meeting held by an agricultural society left Swayzee a town of 1000 in the oil fields in fear. A captured robber was placed on a train to Marion but six confederates overpowered the marshal and escaped. Police cordon patrols and arrests follow as the chase continues.
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Marion
Ind
Swayzee
Lamb
Gas City
Siwayzee
Post Conference Adresses Planned After Northfield Meet
East Northfield Mass Aug 22 Following the general conference for Christian workers which ends July 29 to Sept 12 will feature post conference addresses. Prominent speakers remain to continue lines of thought. Rev Hugh Black of Edinburgh will be in Northfield Sept 5 to 10. He is preceded by Rev F S Webster rector All Souls Church Langham Place England who delivers two lecture courses Christ With Us in Daily Life and With Christ From Bethlehem to Olivet.
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East Northfield
Mass
General Conference For Christian Workers
Northfield
Hugh Black
Edinburg
Webster
All Souls’ Church
Langham Place
England
Christ
Bethlehem
Olivet
Miners Walk Out At Virden Coal Plant
Four hundred miners at the Chicago Virden Coal company shaft in Virden Illinois left work on orders from local union president James Maxwell. They protest the mine fire boss inspecting after each day instead of before each shift, following a fruitless meeting between Manager W Luking and miners’ committee.
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Springfeld
Ill
Chicago- Virden Coal Company
Virden
James Maxwell
W. Luking
Smallpox at East St. Louis sparks health measures
Dr E F Baker, inspector for the state board of health, reports 68 smallpox cases and eight deaths in East St Louis during July. He says no quarantine is needed for St Louis. Physicians are told to wear a special robe and fumigate after attending smallpox patients.
Standard Oil Leader James Turrill Dies in New Jersey
New York Aug 22 James E Turrill recently resigned as treasurer of the Union Tank Lines of the Standard Oil Company is dead at his home in Plainfield New Jersey He was years old and was born in La Pierre Michigan
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Standard Oil
New York
James E. Turrill
Union Tank Lines
Standard Oil Company
Plainfield
N. J
la Pierre
Mich
American Lawyer's Daughter Weds Oxford Fellow
Paris August 22 Frank Wylie a Brasenose college fellow and daughter of Edmond Kelly the noted American lawyer were married at the American Episcopal Church in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Frank Wylie
Brasenose College
Oxford
Edmond Kelly
American Episcopal Church
National Bank Closed in Swanson by Currency Comptroller
Washington August 22 The People’s National Bank at Swanson VI has been closed by order of the comptroller of the currency Frank L Fisk a national bank examiner has been appointed receiver The action ends the bank’s operations and places the institution under federal control pending liquidation and reassignment of assets and depositors.
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National Bank
Washington
People's National Bank
Swanson
Frank L. Fisk
National Bank Examiner
Wheat Harvest Yields Record in Samara Region
Sratoff Aug 22 The government region of Samara in eastern European Russia reports the harvest as the best in years with wheat driving total grain output around 854,084,600 bushels.
Hold Murder Suspects in Elkhart Jail Visit
Elkhart Ind Aug 22 David Rigby and George Streely held in connection with John Linderman death were ordered kept in jail for thirty days to aid an investigation.
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Elkhart
Ind
David Rigby
George Streely
John Linderman
Polo Player Is Injured In Van Cortlandt Collision
New York August 22 Dr J Russell Bellamy surgeon was knocked from his horse during polo at Van Cortlandt Park in a collision with another player and may be fatally injured.
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New York
J. Russell Bellamy
van Cortlandt Park
Senator's Cousin Killed in Railroad Coach Fall
Philadelphia August 22 Mrs Isa bella Frazier Leopold cousin of United States Senator McComas of Maryland was killed after falling from a railroad coach in an incident reported today.
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Philadelphia
Isabella Frazier Leopold
United States
Senator McComas
Maryland
Hungarian couple linked to $50 wife rental case
Chicago Aug 22 Peter Nelson was held to the grand jury in 3600 bonds on a larceny charge after John Fitnizki said he rented Nelson's wife for two months for $50. Fitnizki reclaimed the money, Nelson denied the theft, and both spoke through an interpreter.Nelson, a railroad laborer from Hungary, and his wife lived with Fitnizki in the same household. The case arose when Fitnizki claimed $50 was stolen from his trunk after the arrangement soured.
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Chicago
Peter Nelson
Quinn
John Fitnizki
Fitnizki
Nelson
Nelsons
Fitnizzi
America
Hungary
Senator Hoar Resting Comfortably at Worcester Home
Worcester mass august twenty second a bulletin at three p m said senator hoar is resting comfortably sleeping soundly for half an hour with no perceptible change in condition at nine twenty p m he is resting quietly given little opiate though congestion in his left wing has not spread his condition remains very serious he has been told of sympathies and is deeply moved by them senator lodge visited but could not see him and left for boston afterward
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Worcester
Mass
Senator Hoar
Lodge
Boston
Butter Coloring Kills Babe in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the death of a two year old boy, son of Frank Kreby, after drinking butter coloring bought for dairy use. The incident sparked public outrage and local farmers demand a grand jury investigation into the coloring’s manufacturers in Jones County. The child accessed the fluid while alone and died in agony.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Kreby
Ofin
Jones County
Flour prices take big jump in Milwaukee
Milwaukee flour millers Friday raised the price of patent fancy grades for local delivery by 60 cents a barrel. The cost moved from 6 to 6.50 dollars per barrel, the largest one day rise since the Civil War. Millers say the price may rise further due to sharp wheat gains to 1.24 in Minneapolis and 1.144 in Milwaukee and Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Minneapolis
Chicago
Deaf-Mute Candidate Seeks Minneapolis Mayor Rank
St Paul Minn August 88 William H Cowles a deaf mute has entered the campaign for the Republican nomination for mayor of Minneapolis. He is described as a man of considerable property and adds interest to the race.
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St. Paul
Minn
William H. Cowles
Minneapolis
Cowles
Telegraphy Graduates Fled to West After Strike
Fourteen graduates from a Janesville telegraphy school have departed for the West to take positions as strikebreakers on the Missouri Kansas & Texas line, replacing striking operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
West
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Physician Is She Bloomington Aug 22 Shooting
Dr B L Chaplin of Saybrook Illinois was shot and probably fatally wounded by a man named Wilkinson who lay in wait for him in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
L. Chapln
Saybrook, Mh
Wilkinson
Duel with stilettos ends in deaths in New York
Aug 22. two Italians employed at a sugar refinery fought a duel with stilettos. One man died and the other was gravely injured. Police investigated the incident in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
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Eldora
Harper's
Shassa
Edward Atkinson
Hayt
Edward
Kentucky
Kuropatkin
Reginald G. Vanderbilt
Mexico
Diaz
Broadway
Niedringhaus Rolling ml
Niedringhaus Company
Summers Brothers Tailoring Manufacturing Company
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Buck Stove and Range Company
Storm
Spalding
Stoessel
Liao Tien Shan
Pigeon Bay
Rojestvensky
Baltic
Oriel
Cronstadt
State Board of Arbiitration
Indiana
Christian Workers
East ST. Louis
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
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