Rosey the Lawyer Retires to Clothier Nephew Takeover
Hyman Rosenbein known as Rosey the lawyer retires after thirty five years at Essex Market police court. He forms a silent partnership with his nephew in a cloak and clothing business citing the high cost of living and desire for a placid life. He recalls a notable banana skin case and shares his motto Make the most of what you have while pursuing more.
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New York
Hyman Rosenbein
Rosey
Essex Market
Posen
Germany
America
Congress Grieves Over Keifer Swallowtail Change
The House gasped as General J Warren Keifer of Ohio appeared in a simple sack suit once famed for an elaborate swallowtail and waistcoat. The shift to conservative attire prompts comments from Speaker Cannon and others about aging, modernization, and continued influence.
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House of Representatives
J. Warren Keifer
Ohio
General Keifer
Cannon
Keifer
Weifer
Stanley
Kentucky
Kelfer
Gray
Twig causes Riverhead pocket loss in old-time mystery
In Riverhead New York a twig supposedly pickpocketed L M Raynor causing the loss of a watch in December 1908. He later found the watch hanging from a twig at head height and concluded the twig had caused the pocketing.
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Riverhead
N. Y
L. M. Raynor
Raynor
Aerial Warships In Tourney Planned For Next Fall
Plans outline a touring tournament for warships of tech and aerial fliers. Exhibitions of maneuvering and bomb dropping are proposed with a miniature fort for bombardment. A $5,000 prize would go to the aviator dropping the most bombs.
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Ghgo
Spanish Treasure Found at Chico Church Site
A workman digging for a church foundation in Chico California uncovered a rotting chest with Spanish coins worth hundreds of dollars. The find began with a silver inlaid chest handle and aged rotting boards revealing old Spanish coins dating back to 1574.
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Chico
Cal
Many Rulers Are Smokers In Royal Circles And Courts
The article notes rulers and royals favor different forms of tobacco. King Edward liked cigars but preferred a pipe in private. King George enjoys cigars and pipes from naval days. The Russian czar smokes cigarettes while the Kaiser cut back on cigars and pipes on doctors advice. The Austrian emperor at eighty leans to a pipe. King George of Greece smokes many cigarettes. Victor Emmanuel uses cigars and cigarettes moderately. King Peter of Servia prefers a pipe learned at St Cyr. Alfonso uses many cigars and cigarettes while Manuel of Portugal favors cigarettes.
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King Edward
Buckingham Palace
Sandringham
King George
Russia
George
Greece
Victor Emmanuel
Peter of
Servia
St. Cyr
Alfonso
King Manuel
Portugal
King Receives All Sturgeon From UK Waters
A Welsh captain who caught a sturgeon in Pwilheli harbor presented it to King George as part of duties. The king claims rights to the head of every whale and the whalebone for Queen Mary. Other perquisites include white doves, cumin seed, scarlet hose, and a silver tailor’s needle.
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Pwilheli Harbor
George
United Kingdom
Thames
Queen Victoria
Mary
Long Wharf at Port Los Angeles
The Long Wharf at Port Los Angeles is about 4 700 feet long making it one of the world’s longest. It curves into the Pacific to better resist currents and waves. Before San Pedro harbor development the Port Los Angeles wharf was very busy.
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Los Angeles
Port Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific
Harbor of
San Pedro
Wealthy to Buy Eyes From Poor Vital New York Operation Promises Radical Change
Dr. Royal S. Copeland at Flower Hospital performs a cornea transplant using Von Hippel’s method. A blind Chinaman receives a corneal graft from a poor woman, while Mamie Ost’s eye is preserved for possible sight restoration. The procedure, if successful, could redefine eye commerce and surgical practice.
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Royal S. Copeland
Flower Hospital
New York
Mamie Ost
Copeland
Sing Long
von Hippel
Miss Ost
Long Neglected Dads Have Holiday of Own
Spokane leaders launch a national Fathers Day movement inviting churches and groups to honor fathers on June 19. Mrs. J B Dodd explains the aim to highlight the father in the home, parenting, marriage, and patriotism with the rose as a symbol. Reverend Hindley supports public remarks praising "the old man" and his deserving praise.
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Spokane
Wash
Wash) Ministerial Alliance
Young Men’s Christian Association
United States
J. B. Dodd
William J. Hindley
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Abernathy Boys Ride Courage and Harvard Dreams
Marshal Abernathy and his two sons Louis and Temple teased into headlines as they rode cow ponies from the ranch to greet Roosevelt. The father vows Harvard education for all eight children while recounting Mexico trips with outlaw-era adventures and lessons in self reliance.
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Harvard
Roosevelt
Mexico
John R. Abernathy
Marshal
Oklahoma
Louis
Temple Abernathy
New York
Abernathys
Temple
Colonel Roosevelt
Wing Cockrell Announces Engagement to Greek Minister
The engagement of Miss Anna H Wing Cockrell daughter of Frances Marion Cockrell former Missouri senator to L A Coromilas the Greek minister has been announced. Also a Cincinnati baker's wife Mrs George Millinger aged sixty killed herself by a gasoline torch. The body of Oregon farmer William A Johnson was found in a trunk at Portland depot leading to the detention of his wife and her companion J P Webb charged with the crime.
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Anna H. Wing Cockrell
Frances Marion Cockrell
Missouri
L. A. Coromilas
Greece
George Millinger
Cincinnati
William A. Johnson
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Johnson
J. P. Webb
Maryland Whisky Flood After Distillery Collapse
Heavy rains toppled a Gwynn Brook Distilling nine story warehouse near Owings Mills spilling 20 000 barrels of whisky 8000 barrels washed away causing a strong odor of bourbon and rye to drift over Baltimore county along the Western Maryland railroad line.
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Baltimore County
Maryland
Gwynn Falls
Western Maryland Railroad
Gwynnbrook Distilling Company
Owings Mills
Ocean Graveyard: Sable Island Declared Safe After Wreck Toll
The once notorious Sable Island off Nova Scotia, famed for countless shipwrecks and high loss of life, is called an ocean graveyard no longer due to wireless telegraphy and new lighthouses. The last wreck occurred in 1904, leaving the coast spared since then.
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Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Four Georges in Literature Highlight Pen Name Trend
The article notes a tradition of women writers using male pen names, highlighting George Eliot and George Lund as early examples. It mentions Julia Constance Fletcher writing as George Fleming, and introduces Georg Shock as the latest, completing a group of four Georges.
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George
Georges
George Eliot
George Lund
Julia Constance Fletcher
George Fleming
Georg Shock
Child Smokes Cigarettes Like Veteran in Portland
The Portland department of safety reports four year old daughter of Mrs. Jessie Reynolds smokes cigarettes like a veteran. The child appears fretful and peevish when deprived of tobacco.
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Department of Safety For Girls of
Portland
Ore
Jessie Reynolds
Alabama Bank President’s Wife Commits Suicide
Mrs W P G Harding spouse of the First National Bank of Birmingham president and reputed to be the prettiest woman in Alabama died by self inflicted gunshot. Miss Marion Snider of Kankakee Illinois stage actress Marion Taylor drowned when a skiff she rode in capsized on the Hudson River at New York.
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W. P. G. Harding
First National Bank of Birmingham
Alabama
Marion Snider
Kankakee
Ill
Marion Taylor
Hudson River
New York
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