The Thaw White Tragedy A Slayer of Unusual Impulses
A lengthy reflection on the Thaw White murder case in New York. It covers Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White as a famed architect, the unwritten law defense, and public fascination with beauty, wealth, and scandal. It notes White’s brick and marble monuments and Thaw’s lavish life and cigarette habit.
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Europe
Robertus Love
Thaw
New York
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Unionaires
Ives
White
San Francisco
Delphin M. Delmas
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Evelyn
Charles Dana Gibson
South
America
Richard Grant White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Pittsburg
George Ww. Lederer
Paris
Thaw-Nesbit
London
Broadway
Shakespeare
Washington Arch
Fifth Avenue
Century
Madison Square Garden
Delmas
Can Underlying Minerals Be Taxed
Sullivan County faces a formal test of whether underlying minerals can be taxed. James R. Riggs seeks a $108.20 refund after taxes were raised on land in Curry township by adding coal values via the county auditor and board of review. The county asserts mineral value is only determinable upon sale, a practice that has produced substantial revenue and will be tested through Riggs’s petition.
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James R. Riggs
Sullivan County
Curry Township
County Board of Review
Riggs
Board of Review
Chicago
Indiana Religious Statistics Show Large Denomination Totals
The first state-wide church report by Miss Mary A. Stubbs notes 62 denominations totaling 930 855 members in 6 808 congregations with 6 470 owning church buildings. Property valued at 24 221 860 and funds for supporting denominations 4 011 255 66. Sunday schools 301 838 17. home missions 195 581 23. Salaries to ministers total 2 236 480 79 across 4 519 ministers. average about 500 yearly. The Methodist Episcopal Church leads in most categories with 1 620 congregations and 1 604 churches, 202 540 members, 172 244 Sunday school members. Rising from the Grave reports a prominent manufacturer claiming Electric Bitters cured his Bright's disease in the diabetes stage after three bottles.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Home and Foreign Missions
Poem on Poor Gravel Roads by Jackson Township Trustee
The Hymera Herald prints a verse by Frank M. Nead, Jackson Township trustee, lamenting poorly built gravel roads. He describes mud as deep as life’s obstacles, broken buggies, decayed fences, and villagers seeking town amid worn paths. He urges immediate road reform to avert further decay.
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Jackson Township
Frank M. Nead
Bailiwick
Hymera Herald
Happ Chidren
Cold Wave Woes Echo Through Neighborly Chat
A neighbor recalls frost bite during a deep cold snap. The talk covers furniture purchases made in installments and a heater bought elsewhere. The speaker laments the harsh weather and the missed chance to thaw, noting the chilly reception and the lingering awe at the frosty scene.
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Wooster
Hestiplate
Giasilo
Letters
Harry K- Thaw
Indiana
Mary A. Stubbs
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Wm. A. Fertwell
Lucama
N. Y
Bright
Hira
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