Accused of Murder in Glen Island Hotel Case
Florence Burns, charged with murder of Walter Brooks of New York, was arraigned after the February 14 incident at the Glen Island Hotel. Clerk John Earl described a couple using the name J Wilson and wife, with room No 12 where a gas odor and Brooks’s shooting were reported. bellboy George Washington identified Burns as the woman with Brooks. Burns denied guilt and awaits further evidence.
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Florence Burns
Walter
Brooks
New York
John Earl
Glen Taland
Ben Ufy
Abe
Brooke
A Warn
Miss Warns
J. Wilson
Wif
Wod
George Washington
Glen Island
Fate of Grand Viziers Reveals Grim Turkish Court History
A French statistician claims that among the Sultan of Turkey’s last two hundred grand viziers, twenty four died naturally, a hundred were poisoned, thirty six were beheaded or drowned, and forty vanish without trace. He notes one vizier served four hours and another ten minutes before being strangled.
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Turkey
Bosphorus
Period for Mariners In Aged Narrative
A garbled early 20th century style fragment describes mysterious leadwtone mountals and whale foundation events near Norway. It mentions courtordery dust, long lengths, and particles of loudatone causing entanglements and whirpant arrows washed ashore in a puzzling coastal scene.
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Norway
Senators in Fist Fight Stirs South Carolina Contempt Row
In the Senate, South Carolina senators McLaurin and Tillman exchanged blows. The chamber voted contempt and barred them from speaking or voting until the contempt is removed. They offered apologies. no purge action followed. Next day the presiding officer ordered their names not to be called on roll, effectively suspending them from duties.
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Senate
South Carolina
McLaurin
Tillman
Krye
Genom
Tilman and
Margaret Dale Scores Lead Role in New York Company
Margaret Dale, now a minor player in The Wilderness in New York, is chosen as leading woman for John Drew's company next season, succeeding Ida Conquest who will create a dark silk net. Dale, a Germantown, Pennsylvania native, debuted at Girard theater in Philadelphia three years ago and rose to prominence in Henry Miller's Dormant Money.
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Margaret Dale
New York
John Drew
Ida Conquest
Miss Dale
Germantown
Girard Theater
Philadelphia
Henry Miller
Royal Diary Hints Stage Night At Court
Royal diary notes describe a stage night with King Edward at an event, detailing the theater setup and decorations. The entry mentions the queen’s children appearing in white satin gowns with bows, and royal observers describe a lively, well arranged scene at Teck’s Duchess's event.
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Edward Wes
Prinvune
Birds Derrwasiog to Mivxiomet
Systematic inquiries into the present condition of bind Ue im Misaour tering to Hebt the surgessing discovery that within the las tiran years in seativernis Wied have decreased fd per cent, and game birds 0 per cent.
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Las Tiran
Seativernis Wied
Rongavelts Cousin Honored at Harvard Crimen
Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a high literary honor named Crimen from Harvard University. The event marks a notable distinction for an undergrad era, highlighting recognition within the educational community.
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Rongavelts
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Han
Harvard “Crimen
Harvard University
Missing Mozart Skull Mystery Stirs 18th Century Curiosities
Seek skull of Mozart drives investigators to Wallingford era notes and cemetery lore. Story traces burial at St Maximilian near Vienna Dec 6 1791, rumored exhumations, replacements, and petitions about rights of the city of Salzburg. Mentions Myrtl and Foraker, with hints of archival confusion.
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Gertian Adentiste
Mozart
Morante
St. Maximilian
Vienne
Peor
Minurt
Eixton
Lata
Abel
Rome Mestthy City and the Typhus Marauding Night Air
In Rome the guidebooks warn against exposure to the night air as the min art and Roman fever are blamed on typho malarial fever. Doctors attribute deaths to bad water and drainage, noting Europe’s earliest death rate aside from a few northern cities. The account references ISTO and mentions a past time frame with urban health concerns.
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Rome
Tombay
Europe
Christiania
Copenwagen
Sordwen
Fragmented 19th Century Notes Mix of Personal and Theories
A garbled array of names, family notes, legislative nudges, and curious facts appears. It mentions Mrs Susan Holloway of Cincinnati with many relatives, a Mississippi offer on Beauvoir, a duty to buy Jefferson Davis’s home, and assorted items on popes, tobacco in Connecticut, fishery stations, Mother Gray powders, and a boer war scout.
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Treentinelty of & Bamily
Susan Holloway
Cincinnati
Holloway
The Firstborn and Hearth Health in Family Lineage
A fragmentary 19th century ad copy suggests firstborns are heartier, linking vitality to birth order. It touts Dr. Wierne's Prescription as preserving vigor for expectant mothers, claiming it helps them eat well and sleep soundly, and hints at products named Favor Me and Pia Ro. The garbled text notes correspondence and invites inquiry.
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Doctor Wierne
Ciaola
Pleres
Peruna touted in congressman Howard testimonial
A 1699 Washington letter from M W Howard republication extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh and grippe. It includes Patient letters from A C Lockhart Rochester and others praising the remedy and urging fellow sufferers to try Peruna. The piece frames catarrh as a body wide issue and cites Rochester physicians and Columbus Peruna Medicine Co as sources.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Li Mien Medicine Co
Columbus
Gentiemer
M. W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
A. C. Locighart
A. C. Lockhart
Corner Cottage St
Thurston Road
Rochester
N. Y
Hartman
Peruna
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Cuba
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Eure
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Marseilles
Salaburg
Ekull
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Hewat
Alan
Bramp
Hunter
St. Peter
Leo XIII
Adrian IV
Nicholas Breakesbeare
Barbarossa
Connecticut
United States Fish Commission
States
Mother Gray
le Roy
N.Y
F.R. Burnham
Aldershot
Salzer
John A. Salter
RaGromse
Bowne
Aid Venetalie Net Agantaners
W. 8
Old Mexico
Congressman Howard
the of New York
Ae Foless
Frente
Thorsogt
Gia
Peruana
W. P. Petwom
Morris
Lil
Lockhar
Addra
Perona Medicine Co
Alabama
Home Treatment Cares
Frmprem Liat
Consultarion Tree
Tolussard
Shores & Shores
Ian Tak
Aan
Capsicum
Antee DE Gantevan
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Coop Seeds
Cararoaus
Vogelem Seed CO
Salt Lane City
Utah
Mele
Dea
Answeriog
Kludiy
Thia
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