The Jig's Up Limpy Wilson Faces Capture
Jim Limpy Wilson, a career thief with a troubled life, must decide to betray his daughter Alice for freedom or accept a long jail term. Captain, a plain-clothes officer, offers a grim deal: a year to straighten up or deliver Jim to New York police with a five thousand dollar reward, ensuring Alice's care. Jim agrees to take the chance to keep his daughter safe, while planning to face trial in New York.
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Jim Wilson
Jim
Wilson
New York
Chicaco
Alice
Mississippi
Chicago
State Street
Sing Sing
Limpy
Cap
York
Memue Apesis
Jan
Hawk
Liberty
Grand Old Man of Japan Compared to Great European Leaders
Ito Furobumi is hailed as the Grand Old Man of Japan, likened to Peter the Great of Russia and Richelieu of France, illustrating his pivotal role in Japan’s diplomatic history.
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Furobumi Ito
Japan
Peter the Great
Russia
Richelieu
France
Louis XIII
Pennsylvania mother of twenty five children dies at 47
Mrs. Samuel Smartwood died in Pennsylvania at age 47. She married at 14 and her first child was born shortly after she turned 15. She had twenty five children, including only two sets of twins.
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Papa
Jim
Alice
Samuel Smartwood
Pennsylvania
Women Rise in Richmond Campaign for Clean Government
An Indiana city mayoral race turns on moral issues as twelve hundred women and mothers mobilize to end a corrupt regime. The movement, praised by papers for its decisive impact, echoes in New York and Philadelphia where women organize, march, and influence political outcomes.
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S. G. A.snollenberg
Richad
Indiana
Ion
Gereal
Richmond
New York
Jerome
Reform
The
Boston Herald
Justice Stewer
Grover Cleveland
Massachusetts Milliners Warned on Plumage Laws
The State Game Commission announces Massachusetts law enforcement against using songbird plumage in hats. Milliners in Boston and across the commonwealth are alerted that possession or use of bird feathers for dress will be vigorously enforced, with arrests possible for wearers or dealers.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Commonwealth
State Game Commission
Great Britain Germany Lead In Postal Mail Numbers
Report notes 1904 letter totals with Great Britain and Germany far ahead of others. United States sent 4109 million letters, France 844 million, no other country reached 500 million. Germany led in postal cards with 1,161 million compared with 77 million in the United States.
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United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Military honors for national anthem and flag protocol
Army regulations prescribe standing at attention for The Star Spangled Banner on military posts and when veterans of other nations are honored. The flag is hoisted at reveille or march and lowered during retreat with the anthem played, or field music sounding To the Color if no band is present. The national flag is displayed at coastal forts and lake forts at the start of action and during battle if the fort is under fire.
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Army
United States
Remote hospital experiment ends in patient death
A medical note describes a black patient in a hospital who accepted free treatment and a newly discovered anaesthetic. He died within a minute before the operation began, and the procedure was halted. Physicians concluded death would have occurred under any anaesthetic, and the planned surgery would have offered the patient no relief.
Prentice on Poetry and a Handsome Girl's Taste
Prentice asserts the poetry a handsome girl prefers is written with a moustache on her lips, a playful remark about feminine flair and literary taste in a lighthearted tone.
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Prentice
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