Shrewd Detective Methods At NY Police Headquarters
A Washington Star interview recalls detective Byrnes tactics for forcing confessions in unclear murder cases. He staged dramatic scenes at the Tombs to persuade gang leaders and their followers to implicate themselves, using a pawned watch and a bloodstained room to trigger a confession and, in one case, an execution.
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New York
Washington Star
Washington
Byrnes
Jamaica Bay
Brooklyn
East River
Brooklyn Bridge
Tje
River Front
Beef
Fyrnes
Halifax Welcomes Tommy Atkins In Social Military Scene
Gustav Kobbe notes three North American cities with foreign atmosphere New Orleans Quebec and Halifax Halifax shows a British garrison a social naval and club scene highlighting officers and soldiers in public gardens and clubs He suggests Halifax could grow commercially if more business and less high society take precedence
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North America
New Orleans
Quebec
Ehrenbreitstein
Halifax
Tommy Atkins
Malifax
Col
Maj
Gustav Kobbe
Mysterious ancient water vipe on loan to royal museum
The London Chronicle reports three curious water vipe egravnen once used by the EU Spinos against the Americans in the late campaign have been lent to the Royal United Service Institution museum. The objects appear primitive with exterior surfaces bound in hemp and galvanized telegraph wire.
Balance of Power in Chi'ren
A terse statement on power dynamics in chi'ren describes how balance shifts through agency, noting that power tilts when actors exercise influence. The comment underscores the pervasive role of human action in shaping political or social equilibrium.
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Chi‘ren
Humorous Snippets From Old Newspapers At The Zoo
A collage of light jests and quips from various papers. A man asks directions to the exit at a zoo while a woman warns of a cold wave and a man jokes about paying the teeman’s bill. The set includes exchanges on education, mortgages, and political cunning.
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Ohio State Journal
Philadelphia Record
Detroit Journal
Watts
Indianapolis Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Europe
Philadelphia Press
Pigeon Races Train to Liege Waremme Line
A Belgium born pigeon accompanies the Liege to Waremme morning train since late January, except on three days. The bird flies just behind the engine through tunnels and returns to Liege by late morning. It was raised at Tee station with eleven siblings and given freedom to forage after authorities moved the coop. The bird seems to favor steam from English engines over Belgian engines.
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Belgium
Liege
Waremme
London
The
Meuse
Tee
Oree
Stye on the Eyelid Described and Cauterization Urged
A stye or orgeolet forms as a hard red pimple at the outer edge of the upper eyelid. Initial induration grows into an inflamed lump that may discharge pus and a green core, with rapid cicatrization. Treatments include nitrate of silver cauterization, iodine tincture, poultices, and yeast therapy as an aid for persistent cases.
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New York Herald
M. Terson
Paris
Salem museum houses Essex Institute and East India Marine Society
Salem Massachusetts hosts a building containing the Essex Institute and the East India Marine Society. The cabinets display Oriental and distant curiosities, including a wood carving of two hemispheres showing Heaven and Hell with 110 full-length figures, attributed to a 14th century Italian monk.
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Salem
Mass
Essex Institute
East India Marine Society
Marine Society
Heaven
Hell
Detroit Free Press
Advantage in Being Short Saves Col Burn-Murdoch
In South Africa Col. Burn-Murdoch commanding the Thaiser's Own owes his survival to his short stature. When the square at Abt Klea opened to fire, he stood between two taller officers who were killed by headshot. He was struck in the helmet but survived.
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Col
Burn-Murdoch
South Africa
Abt Klea
Col. Burn-Murdoch
Chicago Times- Herald
Lesser of Two Evils. First Guest Re questage Mas Squaller
Two guests exchange evasive lines with odd phrasing from Stray Stories. The dialogue hints at a performance or recital scene with playful irony about consent to recite and sing.
Illustrated place cards spark conversation at luncheons
Sadie American suggests using magazine pictures and letters to create illustrated place cards for a luncheon or dinner. Guests wander to find their seats, and cards prompt easy talk. For intimate groups a skeleton story with blanks invites playful, humorous storytelling.
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Sadie American
Woman's Home Companion
Tomato salad with oil vinegar dressing and herbs
Six medium fresh tomatoes are blanched peeled and cooled then sliced lengthwise into six pieces and mixed with a tart oil and vinegar dressing with Tarragon vinegar mustard onion chives and crisp lettuce. An alternative method uses sliced tomatoes with sugar vinegar salt and pepper and water, optional onions.
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Ledger Monthly
Straw berries served with their hulls for fashionable meals
A New York Tribune excerpt describes a stylish serving method for strawberries. Guests dip fresh berries by the stems into sugar, tasting them as part of fashionable breakfasts or company luncheons.
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N. Y. Tribune
Pennsylvania Railroad Plans Summer Tours to Canada and New York
For 1900 the Pennsylvania Railroad will run two guided tours to Canada and Northern New York leaving July 21 and August 11. Highlights include Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence Rapids, Quebec, Saguenay, Montreal, Au Sable Chasm, Champlain and George, and Saratoga. Duration fifteen days, round trip $1265. Tours led by tourist agents with a chaperon for unescorted ladies. fare includes rail and boat, parlor car seats, meals, hotel entertainment, transfers, and carriage hire. Details and tickets available from listed agents in New York Brooklyn Newark or Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Hie
Canada
New York
Niagara Fajle
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Saguenay
Montreal
Au Sable Chasm
Lakes
Champlain and
George
Saratoga
Broadway
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Broad Street
Newark
N. J
Geo. W. Boyd
Philadelphia
Gift Offered to Married Ladies from Quaker Valley Co
Editor of semi weekly Item prints a postpaid offer for a free sterling silver plated sugar shell valued at 40 cents. Married ladies nationwide may request a sample by sending only their name, choosing a design, with illustrations provided for selection.
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Victor J. Evans & CO
Evans Building
Washington, D. C
United States
Quaker Valley
Quaker Valley Mfg. Co
Morgan and Harrison Sts
Chicago
Dr Edward Allison Physician and Surgeon
Dr Edward Allison physician and surgeon announces office in the Samuel building on N Oak Street with hospital and general practice experience. He is a Jefferson Medical College graduate and lists office hours until 9:30 am and 1 to 8 pm and 6 to 8 pm.
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Jefferson Medical College
Mt. Carmel House
MT. Carmel
Edward Allison
Samuel Building
N. Oak St
Excursion Rates To Atlantic City Areas Announced
P and R lines offer ten day roundtrip excursions to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle City for four dollars and twenty cents. Depart Mt Carmel at 9: twenty something p m and 12 02 noon with return allowed within ten days. Stopovers in Philadelphia permitted within ticket time limits on first class trains with a pullman car on going trip.
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Atlantic City
Cape May
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
P& R
Philadelphia
Mt. Carmel
Special Ten Day Excursion to Ocean Grove Asbury Park and Long Branch
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a special ten day excursion on August 28 to Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, or Long Branch from listed stations at low rates. Tickets cover passage to Philadelphia via Broad Street connections and return by Sept. 1 with stopovers allowed within the limit.
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Ocean Grove Asbury Park
Long Branch
Pensylvania Railroad
Ocean Grove Camp
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ocean Grove
Asbury Park
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Mt. Carmel
Passemans
Snydertown
Reduced Railroad Fare To Chicago For G A R Encampment
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers reduced round trip fares to Chicago for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Tickets at single fare for the round trip available from August 26 to 28 with return validity to August 31, extended to September 30 with a 50 cent deposit and agent handling at Chicago.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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