Faulkner the Cowboy and a Life of Crime in the West
The life of James G B Faulkner, a 50 year old Arkansas man near Bayou Bartholomew, reveals a rise from a privileged New York upbringing to a downward spree. Born to wealthy parents, he quit college, moved west, faced several shootings, worked for the Anglo American Cattle Co, and survived a notorious canon episode before later crimes and arrests tied to a city burglary case.
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Bayou Bartholomew
Ark
James G. B. Faulkner
Faulkner
Arkansas
Louisiana
Albany
N. Y
Columbia College Preparatory
Chicago
West
Leadville
J. N. Simpson
Wyoming
Anglo-American Cattle Company
Harry Oelrichs
New York
Oelrichs
Anglo-American Company
Colorado
Platte River
Heroine of a Kiss Sparks Atlanta Assault Case
Miss Addie Kaphan, 16, inmate of a Hebrew orphans home, alleges Hart Bros. toy-store head Ted Hart kissed her six times after she sought a doll. Hart, brother of Chicago Baseball Club’s president, claims innocence. Warrant for assault and battery issued. Hart bound over.
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Hart
Chicago Baseball Club
Atlanta
Addie Kaphan
Hebrew Orphans’ Home
Hart Bros
Miss Kaphan
Madman with an ax attacks brickmaker in Millville home
Hiram Jones of Millville New Jersey armed with an ax crept up on Daniel Goff a noted brickmaker in his home and struck twice. Mrs Goff intervened and the couple disarmed Jones after a struggle. Jones was later captured.
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Hiram Jones
Millville
N. J
Daniel Goff
New Lre
Jones
Mr. Goff
Mrs. Goff
Goff
Wilder of Cornell the brain crusader and critic of college sports
Burt G Wilder of Cornell University advocates brain bequests from educated persons to the Cornell Brain Association for scientific study. He opposes intercollegiate athletics and has fought college sports for twenty years, provoking mixed campus reaction and a lingering reputation on the Cornell campus.
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Rof
Burt G. Wilder
Cornell University
New York City
United States
Cornell
Wilder
Ithaca
Cornell Brain Association
New York
Dr. Wilder
Brain Association
Museum
Buck's
Wm. Wood & Co
N. Y
The
New York Sun
Ithaca Journal
Buffalo Street Hill
University
Making the Best of It On Spruce Street
A New York apartment tale shows an invalid fisherman rigging a long window rod to haul morning and evening papers mail and parcels from a basket hung outside his third story window. Neighbors note his joy when landing a catch and describe his determined, playful routine despite the cold spell.
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Spruce Street
New York
Green Moths and Arsenic in Dyes and Gold Output Rise
The article notes women avoid green materials due to moth aversion linked to arsenic in green dyes. It also reports Wells Fargo & Co. estimating U S gold production at about 46 million dollars last year, a 31 percent rise from the prior year.
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Fargo & Co
United States
Our Wit and Humor and Election Banter
A compendium of light items and satire. A joke about Adam and Eve and the apple contrasts with a political quip about a defeated candidate and a Harlem observer. The column blends anecdotes from Texas Lifts and humor about family news and civic outcomes.
Unappointed Irish Youth Seeks Aid From Uncle
A young Irishman writes in shame to his uncle asking for a few pounds. He confesses he cannot express himself and even prefers to die. He-mails the note by messenger who cannot deliver it. The uncle replies that Providence heard the prayer and the messenger lost the letter.
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Jack
Providence
Fresh Fish and Domingo’s Clever Bait Save the Day
In Harper's Young People a seafaring tale shows Domingo, hungry and pressed for fresh meat, slicing a morsel from his own heel to bait cod. The improvised bait attracts the little fish, leading to a successful catch and a tasty fried meal.
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Domingo
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Maxwell
Maxwel
O'Malley
McCoy
Madison Street
Akien
O’connors
Nelson
Wade
Madman and
Daniel Gof
Prof. Wilder
Africa
Adam
Eve
Texas Sistings
Johnnie
Harlem
Halifax
Texas
Harper's Young People
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