Abnormal Interest in Criminals Sparks Emulation
A Washington Star report quotes a New York detective on how an honest man can be stirred to crime by curiosity about fugitives and embezzlers. A banker turned clerk studied flight routes, was caught in Genoa, and received eight years. The piece notes shoplifters and other women are drawn to test theft after reading about criminals.
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New York
Washington
Law
Genoa
Italy
Mall
Fim
Career of a Picture The Rock of Ages and its creator
The Rock of Ages by Rev. Johannes A. Oertel, born in Bavaria, rose from a Westerly Rhode Island sketch to a large painting then photo reproductions. James of Providence and Augustus Storrs aided publishing while demand outpaced supply. Copyright battles followed unauthorized copies and foreign success rivaled America, ending as a costly monopoly loss. Predictions spotlight medieval foresight by Piers Plowman author, Raleigh, Tacitus, and others on religion and empire.
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Johannes A. Oertel
Bavaria
America
Newark
N. J
Westerly
R. I
National Academy of Design
New York
Oertel
James
Providence
St. J
Augustus Storrs
Brooklyn
Faris
London
Chile
Pyrenees
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lenoir
North Carolina
Piers Plowman
Edward III
England
Henry VIII
Walter Raleigh
Hogland
Tea Chewing Habit Stuns New Orleans Patient
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report details a physician's odd case of tea chewing. The patient, yellow and emaciated, had chewed China tea for seven years after heavy drinking. Initially stimulating, the habit later caused nervousness headaches and loss of appetite. The doctor urged gradual abandonment, noting tea leaves chewed in tea shops were common.
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Firat
New Orleans Times-Democrat
THAT SKINNER BOY FACES BANJO GAG IN STREETCAR CAPER
J C Parcells story follows Humpy Skinner home from school as a music shop banjo is entrusted to him. A drunken streetcar conductor and an anxious passenger debate if the instrument is a weapon or a toy, leading to a chaotic scene and Humpy’s misadventure ending with the banjo destroyed and the lad blamed for providence.
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Humpy
Ninth Street
M. Quad
If I Meant What I Said in Chicago News
A fragmentary verse fragment reflects on messaging and misperception. It ponders how speaking truth could trigger fear and vilification, suggesting a paradox between intent and reception in a Chicago newspaper context.
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Chicago News
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Rockefeller
Rogers
Dan Tucker
Pittsburg
Pele Mela
B. B. Anderson
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Bank of
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F. H. Rhodes
Howard Graves
James Esphset
Emmet County Land and Abstract Co
Estherville, Iowa
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W. W. Fullam
Babcock
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Whee
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Holmen
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