Woman Insurer of Dying Defies Society’s Morals
A sensational report profiles Mrs Mary Joyce of New York who insures dying people and pockets premiums while manipulating cases. She defrauds charities by exploiting vulnerable families and has targeted elderly and sick individuals, prompting insurers to bar her from future policies as physicians document multiple exploitation schemes.
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Mary Joyce
First Avenue
East Nineteenth Street
New York
Anne
Jersey
World
Poisoned Her Children Mercy and Motives of a Life Convict
Sarah Haviland, imprisoned in Jackson Michigan for arsenic killings of her children, seeks pardon after 25 years of exemplary conduct. Now 63, her case hinges on aging and potential burden versus release to provide home for a daughter. The double tragedy followed marriages and a partner who died in prison.
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Sarah Haviland
Jackson
Mich
Sara Haviland
la Haviland
Ypsilanti
John Leonard
Leonard
Sarah
Battle Creek
Daniel Baker
Baker
Dr Jekyll and Hyde figure Rohde commits suicide after fund theft
Berlin financier Herman Rohde, longtime secretary and treasurer of the Royal Bandmasters fund, faced an anonymous whistleblower and an ensuing probe. Authorities say his missing about 150000 marks, with gambling and extramarital ties uncovered. He shot himself as police closed in, dying before a warrant arrived.
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Mwimself
Herman Rohde
Berlin
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Rohde
A Great Place for Ducks in Alaska
Captain De Haas reports two years of Alaska mining and praises the canning industry. He notes the Yukon River spring gathering of vast flocks of ducks and geese and believes large canning factories could be highly profitable. He says feather sales could nearly cover the birds’ cost.
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Captain de Haas
Alaska
Grouth
Yukon River
Infantry of Protection Defends McKinley Tariff in Debate
The American Economist frames protection as a tax shield for high wage industries, arguing duties must equal the home foreign cost difference. A U.S. labor report on pig iron and steel rails shows domestic costs vary by region, yet the McKinley bill imposes higher duties, benefiting mills and binding prices, casting the tariff as a monopoly measure rather than protection.
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W. L. Wilson
West Virginia
St. Louis
England
Department of Labor
United States
Europe
North
South
McKinley
Great Britain
Smuggling Along the Border and Free Trade Debate
A Maine correspondent describes cross-border smuggling between Eastport Calais and St Stephen with Campobello nearby. He notes regular visits by drummers to sell goods, illicit exchanges at the St Croix river bridge, and bidirectional trade. The piece argues for broad reciprocity to ease commerce and cites the Boston Herald stance on free trade with Canada.
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Jaine
Canada
Maine
Eastport
Calais
Campobello
Caumpobello
Lubec
St. Stephen
St. Croix River
New Brunswick
St. John
Halifax
Boston
St. Croix
Boston Herald
New England
Keeping the Tariff Profit Defeat of McKinley Formula
An analysis argues that tariff protections do not force lower domestic prices. It cites steel rails as evidence that a protected monopoly maintains high prices, with rail trusts profiting from a McKinley tariff of 13.44 dollars per ton. The piece contends outside competition only forces changes.
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England
Rail Trust
Steel Rail Trust
McKinley
California Bean Prices Rally Against McKinley Tariff
A Ventura California paper reports over 200000 sacks of lima beans piled awaiting better prices. Beans sold for five to six cents a pound a year ago, now fetch two to three cents. Two years ago farmers lobbied Washington to raise the bean duty to forty cents a bushel, yet California harvesters now receive about half last year’s value.
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McKnley
Caifornia
Tecdonist
Ventura
Cal
Washington
McKinley
California
Gladstone at a Picnic Shows Time Mastery
A portrait of Gladstone's disciplined daily routine, highlighting his belief in time as precious. At a Welch mountain picnic he was seen quietly reading a pamphlet on current affairs, returning to lighter conversation only when others offered provisions.
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Gladstone
Welch
Krout
Netman
Hundrids
Abov ES
Nail
Alberyt Kruot
Markat Street
Philade's
Kinds of Toothache and Big Dipper Notes
Ordinary nervous toothache yields sleep after hot baths and refreshment. Jumping toothache responds to hot dry flannel on face and neck. Common toothache from indigestion or decayed teeth uses cotton soaked in camphor or oil of cloves. The Big Dipper in Ursa Major is described with named stars and the Pointers guiding to the pole star.
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London
Benebasch
Mizar
Alioth
Megres
Phad
Merak
Dudhe
St. Louis Republic
Progress of Telegraphy Shows Multiplex Message System
The New York Telegram reports advancement in telegraphy and telephony with a multiplex system that allows six messages to travel in each direction along a single wire instantaneously, marking a notable leap in communication speed and capacity.
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New York Telegram
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Ayer
W. F. Kennedy
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J. C. Berry
Deerfield
H. Hinkins
Riverton
Neb
Z. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Sasa
West
Segfried
Warren
Wesgees
P.harold Hayes
M. Buffalo
Era
Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
G. C. Osaoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Emenener
Conway, Ark
A. A. Arncaer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Castors
Mass
Amen C. Sure, Pres
the Centaur Company
TI Murray Street
New York City
Pennsyania
Front Street
Peter Greenland
Warren, Pa
N. K. Wendelboe
Liberty Street
Wendelboe
Gowanada
Wiard
Bissell
AMORA
Robison
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