Strangest Libel Suit Ever Tried in America
In New York the autumn calendar will feature a landmark libel case conducted entirely by deaf mutes. Jacques Loew and Wilhelm Lipgens face cross claims of slander as 50 to 60 witnesses will testify through sign language and translations, with detailed ties to Austria and prominent New York figures.
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Lipgens
Loew
Jacques Loew
New York
New York Supreme Court
New York World
Germany
Austria
France
United States
Europe
New York City
Punch and Judy in China Theme Stirs Deaf Mute Circles
A tale recounts ancient Punch and Judy styles tracing to China and medieval performers. It follows Rudolf Janik, Liegens, Lipgens, and Loew in a network of clubs, banquets, and alleged slights, ending with Yen Shih revealing automaton puppets and earning the emperor’s favor rather than execution.
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Empire
Yen Shih
England
America
Science Nearing Plague Rail Route Reaches Maan
The Damascus to Mecca railroad extended to Maan about 300 miles south of Damascus near the Gulf of Aqaba head. A Medina deputation attended a recent celebration. Primary aim is aiding pilgrims to Mecca, with Turkish strategic value and global health implications due to Mecca's cholera history.
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Damascus
Mecca
Maan
Gulf of
Akaba
Medina
Mohammed
Escape by Shoe Box From Missouri Prison
Jefferson City prison convict Harry Hammond, sentenced in 1893 for second degree murder, escaped in a nailed box bound for Chicago after hiding in the shoe box due to air holes. At Cedar City the box lay on a station platform and groans from inside led to his recapture and return to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Harry Hammond
State
St. Joseph
Hammond
Chicago
Cedar City
The Button Vogue and Its Ever Changing Fashion
A dress maker discusses the evolving button trends from large Eton jackets to tiny cuffs. She notes the rise of crystal buttons in many colors and shapes, including shank buttons, and explains how fabric and gown design drive button choices and overall style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Asters Cultivation Tips From Michigan Farm Journal
Early planted asters resist diseases and black beetles better. Fight beetles at first sight with paris green in the watering pot or kerosene pan. Favor sandy loam with manure. space rows foot apart for standard asters and double for branching types. Weekly cultivation and ample water are essential. asters offer long lasting cut blooms.
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Michigan Farm Journal
Housekeeper Tips From a Bygone Era
Household hints cover kerosene in drains for grease removal monthly, ice chest cover with white cloth, egg beating with or without brandy, matting care, Turkish towel care with starch, jelly bag from fabric, washable substitutes for wastebasket, stain removal with salsada and hot water, keeping dust from behind pictures with cork spacers.
Design plan for a library with chestnut wood and green accents
The plan outlines staining chestnut wood brown with a soft wax finish. Walls paneled in wood feature a green and blue English paper above, with straw designs. Portisies in craftsman canvas, raw silk curtains in green, and mission furniture paired with green leather or green craftsman canvas.
Marketing Potatoes and Railroads Case
The piece argues the role of railroads in aiding potato markets, citing Maine Aroostook and Michigan crops. It notes low Boston and Maine rates helped Maine growers sell eight to ten million bushels, while Michigan shipments expanded to Detroit and Chicago. Government rate controls could have prevented such market responses.
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Hadley
Yale University
Aroostook
Tuttle
Boston and Maine Railroad
Nate Committee
Boston
New England
Maine
Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Avonstook
France
England
Germany
TARTARIC TRUTHS
It is much easier to make love than to make a good husband. The more a man is wrapped up in himself the colder he is. It is quite possible for a young man to be handicapped by too many ancestors. The man who has little information usually is not lacking in self assertion. Between the deserving poor and the deservedly poor there is a vast difference. Attached to every success there is bluff.
Doan’s Kidney Pills Relieve Portland Man’s Back Ache
H. B. McCarver of 201 Cherry St Portland Ore reports using Doan’s Kidney Pills for months of back ache and other kidney trouble brought on by a cold. He says the pills rooted out the ailment and there has been no recurrence. Sold by all dealers 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
H. B. McCarver
Cherry St
Portland
Ore
Trans-Continental Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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New York State Supreme Court
Leow
Lonas Sonneborn
West Highty Sixth Street
Strange
Mrs. Loew
Tiffany & Co
Roosevelt
Washington Heights
Liegens
Francis Joseph
Fleischmann
Vienna
St. Louis
Herr Albin Maria Watzulik
Altenburg
Saxony
Martin Crempin
Berlin
John Loew
Jacques
Moses
Union League
Rosalie Loew-Whitney
Supreme Court
China
Judy
Christ
Emperor Mu
Chou Dynasty
Rudolf Janik
League of Electords
Union League of Deaf-Mutes
League
Wutzulik
Janik
Idle Fingers
Uipgens
VOGUE
Library
Carters
Fry
Fitzgerald & CO
Box K
Washington
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