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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
10
Norton Kansas May 4 The case of Chauncey Dewey millionaire ranchman and Clyde Wilson and A J Mc Bride cowboys employed by Dewey charged with killing two Berry family members neigh boring ranchers in northwestern Kansas ended in district court when the judge dismissed the defendants without trial The prosecution had failed to begin the trial on multiple occasions though the defendants were ready The three defendants were acquitted
A year ago Chauncey Dewey, son of the late C. P. Dewey a pioneer Kansan, faced a sensational trial over the alleged murder of a Berry family member while he managed his father's ranch during the incident.
Louisville May 4 memorial note pays tribute to Billy the dog, a mongrel owned by Captain and Mrs William Hansbrough. The long obituary recounts Billy's rescue as a pup in Paducah Kentucky and his cherished role as their sunbeam and child.
In Bombay province Colonel Bennett distrusts his native valet Nizam who secretly plots to kill him. Nizam hides his plan by using a cobra to threaten the colonel, but the snake turns on the servant, leading to a fatal outcome for the attacker as the colonel survives.
A young man laments bias in a fashionable New York church board. He claims a shorter height cost him a permanent usher post despite seniority and wider friend network. He notes ushers are six feet tall and likens parade down the aisle to West Point drill.
A survey of nose shapes among Europeans Africans and Mo ngolians describes long and short noses while noting flat Esquimo noses. It cites Mantegazza da Vinci Blane and Lavater on nose variety facial beauty and fashion, reflecting historical preoccupations with physique.
A passenger grabs a seat occupied by a Gladstone bag claiming a friend's hold and then ejects the bag as the train departs. An angry old man confronts him while the wily traveler asks if he should let the friend lose his bag. The incident underscores playful deception on a platform and a train’s early departure.
The excerpt discusses the term fide and the historic ides of months. It notes writers like Bulwer Lytton using ides incorrectly and explores Roman naming of ides on March May July October and the eighteenth of other months. It mentions theories linking ides to division or brightness and references Sanskrit-based philology.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes that true gunmen require a natural talent for straight shooting. Admiralty stops forcing non gifted men to become crack shots, since without a straight eye they cannot excel as marksmen.
Mrs Bond Hin asks about a cook while Mrs Chester Park defends her helper as churchgoing, but notes the cook's performance in the kitchen is notoriously poor. The Philadelphia Inquirer records the exchange highlighting domestic humor and social expectations.
A quotation from the Pittsburg Dispatch features Bertie and a mother discussing a fortune as a child notes his face is the fortune he possesses. Mr. Fargoin is described as being unable to reach Miranda, highlighting a family dispute over fortune.
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