No 29457 Johnny Cartwright Dream Tale From Auburn
Washington Post reports on Auburn prison inmate No 29457 whose claimed innocence and hope for governor intervention inspires a dream story called Johnny the Wish. The tale depicts a wife and child left to starve as the family endures hardship, and ends with a lifelike Christmas tale of forgiveness and aid sparked by a mistaken financial gesture.
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Lion Weeps at Prayer in Jersey City Prison Visit
The Waahlogten Post reports Porter Charlton wed his wife in Italy last summer and attended Christmas services with prisoners in Hudson county. His younger Robert traveled from yen to join. Dr Emil A Moury officiated as chaplain. Charlton showed emotion and shared gifts with prisoners and women prisoners' relatives. A separate note states a theater safe was blown and $2100 stolen.
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Marriage a la Carte at Belasco Theater Society notes
A musical comedy will open at the Belasco Theater featuring Emmy Wehlen as Rosalie in Marriage a la Carte. The cast includes Harry Connor, Elsa Ryan, Harold Vizard, and Charles Brown with a lengthy company. Caryll music and Wehlen’s singing carry the show while the finale offers dramatic emotional acting and a grand musical score. The production emphasizes harmony, costumes, and graceful orchestration with a long, lively first night.
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The Deserters At Columbia Theater Delights Washington Crowd
Madge Summers a soldier’s detective pursues deserters from a Kansas post to clear Lieut. James Craig. Helen Ware and Orme Caldara star in a melodramatic romance with strong supporting turns, amid general acclaim and a controversial scene in a San Francisco dive.
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Wood alcohol kills two in New Jersey punch incident
In North Bergen, New Jersey, two Italian men died and four others were hospitalized in critical condition after drinking punch believed to contain wood alcohol. The incident occurred last night in New York reported circulation.
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Tale of Dogharty the Kiowa and the Road of the Dead
Col Hugh L. Scott hears from Kiowa chief Iseeo about Dogharty known as Walks on the Clouds who died of fever and returned from the dead to tell of a world where dead kin live in a great village with rivers, forests, and radiant horses. He journeys back to the living, asks to return to the happy beyond, then dies in prison as his kin greet him in the afterlife.
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Walks on the Clouds and Kiowa beliefs about death
The Kiowa describe Walks on the Clouds fleeing a lodge after seeing the dead, interpreting his escape as proof that death connects the living and the dead. They recount teachings from white preachers about medicine days and the living meeting afterlife, noting Cheyennes and Arapahoes recognizing Walks on the Clouds as truthful.
Roof Falls on Pastors in Christmas Tabernacle
At Barberton on December 26 a roof collapse during Christmas tabernacle renovations injured several ministers and laymen. J. H. Myers died. G. S. Wolf and others suffered internal injuries, broken legs, or bruises. Ministers from Akron were among the wounded. doctors from Barberton and Akron attended the scene.
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Theft of Diamonds From Residence Reported
Mrs. Arthur S. Bennett of 2019 Kalam Rama Road Northwest reported a burglary between 6 30 and 11 pm last midnight. A jewelry case with six diamond rings was stolen from a bureau drawer while she was away. The thief left rings valued at over 2000 dollars. Local police investigate the incident.
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Child's Severe Rash Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A Toronto born infant, exhausted by a months long rash, found relief only after using Cuticura products. Despite hospital and multiple doctors, the condition worsened until the family tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura remedies in Duluth. By May 1910 the skin cleared completely and the child remained free of disease. The letter endorses Cuticura for infant skin care.
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Mexican cock fights inherited from the Aztecs
The Mexican Herald describes cockfighting as an Aztec legacy, once attracting aristocrats and bets up to $100,000. It notes many birds and breeds, the role of gamblers and bookmakers, and the sport’s decline yet persistence among Mexico’s lower classes during festivals and in towns, villages, and rural districts.
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Ice Gorges Break Up Threatens Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
In Gallipolis Ohio December 26 the heaviest ice gorges in years broke up at dawn on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. Boats and barges moored at Middleport and near the Kanawha mouth escaped crushing by narrow margins. A gasoline boat was crushed but its occupants were saved.
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