Capital Tragedy Recalls London's Siege and Uproar
A month ago London faced a massive anarchist revolt with police, Scots Guards, and Horse Artillery deployed. The siege at 100 Sidney Street ended in the building’s destruction, two charred bodies found, and political fallout including calls for the home secretary’s resignation.
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London
Scots Guards
Winston Churchill
Home Secretary
Sidney Street
East End
Horse Artillery
Tunis
Washington
Buck” Taylor
Serat. Fitz M. Passau
Seventh Precinct
D D D Eczema Cure Promoted By Santa Rosa Resident
Anne Croman of Santa Rosa California shares her forty year struggle with eczema and lauds D D D as a proven remedy and mild wash. The advertisement claims instant relief from skin troubles, cleansing blotches and pimples and leaving the skin smooth. Henry Evans of O Donnell’s Pharmacy endorses the product and urges readers to try a bottle.
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Anne Croman
Santa Rosa
Cal
D. D
Henry Evans
O'donnell’s. Pharmacy
Eight Hour League leader seeks Capitol access for September convention
Alexander Law of the Eight Hour League of America plans a September national convention in Washington to press Congress for an eight hour day, minimum wage, and federal employment aid. He aims to use the House chamber and seeks support from lawmakers and President Taft, predicting a large unemployed army mobilizing for the occasion. He cites chapters in New York Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Pittsburgh Kansas City and Cincinnati.
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Alexander Law
Congress
Taft
Coxey
League of America
Milwaukee
Unemployed and Brotherhood Welfare Association
Washington
Chicago
Law
House of Representatives
Capitol
Cleveland
National Employment Bureau
Notable 1899 Maryland murder case and ensuing manhunt
The report recalls the 1899 Montgomery county murder of Regenstein and his wife, detailing Taylor and Brown's execution after trial, police pursuit at the scene, and the aftermath. It notes limited loot recovery, a shooting incident injuring a sergeant, and later arrests at Fowlers Hill and in Georgetown spurred by anonymous tips.
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Bud” ‘Taylor
Cupid’ Brown
Norwood
Boyd's Station
Mainland
Louis Rosenstein
Rosenstein
Taylor
Nown
Washington
Montgomery County
Brown
Frank Burrows
Seventh Station
Maryland
Georgetown
Fowlers Hill
Burrows
Passau
Regenstein
Sergt. Passau
Cross-Roads
Chain Bridge
Eretter
Seventh Precinct
John Purnell
Slapped by Matilda Heron fuels Hilliard’s early rise
Robert Hilliard recalls an early stage moment in New York charity theater where Matilda Heron slapped him after a failed line. She called him an idiot but later forgave his fiasco, remaining his adviser and advocate.
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Robert Hilliard
New York
Masonia Temple
Matilda Heron
Camille
Rob Roy
Free Cure for Rupture Offers Free Trial Treatment
An advertisement declares a new method that cures rupture without truss use and asks readers to mail a coupon for free treatment. It promises to end all rupture suffering, truss-wearing, and danger, regardless of rupture type or age, and urges immediate action with no payment required.
Hypnotism Not Used Doctrine Is Here To Stay
California physician Dr. Francis J. Fiuno of Oakland argues Christian Science will stay and heal, not harm, with no hypnotic or magnetic influence. He says Christian Scientists respect physicians and that the faith can revolutionize health and society, while remaining compatible with medical practice.
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Francis J. Fiuno
Oakland
Cal
Fiuno
Mrs. Eddy
Christ Jesus
God
Wu Yupil
Lieut Donohoe Hosts Social Round at Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort Virginia reports a week of social life with Lieut Walter R. Donohoe hosting the largest dining event of the year for his Coast Artillery unit. A stag dinner for 30 followed the main event. New arrivals at the Hotel Chamberlin from Washington include Mr and Mrs W C Keegin and many others.
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Washington Post
Old Point Comfort
Walter R. Donohoe
Coast Artillery School
Hotel Chamberlin
Washington
W. C. Keegin
C. B. Cameron
Charles A. Sims
K. C. Gamble
E. W. Deakin
Aldis Browne
Robert N. Harper
Frances Smith
Irving Edward Smith
Janet Munday
D. Harriman
A. D. Melvern
C. Quincy Smith
M. A. Winter
R. C. Marshall, Jr
H. C. Chandler
3. W. Pegram
A. H. Pegram
Frank Leech
J. C. Boykin
Surgeon Brother Takes Pleasure in Slow Operations
A dialogue from the New York Telegram portrays a sister describing her brother the surgeon as slow and torturing in his operations, noting that though wealthy he pursues the craft for pleasure rather than duty.
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New York Telegram
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