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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1905
Page
39
In a night of refined intrigue at The Pines, Darrell confronts Walcott as Kate Underwood wows in a gala. Walcott’s unsettling gaze unsettles Kate, while Darrell protects and crowns their bond with a secretive kiss amid moonlit corridors and whispered warnings.
New York September 8 J Pierpont Morgan has received a plaster bust caricature on an oval plaque at Jimmies Cafe owned by James F Hartigan at 118 Cedar Street The gag plaque joins two other caricatures of John D Rockefeller and George F Baer made by a Yale grad with clay molding skills The three plaques were presented to Mr Hartigan years ago and were said to be among 14000 mirth provoking lines from ancient Greek relics never valued or identified with certainty
Philadelphia Sept Realizing he was crippled for life and penniless after a $5 000 verdict Thomas McGee a Baltimore and Ohio freight brakeman who had his legs crushed by an overhead bridge fatal accident decided to die by his own hand He swallowed muriatic acid to end his life After suing the refinery McGee spent the money on a spree then became a vagrant gathering junk and bottles His only friend Mary Mullen identified the body found on a downtown dump while he had lived and worked here.
In Caceola Iowa on September 3 Charles Armstrong, a Civil War veteran living on pension, vows to starve himself. Family and neighbors plan to lure him from death by placing choicest foods in his room to tempt appetite, as doctors warn he may die within a week. The note follows a report of his debts paid and property divided among wife and four children.
Fourteen fiddlers from six counties competed at the North Carolina championship in Raleigh on Labor Day. Charles Edward McCullers of Raleigh won with a vigorous program including The Mississippi Sawyer and The Richmond Armory. Judges lauded his mastery as crowd roared, while second place went to J. Sauls, with McCullers praised by Judge Dixon as the best fiddler in the state.
In a damp day fiddling contest Dr Dixon awarded the diploma to McCullers as champion fiddler of North Carolina with a purse prize. The title lasts until Labor Day next year when defended against challengers as promoter Andrews plans a banjo showcase at the state fair.
Peter Lorillard Ronalds, known as the father of American coaching, at 78, retires from four in hands to learn driving and plans a tour of European seacoast towns. He will convert the car into a land yacht and spend next summer in New England, returning to continue travels and driving fame across continents. He is famed for bold four in hand and tandem drifts from Genoa to Antwerp and Broadway days in New York.
The article argues women are rapidly achieving equality across industries and professions. It notes professors observing shifts as women compete with men in work and education, and cites an Oakland report of a so called lady burglar.
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