Poison Her Passion Joins Notorious Nurse Aligned With mass murder case
Jane Toppan, a 45 year old trained nurse, is confined at Taunton asylum after court alienists deemed her insane. She claims to have killed thirty one people with morphine and atropine, recounting a chilling passion for murder and detailing victims across Cambridge Lowell and Cataumet between 1895 and 1907.
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Jane Toppan
Asylum For the
Taunton
Mass
Lucretia Borgia
Aimes
Holmes
Philadelphia
Garcia Patasco
City of
Mexico
Valdirez Mas
Barcelona
Maria Polloch
St. Petersburg
Henry R. Stedman
Miss Toppan
Terael P. Dunham
Cambridge
Lovey P. Dunham
Florence M. Calkins
O. M. Bridgman
Lowes
Jane Toppar
William H. Ingraham
Watertown
Heartory
Alden P. Davis
Cataumet
Annie E. Gorden
Chicago
Alden F Davis
Calumet
Nest
Mary E. Gibbs
Edna Bannister
Tunbridge Vt
Lowell
Davises
Salisbury Resigns Premiership. Balfour Becomes Prime Minister
Lord Salisbury resigns as premier of Great Britain and his nephew Arthur J. Balfour becomes prime minister. The piece traces Salisbury's four administrations from 1885 to 1902, with details on terms, elections, and key political shifts including Gladstone, Chamberlain, and the Irish home rule debates.
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Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Arthur J. Balfour
Gladstone
House of Commons
House of Lords
Earl Rosebery
Balfour
Chamberlain
Salisbury
Maine man in London diner dodges waiter charge
A Maine traveler dining in a London restaurant was surprised to learn his bill did not include the waiter. After paying, he quipped that he would “steag walter” if provoked, and the matter was dropped.
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Maine
London
Wal
Walter
Jourmallet
Tofa
Ana
Public Playground Supervisor Named in Chicago
Rev. Charles V. La Fontaine pastor of Ada Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago is named supervisor of Chicago's first public school playgrounds. He originated the idea and leads the effort to bring organized recreation to city schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. la Fontaine
Ada Street Methodist Episcopal Church of
Chicago
The Value of Advertising and Oddities in Chicago News
A collage of excerpts covers advertising folly, a sparrow nest under Chicago University arches, and quirky notes on bookbinding and a thunderstorm goose anomaly. The items blend literary glimpses with curious journalism from the era.
New Monte Carlo in Servia gambling concession
Reports claim a Franco-Belgian syndicate will operate a casino at Toptchidere Park near Belgrade with £40,000 annual revenue and 16 percent profits for eighty years though Servian officials deny the grant. The park bears historic associations including an assassination site and Turkish artillery use.
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New Monte Carlo
Servia
Toptchidere Park
Belgrade
Michel Obrenovitch
Bald-Headed Holiday Cure at Casciana
Bald-headed travelers should visit Casciana in northern Italy to test its waters said to restore hair and vitality. A medieval tale claims Countess Matilda’s pet blackbird recovered its plumage after bathing in the marshes, inspiring court ladies to seek fuller hair and renewed strength.
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Casciana
Italy
Matilda
Casclana
Saved Life by Eating Tail Cat found alive after three weeks living inside wall
Workmen at a First and Neil avenue house tore out plaster to locate a noise and uncovered a skeletal cat that had eaten its tail to survive the three weeks hidden between wall layers. The animal likely entered the space the night before construction. A South American traveler notes cocoa plants require sun protection using banana and plantain shade and tall immortels trees for ongoing shelter.
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Fifty-Seventh Street Arch
University of Chicago
Griffins
George
Littlebird
Chicago Tribune
Neil
South America
French Chamber President Bourgeois Struggles With Noise
In the French chamber Bourgeois, new president, has a weak voice often drowned by hubbub. He must rely more on the bell than his predecessor Deschanel, who cracked three brass bells with a hard ring to maintain order.
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M. Bourgeois
Chamber of Deputies
M. Deschanel
Chamber
Bullet in Babe's Brain Wounds Boy in Wisconsin Field
Three year old Emil Wagner of Waucoma Wisconsin was discharged from St Joseph's Hospital with a bullet in his brain. Doctors believe he will carry the wound for life but suffer no lasting inconvenience. The injury occurred May 5 when Emil's year old brother fired a rifle while walking in a field on their father's farm near Wautoma.
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Babe
Emil Wagner
Wautoma
Wis
St Joseph's Hospital
Milwaukee Sentinel
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Turkey
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Jalisee
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British Institution of Electrical Engineers
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Stockton-on-Tees
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Durham
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