Deadly thief catcher contrivance ends in manslaughter doubt
Howard Brown of Camden New Jersey crafted a thief catcher in his chicken coop to deter burglars. The device fired a loaded musket at the door, killing Robert Dorsey. Coroner and prosecutor cite potential manslaughter charges depending on grand jury findings and legal limits on self defense.
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Camden
N. J
Howard Brown
South Tenth Street
Robert Dorsey
Jones
Lippincott
Dorsey
Lloyd
Brown
Joseph Conrad Real Name Korzeniowski Revealed
The famed sea story writer Joseph Conrad is revealed to be born a Pole with the real surname Korzeniowski. Ambassador Choate is recognized as the wittiest diplomat in London. The world’s navies aggregate hundreds of ships across battleships cruisers gunboats and torpedo craft.
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Joseph Conrad
Korzeniowski
Ambassador Choate
London
Most Diminutive Hunter In Northport Maine
Walter R Nealley, 12, from Northport, Maine, is described as the smallest real hunter in the state. He weighs 61 pounds and stands four feet five inches, but has bagged deer and partridges with bow and arrow, air gun, shotgun, and a 32-40 rifle gifted by his father. He proudly killed a buck on the first shot, then drew a crowd to celebrate.
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Northport
Maine
Walter R. Nealley
John B. Nealley
Walter
Woman Court Clerk Carries First for Detroit
Miss Carrie Davison daughter of the late Darius J Davison has been appointed clerk of the United States district court in Detroit becoming the only woman in the nation to hold such an office. Appointed by Judge Swan the honor follows years of meritorious service beginning as a clerk in 1899 and then deputy in 1900. Davison is well known and liked by attorneys who have dealt with the court. No deputy clerk has been chosen by her and no appointment anticipated for some time.
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Detroit
Mich
Carrie Davison
Darius J. Davison
United States
Swan
Davison
United States District Court
Miss Davison
JAP SOLDIER OUTFIT Showcases Japanese Winter Camp Gear
A British article reports on a complete Japanese Imperial Guard outfit presented to Miss McCaul for study. It details winter and summer uniforms, field kit, safety gear, and special provisions like a dysentery prophylactic pill. The text notes high material quality and innovative design features.
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London
Royal United Service Institution
Whitehall
Chaucer
Japan
Gunboat Chattanooga Surpasses Contract Speed on Trial
The gunboat Chattanooga exceeded its contract speed of 16.6 knots during an official Newport trial, averaging 16.60 knots in a four hour open water run. The board praised the vessel, with engineers and the navy trial board aboard as conditions, wind, and sea were favorable. A 24 hour endurance test will follow the successful speed trial.
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Chattanooga
Newport
R. 1
Board of Engineers
Navy
Beaver Tail
Comet Reported by Kiel to Washingon Naval Observatory
A comet was reported by Kiel to the Washington Naval Observatory via cable from Kiel, with discovery credited to Borelly of Marseilles. Observers Hammond and Wright will continue nightly observations. The note also mentions Vienna plans to help short memories and medical income data in Berlin.
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Naval Observatory
Washington
Kiel
Germany
Borelly
Marseilles
Messrs. Hammond and Wright
Lobster Park in Canada Reveals Raised-Lobster Concept
A Canadian coast lobster park uses stout wooden piles and open iron gates to admit and expel tides. Hundreds of lobsters are grown in a sheltered enclosure to size, with boats delivering chopped fish and seaweed as feed. Corner posts aid nighttime navigation.
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Toronto
Canada
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Shelterer Ocean
Fiaho
American Women Poor Dressers Warned by Russian Lecturer
Mme Lyria M. Mountford, a Russian traveler and lecturer, argues American women dress poorly by lacking significance in their attire. She says they choose outfits to match complexions rather than fitting each condition or station with a defined form, citing Holy Land dress as an example.
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Chicago
Mme
Lyria M. Mountford
Mme. Mountford
Ife
The
Holy Land
Mme, Mountford
Mme, Lydia M. Mountford
Would Melt the Rock Bore-Hole Pressure Debate
The proposed bore hole 12 miles deep faces objections that 40 tons per square inch would cause viscous rock flow and make the test impossible. Hon. C. A. Parsons says the idea can be tested by pressing a piece of quartz to 100 tons per square inch in a close-fitting cylinder with a central hole, reflecting pressures expected at 38 miles depth.
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C. A. Parsons
Remarkable Bell at Llandeyand Church in England
The bell in the modern church of Llandeyand England, upped from a pre Reformation site, was found in a farmer’s barn and proved to be the original Liandegaud bell after about 300 years of silence. Also, Pope Ping X declares friendly views toward France in a letter cited by Cardinal Richard. At Tokenhouse Yard, Whitaker Wright estate sale, bids reached £90,000 while the wall cost £37,1000.
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Llandeyand
England
Liandegaud
Pope
France
Richard
Paris
Ping X
Whitaker Wright
Tokenhouse Yard
Giant iridescent bubble tricks with cornucopias and tops
Readable text describes making giant soap bubbles using cornucopias from paper, a Casile soap solution with glycerin, and warm room temperatures. It details blowing into cornucopias to form spheres, methods to film the bubble, and spinning tops inside bubbles with a large humming top for effect, including step by step dipping and lifting techniques.
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Chicago
Coal Oil Johnny Lingers in Comfort at Home in Venango
Franklin Pennsylvania reports Coal Oil Johnny, known as Ada Moffitt and brother-in-law of J W Steele, once famed as the Spendthrift of the United States. Despite lifelong reputations of misfortune and supposed deaths, he lies in comfortable circumstances at his Sugar Creek home in Venango County.
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Franklin
Sugar Creek
Venango County
Ada Moffitt
J. W. Steele
Johnny
United States
Coal Oil Johnny’s Hard Luck Recalled in Brother-in-Law Tale
The passage recalls the fortunes and wit of Coal Oil Johnny, noting his wealth and frugal nature. It highlights a sly remark about Steele’s competence and portrays Johnny as a calm, self-possessed man whose sunken features reflect his struggles and thrift.
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Steele
Moffitt
Pack Billie Turning Gray
A Kansas City Star correspondent recounts Pack Billie a 31 year old gray pack horse once owned by the Shorthorn Cattle Company. From Texas to Socorro County New Mexico and later with Lee Beavers the horse roamed the Shorthorn range before moving to Duncan Arizona with Beavers. Hundreds of cowboys know Billie still hale despite gray.
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Kansas City
Billie
Kansas City Star
Shorthorn Cattle Coimpany
R. J. Bishop
Texas
Socorro County
New Mexico
Luna
N. M
Pack Billie
Bishop
Shorthorn Cattle Company
Lee Beavers
Shorthorn Company
Young Beavers
Duncan
Ariz
West
Beautiful Child Portrait Chosen for Austrian Five Kroner Note
The Austrian five kroner note design features a strikingly beautiful child's head as its focus. The head is modeled after the son of Prinz Franz Josef Rohan, whose street encounter inspired the artist to request and receive permission to depict the child for the bank note. Meanwhile, the British postal service handles vast telegram traffic, using about 1,000,000 envelopes daily.
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Prinz Franz Josef Rohan
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Library of Congress
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Berlin
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John W. Steele
Pennsyllvania Spendenettc
Thin Horse
Faitheut
Morse
Tern Plains
Bariigo
ScienUis American
Roseberry
Lord Rosebery
British Postal Department
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