A Queer Libel Case Unfolds in Court and Prison
A libel action pits Hedgehog against Svendelein over anonymous post cards accusing theft. The defense argues truth as justification while hedgehog admits fear and deceit. The trial exposes a tangled plot ending with a conviction for the alleged thief and a surprising pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wedgehog
Mr. Metgeling
Svendelein
Lin
Hedgehog
Dr. Hedgehog
Mr. Hedgehog
Svendeleri
Elim
Spenderell
Brarcely
Lady Rough
Shool
Pitt
Svendelern
Ant
Svyendelern
London
Jess
Swendelein
Iris
Lord Houghstied
Svendele Urrest
Svendeleii
Mr. Pitt
Home Secretary
Medgehog
Willy Strong Tome
Tottenborough
the George
Plice
Rottenborough
Swendeler
A Dog's Loyalty From Sutton To London Hospital
A wife in Sutton owned a pet dog that panicked during her move to a London hospital due to illness. The dog vanished then returned footsore two days later. It found its way to the hospital and waited near her bed, seeking admission despite rebuffs, finally greeting her as she lay in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton
London
Ile
London News
The Ugly Girl as Fashion Belle in Poster Age
A Washington Post piece analyzes a fashion craze where ugliness, bold hats, and audacious styling make a woman stand out. It praises unconventional beauty, plumes, and asymmetric designs as the current path to social attention and desirability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Beardsley
Washington Post
A Definite Reproof From a Moral Lecturer on Women
A stern lecturer rebukes a young woman for her perceived seduction and defiance, insisting she abandon her behavior as ruinous to female virtue and social worth. The exchange escalates with insults and warnings before the lecturer moves on, while other notes describe a fierce island tribe in the Gulf of California and its mysterious, wary neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wortike
California
Gulf of California
Gulf
Oakland Echo
The Finest Kind Banana Delighted Child in Harper’s Table
A brief item notes a child Bert praising a chocolate éclair as the finest kind of banana never tasted. A description follows of a silk insect, a one inch moth with bright yellow wings and crescent slipper spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Harper's Round Table
Orb of Day Means Sun Shapes for Distant Planets
The article describes how Neptune and Uranus see a tiny sun in the sky while Mercury experiences a blazing morning glow. It notes Venus also appears large to Earth observers, Mars appears smaller with a two-moon system and a year twice Earth length, and the moons’ varied motions pose a visible challenge to Martian observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
Uranus
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts 1896 Court Oath Note
A scanned 1896 document from Cheney Co. notes Duask J. Cansey swearing as agent for F J Cheney Co in Ohio. It pledges payment of one hundred dollars for each cured case of catarrh, with Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal remedy. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a Washington Star skating rhyme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tourn
Leeds
Duask J. Cansey
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ubat
Cavania Cone
Pursk J
Cheney
A.D
A. W. Gleabon
Hall
F. J. Cnexny & Co
Toledo
O. Bolt
Hail
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Idle Scave and Old Sayings Highlight Patent Remedy Ad
An idler scave paragraph extols a patent medicine for digestion malaria biliousness and kidney trouble while others offer quips about manners and a typewriter aiding check signing. The Washington Star and Lite quotes appear, reflecting period voice. The piece weaves health claims with social witticisms and aphorisms.
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She Williston Graphic
Corevano
N. Dak
Ward
Mr Hedgehog
Mas Pitt
Swendeleri
Svendelor
Tetgen
Aly. Briteley
Sedgehog
Briteley
Coltshire
Lord Roughshed
Lord
Roughshed
Stairstable Hall
Lnto
George
Hottenborough
Smith
Progeest
Mr. Medgetioge
Britet
Washington Star
Hostetter
Eben
Virgil
Hood
Nix Feany
Basbard Ass
Pry Burney
Leominster
Muss
Adtertinnes
leAx Battle
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