Delmas the California Napoleonic Defender in Thaw Case
Delmas, 53, famed for Thaw defense, is described as a Napoleonic lawyer from California. He combines sharp cross examination with eloquent argument, has 30 years in practice mostly civil, and commands fees near $100,000. He rejects politics, enjoys reading, and lives near San Francisco.
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New York
Delphin
Michael Del+ Tas
Harry K. Thaw
Pittsboroh
Thaw
Jerome
Stanford White
Delmas
Napoleon
San Francisco
Mr. Delmas
California
Senator Fair
Craven
Claus Spreckels
Deimas
Sioux City Woman Transforms into Dakota Real Estate Star
Sioux City woman Miss Hawkins left teaching to join real estate, partnering with her brother. She reports early Dakota farm sales, frequent buyers from Iowa and Minnesota, and quick field work alongside seasoned brokers, praising the Dakotas' bright prospects.
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Hawkins
South Dakota
Spime
Sioux City
Dakota Lands
Sphinx Rock on Wissahickon Draws City Attention
Residents of Philadelphia praise a Sphinx shaped rock along the Wissahickon drive near Ridge Avenue where the creek meets the Schuylkill. The rock, visible from summer foliage and winter lanes, is called the Sphinx rock for its prominent elevated position along the creek.
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Philadelphia
Ths City
Egypt
Wissahickon Drive
Schuyl Kill
Ridge Avenue
Wissahickon
A Happy Home Principles from N Y Weekly
Six requisites to create a happy home are integrity tidiness affection cheerfulness industry and the blessings of God as the protecting canopy. The guide describes integrity as the architect tidiness the upholsterer affection as warmth and cheerfulness as light. Industry ventilates the atmosphere bringing in fresh salubrity day by day under divine blessing.
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N. Y
Southern Chivalry In a crowded car a polite old man offers his seat
An elderly African American man, in a crowded streetcar, rises with a bow to give a seat to a passing lady. She declines, saying she does not wish to deprive him, and he replies with a chivalrous, humorous line about nothing depraving remaining.
Prodigy Doolittle, 13, Sparks Wireless Telegraphy Fame
A boy prodigy from New Haven, Malcolm Doolittle, at thirteen, astonishes Yale professors with carborundum receiver experiments and long distance wireless talks. He describes building home instruments, contacting a local station, and aiding early commercial receivers while maintaining private patents.
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Yale
Malcolm Doolittle
Young Doolittle
Doolittle
Remarkable Feat Builds A City Street Trolley On Top Of Pavement
In Cleveland a street railway company raced to open a 2000 foot electric line before a prohibition. With no ties, rails were braced by four by six inch wooden gallows poles set on barrel bases and tethered to a wagon load of stone. Four other tracks already existed on the street.
Lighting Tropical Birds in Captivity Improves Health
Aviaries housing tropical birds benefit from bright electric lighting from six in the morning to six in the evening. The added daylight mimics natural sunrise and sunset, stabilizing feeding times, extending activity, and improving overall condition for birds in northern zoos and gardens.
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Zoological Gardens
Tropics
A Perfect Insulator in Vacuum Physics
A perfect vacuum acts as a perfect insulator, though a partial vacuum conducts electricity better than air at atmospheric pressure, illustrating how insulation quality changes with pressure and particle presence.
Rugs that heat apartments with electric warming rugs
French inventor C Herrgott proposes thermo pile fabrics to heat residences. His Valdoic factory weaves rugs, curtains, and hangings with a fine metallic thread skeleton that, when connected to electric current, maintain a fixed temperature without danger of overheating.
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C. Herrgott
Valdoic
Belort
France
M. Herryott
The
Technical World Magazine
Saddest War Story Told by Old Confederate Family
A New York Sun account recalls a widowless homecoming tragedy after the Civil War. A lone deaf soldier from Georgia returns, is mistaken at the plantation gate, shot by his father, and dies without his family recognizing the error. The funeral, draped in the flag, stands as a singular local war-end memorial.
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Lee
Appomattox
Deans
South
New York Sun
Only Two Left Naval Leaders Left After Sigsbee Retirement
The retirement of Rear Admiral Sigsbee will leave in active service only Dewey and one other senior naval officer who participated in the Spanish American War, marking a dwindling cadre of top wartime leaders.
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Sigsbee
Dewey
Spain
Submarine Building Forecast Social Shift Across Nations
A year from now England is projected to possess 62 submarines, France 82, Russia 29, and Japan 10. The figures reflect rising naval construction and shifting balance of sea power among major powers.
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England
France
Russia
Japan
Confederate Chick Becomes Campyard Legend of 100 Day Regiment
A Nat al Tribune tale recalls 1864 Mississippi guard duties by the 46th Iowa under Col BD Henderson. A young colorfully named enslaved boy, John Allen, joins Company C as guide Johnny, and a humorous chicken chase with shouting women ends with Captain Henderson ordering the bird confiscated and executed for treason.
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Towa
Missisippi
Sherman
Natonal Tribune
Lowe
BD. B. Henderson
Dubuque
Shiloh
Collierville
Tenn
Memphis
Charleston
John Allen
Joseph W. Cuming
Hoe
Nere
Johnny
Darky
Cap'n
Jeff Davis
Col. Henderson
War Time Beauty Miss Rebecca Baird Dies in Carlisle
Miss Rebecca P. Baird of Pennsylvania elder family lines dies at Carlisle shortly after her eighty second birthday. She was cousin to Senator Boles Penrose and Judge Edward W. Bid die and aunt to niece Miss Christine Biddle and Mrs. Moncure Robinson Jr. Her social ties spanned Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York with a wartime beauty history and civil war hospital aid. Her father was Samuel Baird of Reading and she counted figures like Fitzhugh Lee and Stonewall Jackson among early friends.
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Rebecca P. Baird
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Miss Baird
Spencer
Baird
Smithsonian Institution
United States
Boles. Penrose
Edward W. Biddie
Christine Biddle
Moncure Robinson, Jr
Philadelphia
Veteran of Seminole War and Mexican War Named
Madison Horn of Watrous New Mexico is said to be the last survivor who fought in the Seminole Indian war in Florida. Nicknamed Uncle Matt he was born in Boone County his grandfather served in the Revolutionary War under Washington and his father fought with Harrison in the War of 1812 He also served with Price in the Mexican War.
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Madison Horn
Watrous, N. M
Florida
Matt
Boone County
Washington
Harrison
Mr. Horn
Price
Perpetua Motion Accosted Over Supposed Doctor Visit
A man with a small black cage is hailed from an upper window and asked to attend a wife who has talked for five hours. The caller insists the visitor fix a talking machine, not a medical issue, as the scene unfolds on the avenue.
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Perpetua
Nee
Alr
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Southern Pacific Railway
Delinas
Pacific Coast
Delphin M. Delmas
Harry Thaw
Ella A. Hawkins
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Cleveland
Zoo
Fei! Gead
Rebecca Baird
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