Paris charity fete nets hefty tea prices and luxe add ons
At the ministry of marine in Paris a charity fete for the Paris Art Orphanage charged six dollars per cup of tea with a two dollar fifty cent option for sugar and milk. Celebrities including Mile. Dieterie Mile. Lavalliere Mme Le Bargy and Mme Polaire sold tickets goods and services to raise funds for daughters of artists authors actors and musicians who died penniless and need dowries.
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Ministry of Matine
Paris
Ast
Boston
Mile. Dieterie
Mile. Lavalliere
Mme. le Bargy
St. James
George Alexander
Mme. Polaire
The Champion Mean Man
A northern county man reports to police that a well off father starves his two children by denying them food and taking back pennies given for meals, revealing a pattern of neglect as neighbors react to the case in Binghamton.
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Binghamton
Giant Ocuya Dance Among Aponos Amazes Children
A description of the ocuya ritual performed by the Aponos includes a wicker giant on stilts with a wood head and grass cloth skirt. The grotesque figure, with outstretched arms and monkey skin hair, inspires fear in American children but delights Aponos youths and onlookers with lively, communal dancing.
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Africa
Aponos
Airship Themed Dinner for Yankees in Paris
Mr and Mrs 8 D Dodge of Cleveland hosted a Paris dinner styled as a flying airship. A balloon overhead connected by cordage to a table propeller hummed while basket chairs surrounded the table. The room featured cloudlike canvas walls and minimal furnishings to evoke a rising airship.
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Paris
8. D. Dodge
Cleveland
Invisible cavalry of the war horses
A Berlin military commission weighs methods to render cavalry unseen, noting dye faded, canvas trappings hindered movement, and sun light revealing legs. South Africa trials showed heather and shrubs strung along trappings created a waving vegetation illusion as horses moved along the skyline.
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Berlin
London
South Africa
Remarkable Recovery of Lake Superior Corp Says Counsel
P F Rothermel, counsel for the re organized Consolidated Lake Superior, was praised for a strong year and said the company has recovered quickly and was not badly hurt. He compared it to a widow who calms mourners by recalling a prior day of distress.
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P. F. Rothermel
Lake Superior Corporation
Lake Superior
Pittsburg Gazette
Outlaws Gold Treasure Sought Near Willow Springs
In Vinita Chieftain style, a Civil War era tale recalls a cask of gold buried near Willow Springs after a clash at Fort Gideon. A dying prisoner revealed the burial spot, prompting renewed searches by locals and Vinita’s youth, with no trace found yet. Also noted is Mount Blanc’s summit bedroom for alpinists, built atop Janesen observatory after two years of perilous work.
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Indian Territory
Fort Gideon
Willow Springs
Vinita
Fort Leavenworth
Priftop
Wilnow Springs
Mount Blanc
Janesen Observatory
Chamonix
Not the Proper Spirit in a Christmas Shopper Tale
January Jones, a millionaire miner of Goldfields, reflects that Christmas spirit is misused by some. In a bric-a-brac shop an eager clerk seeks the key to the safe for a solitaire ring to match a customer's existing Christmas present. The proprietor refuses, noting the ring’s cost is the real concern.
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January Jones
Tale That Was Told
The fragment describes a confusion over secrets and claims about telling or not telling another person. It mentions a person named Ella-Bella, Stella, and a threat, ending with a cryptic line about stories.
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Ella
Bella
Secert
Stella
Devotion Demanded by City Clergyman in Courtship Test
A Presbyterian minister in this city solved courting delays by moving evening worship to ten o clock after supper. Daughters with two beaux faced a choice to stay for prayer or leave. The reform tested devoted suitors and changed social visits.
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Philadelphia
Frisco Train Schedules and Local Passenger Permits
Frisco No 511 Texas Pass 7 15 p m No 541 Local Freight 7 45 a m Local freight a passengers provits with permits Ten per cent saved on the purchase of round trip tickets I McNair Agent 8 58 a m The most vigorous workers have spells of tired feeling now and then This feeling is caused by derangement in the stomach liver and bowels A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters quickly corrects the disorder and sends the blood tingling through the veins carrying life and renewed energy throughout the system.
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Texas Pass
I, McNair
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