Farmville Circus Romance Sparks Town Gossip
In Farmville excitement centers on a Mammoth Circus with Zam the wild man from Africa. Gerald Walters pursues Miss Kitty Dorland as Zam escapes, leading to a fainting spell and blossoming romance. Deacon Chambers jokes that chipmunk killer and the fainted gal are “sittin’ up nights” together, signaling marriage.
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Farmville
Oyen
Teavan Chambers
Surat
Zere
Stoma
Moaiduw
Bovine
Tmannatt Irty
Bitteniin
Gerald Walters
Cty
Mr. Walters
Kitty Dorland
Africa
Zam
Pravious
Sarmville
Atyala
Deacon Chapbers
Hoya
Hils
We Singh
Vick
Fam
Varmville
Miss Kitty Dorland
Mr Walters
Miss Kitty
Sir. Walters
Miss Witty
Aunt Alan
Missy
LeClure
Barbara’s mother teaches self control with chocolate
Barbara’s mother sets a test by placing a third chocolate on the table and telling the child to save it. When left alone Barbara prays for help and claims Saint Joseph told her to help herself. She then eats the chocolate, offering a dramatic explanation.
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Barbara
Rab
St. Joseph
New Theory About Cocoanuts In Fort Scott
The Fort Scott Tribune recounts a young boy reading aloud and peppering the tale with questions. After a final prompt from his father the child asks if coconuts grow, prompting a brief puzzled moment before the father explains the fruit’s origin.
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Fort Scott Tribune
Frank
Jany
Monster Snake Tale From Alleghenies Draws Keystone Readers
A Philadelphia report relays a tall yarn from the mountains of Pennsylvania about a colossal racer snake said to devour pigs and milk cows. The tale follows a farmer, hunters, and village whispers as the enormous snake allegedly grows each summer and terrorizes farm life near a secluded outlying farm with sightings, brave rescues, and a dramatic chase.
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Philadelphia
Baby Elephant Causes Mayhem in Englewood Street Scene
A young elephant from a wild west show escaped the nursery at Fifty ninth and Justine, toppled fences, knocked over a porch, and roamed Englewood streets. Police and a small showman eventually lured it back to the circus setup with peanuts, ending the playful escapade.
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Chicago
Englewood
Chiccaro
Ninth
Justine
Baltimore financier George Morrison dies by gas suicide
George Morrison president of Title Guarantee & Trust Co. of Baltimore killed himself at the Baltimore Athletic Club by inhaling gas from a tube. He left a note citing newspaper publicity of his Havre de Grace race track interests as a factor. Morrison, active in business and Democratic politics, faced Harford County racing bill accusations and led Maryland campaign efforts for Wilson.
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Baltimore
George ©. Morrison
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Goldsborough
Morrison
Business and Social Ufe
Harford County
Democratic Advisory Committee For
Maryland
Wilson
Students Dead Beate Boulder Claim By University Leader
In Boulder Colorado President Bernard J Seeman of the Associated Students Body says about ninety percent of University of Colorado students are dead beats. The remark is noted in a campus context reflecting student financial or effort concerns.
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Boulder, Colo
University of Colorado
Bernard J. Seeman
Associated Students Body
Heroic Act in Auburn Hero Saves Crew After Leak
John J. Watts and companions faced a leaking boat danger when Watts leapt overboard to alert and rescue his friends. The group struggled as water flooded the craft, but Watts’ quick action helped brothers in peril reach safety.
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Auburn
John J. Watts
Hoppers break up a Kansas concert
Atchison residents duel over band fame as the Atchison Silver Cornet band opens an outdoor concert. A grasshopper invasion filled instruments with insects, clogging valves and spoiling tunes. The performance was abandoned after the insects blocked the horns and disrupted the show.
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Hoppers
Kansas
Atchison, Kan
Atchison
Kansas Crasshopper
Plains
Atchison Silver Cornet Band
Inba
New York Chiropodist Arrested Over Swiss Revolver
Dr James Rohrer and his wife ran a chiropody school at 147 West Twenty third street when a maid Lulu Wilbur phoned they should come home saying she had shot herself. At 204 Ninth Avenue they found Lulu with a hole in her arm from a revolver found on the doctor’s desk. She admitted testing how the weapon worked, a relic from Swiss army service. The device was seized and Rohrer was arrested for Sullivan law violation, arguing constitutional rights to bear arms.
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New York
James Rohrer
West Twentythird Street
Lulu Wilbur
Old Country
Ninth Avenue
Lulu
Muensch
Doctor Halling
New York Hospital
Doctor Rohrer
Chiropodista
Muenseh
Tyory
Ivory
Doctor Rohrar
Fall Resate Shoulder Collision Injures Trexlertown Farmhand
Horatio Schweyer a young farmhand near Trexlertown Pa was first thrown by a colt injuring his right arm and shoulder. A doctor passing by found a dislocated shoulder and advised him to report to offices that evening for treatment. While limited from hard work he was driving oats to the barn when horses ran away and again threw him, worsening the shoulder injury.
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Trexlertown
Horatio Schweyer
Schweyer
Veteran makes a protest over Civil War memorials
The letter from Theo dore Retlaw of Brooklyn calls for honoring Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War and criticizes neglect of memorials. It condemns Confederate monuments and urges Washington to fill gaps in Capitol art with scenes honoring the Union cause and those who died defending the flag.
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New York Sun
Theodore Retlaw
Brooklyn
the Sun
Mississippi
Capitol
Washington
Columbus
de Sote
Mississippi River
William Penn
Gornwillis
Mexico
Spain
West Point
United States Military Academy
United States
Virginia
Les
Wirz
Andersonville
South
Be Gentlemen It Says To Soldiers In China Mission
The Detroit Journal cites Gen J Franken Bell advising American troops to be polite to all, gentle with the weak, respectful to superiors, and neat. He urged a friendly attitude to foreigners to earn goodwill and show the United States as a peacekeeping force in China.
Boys in the Wilderness Fight Question Their Thoughts
A Massachusetts short term regiment sent to the Wilderness battle faced bold young soldiers eager to fight. One enlisted man, asked about his thoughts at first battle, responded with humor and bravado, saying he would run with his leg what would he be thinking for.
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Massachusetts
Soldier Kicks Off Lincoln Funeral Parade Sketch
A weathered soldier, eager for a view, steps in front of a party of well dressed gentlemen. One gentleman objects, and the soldier replies with a courteous bow that he has been in front of them for four seats.
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Lincoln
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