Nocturnal Theft and a Detective's Trap at a Chicago Social
William Vance, a wealthy socialite, recounts invited robberies linked to Captain Rosenbaum, a Mephistopheles like guest. A late night attempt at Russell Dennison's wedding gifts ends with Vance's capture by Rosenbaum, revealed as Jack Randolph of New York Police. Vance faces eight years in a guarded institution with six indictments.
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Doctor Lawrence
Captain Rosenbaum
Russell Dennison
Mephistopheles
Vance
Madison Avenue
New York
Chicago
Conlin
Metropolis
Jack Randolph
Police
Hitching the Bicycle Kink Disrupts Storefront Scene
A rider halted before a shop and, after dismounting, lifted a heavy weight attached to a chain from his pocket. He hooked the weight behind the bicycle seat, chained it, and entered the store, leaving observers puzzled by the makeshift safety device.
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New York
Thief Steals Biscuit During Grace Time
Mount Sterling family at dinner in Winchester Kentucky suffers a theft as a hungry intruder swipes a pan of biscuits off the stove during grace. The quip moral warns readers to watch as well as pray.
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Mount Sterling
Winchester
Quotations by Zampbeil From Pleasures of Life
Zampbeil authored the line Like angel visits few and far between found in Pleasures of Life. The quotation reflects a concise view on rarity and grace within everyday existence.
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Zampbeil
Dairy and Poultry Notes on Milk Prices and Goats in Farming
The piece compares prices paid by cooperative and private creameries for milk, notes skim milk value in filled cheese, and argues farmers are misled about skim milk profits. It also extols goats as a valuable farm asset for rough land, waste foliage, and cheese production, citing international practice and suggesting goats can expand pasture use and profitability.
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Co- Operative Creamery
Co-Operative Creamery
Rome
Elgin Dairy Report
Harlem
Israel
Troy
Ulysses
Alps
Missouri
England
S. H. Pegler
Ireland
Roquefort
Cheese Production by State Dominates U S Output
Major Alvord of the U S Dairy Division reports nine tenths of U S cheese comes from New York Wisconsin Ohio Illinois Vermont Iowa Pennsylvania and Michigan. New York alone equals about half the total with Wisconsin. together they exceed two thirds.
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H. E. Alvord
United States Dairy Division
New York
Wisconsin
Ohio
Illinois
Vermont
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Michigan
United States
America
Mildew on late peas and its control
Late peas grown in damp ground are often badly mildewed by Erysiphe communis, a powdery mildew that covers leaves pods and stems with white threads. Suckers on threads draw nourishment, and black spore cases are visible. Frequent cultivation or irrigation helps, and fungicide such as copper sulfate at one pound per 500 gallons is advisable for late varieties in hot, dry seasons.
Milk Fever Linked to Cows' Brain Disease Says Rhode Island Station
Bad water harms milk and butter, says local report. Rhode Island Station notes milk fever in cows is a brain disease and is inherited by many cows, warning dairy producers about feed and water quality.
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Rhode Island
Care of the Teeth and a Serious Marriage Question in Paris
In Woman's Corner a reader asks about maintaining dental cleanliness. Advice urges silk floss as the best tooth cleaner, with detailed steps for threading and tension. The column then addresses a morose moral dilemma: an unusual marriage between close relatives, arguing such unions bring social ostracism, unhappiness, and a breach of personal dignity, urging restraint for future peace.
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M. H
Proper Silk Tooth Cleaning For Cool Days
A guide from the New York Ledger explains how to use silk dental floss correctly. It covers hand positioning, sliding motion between teeth, avoiding gum injury, polishing tooth necks, and what to do if silk tears indicating decay tartar or jagged tooth edges, advising dental correction.
A Problem in Marriage Leger Letter on Forbidden Love
A Ledger reader Maud H describes a troubling infatuation with her uncle two years after their first meeting. She recounts his affection and her longing to marry him despite her father’s objection and legal barriers in New York. The letter illustrates a perplexing caprice of love and society’s bounds.
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Maud H
Ledger
State of
New York
A Mourning Gown Sketch Suggests Costume
A sketch offers a mourning costume in dull wool with a deep smooth English crape skirt facing and narrow band above. The Louis Quinze coat features short basques and a plastron covered with crape jabot. Crape buttons pocket flaps revers collars cuffs and frill complete the bodice.
An Oversight at the Office
Johnnie the office boy informs Mr Sands the grocer downstairs about a missed letter regarding last month's pill. The editor replies that Sands forgot to enclose a stamp.
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Johnnie
Sands
Cudahys as Oil Kings Plan Large Indiana Pipeline
Curiaco Aug 22 Micheal and John Cudahy enter into a vast oil deal to build a Chicago rival to Standard Oil at Whiting. They bought all of the Northern Indiana Oil Company plants in Wells and Adams counties and ordered a 500000 dollar six inch pipe line from Pittsburg for a 170 mile underground line to Chicago. Investment may reach 1500000 dollars with Indiana tankage and Chicago end facilities under construction.
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Curiaco
Micheal
John Cudahy
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
Cudahys
Wells
Adams
Indiana
Northern
Indiana Oil Company
National Tube and Pipe Company of
Pittsburg
General Strike Likely By Adams Express Workers
A New York committee of Adams Express employees says the strike seeks recognition of their union and an end to arbitrary dismissals. They accuse the company of replacing seasoned workers with new hires at $50 per month, $5 less than former wages, and warn that a nationwide general strike will follow if management refuses concessions.
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New York
Adams Express Company
Disastrous cloudburst hits Movonton leaving homeless
A cloudburst in Movonton N Alabama on August 21 washed away thirty houses and displaced a hundred families. Miner John Knight drowned and another Mexican body recovered. Dozens reported missing as floods reached eight feet in streets and mining region damage suspected beyond Mogollon range.
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Movonton
N. AL
John Knight
Georgetown
Knight
Mogollon Range
Death of a Well Known Writer Resalta From Paralysia
Miss Mary Abigail Dodge also known as "tail Hamilton" died August 17 after a paralysis stroke at the breakfast table in Wennall Massachusetts. Her illness began Sunday morning and Dr Thayer predicted likely death the same day but she lingered until Monday evening. Dodge had notable vitality and had previously recovered from a serious paralysis stroke in May 1895 while with the Blaine family.
Sewall's Vessel Sinks Off Brazilian Coast
An American ship Willie Roenfield of 2400 tons, sailing from New York to San Francisco, foundered 400 miles off the Brazilian coast. Part of the crew landed at Santa Catharina. fourteen mariners remain missing. Vessel owned by Arthur Sewall & Co. of Bath Maine.
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Janerro
Santa Catherina
Willie Roenfield
New York
San Francisco
Arthur Sewall & Co
Bath
Headquarters Engaged By Democratic Committee Head
In Chicago Wisconsin August 21 Chairman Jones of the Democratic National Committee secured rooms at the Sherman house for party headquarters and ordered immediate distribution of campaign literature. Other notes include Queen Victoria never attending a Commons session and trivia about hippo hide thickness and wasp stings. A New York stat shows apoplexy deaths rising dramatically over 30 years. Mrs Frances Bergmeyer of Canton Ohio aged ninety is said to be cutting her third set of teeth.
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Chcaco
Wil
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Sherman House
New York City
Frances Bergmeyer
Canton
Ohio
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