London Pickpockets The False Arm Game and the Overcoat
The piece surveys how pickpockets operate in crowds, detailing tricks like the false arm, pocketless coat, and sash method. It explains how a “tool” hides hands, uses distractions such as papers, and employs “mobs” and confederates to isolate victims. It notes pepper-blast blinding as a feared tactic, the roles of women thieves, and the teamwork of “stalls” to boost success and avoid conviction.
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Windsor
Scotland Yard
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Des Moines Capital Offers Yearlong Daily for $2 Bargain
Des Moines Capital announces Bargain Week December 21 to 28 offering a full year of the metropolitan daily for $2.00 for new and old subscribers by mail only. Pay arrears to January 1 if already behind. mail remittance to Lafe Young, Des Moines Iowa, or hand to publisher. The Capital features AP leased wire reports, Iowa and world news, and market data.
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Des Moines
Lafe Young
Iowa
Associated Press
News of
The Reason and the Family's Money Woes
An editorial quip contrasts a family living on $10,000 a year with another family that resents the constraint. The remark implies social tension over income and survival.
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Puck
Harpagon’s Frugal Final Farewell Joke
An 18th century tale from France ends with Old Harpagon dying after a barber shave. As death nears he bargains price for shaving a corpse. The doctor extends time, the barber pockets five shillings, Harpagon quips about “four shillings and ten pence saved” before passing away.
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France
Harpagon
Disorderly house raid ends in jail terms for Nellie Shepard group
Boone Democrat reports police raided Nellie Shepard and others on a vagrancy disorderly house charge. Nellie Shepard and one other woman received fifteen and twenty day county jail sentences. a third woman paid a fine and was released. Two white men bonds were posted and they fled town.
Cough Remedy Praised By Ontario Reader
A Zephyr Ontario reader credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing a severe cold after weeks of illness. The testimonial notes a dry harsh cough and mentions a dealer Judisch Bros as the local supplier.
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Chamberlain
J. Urquhart
Zephyr
O Car
Chamberain
Judisch Bros
Richard Mansfield Survives Realistic Stage Strangle Scene
A theater anecdote recalls Richard Mansfield facing a partner who overdid a strangling moment. In the green room Mansfield shows a leather neck band with studs, explaining it is to defer life insurance collection. The other actor apologizes and Mansfield resumes without incident.
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Richard Mansfield
Green Room
Mansfield
Fire Escape on a Steamer Delivers Odd Verbal Tug
A river steamer skipper recalls a confrontation on the wharf with a woman who demanded to know where the fire escape was. He points to a rigging ladder as the sole, unused means of egress and explains passengers should run up it if a fire occurs.
What Gives a Book World Significance
A discussion on how many books are published yearly and which rise above mere fame. It argues quality that transcends national boundaries, appealing to universal emotions across ages, with emphasis on lasting influence. It notes only a small fraction attain enduring, multilingual status.
Cold at dances blamed for pneumonia and consumption
The notice warns that many men and women catch colds at dances which lead to pneumonia and consumption. It recommends Foley's Honey and Tar after exposure to break up a cold and avoid serious results, urging to refuse counterfeit products and buy the genuine in the yellow package from Cagwin the Druggist.
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Foley
Cagwin
Italian traveler aims for Colo finds Cole mix up
An Italian arriving from Italy told a New York agent he wanted to go to Colo. In Colorado he spoke with Italian laborers and learned he confused Colo with Cole, a common map abbreviation mix up that led to the misdirection.
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Colo
Italy
New York
Colorado
Cole
Millonaire Tramp delights Deadwood audience at Armory show
A full house at the Armory opera house applauded the Deadwood production of Millonaire Tramp last night. Harry Todd starred in the title role delivering a blend of humor and pathos with expert range while Lorenzo Muszar as Dr Staley and Gertrude Steele as Theresa Hampton provided strong support. The cast overall was competent and the play’s well crafted story drew sustained audience admiration. The article notes the performance occurred Monday night November 18.
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Deadwood Theatre
Harry Todd
Lorenzo Muszar
Dr. Staley
Gertrude Steele
Theresa Hampton
Deadwood Daily Pioneer Times
Armory Opera House
Story City Seeks New Northwestern Depot Site
Story City pushes a new depot location after years of seeking a station house with no success. Brother Olson of the Herald proposes condemning the smoky old depot as a public health menace to force action. A croup remedy endorsement from Turner, Michigan, praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for families. Judisch Bros. sell it.
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Story City
Northwestern
Brother Olson
The
Herald
Rosinthal
Turner, Mich
Judisch Bros
Ames Ordinance Vacates Duff Avenue West Eight Feet
City of Ames Iowa adopts ordinance to vacate the west eight feet of Duff Avenue from Boone street to the Chicago Northwestern Railway right of way. Payment of one dollar by B A Lockwood Grain Co and F N Fowler secures operative effect and conveyance by mayor and clerk to the abutting owners.
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Duff Avenue
Boone Street
Chicao- Northwestern Railway
City
Ames
Iowa
Chicago Northwestern Railway
B. A. Lockwood Grain Co
F. N. Fowler
A. B. Maxwell
Parley Sheldon
Public figure Bourke Cochran arrested briefly in New York
Noted statesman Bourke Cochran was arrested on a charge of illegal voting in New York and released after police learned his identity. The incident reportedly amused Cochran, who left the station whistling a quip about his quick release.
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Bourke Cochran
America
New York
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