Butte Man Charged After Assault at Opera House
John Maguire, a Montana theater proprietor, claims his stage carpenter Gene Morrison assaulted him at the opera house. Morrison, arrested on assault and battery, surrendered to police after learning of the warrant. Maguire says the attack followed a notice that Morrison's services would end.
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John Maguire
Montana
Northwest
Gene Morrison
Maguire's
Opera House
Maguire
Morrison
Lyden
Mr. Maguire
Dream of a Frozen House and a Plumber in One
A dreamer recalls a frozen house encasing him like a cell with pipes to burst. The vision shifts to phone a local plumber, Killeen, at 21 West Broadway, for repair. The eerie sequence blends fear with a mundane rescue call to the 268 exchange.
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Killeen
West Broadway
Waller’s Long Trip Across the Hills
Major Waller reports a 250 mile crossing of Samar with 18 top men forging ahead through swollen rivers and fog, facing hunger and disease. Many fell ill or died, while others were hospitalized. The mission yielded no insurgent sightings but proved the mountains can be penetrated.
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Washington
Navy Department
Waller
Island
Samar
Williams
Seventh Infantry
Pickering
Langanin
Porter
Basey
Seards
Halford
Lyles
Professional dog washers in Paris waterways
A Wide World Magazine item describes a curious outdoor Parisian trade where a man shampoos a dog standing near the riverbank. The vignette notes the dog’s black fur lathered with soap as the worker scrubs the coat, exemplifying an unusual urban service once seen along the water.
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The
Wide World Magazine
Paris
Earlier Manners in the Senate
A New York Sun report recalls historic senate clashes between Benton and Foote, comparing a recent tumult to older duels of decorum. It recounts Benton and Clay exchanges over Jackson, and Foote’s fiery threats against Hale, illustrating that past sessions held harsher language yet preserved dignity.
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New York Sun
Senate
Thomas H. Benton
Missouri
Henry S. Foote
Mississippi
Benton
General Jackson
Bank of the United States
Henry Clay
Clay
United States
Nashville
Jackson
Mr. Buchanan
St. Petersburg
Mr. Benton
Kentucky
Foote
Tillmanic
Mississippi Statesman
Hale
New Hampshire
Misquoted lines and a wedding miscue from two papers
A Cleveland reader’s guide to misquotations explains famous lines misrendered from Shakespeare Milton and Butler with corrected phrasing. The Baltimore Sun piece recounts how readers confuse phrases while the Washington Star story recalls a naval officer at his wedding flubbing the worldly goods line and the clergy's quip about the missing dowry.
Halibut Express Through Train From Vancouver to Boston
Boston Journal reports a through fish train from Vancouver B C to Boston carrying nine cars of fresh halibut one car of Puget Sound salmon and one car of Squamish Valley hops. It aims to land in Boston Monday morning and matches passenger express speed marking a historic Pacific to Atlantic fish shipment.
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Boston Journal
Vancouver
B. C
Boston
Puget Sound
Pacific
Atlantic
Haliburnexpress
British Columbia
Massachusetts
Vanderbilt
Morgan
Lucullus
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Butte News
Ploye
Seine
Pont D'Lena
Pont Neuf
Victoria
Erally Distorted
Baltimore Sun
Gray
Nathaniel Lee
James iii
Peter
Creas
Pope
Butler
Hudibras
Milton
Henry and
Emma
Matthew Prior
Washington Star
Jtol2a_ m
Symons
Symons Peerless
Faust
Uae
New
Nottingham
Rep
Imperial
Diana
Fowler
Harvard
Symonds Conomists
PEO
ALC
Oweley
Butte
Mont
Eg Roy & Fulton
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