Just Plain Frauds Smugglers Watched by U S Customs Inspectors
A New York Letter recounts U S customs officers aboard a revenue cutter shadowing an Ocean liner off Fire Island. Inspectors question families docking in New York, inspect baggage, and describe tricks smugglers use including diamonds hidden in clothing, linings, or beneath a baby's long dress.
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Fire Island
New York
Narrows
United States
Lucania
Blue Coats
Washington
Broadway
National Capital
America
Frederick Boyd Stevenson
Steinbachs Holiday Goods Selling
Steinbachs Holiday Goods advertises framed pictures rare bric a brac artistic furniture rugs crockery glassware cushions draperies plated ware holiday wear and toys. It promises broad selections for all ages with prices as low as or lower than larger city department stores and claims to rival pretentious competitors.
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Steinbach
Asbury Park
Monmouth
Ocean Counties
Beaten by His Father in Humiliating Bicycle Race
A former Pittsburgh cyclist recalls a ten mile road race where his father, learning to ride, unexpectedly beat him. The leader of the pack and farmers, fooled by a clever deception, chased the son while the father finished first. The rider recounts the farcical finish and his own embarrassment.
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Pittsburgh
The Latest Muff Styles in Fur Ornaments
Detroit articles describe tiny fur bags on silver chains for wrists or belts and fur chokers in directoire style worn with street dresses or coats. A London despatch notes sixty American Socialist Democrats arriving in Wellington, New Zealand seeking settlement under its liberal laws.
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Directoire
Detroit Free Press
New Zealand
London
Times
Wellington
Sailor's Narrow Escape From Shark-Hazed Sea
Sylus Johnson, a sailor aboard the British steamer Ellamy, fell overboard about 200 miles from St Vincent on a voyage from Cape Verde. Sharks circled him as he swam, but Second Mate Ausborn and First Officer Nicholson rescued him in a small boat and returned him to the ship.
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Sylus Johnson
Elilamy
Johnson
Ausborn
Nicholson
Historic coat of arms gifted to Helena Alderman Zayas
Cuban relics presented to Alderman H J Zayas of Helena Montana include a Spanish coat of arms once hung in Havana I Plaza Vieja It was taken down during the 1895 revolution and a Cuban man executed for insulting the crown The tale includes a colonial incident ending with a death and a long line of family connections to US presidents and wars plus several unrelated brief notices and jokes from the era
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H. J. Zayas
Helena
Mont
Chicago Times- Herald
Havana
Plaza Vieja
Perfecto Lacoste
Alfredo Zayas
Onofre Gomez
Jose Gonzalez
Cabanas
Ramon Perez Novas
Careel
Rooster Transformed Into Egg Laying Hen in Edgewater
John Marshall, former city officer from Edgewater, finds his prized fighting rooster has transformed into a hen that lays eggs. The bird altered appearance after confinement, losing tail, spurs, and comb while color changes occurred. Marshall suspects a world wonder and reports the odd case after observing the egg laying.
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Edgewater
John Marshall
Chicago Exchange
Springfield
Marshall
Chicago
Self-Acting Toy and Lesson Recalled by Cincinnati Enquirer
A dealer shows a toy described as self acting, with the boy seeking the history behind it. The seller selects a model from the shelf and notes the toy repeats itself, as referenced by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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Lock Haven
Jane Elizabeth Waggoner
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Atlaanta
Sherman
Gardner
Wan
Philippines
Carlisle
Chicago Record
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Rooster
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Papa
Chichgo
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