Daring Hold-Up In Front Of Hilman Hotel
In Birmingham on October 22 John Crew, a Louisville and Nashville railroad employee, was robbed of $20 and a gold watch in front of the Hilman hotel. A struggle ensued when the robber, careless during the search of pockets, was tackled by Drew who grabbed the gun. The crowd gathered as the robber fought for his escape and fled with the money.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hilman Hotel
John Crew
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Birmingham Merchants Plan Morning Newspaper Startup
The Birmingham merchants' exchange has decided to form a company to publish a morning newspaper in Birmingham. About $25,000 has already been subscribed. The move follows anger over the lack of real coverage on union labor. Clerks in retail stores threaten a strike over shorter hours, five holidays a year, and other demands, which the merchants' exchange has refused.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Merchants’ Exchange
Exchange
Merchants’ Exchange
Fire Destroys Convict Camp at Pittsburg Camp
Fire destroyed all buildings within the penitentiary stockade at the Durham Coal and Coke company camp in Walker county Pittsburg Tuesday night. No one was injured and 1 of 433 convicts escaped. The news came from the prison commission in Atlanta dated Oct 22.
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Atlanta
Prison Commission
Durham Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg
Walker County
Memphis jockey’s suicide amid illness and despair
In St Louis on October 22 Avery Kelly Ferguson, a Memphis jockey, shot himself in the head in the presence of his brother and a girl named Monnight. Police delayed reporting the suicide after the burial. Ferguson had been ill with typhoid fever for weeks and investigators believe despondency from the illness drove the act.
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Memphis
St Lavais
Avery Kelly Ferguson
Ying
Ferguson
Forty Years for Burglary in Savannah
Savannah on October 22 William Waiters dubbed the mysterious burglar received a forty year sentence in the state penitentiary on two burglary indictments. He had a history of numerous break-ins here before being wounded and captured after repeated raids mainly targeting Lee Roy Meyers residence, raided nearly every night.
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Savannah
Wiliam Waiters
Lee Roy Meyers
U S Cruisers Newark and Detroit Reach Montevideo
The United States cruisers Newark and Detroit arrived at Montevideo on Oct 22 and will proceed to Buenos Ayres next week for dry dock repairs. The American barge Kennebec also arrived after sustaining heavy damages.
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U. S
Montevideo
New York
United States
Newark
Detroit
Herald
Buenos Ayres
Kennebec
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Advertises Diet Remedy
Dieting invites disease and starvation weakens the body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claims to enable the stomach and digestive organs to digest and assimilate food, curing indigestion and stomach troubles. Sold by all druggists.
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All Druggista
Mrs Cummins Credits Paine's Celery Compound For Restoration
A Crafton Pennsylvania resident describes months of insomnia and poor appetite improving after using Paine's Celery Compound. She reports rapid weight gain and renewed appetite after two bottles, following a cousin’s recommendation in August 1903.
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Crafton
Indiana
Paine
Robbers Foiled In Attempted Safe Blow at McCall Bank
Unidentified burglars in Bennettaville Dorchester County DC after midnight on October 22 threatened operator Hood at the central telephone office, tied him and led him to the bank rear room. They made five failed attempts to blow open the large safe with explosives, left Hood in the iron vault and locked. He was found and freed this morning. Bloodhounds aided officers in pursuit.
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Bennettaville
D. C
Central
McCall
Hood
Acre Question Talks Between Brazil and Bolivia Seem Unsettled
New York reporters relay a Rio de Janeiro Herald dispatch stating Brazilian foreign minister Assis de Brasil and delegates, including the envoy to Washington, met Bolivian representatives. They discussed whether Acre beyond the tenth parallel becomes Brazilian, a $5,000,000 payment to Bolivia, and Bolivian rights to ship Acre products to Amazon ports. No agreement was reached, but the modus vivendi expired yesterday and will be extended.
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New York
Golve
Acre
Assis de Brazil
Washington
Saya
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Bolivia
Holivia
Amazon
Fifty Cents A Month Emulsion Boosts Baby Health
A vintage advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion at fifty cents a month, claiming a few drops in each bottle will nourish babies and aid rapid health improvements. It emphasizes the product as essential nourishment missing from ordinary food. Scott & Whem, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott
Scott & Whe
Pearl Street
New York
Decline of Letter Writing Tied to Modern Newspapers
The article argues newspapers reduce the art of letter writing by delivering global news instantly, removing incentive to write to others. It praises the correspondent who can make trivial topics engaging and stresses the letter’s enduring value lies in the writer’s personal voice and simple, natural style.
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Gunton
Goldsmith
The Delights of Nudity and Primitive Instinct
The excerpt argues that despite culture, humans remain barbarians at heart and retain a primal joy in nakedness and movement. It cites Edward Carpenter and Walt Whitman on nude sun baths and natural eating, suggesting walking with dignity will endure until paradise is restored.
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Edward Carpenter
Walt Whitman
Eden
Paradise
Atlantic
Such Birds Come High in a Ninth Avenue Shop
A New York Ninth Avenue store kept a famed canary prized by a German proprietor’s wife who refused a $500 offer. The bird’s music filled the rear corner with a high clear trill, performing the air Lauterbach perfectly then improvising. Also noted: a Philadelphia Ledger quote on a finely bred canary, and an ad for Electric Bitters praising cures for liver and kidney troubles with a 50 cent price. A sobriety test tale ends with a witty retort about which line to walk on.
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Ninth Avenue
New York
Philadelphia Ledger
Not Complaining of That Washington Star Quip
A Washington Star quotation shows a blunt critic telling a senator that some people have more money than brains. The senator replies that most people try to trade brains for money, highlighting a sharp exchange on values and public perception.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
First Thames steamer Marjory in 1814 and Richmond follow
The excerpt recalls the Marjory as the first Thames steamer in 1814 and the Richmond arriving a year later. It then shifts to a testimonial for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure promising complete relief from dyspepsia and related stomach troubles, attributing cures to the product.
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Thames
Marjory
Richmond
Millard Lee to face further respites before execution
Atlanta October 22 Millard Lee will again be respited by Governor Terrell unless the supreme court rules on his case within a week. If a new trial motion fails, he faces hanging. Lee’s lawyers claim the Roan ruling was wrong and may seek further appeal if a new trial occurs. The seventh governor delay is noted. The text also references a quip by John Wesley and an advertisement for Chamberlains Dough Remedy.
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Atlanta
Millard Lee
Terrell
Supreme Court
Lee
Roan
Clifton Flour Sells Best Patent With Money Back Guarantee
From a grocery ad to bank smoking rules and health tips, the page lists Clifton patent flour with a money back guarantee, notes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a trusted cure, and ends with a doctor advising a shifted rising time to beat morning laziness.
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Clifton
Wingfield Cash Grocery
Misers and medical cures in a small talk piece
A casual chat quotes Mr Watts and Mrs Watts on misers and marriage, then shifts to borrowed books and a medical testimonial. Otto Dodd of Ponder Missouri credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing an ugly sore after a year, noting it as the best salve on earth and listing local outlets W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Son's drugstore.
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Otto Dodd
Ponder, Mo
W.J. Smith & Bro
H. RB. Palmer & Son
Hindoo Customs and the Sword in Marriage Traditions
The article describes how swords seal oaths in certain Hindu and European groups and details practices like marrying a sword or a tree to secure polygamous unions in Berar and Kathiawar. It also notes the hourglass and log-keeping procedures aboard Royal Navy ships, including the Teel whistle and the log book.
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Europe
Berar
India
Kathiawar
Troublesome Ants in Colombia Use Foliage Beds
A large Atta cephasotes ant in Colombia devastates plantations by carrying off foliage. A naturalist found the ants use the gathered leaves to create hot beds for incubating eggs, not for food, with the brood later moved to new sites. Decomposed matter is expelled in heaps from nest sites and large hills contain bushels of material.
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Colombia
Lady in mourning helps beggar girl then adopts
In Vienna a woman in costly black gave bank notes to a beggar with three children, then took the two year old girl to a store, returned with the child dressed and drove away in a cab.
Ancient Head Coverings and Syrian Turbans
The hat is a variation and improvement on ancient head coverings. Commentary notes that paintings of Scriptural and oriental life often omit male headdresses. In ancient Syrian life the turban was worn to shield the sun, a practice still seen today.
The Rule Wabbied and a widow’s matchmaking bid
A humorous exchange about courting a young woman named Misa Beauti. The suitor followed a quirky piece of advice to woo her by pleasing her mother Mrs Beauti. The widow mother now apparently seeks marriage instead, complicating the suitor’s plan.
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Biliffera
Biffere
Sirree
Whiffers
Misa Beauti
Two Turks at a French banquet remark on eaten toothpicks
A French banquet ends with humor as a guest declines a toothpick tray saying he has eaten two of the accursed things. The anecdote notes a light exchange and cultural quirk among attendees.
Enfant Terrible and Auntie in a Clever Parable
A Baltimore Herald quips about the animated exchange with Enfant Terrible and Auntie, noting that success rules demand action to prevent stagnation. The playful dialogue hints at driving progress before rust, framing a comic moral.
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Wingfield’s Cash Grocery Store
Cuba
Wingfield
Cash Grocery Store
Broad Street
Athens
The
Acme Brewing CO
Macon
Georgia
New Daily
Mrs. Cummins
Emily
Paine’s
Acre Question
Rea
Botanic
Blood Balm Co
North State
New Decatur
Board of Health
Jacksonville
Fla
Tallerand
Cummers
St. Johns River
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Jno
Cox
Wake
Ark
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R. Palmer & Son
New York Times
DeWitt
E.O. DeWitt
Minera
Mr. Watts
Mrs. Watts
Love Letter
Castoria x
Coe
Hindoo Customs
Eng
London
Mamma
Baltimore Herald
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