The Jig Is Up Limpy Wilson Faces Trial
Jim Wilson a lifelong thief with a game leg is trapped when detective Cap confronts him at dinner with Alice. Cap offers a choice: keep the girl and brace up or hand her over for help and five thousand dollars. Jim chooses to turn himself in, hoping Alice remains unaware of his crimes.
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Jim Wilson
Jim
Wilson
New York
Chicago
Alice
Papa
Mississippi
State Street
Sing Sing
Limpy
Cap
York
Jan
Liberty
Women in Politics Spark Reform Drive in Indiana City
In Richmond Indiana Mrs G A Knollenberg leads a female push for honest government defeating a corrupt eight year mayoral machine. Women across cities like New York Philadelphia and Toledo mobilize voters, literature distribution and street campaigns to promote clean administration and curb graft.
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G. A. Knollenberg
Richmond
Indiana
New York
Jerome
Reform
The
Boston Herald
Grover Cleveland
Philadelphia
Rudolf Blankenburg
Owen Wister
Miss Jennings
Weaver
Toledo
Quaker City
Hether
Army Regulations Honor the National Colors and Anthem
Amendments prescribe stand at attention for all officers and enlisted when The Star Spangled Banner is played on formal military occasions and at posts. Salute at the last note, with similar respect for foreign national anthems. Flag display mandated at dawn of action or battle at coastal forts.
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Army
United States
Grand Old Man of Japan Compared to European Rulers
Hirobumi Ito is described as the Grand Old Man of Japan, likened to Peter the Great for Russia and to Richelieu for France under Louis XII, highlighting his pivotal role in Japan's diplomatic history.
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Hirobumi Ito
Japan
Peter the Great
Russia
Richelieu
France
Louis XII
Mrs Smartwood Dies in Pennsylvania at 47
Mrs Samuel Smartwood died in Pennsylvania at age 47. She married at 14 and had her first child soon after turning 15, leaving twenty five children. The obituary notes two sets of...
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Samuel Smartwood
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Milliners Ware and Bird Protection Law
State game officials announce Massachusetts law prohibiting the use of song and insectivorous bird plumage in hats and dress. Milliners and wearers are warned that possession or display of prohibited birds or feathers will be vigorously enforced with arrest as a potential consequence.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Commonwealth
State Game Commission
Global letter writing totals reveal 1994 leaders
The United States mailed 4.109 billion letters in 1994, roughly matching combined volumes from Great Britain and Germany. France sent 844 million letters, no other nation surpassed 500 million. Germany led in postal cards with 1.161 billion, while the United States issued 770 million.
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United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Medical note on a patient緑 death before anaesthetic trial
A hospital note describes a negro patient who agreed to a free treatment and a new anaesthetic, died within a minute before the operation began, and was not performed. Doctors concluded death would have occurred under any anaesthetic, and the procedure would have caused distress to the victim.
Prentice on Poetry and a Handsome Girl’s Preference
A Prentice remark asserts that the poetry a handsome girl loves most is written with a moustache on her lips, reflecting a witty take on taste and style in literature.
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Prentice
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Serena
Columbia Novelty CO
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East
Mass
Holiday Presents
Pateman
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HEWES
Potter
Balberin
Dent
Lincoln St
Martin Pire Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
National Photographic Chemical Company
St. and Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
Ernest
Haskell
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
St. Louis Republic
Cpic
N. Y
N. ¥. Globe
Doubleday, Page & CO
East 16Th St
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