Tragic Suicide Of Nurse Beulah Ebert In Norfolk Dive
Beulah Ebert a young nurse formerly of Brooklyn was deserted by her sweetheart and found dead in a dirty Norfolk negro dive on Marchanta lane. A bottle of carbolic acid lay near her, a knife on the open Ouida page and a note from a man named Jobo explaining she could not rely on him. An inquest was held as the body awaited burial in Potter's Field.
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Brooklyn
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Ouida
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Basketball at the YMCA Ends with Intermediates Winning
The YMCA game between the Working Boys and the Intermediates was a swift, hard fought contest. The Intermediates triumphed 24 to 20 as the decisive score appeared late in the final period.
Miss Kidder Appears in An Eye for an Eye at Opera House
Kathryn Kidder brings Alexander Donna Fila's great society drama Francillon renamed An Eye for an Eye to the Opera House on February 2. The production, praised as one of the French dramatist's finest works, promises a provocative tale of revenge with the star's personal mystique helping to shield the ending.
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Opera
Kathryn Kidder
Alexander Donna Fila
Francillon
Bolassic
Geniues
Camille
Miss Kidder
Itu
Mississippi Roustabouts Travelers Nomads of the River
Willis Gibson in Scribner's portrays Mississippi roustabouts as itinerant river men, valued for labor yet misperceived as abused. They roam ports from Memphis to Orleans, demand higher wages in fall, and endure harsh foredeck life, working around the clock and yielding to a ship mate's orders.
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Mississippis
Elaes Wiha
Foustabout
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Memphis
Joebels
Memphis Levee
Mississippi Valley
Pittsburg
Orleans
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Willis Gibson
Scribner's
Southern superstitions about luck and bad omens
A column catalogs local beliefs on luck and misfortune, from harming frogs or tickling babies to mirror viewing, cutting nails, or handling dead bodies. It notes consequences like stuttering, illness, or trouble, and offers arcane remedies such as turning pockets inside out or setting shoe soles upward.
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S.S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Straggle With English Noted In Alpine Notice
A Washington citizen recalls a hotel notice read by American tourists abroad that humorously mistranslates to request visitors not to remove bed clothes to view color changes at sunrise. The Washington Star cites the amusing linguistic lapse from foreign notices.
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Washington
Washington Star
American Democracy and the Wall Street Banker Milo Morgan
A critique extols the banker as the embodiment of American commercial might and imperial progress. It portrays Morgan as a Connecticut Yankee who rose to power through personality and business skill, not inheritance, and notes his influence over Wall Street and global finance in an era of expansive American prestige.
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Wall Street and
Broad
Mr. Morgan
Wall Street
Uncle Sam's Public Land and the Home Builders
A critique of public land policy argues that vast tracts remain unsuitable for settlement and that rapid westward filings favor land speculators over genuine settlement. It warns that private concentrations may exclude ordinary citizens from profitable use, stressing the need to curb land grants and preserve land for productive development.
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Public Land
the Home Builders
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Plays Written to Pay Why Not
A columnist muses that plays are written to earn money. Citing Shakespeare and Walter Scott, the piece argues writers seek audience turnout and financial payoff, noting Shakespeare’s aim at profit for Stratford and Scott’s debt battles revealing literary earnings as a practical objective.
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Shakespeare
Stratford
Globe Theater
Walter Scott
Workingman’s Condition Improved by Strikes
A provocative editorial argues that workingman conditions only improve when labor organizations press demands. It praises conservative values of the groups behind strikes while noting the power of capitalists and other interests to yield concessions under pressure.
Farm dog relations and impacts on livestock
A historical note explains dog relations with farm animals, stating dogs are best friends with none, but may forage on sheep and goats as food rather than companionship. It warns that dogs reduce milk flow when wandering through cowpens and that many dogs are worth less than nothing.
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Doga Ag
Greeley Rules Breaks The Word The The
Horace Greeley enforces a rule forbidding the word the in opening or paragraphs of news articles prompting a scene in the editorial room. A foreign desk editor questions how to mention The Hague date without violating the rule, illustrating the tension between style and strict orders.
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Horace Greeley
Hin
Greeley
Correspondenta
Wollittt
North
Scmbler
Ponies Cob Show Downs and Columbine National Flower Notes
A reader asks for pony and cob definitions in polo and the modern usage. The piece cites Hurlingham rules for height and notes the term pony vs horse, with cob as a thickset 13.3 to 14.2 hands. It also discusses Columbine as a favored national flower with red white and blue wild varieties, Latin roots, and decorative uses.
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Badminton Magazine
Netionaires
Tim Notoore
Ofelock
Mab
Ponton
Columbus
Esau and Copyright Question from a Parish Catechism
A town clergyman's Sunday school catechism centers on who Esau is. One young listener blurts that Esau “cal1 bit copyright for mess of potash,” illustrating a humorous misunderstanding of the biblical figure in a Philadelphia Ledger style anecdote.
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Esau
Talkadelphia Ledger
A Uist For the Future
A humorous exchange titled It is a source of great happiness features Mr Baste and Mrs Baste discussing truthfulness and public perception. The snappy dialogue references a birthday and the idea of judging a person by past or present behavior as reported by the New Herald.
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Mr. Baste
James
Mrs. Baste
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