Pauline Chase Loses Lover to Ex Royal Favorite
London gossip recounts Pauline Chase the American actress losing her engagement to Nicholas Wood after a royal favorite, famed for luring wealthy men, is said to have interfered. The tale recounts how the ex-queenly matchmaker once helped a marquis, forged letters, and retrieved stolen jewels, ending with Queensberry praised by London society.
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Cible
London
Nicholas
Wond
Birmingham
Pauline Chase
Ascot
Newmarket
Nicholas Wood
Great Gorilla Terrorizes Barley Border Villagers
Geneva reports a escaped gorilla from Africa is severing fear near Barley in Fri Bourg Canton. A wealthy explorer housed the animal. a servant found the door broken and a laborer saw a hairy figure. Locals fear raids and forest dwellers flee as night roars echo.
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Geneva
Berley
Canton
Fribourg
Africa
Barley
Uae
Peters Shoe Co Salesmen Parade Through St Louis During Convention Week
Peters Shoe Co salesmen from across the United States gather in St Louis for a week of instruction and new line familiarization. An automobile parade through business districts, parkways, and elite streets caps the convention, followed by a banquet at the Mercantile Club and departure with spring stock.
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Peters Shoe Co
St. Louis Inn
Automobile Parade
St. Louis
Mercantile Club
Gelling
United States
Hephzibah Home Aids Macon’s Helpless Infants Today
A Macon Georgia feature outlines Hepazibah Home on Second Street, run by Misses Bettie and Mollie Tyler and sister, aiding infants and toddlers with motherly care. The article notes a growing census, fundraising drives for a new building, and adherence to strict adoption contracts to protect children from immoral homes, while praising the charity’s work and prayerful approach.
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Bereau
Second Street
Macon
Forath Road
Crump’s Park
Bettie
Mollie
Tyler
Monroe
Belingbrooke
Ilag
Ler
Georgia
Rome
Women of Nordhaugen Fight Dress Ban in Town Decree
In Nordhaugen the municipal council bans ground touching gowns for sanitary reasons. Women face fines up to three and imprisonment on third offense while skating trains are allowed if held up. A resistance league vows to wear long skirts and defy enforcement.
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Sperial
Nordhaugen
AML
Tts
Ths
League of Resistance
Overdid It Philadelphian Claim Sparks Debate
Fragmentary Philadelphia Press text shows a heated reflection on politicians and public response. Amid garbled lines, it hints at voters discarding a shrinking official, while women’s devotion to findings about children and motherhood surfaces in the disjointed discussion.
Bluffed by a Dummy Rube the Fire Horse Becomes Quiet
A large sorrel horse named Rube at No 8 engine house was nuisanced by nightly pawing of his stall. A caucus led to a bluff using a dummy man and whip. Rube reacted to the sight of the dummy only when watched, then settled down. Firemen and neighbors celebrate the successful ruse and now enjoy quieter nights. The story includes local names and details of the bluff.
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No 8
Rube
Beng
No. 8
Compass Mat
Courtney
Peel
RN Haslett
N Huddleston
Malfoy
A Pope
J S Hannah
R [Herdy
Blackwell
Charles Bowen
E T Allen
Abe
Reber
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Merchioners
Mra M
Switzerland
Aalesme
City of
Hephzibah
Bah
Vin
Macon, GA
Geman Fraus
Frauleins
Jareaparilio
Lowell
Mass
Philadelphia Press
Feil
Azhmatan
Peabody Conservatory of Music of
Baltimore
Peabody
In Iiew
Randolph
Texas
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