Marry in a Hurry in Broad Street Station Runaway Romance
In Philadelphia a Baltimore pair wed within 95 minutes from meeting. Charles MacGregor, 30, and Estelle Meyers Snack, 22, met at 4 p.m. after he returned a dropped purse. They proposed at 4:14 and married at 5:35 with Rev. David T. Neely officiating, then left for Atlantic City on their honeymoon.
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Philadelphia
Charles MacGregor
Estelle Meyers Snack
Baltimore
Snack
Atlantic City
Broad Street
MacGregor
David T. Neely
Asquith Street Presbyterian Church
Goebel
Electric light moth trap halts Saxon caterpillar plague
In Zittau Germany authorities deploy a novel pest control using electric lights and exhaust fans atop the municipal power station. Two reflectors lure brown moths over a deep receptacle and air currents sweep thousands into the trap. On opening night three tons were captured and another trap planned for the Rathaus tower.
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Zittau
Germany
Rathaus
Insects Sought by Iowa College for Education Sets
Ames residents face insect civil war as the state college extension seeks 40 000 specimens by the first freeze. Regular catchers and new hires collect common and rare bugs to mount into sets for winter short courses and rural schools teaching which insects are beneficial or harmful.
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Ames, In
Ames
State College Extension Department
Iowa
Cat Finds a Home by Auto in N Y Trip
Mr and Mrs Miles Hanchett of Winsted Connecticut travel from Orange New Jersey to Falls Village via Pills Village and Suffern New York. A half grown kitten boarded their car unknown to the couple. The cat leaped back to the machine after each roadside removal and finally the couple delivered it to Falls Village where it sat calmly for the remainder of the journey.
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Falls Village
Idaho Falls farmer powers farm with electricity
Thomas W. Lee of Idaho Falls New York claims to be the first to farm by electricity. His 2000 acre Bungalow tract uses a 25 horsepower electric system to run pumps mills and machinery. He compares electricity favorably to steam noting lower first year costs and ongoing savings while stressing reliability and fire safety.
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New York
Thomas W. Lee
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Lee
Idaho Falls
Making Up the Bed Proper Arrangement of Clothes and Mattress
Advice on bed making for hot nights emphasizes a cool comfortable sleep. It covers linen choices masonry of mattress springs, timing for bed making, airing sheets, laddering laundry, and avoiding heat trapping spreads. It urges linen sheets, cold iron pressing, proper pillow size, folding, and placing the bed away from walls to improve air flow and cooling.
Gave Life to Win Game by Losing Mine Fall
Willie Rainey, 12, saved a twilight baseball game in Pittsburg by holding onto the ball as a bat sailed toward him. He slipped into an abandoned coal mine beneath the outfield, breaking a leg and suffering serious internal injuries. He was rescued after about 30 minutes.
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Pittsburg
Willie Rainey
Cazzan’s Hill
Rainey
Salad Dressing and Jelly Glasses from Home Recipes
A compact collection of kitchen guidance detailing a quick butter flour ink egg dressing and a French dressing with sugar mustard paprika onion and lemon juices plus olive oil and vinegar. Also instructions to make jelly glasses by heating soaked cord and burning with turpentine to lift bottle tops.
Ansonia Baker Loses $200 Sat on Clothesline
William Wilhelmy, a baker from Ansonia, drove to Woodbury to visit his brother. Caught in a rainstorm, his wet trousers were exchanged for the borrowed pair. Returning home, he found a crowd admiring $200 in wet money hanging on a clothesline, the hired girl unaware the bills were money.
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Ansonia
Conn
William Wihelmy
Woodbury
Wilhelmy
Morey
Coffee Fromage and Custard Desserts
Coffee Fromage describes a coffee gelatin mold mixed with whipped cream and cooled to set, a rich coffee custard method yields cups served hot or cold. Apple Meringue and Bitter Almond Pudding give baked apple layers with meringue and a maple sugar custard with almond flavor.
How to Tell Pure Water Inexpensively
Simple home test shows if well water is safe. Fill a two thirds full glass bottle with water and a half teaspoon of granulated sugar. Cork tightly and place in a warm room for 48 hours. If the water becomes cloudy or milky the water is unfit for use.
Pineapple and Orange Salad with Lettuce and Mayo
A vintage recipe note suggests combining pineapple cubes with orange sections, chilled on ice, served on lettuce hearts with mayonnaise. Also includes a baked fish dish with toasted bread crumbs and a milk egg flour dressing, plus a summer lemon soda drink with tartaric acid and egg whites.
Rockwell awards prize for thriftiest corn stalk
Rockwell, Iowa, claims the most thrifty stalk from a garden near town. An exhibit in a local store features a cornstalk with 418 ears, normal size and silked for maturity. The plant grew on leased land adjacent to Rockwell, said to be like no other corn grower has seen.
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Towa
Rockwell
To Avoid Burning Cakes With Pan Spacing
A kitchen tip suggests placing two equal cake pans with a small air gap between them to slow heat transfer and prevent burning. The author emphasizes adjusting pan spacing to achieve even baking.
Primitive Recipe Fragment From A Lost Notebook
A fragment describes mixing gorn pudding with one gan corn chopped fine two eg three beaten eggs separately one cup milk pine of galt one teaspoon sugar one tablespoon melted butter then beat until light bake half an hour at moderate heat.
Dandelion Coffee Preparation Instructions
The text describes making a coffee substitute from dandelion roots. Wash roots, trim outer brown layer, cut small, roast to brown and dry, grind and boil in water like coffee.
Arrest in Ashland as Mrs Stein and Mrs Bayard held
In Ashland Ohio Aug 21 Prosecuting Attorney Frey announced charges of complicity in the murder of Morris Stein and Hester Porter against Mrs Morris B P Stein and her mother Mrs Sarah Bayard both of Des Moines. Extradition warrants will be sought. two bullets could not be traced. the women were detained and Mrs Stein urged her mother to prepare to go.
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Ashland
George
Frey
Morris B. P. Stein
M&s
Sarah Gayard
Nes Moines
Morris Stein
Hester Porter
Iowa
Norade
Porter
Total Detectives
Loudonville
Stein
Bigamy Charge Dropped or Trial on Desertion Only
New York August 21 District Attorney’s representative says all charges except desertion will be dropped when William M Carley’s case goes to trial Carley denies marriage to Miss Solomon The DA’s office will press the case and an inquiry into whether the marriage was solemnized in Iowa or elsewhere is pursued Council Bluffs Iowa August 21 William M Carley and Gussie Solomon wed in Council Bluffs though she gave the name Augusta The license records show a January 1 1907 marriage with both parties aged 30 and residents of Des Moines Justice E B Gardiner performed the ceremony Road Agrees With Operators Washington August 21 Terms of a nine hour act interpretation agreement between Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and its telegraphers released The pact says two telegraphers per shift for day and night workers total nine hours in a twelve hour span constitutes a day’s work and nine hours should not be split into more than two periods With three operators nine hours in an eleven hour period counts as a day’s work but again not more than two periods.
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Goebel
John J. Robinson
MacGregor
Robinson
Saunders Avenue
Atlantic City
City
W. M. Carley
New York
Jerome
Carley
William M. Carley
Miss Solomon
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Wiliam M. Carley
Gussie Solomon
Gussie
Augusta
Des Moines
E. B. Gardiner
Road
Washington, D. CG
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Chamber backs arbitral treaties with United States and others
Suisbon reports the chamber of deputies approved arbitral treaties with the United States and several other nations on the 19th, signaling progress in international agreements.
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United States
Suisbon
Chamber of Deputies
La Follette to launch reform weekly in Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Aug. 21. Senator Robert La Follette plans a new weekly newspaper following a split with Senator Stephenson. The paper will resemble Bryan's Commoner, aiming for 10,000 guaranteed subscribers, then launch as a reform organ.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Robert la Follette
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Thomas Baldwin
Fort Meyer
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Cat
N.Y
Mrs. Stein
Mrs. Bayard
Johnston
Andrew Brackett
William McGrath
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Clark Street
Brackett
Teachett
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