Gotham Girl Removes Hatpin From Pup Gypsy
Miss Mabel Barnes a surgical nurse operated on her American bull pup Gypsy to remove a 60 inch hatpin stuck in the dog’s system for over a month. The dog’s appetite and affection remained, and the owner retrieved the pin with forceps after a failed initial diagnosis of rheumatism. The remarkable case highlights a successful home surgical effort.
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Ni York
Gypsy
Mabel Barnes
Miss Barnes
Misa Barnes
Philadelphia Sucker Not So Easy in Wire-Tapping Raid
Thirteen New York men duped by a Philadelphia man in a horse race wire tapping scheme were arrested after detectives raided two dens. McDonald posed as a Western Union manager and tipped police, leading to raids on the Breslin in New York and a Philadelphia hotel.
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Hiladelphia
New York
Philadelphia
Charles McDonald
Camden
McDonald
Western Union
Racing Information Bureau
Walton
McCormick
Women Rule Roost in Lone Star State
A Texas city profile shows women in leadership across ranching dairying mail routes and mining. Texas women own and operate wells and steel projects, ride and tame horses, rope and tie steers swiftly, and influence commerce and culture, proving the conquering force of determined women.
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Lone Star State
Texas
Menger
Los Angeles Water Project Aqueduct Overview
OS ANGELUS Six years ago Los Angeles voters approved a 24000000 bond issue to finance a monumental water supply system. The 250 mile aqueduct from Owens lake will serve two million people, crossing Death Valley foothills and Sierra Madre, with vast earth canals and concrete conduits, requiring railways roads water mains and extensive facilities before the system enters Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Owens Lake
Owens River
Walla
Mojave Desert
Death Valley
United States
Grand Canyon dam plan would flood vast canyon for lake
A bold proposal urges building a 700 foot high dam across the Grand Canyon to form a 7 mile by 35 mile lake. Water would flow at 30,000 cfs to irrigate 5 million acres, with government control and wide regional interest. The piece extols the canyon’s grandeur while outlining massive engineering and societal implications.
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Grand Canyon
Arizona
United States
California
Nevada
Ble
Southwest
Europe
Panama Canals
Notable telescope spy turns to town gossip
A man narrates how his wife, using a rooftop telescope, uncovers a flurry of local dramas. She identifies names and couplings from their town, outpacing his years of celestial observing. The tale ends with a quip that she made more discoveries in an hour than he did in months.
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Grand Canyon
Green River
Gulf of California
Arizona
Arizona Plateau
Switzerland
Massachusetts
Delaware
Conecticut
Rhode Island
Allegheny Mountains
Rockies
Colorado River
Thomas Moran
Capitol
Washington
Vance
Jimmy DeCourcy
Dr. Baltitude
Josie
Summerville
Shannon Ellis
Browns
What a Heartless Husband Left Me a Check
A woman accuses Algernon of cruelty after he leaves a dated signed check without an amount, claiming to be away for a week. Her friend consoles her in a boudoir scene, calling him a monster and heartless. The exchange reveals emotional distress over marriage.
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Algernon
Judge
The End of a Wardrobe With Miss Sparhawk
Miss Sparhawk narrates her habit of buying outfits suited to occasions and getting long wear from dresses. She recalls a gingham dress aged beyond its usefulness after eight years, used in Sundays, sewing circles, errands, and housework, now fit only for rag bag.
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Sparhawk
Canby
Matches and the City of New York’s Lightning Pace
The piece crafts a vivid portrait of New York as the world’s top match making and breaking hub. It notes Queensborough’s 100000 cubic feet of lumber split yearly to produce 15500 million matches, plus imports of 200000 million annually. It compares consumption to the United States output and imagines lengths of matches stretching across the continent.
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New York
Queensborough
United States
Father Knickerbocker
Papa Takes Stand in Family Home Fight
In a Galveston News vignette a stubborn father declares the house must be homelike or they will move to a hotel. He enforces rules, moves the sofa to the woodshed, and ultimately returns to readings slippers in hand as the family retires.
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Papa
Gol
Daugher
Fim
Galveston
Japan Likes Her Birds and Their Beneficial Role
The Wide World notes Japan protects swallows and martins to control crop pests. The birds are revered as messengers to the gods and invited to nest in homes and hotels, with several nests observed in a hotel dining room for safe brood rearing.
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Japan
Swallow
Martin
Supposition and bravado cross the equator
Fragmentary dialogue shows Reasonabis and Little Mr Blegs trading bold talk with hints of dates and theories. The excerpt captures a playful, racially coded voice from Puck about crossing the equator and suggesting a possible theory or dating angle amid performance of power. The tone remains sardonic and satirical.
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Mr. Blegs
de Equator
Puck
Forbidden Sweets and Denunciations in Gossip Column
A column fragment shows Robson denying kissing rumors. It retorts with sour grapes and questions why such remarks persist. The chatter notes his wife’s appearance and implies he cannot kiss her, while suggesting Robson is too observant to pursue others.
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Robson
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