Poodle Terrier and Cupid A Park Dog Misunderstanding
In a park a poodle Bobby provokes a scuffle with a terrier owned by Dick. A parlor maid and Miss May quarrel over blame, but the pair meet later and identities are cleared. Apologies follow as dogs romp and Cupid hides, while Miss May blushes at the roses.
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Miss May tIs- Jington
Bobby
Miss May
Herbert Frayne
Dek
Mino May Salington
St. Bernard
Charles
Tim
Cupid
Infallible Money-Making System Promoted in London Weekly
A London weekly offers a financier’s pitch claiming saving and compound interest create wealth. It argues many trim expenses and invest a portion at 2 percent, suggesting Britain could generate substantial annual capital and interest. The piece labels this simple approach the only infallible system.
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Eiher
Great Britain
London T. P
A Man of Parts Ends with Sober Judgment
A character described as a man of parts is questioned about honesty. The response asserts he is not dishonest and notes his rare faculty for distinguishing between graft and perquisites.
Police Chief Known for Readiness in Pinch
A brief local tale notes a man always prepared in emergencies, identifying him playfully as the town’s “policemag” figure. The exchange underscores trust in law and order.
Amazing rifle shot uses teeth to pull trigger in Wapakoneta
Al Winemiller, missing both arms, feeds cartridges with his teeth, loads a 22 rifle through a mouth held lever, and fires with a hair trigger. He trains by firing from a stump, aiming at clay pigeons, birds, or bull's eyes, in a remarkable display of ingenuity and skill forged after years of injury.
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Wapakoneta
al Winemiller
United States
Winemiller
Wupek Wheel Company
WiInemiller
Regulation on Sulphuric and Other Acids in London
A new provision under the poisons and pharmacy act requires acids including sulphuric, nitric, hydrochloric and oxalic to be sold in distinctly labeled bottles that can be distinguished by touch from ordinary containers. The label must read Not to be taken, and retailers failing to comply face penalties.
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London
Salta
To Get Thin Paris Diet Advised by Prof Robin
To grow thin one should not fast but eat five meals daily and take gentle exercise. Thin 8 is described as the new cure for obesity and strongly recommended by Prof Albert Robin who treats crowned heads and many aristocrats across Europe.
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Paris
Albert Robin
Europe
Rook Tied as Bird Scarer Fined Farmer in Cheshire
A farmer named Lamb in Neston Cheshire was fined for tying a live rook to a stake to scare birds. The rook had a broken wing and was left in place after the act.
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Rock
London
Lamb
Neston
Cheshire
Pressed Wood Is New Fuel
In California pressed wood emerges as a popular new fuel to replace costly coal. The product from sawdust and shavings, molded under high pressure, burns slowly with intense heat and retails per ton at coal-like prices, earning public favor and promising a bright future.
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Los Angeles
California
Driftwood house rises from a single cabin in 1887
Portland readers learn of a novel driftwood dwelling begun as an 1887 cabin. Built without nails, its rooms and furniture—mission style—use only driftwood and pegs. The home sits near the Pacific, just north of the Columbia River, with materials from across the country and world.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Ocean
Columbia River
Confederate Engine to be Preserved in Grant Park
Atlanta city council adopted resolutions to preserve the Civil War era locomotive Texas in a specially built building at Grant Park. The historic engine had fallen into ruin on a spur track in the city and will be safeguarded as a memorial.
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Atlanta
Texas
Grant Park
Tins of Rats Delivered In Error To Ballina Resident
Tins of rats preserved whole with their tails were found in a packing case delivered by error to a Ballina resident. It later emerged the case was intended for a Chinese resident of the town in New South Wales.
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Ballina
Voige 19 Restored As Friends Pray At Westminster
In Westminster Baptist church Westminster Virginia? Noted planter Thomas Drayter Poore of Ocones county, long stricken with total voice loss, suddenly recovered his speech during revival services after three years of silence. Affidavits confirm the extraordinary restoration witnessed by hundreds as Poore led a joyous hymn and gratitude flowed from the congregation.
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Volea
Charleston
D. C
Thomas Drayter Poore
Ocones County
Poores
Baptist Church
Westminster
Poore
Nene
Westminster Baptist Church
S . Stephens
Planter Poore
Oconoes County
Whale strapped in river near Llanelly after being shot
A whale eight feet six inches long was shot beneath the bridge spanning the Loughor river near Llanelly in Wales, about ten miles from Carmarthen Bay.
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London
Loughor
Llanelly
Wales
Carmarthen Bay
Chased by a pack of fierce wolves near Cedar canyon
Al Hinton, a Colorado rancher, headed out to recover stray cattle and was chased by wolves through Cedar canyon. He killed the pack leader and two others with a shotgun, then escaped with a homesteader who blocked the wolves by feeding them a beef carcass while they fled. Hilton sustained injuries and gun stock was battered.
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Wyo
Cedar Canyon
al Hinton
Colorado
Hilton
Ruef Conducts Bible Class in San Quentin Jail
Abe Ruef former political figure in San Francisco runs a Bible class at San Quentin prison each evening after dinner. What began with two cellmates has grown to about 90 inmates attending before lights out.
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San Quentin
Cal
Abe Ruef
San Francisco
Ruefs Bible Teacher Invited to Sermon Series at Prison
Ruef’s skill as a Bible teacher has been praised throughout the prison and he has received an invitation to deliver a series of sermons in the prison chapel.
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Ruef
New Union Hospital Offers Office Hygiene Course
May Teach Office Hygiene in a novel feature offered to business men by the New Union Hospital. It will direct business and professional men educators and ministers on sanitary conditions under which they should work and the length of time they and their employer should work each day and each year to make the most of their time abilities and health.
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New York
New Union Hospital
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Ohio
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Voige
South Carolina
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