Pilot brings self as European society courier
Robert P. Vandevelde, 23, tall and ambitious, claims to guide wealthy Americans through Europe as a gentleman courier. He asserts he can place families in London society and Phyllis court during Henley week, knows routes, hotels, and etiquette, and will lend his car. He says he speaks several languages and was born into gentility.
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York
Robert P. Vandevelde
America
Europe
Vandevelde
St. Moritz
Prince of Wales
Dublin
London
Phyllis Court
Henley
Newmarket
Ascot
Goodwood
Great Britain
Air
Ex New Yorker Hyde jailed in Paris taxi crash
AMES HAZEN aka the most Parisian American and the most American Parisians has been sentenced in a French court to one month in prison and fines for crashing a public taxicab in Paris injuring a passenger. Hyde fled the scene and stayed abroad during the trial becoming an exile. Once a leading New York social figure linked to an insurance scandal he left the United States declaring the country crude and materialistic yet said he would remain an American citizen.
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Ames. Hazen
Hyde
Ladwice
Paris
France
Mr. Hyde
New York City
United
United States
America
Queen of Kitchen Losing Her Throne in New York
A quiet revolution signals change in domestic labor as John N. Bogart reports shift from private cooks to apartment workers. Cooks in private homes fall 21 percent while waitresses rise 11 percent. Growth of apartment living reduces private staffing and strains agencies, with mutual dissatisfaction and complaints noted.
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New York
John N. Bogart
Chanize
Bogart
Fight over Uncle Ben Richardson estate ends in long court battle
New York lingered probate dispute regarding Benjamin Richardson known as Uncle Ben, who died in 1885 leaving an estate valued between 10 and 15 million dollars mostly in real estate. The case before Supreme Court Justice Davis involves nullifying the 1898 peace agreement among heirs and executors and seeks removal of surviving executor William T. Washburn amid alleged malfeasance. Edward B. Whitney is referee to take testimony and report.
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Benjamin Richardson
Joseph Richardson
New York City
Richardson
Ben
Square House
Fort Lincoln
Twenty-fifth Street
Cape Horn
San Francisco
New York
Harlem
Supreme Court
Davis
William B. Richardson
William T. Washburn
Edward B. Whitney
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful To Canton Couple
Mrs Josiah Straw of Canton South Dakota says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved rheumatic pains weakness and kidney irregularities after use. Her husband reports a similar benefit and they both recommend the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Josiah Straw
N. Broadway
Canton
Dak
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Where Pat Drew The Line In The Pit
Pat, after three days digging a well, refuses to work with a bulldog faced foreman's recruit. As Towser peers over the pit edge, Pat mutters about past employers and asserts he will not work with a man who bears the bulldog’s visage. The scene ends with Pat choosing to walk away rather than continue beside the speaker.
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Pat
Towser
Frightened Pup Gee Inspires Odd City Tale
A humorous note recalls rumors of a female dog catcher amid a town’s unusual scare. The brief item highlights local color and playful gender observations without naming people or places.
Sure Cure for Tuberculosis Misrepresented by Quacks
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis says fresh air rest and wholesome food are the only sure cures for consumption. It denounces numerous claimed remedies as misrepresentation or fakes by self styled doctors or specialists.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
National Association
Standing Fad and Dixie Collecting Fads
A wandering cigar-band seller confronts Remus on his porch asking about fads in Dixie. Remus replies with humor about ongoing collections, specifically the “pickaninnies en dogs” collection, reflecting a hurtful stereotype from the era.
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Remus
Dixie
LIGHT BOOZE Do You Drink It
A minister s wife describes coffee addiction during nurse training night shifts and relief after switching to Postum. She reports bilious attacks and nervous strain ended after a year, praising Postum as a breakfast beverage and noting clearer nerves and steadier head. The message urges reading a booklet titled The Road to Wellville and claims new letters appear regularly as genuine reader stories.
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Wollville
Pretzel Test for Beggars Highlights Dr During
Dr Herman L During head of the Philadelphia City Mission has long aided the poor and devised a pretzel test for beggars. If a beggar declines a big German pretzel and eats it, he is honest. if he refuses, he is a fraud. In Bala he recounted a dialogue about rough city life and a girl recalling a nurse’s kiss at Hennyman hospital.
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Herman L. During
Philadelphia City
During
Bala
Rimalley
Maggie
Hennyman Hospital
Who Said Them In Class With a Cherub on Bench
A classroom moment recalls the phrase Suffer the little children to come unto me recited by a cherub on the front bench. Later the teacher asks who spoke the words and a larger boy answers That little feller down there pointing to the cherub.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered as Blood Remedy
Catarrh is claimed to be a blood or constitutional disease best treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on the blood and mucous surfaces, not a local remedy. A physician endorsed formula combines tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials available. Toledo, Ohio. 75 cents. Sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for control.
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Tiall
Tinll
Tree
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Hall
City beautiful movement urged for public spirit and health
The Birmingham News argues the city beautiful movement benefits individuals and the community, aiding property owners and households and linking public health to civic pride. It asks readers if they are contributing and where their public spirit lies.
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City Beautiful
Birmingham News
The Scrubwoman’s Lunch Caused City Flat Dispute
A city flat dweller recalls allowing a scrubwoman a lunch break, but the worker charged extra for the hour she took to eat. The piece frames a domestic dispute over fair compensation for gap time. Castoria is noted as a long standing product in unrelated ad text.
The Secret Out and Other House Remedies
A collage of brief consumer notices and testimonials for medicines and remedies. Includes Lane's Family Medicine claims to improve complexion, Allen's Foot-Ease testimonials, Marine Dye Remedy for eyes, Garfield Tea offer, and assorted quips about newspapers and fashion. For readers, it mirrors early 20th century advertising and domestic cures with minimal narrative.
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Lane
Beekeeping Demonstration Ends With Jittery Slapdance
In Philadelphia a bee demonstration at the Philadelphia Bee Keepers association meeting turned chaotic when Harold Horner of New Jersey entered a large wire cage housing about 10 000 Italian bees. Bees swarmed, stung him about eyes ears and neck as attendees watched, but Horner completed the transfer of honey makers between hives despite swelling and chaos.
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Philadelphia
Bee Keepers’ Association
Harold Horner
New Jersey
United States
L. M. Weaver
W. ER. Flower
Italy
Mr. Horner
Black Hand
Bear captured by farmer near Pawnee Oklahoma
A bear was captured nine miles east of Pawnee by farmer J. G. Adams. The bear, named Jurga, was found in a tree. Adams roped the animal, lowered it from the tree, and brought it to his home.
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Pawnee
Okla
Here
J. G. Adams
Jurga
Adams
Omen Talk Boosts Faith In Psychic Phenomena
Georgetown Del. Faith in psychical ideas grows after Mr and Mrs Pepper recount actual converse with an omen. They say a message claimed Mrs Pepper was sought by a sick brother crying for her, confirmed next day by a telegram. The Society of Psychical Research in New York is investigating the case.
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Georgetown
Del
Alfred A. Popper
Mrs. Pepper
Society of Psychical Research
New York
Peppers Gay
Mr. Pepper
Pepper
Azzie
Peppers
Amanda
Ghost light haunts Worcester Northbridge village
In Worcester Mass and Northbridge a mysterious light appears nightly on a high ledge near Wayside. About 200 residents gather, armed men ascend the ledge to pursue it, but the light zigzags, climbs a pine, and vanishes into a pond, leaving families nervous and some planning to move.
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Worcester
Mass
Northbridge
Wayshie
Girl Poses as Man Becomes Woman After Eight Years
Maude Allen alias Slias Harry Allen lived as a man for eight years, five years teaching in county schools. Found in a hospital after recovery, she was fined 50 dollars and ordered to wear women's clothing within four hours. She began cross-dressing at 16 to pursue a better life.
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Baltimore
Maude Allen
Slias
Harry Allen
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