Identification and a Bank Check Refusal Frustrate a Woman
A North city bank teller refuses to cash a birthday-check without standard verification, prompting a heated exchange. The unnamed woman insists on proving her identity with a personal history, a tintype, handwriting, and family credentials, including Daughters of the American Revolution lineage, while the teller demands a live witness.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Bunker Hill
Virginia
Stay and Work It Out at the Seaside Boarding House
A bedraggled boarder named Mig Jenks asks for help as working conditions bite. She plans to return to the kitchen despite the hate, requesting a rocker a curtain a better toilet and ten dollars for an extra afternoon while arranging transport with a brother to the seashore tomorrow.
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Norah
Jenks
France's Pawnshops Run by State Behind National Flag
The Paris pawnshops operate under direct government and municipal control with guards and state funding. Borrowers receive about four fifths of value. interest is charged at ten percent annually and sales cover loans and fees. Unclaimed funds go to hospitals. the city uses indirect taxes on losses to aid the needy. Paris hosts the world’s largest pawnbroking business with revenue about 875000 and net profits 37500.
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Joan
France
Luitis
Jowely
Hagiig
Paris
State Department
Changing Attitudes in Turkish Medical Practice
A historical account notes how Turkish women previously refused examinations, with doctors limited by Islamic and traditional rules. It highlights a rapid shift as many women now voluntarily seek medical help, though some holdfast beliefs persist. The piece contrasts past fear of Western medical intrusion with a move toward openness.
Feasts That Kill Says Christmas Dinners Weigh Heavy
Horace Fletcher, famed for extreme chewing, argues overeating at Christmas and Thanksgiving harms health, energy, and life more than wars. He advocates Fletcherism, praising fresh air and thorough digestion while downplaying frequent meals and rarebits, insisting economy in eating could transform society.
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Chicago
Horace Fletcher
Where to Find Authority on State Name Pronunciations
Harper’s Weekly laments the Senate cannot confident ly rule on how to pronounce state names. It cites Bailey Cummins Newlands and others mispronouncing Iowa Nevada Colorado Arizona Wyoming Hawaii and Oklahoma, highlighting a clash of regional accents.
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United States Senate
Loway
Bailey
Cummins
Gallinger
Beveridge
Indiana
Nevada
Newlands
Colorado
Arizona
Oklahoma
Senate
Harper’s Weekly
Horse Killed Man, Then Widow in Carriage Accident
Sunday at 21st and Devereaux streets a frightened horse pulling a buggy crashed. Mrs Christina Crump 45 of Na A15 28th street died from chest injuries soon after. Her seven year old son survived with bruises. Seven weeks earlier her husband died from injuries after a similar incident in the same neighborhood.
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21St
Devereaux
Christina Crump
28Th Street
Detroit Journal
Cure Made by Suggestion in a French Hospital
Josephine, 32, in Alencon hospital since January 22, is in cataleptic sleep with generalized anesthesia. Recurrent nervous fits since youth, now depthless wakefulness and limited senses persist. Dr Paul Farez uses hypnotic suggestion to revive her faculties and muscle memory.
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Paris
Josephine
Alencon
Paul Farez
School of Psychology
Ancient horse ancestor skeleton found in Wyoming
A Wyoming discovery shows a horse ancestor skeleton about fox terrier size with four toes. Found by an exploring party for the American Museum of Natural History, the fossil is the oldest horse precursor yet uncovered, resembling a hippo and a tapir more than a horse.
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New York
Wyomg
American Museum of Natural History
Woman Says Northern Men Inferior in Marriage Quest
Mrs. Keith Donaldson, a 24 year old divorcee living in New York, declares she will never remarry unless a Texan man appears who meets her standards. She contrasts Northern husbands unfavorably with Southerners and foreigners, praising Texas for producing a desirable suitor. Formerly Evelyn Hunter of Memphis, she married a Philadelphian in 1906, separated after two years, and has since lived abroad studying men.
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Rou Oy
Detroit
Bermuda
New York
Keith Donaldson
Reno
Texas
St. Regis
Townsend Horner
Wilkesbarre City Name Copyright Bid Fails
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania failed in an attempt to copyright its city name. The register of copyrights in Washington ruled the city has no legal right to exclusive possession of its name. The decision notes no law secures a city exclusive rights to its name and cites post office authority to name post offices as it sees fit.
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Wilkesbarre
Register of Copyrights
Washington
Post Office Department
Pin Journeys Through the Appendix in Child Patient
At Provident hospital physicians found a straight pin in the appendix of six year old Josephine Shoecraft. The pin traveled over fourteen feet through the esophagus stomach and bowels without perforating walls. She will recover. This remarkable case shows a swallowed pin passing the digestive tract without injury, whereas most such pins perforate an intestine and cause death.
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Chicago
Provident Hospital
Josephine Shoecraft
518 Descendants Claim Mother Is World’s Greatest
Louisville Ky Mrs Jane Morris of Jackson County Cumberland foothills asserts she is the greatest mother with 518 descendants, nearly all living. She notes none of her offspring has ever faced crime charges.
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Louisville, Ky
Jane Morris
Cumberland Mountains
Jackson County
Letter to Whipshire Devon Traces Historic Whipping Tale
A London addressed note to Whipshire Devon arrived in Tiverton. It recalls a century ago rogues and vagabonds were whipped in that region, giving the area the nickname Whipshire now largely forgotten by newer generations.
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London
Whipshire
Devon
Tiverton
Perfectly Good Grievance in a Dentist Office Confrontation
A sharp chinned woman confronts a desk clerk over alleged forgery of dental diplomas and poor work by Dr Pribble. She recounts a chaotic visit crowned teeth, nut sandwiches, and a hasty switch to Dr Tammeck and finally Dr Stubbs, demanding better care. The exchange exposes a tense dispute between patients and dentists over trust, fees, and accuracy of credentials.
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Pribble
Hoison
Emi
Mollie Hess
Dr. Stubbs
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