A Brave Girl Finds Release From Mortgage
Eva Morris saves enough money to clear the homestead mortgage after a year of thrift. Eben Reece, a sharp young broker, reveals he managed by deception a prior agent and instead provides the release deed and asks to see Eva again. He then assists with property matters and they form a life partnership.
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Eva Morris
Eva
Eben Reece
Orst
Reece
Mr. Morris
Bva
Sabe
Evans
Deak
Eben Reece Eva
Mr. Reece
Miva
Eben Reese
Potatoes on Delivery? Old Timey Chaffing at Amson's
A Glenwood Avenue matron phoned Amsons to ask for home delivery of a bushel of potatoes. The clerk refused, joking that customers could carry their groceries home in a basket on their shoulder like grandma. The anecdote ends with the irate caller at a loss for words.
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Glenwood Avenue
Amson's
Freakish Animal Bone Bargain Exchange
A quip about bones from a beef and a mutton bone. A boy and his mother discuss cattle with bones and the idea of a curious whole carcass as a purchase. The tone is humorous and broad in rural barter style.
Business is Business. First Surgeon-Did you tell old Mil yons
Two surgeons discuss a medical operation with a grim joke about cost and consent. The exchange notes that Mil yons’s widow will stand for a large sum, hinting at a sensational, possibly scandalous public notice or town gossip item.
Not On Her List Stray Story Snippet
A fragment from Stray Stories describes a social moment where a woman notes inviting few men to a party. The speaker challenges the notion of meeting someone named blu, implying social exclusivity in a garden party setting.
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Blu
Mrs. Adams Leads Prosecution in Bopp Explosion Trial
Annette A. Adams, assistant United States district attorney, stepped in for the ill district attorney in San Francisco. She opened for the government, led the case, and secured a verdict for the United States.
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Annette A. Adams
United States
San Francisco
Suffragette Stirs Studio Curiosity in Gotham Gossip
A fragment from a Gotham Flow humor piece asks if a stenographer could lose her job after a wife becomes a suffragette. The dialogue hints at workplace change and gender roles with playful banter about duty and succession.
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Gotham
Coop
Nix
Incautious Burglar Spoiled by Householder’s Paint
A man who did odd jobs at home boasted of new paint on his house. After finishing the exterior he awoke to a burglar climbing a ladder to the second story. The householder cried out warning the thief to beware the paint.
Stand by President as Partisanship Faces Temporary Halt
The Washington Herald argues Congress should unite behind President Wilson amid his war, tariff, and treasury pressures. It warns of a fiscal deficit and calls for leaders to rally bankers and the press in support, urging Congress to lead and the country to stand by the president.
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Washington Herald
Congress
House of Representatives
Wilson
Clark
Mann
Hobson
Abraham Lincoln
Europe
Mexico
United States
Internal GOP struggles cloud next house speakership
The article notes Republican friction over selection of a speaker for the next chamber with James R. Mann as a potential GOP candidate facing insurgent opposition. Observers see a possible compromise candidate if Republicans stay split. Speaker Clark faces no intra party challenge unless Democrats win control, when he would likely become the next speaker.
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James R. Mann
House
Mann
Clark
New Salmon Roe Process Turns Waste Into Treasure
A Russian immigrant with sturgeon roe experience has demonstrated a method to turn vast salmon roe waste into a delicious product. Epicures say it surpasses Russian caviar and expect it to become a major byproduct next year, showing how the industry can transform discarded materials into valuable goods.
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Yillar
Epicures
They'll All Lose War Ends Record
Editorial states that after the war every nation will be a loser, echoing an early remark that no one won in the San Francisco earthquake.
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All Nations
San Franciso
Atchison Globe
Winter Bicycle Sled Adventurer On Canadian Snow
A Canadian man adapted a bicycle into a snail‑sled by removing the front wheel and attaching a sled to the forks. The device, described by Science Monthly, lets him ride with ease during winter.
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Popular Science Monthly
Short-skirted girl jumps the brook at river meet
A Galveston News passage notes a girl in a short skirt who can spring over a brook where it meets the river, while others wade. The quoted line emphasizes agile movement and playful youth.
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Galveston
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Bopp
Grea
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