Griffe Griffo Escapes Fire With Singed Hands
Griffe Gete Haligion and residents above the Times Square billiard hall fled when a blaze destroyed Dowling's. Kid Griffe, once a fighter and now a piano player, recalled leaping two flights of stairs as flames nipped him. He quipped the stairs left him singed hands and religion.
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Griffe Gete Haligion
Dowling
Times Square
Kid Griffe
Mustle
Griffo
Mr. Griffo
High Hat or High Hate in 1914 Mil Linery Tale
A publicized quip about 1914 millinery height prompts Jane Cowl to recall a joke about a wife finding a Christmas tree in the yard and asking her husband to attach it to his hat. The anecdote frames a period humorous take on fashion excess and domestic banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Cowl
Castoria Ad Claims Safe Remedy Endorsed for Over 30 Years
An advertisement touts Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It urges parents to ensure the product bears its signature and notes usage spanning more than 30 years. Children are shown crying for Fletcher's Castoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Snapp and Mrs. Snapp Exchange Light Barbs
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Snapp and a companion trading light barbs about attire and humor. The text includes garbled phrases and stray references, making a clear news item difficult to establish.
Mean Says Thick Hair From Environment
The speaker credits a very thick head of hair to environmental factors, noting a belief that surroundings influence hair density.
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I Gates
Bromine Quinine Patent Claims Reexamined
A terse notice references a Bromo Quinine product and calls for verification of a full name and signature. The item mentions a traditional remedy labeled Laxa Tive Bio Quinine and notes a claim tied to a single day process or cure, with an emphasis on old medical practice.
Woman Warned About Jumping From Moving Street Car
A woman risks injury by stepping off a moving street car in an unsafe manner. Authorities warn passengers to dismount only when the car is stationary and doors are open.
Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy For Health Improvement
Mrs. Martie Hauer of Danville Virginia says she spent ten dollars on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and experienced relief from suffering and better sleep. The advertisement urges women with female complaints to try the product and mentions the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Danville
Pinkham
Martie Hauer
Colquhone Street
Ines
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Baron Ashbourne Loses Inheritance Over Nationalist Principles
William Gibson the second Baron Ashbourne takes his seat in the English House of Lords while wearing Irish costume and has forfeited a $450,000 inheritance. His father, the late Harold Ashbourne, left the fortune to the younger brother due to the elder son's Nationalist stance.
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William Gibson
Baron Ashbourne
House of Lords
Harol Ashbourne
Lord Ashbourne
Fragmentary Text About Hen’s Pest in Weeds
The readable portion hints at a stray mention of a hen and pest issue in a weeded area. Details are incomplete, and no clear event or entities are identifiable for a fuller summary.
Unclear OCR fragment hints at game delays and activity
Fragment mentions drawbacks to service by injuries and notes players waiting for a motivating member to join the majority. The text is garbled and lacks clear events, people, places, or dates.
Orioles Build Pouch Like Nests On Tree Limbs
The Baltimore oriole nests are described as pouch shaped and hung from elm willow or maple branches. Young birds learn nest construction while older orioles sometimes rebuild after winter migration. A colorful note mentions ribbons placed at nest sites and a distant comparison to the luminous clay and firefly illuminated baya from Asia as a clever example of avian ingenuity.
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Baltimore
Robin
Bluebird
Lord Baltimore
Southeastern
Asia
Littl
Sussex County Woman Granted Divorce Over Cruelty Claim
Florence Magee, age nineteen, was granted a divorce from Levin Magee in Sussex county court. She described him calling her his house flower and water forcing her head under a pump to douse her body multiple times daily, while she resisted farm labor demands. The couple wed January 14, 1911.
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Georgetown
Del
Florence Magee
Sussex County Court
Levin Magee
Nine-year-old Hilda Cala Hiccup Battle in New York
Eleven year old Hilda Cala suffers persistent hiccups after a ragamuffin incident in New York. Doctors have tried every known remedy but remain unable to stop the condition.
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Hiccough
New York
Hilda Cala
Cigarette Cure Trial Draws 300 Men in New Jersey
Wives mothers and sweethearts watched as 300 men and boys faced Recorder McGovern over a cigarette cure case in New Jersey.
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N. J
McGovern
Declares Sherman Law Has Proven Effective
New York George W Wicker sham former attorney general of the United States told Nassau County listeners that the Sherman act has been effective against monopolistic concerns. He argued that even when stockholders remained the same, the division of Standard Oil and tobacco companies forced separation, preventing common officers or directors and leading to further severance of interests.
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New York
George W. Wickersham
United States
Nassau County
Wickeraham
Rescue of Charlemagne Tower Jr Crew Off Jersey Coast
The captain and sixteen crewmen of the American steamer Charlemagne Tower Jr. were rescued afterfoundering off the Jersey coast Friday morning. They drifted in a longboat and were taken aboard the steamer Bayport Saturday afternoon, then brought to Newport News. Survivors were severely exposed and four were near death.
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Norfolk, V
Charlemagne Tower, Jr
Jersey
Bayport
Newport News
Ceebree Praises Warship Utah At Bonneville Club Dinner
Admiral Uriel Sebree praised the battleship Utah as among the greatest fighting ships in the US Navy. He argued for an adequate American navy before about 20 Bonneville club guests at the Hotel Utah Saturday night.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Clark Denounces Professor as Birthday Script
Speaker Clark denounced an address by Claus Zueblin of Winchester Moss a former University of Chicago sociology professor from the House railing about vote counting on the Mulhall lobby report. Democrats Republicans and Progressives cheered Clark after his remarks.
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Washington
Clark
Claus Zueblin
Winchester
Prisoner Attacks Detective in Great Falls Hotel
In Great Falls Montana the prisoner Warmon C Snyder who was arrested in Calgary on embezzlement was sleeping in a hotel when he attacked Detective Dr Boyle with a heavy water pitcher. Boyle subdued Snyder with a revolver at gunpoint and Snyder was manacled before fainting from loss of blood.
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Great Falls
Mont
Warmon C. Snyder
Calgary
Denver
J. Boyle
Hoyle
Snyder
Englishman Lyndon Driven From Chihuahua Ranch
Sir Cecil Spring Rice informed Secretary Bryan that an Englishman named Lyndon was driven away from his ranch in Chihuahua and his property faced destruction.
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Washington
Cecil Spring- Rice
State Department
Bryan
Lyndon
Chihuahua
New York Art Dealer Blakeslee Dies After Gunshot Wound
New York art dealer Thereon Blakeslee died Saturday night after being found with a bullet wound to his temple and a note of a severe headache before he shot himself. The incident occurred amid an apparent suicide following medical concerns.
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New York
Blakeslee
Washington Peace Treaty Talks With Bryan and Bpring-Rice
Secretary Bryan and Sir Cedric Bpring-Rice the British ambassador conferred in Washington on Saturday regarding the peace treaty details. The discussions followedBryan already signing similar treaties with thirteen nations.
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Washington
Bryan
Cedi Bpring-Rice
Hrithth
Gaturday
Petersburg Police Chief Shot Dead in Office
Lieutenant Colonel Chebalev chief of police in St Petersburg was shot Saturday in his office by a junior officer Lieutenant Wwenef. The motive cited as revenge.
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Bt Petersburg
Chebalev
St. Petersburg
Vlicer
Wwenef
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Mev. Dy. Dungan
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Miss Murdock
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