Revenue Officers Seize 154 Cases of Oriental Goods
Revenue Officers remove 154 cases of rare Oriental goods from the Mare Island Navy Yard aboard a government tug, seized from the hospital ship Solace. The loot from Tien Tsin would net a small fortune with about 60 percent duty, and much of the cargo may be abandoned to the government. cases of silks and curios are addressed to buyers across the United States.
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San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Solace
Tien Tsin
United States
Filipin gs Active Again in Luzon Fight Report
Washington dispatch from General Mac Arthur notes considerable insurgent activity across Luzon. Reports from Manila describe fighting near Carig Estella Isabella and in Macau with an estimated 500 insurgents, plus numerous small encounters in Pasig Bulacan Tayabas and Siniloan Laguna. Civil forces respond with forces from Kingsary Third Cavalry and Borden Fifth Infantry as the situation remains unsettled.
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Manila
Washington
Luzon
Carig
Estella
Isabella
Macau
Samuel B. M. Young
Kingsary
Borden
Pasig
Bulacan
Tayabas
David D. Mitchell
Fifteenth Infantry
Siniloan
Laguna
Cailles
Mavitac
Same
Odd Bits of News Highlights Across Topics
A collection of curious items notes Lachraid as a skim milk celluloid substitute, a carrier pigeon returning from 413 miles out at sea, and early labor organization among tailors and printers. It cites Labor Day origins, a Deadwood school rent system, historical plant power in Kiel, and a San Francisco union smoking rule. It also mentions blue roses doubt, height ranges, and trivia on horses ears and Ohio saloon taxes.
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Rennes
United States
Hatters
San Francisco
New York City
District of Columbia
School Board of
Deadwood
S. D
Cedar Raunds Commercial Travellers’ Club
North Pole
Ionia
Mich
Ashby de-la-Zouch
Richard Marquis
Mirabile
Caldwell County
Sandwich Islands
Japan
Ohio
Newspaper Man Sees Ghosts on His Way Home
A bank cashier narrates a comic encounter with two intoxicated ghosts while walking home. The spectral figures zigzag toward him and seek a drink, prompting a startled yet relieved flight of laughter.
Deception over a gold belt buckle turnabout
A husband borrows to fund a gift for his wife, promising to repay by the month’s end. He helps a friend obtain the gold belt buckle on credit, but the wife discovers the bill and confronts him. The tale ends with apologies and a vow to avoid future accommodations, while the couple reconciles amid tears and clever explanation.
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Blank
Cincinnati Inquirer
Old Lawyer and a rich uncle gag from Puck
A humorous exchange shows an old lawyer bragging about a supposed 100000 inherited after a rich uncle’s death, a line that implies a misattribution. The gag appears in Puck, with a later Chicago Tribune style vignette about a bank cashier and a sharp responding woman in a street scene.
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Puck
Man recalls marriage proposal in chess themed quip
The Indianapolis Sun quotes Mrs Wiggins asking John if he recalls the proposal memory. He replies that he proposed with a chess offer and that only the last three words were heard, a lighthearted exchange reflecting domestic humor.
It's a great pity calves grow up to be cows not bulls
The 1900 Keppler & Schwarzmann cartoon caption argues calves should become cows to yield corn beef sandwiches and milk punch, while bulls bring heart disease and nervous prostration. It presents satire on agricultural or economic contrasts with a humorous, social commentary tone.
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Keppler & Schwarzmann
Puck
Social contrasts and quips from playful print
A Detroit Journal note captures Eski mo girl charms and a mother’s sharp view on social life as March nears. Witty exchanges follow about mercury and alcohol, a jungle hunter, and a cross eyed joke. A Cleveland Plain Dealer line finish with a canal voyage quip.
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Erie Canal
Buffalo
New York
Europe
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fatal double shooting over broken engagement in Newark suburb
Horace Baldwin of Hilton lies wounded by four bullets after a gunfight with Thomas Doyle on Baldwin’s porch. Doyle, shot by Baldwin, is a Newark City Hospital prisoner in guarded condition. Doyle planned to say goodbye and then kill himself after the girl, Grace Baldwin, broke off their engagement.
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Newark
N. J
Horace Baldwin
Hilton
Thomas Doyle
Doyle
Newark City Hospital
Baldwin
Grace
Miss Baldwin
Baldwin Farm
Goodby
Boston Theatres Show Busy Opening of Fall Season
Boston playgoers enjoy a steady stream of attractions as Monte Cristo and Anna Held draw large crowds at the Tremont and Museum crowds fill for Dailey’s company. Hodge Podge Co. pleases patrons, Wood dazzles Bowdoin Square, and upcoming bills include The Boy Scout Aunt Abby The Heart of Maryland and a rich vaudeville lineup at Grand Theatre and Palace Theatre with notable impersonations and dance features.
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Anna
Tremont
Boston
Papa
Peter F. Dailey
Hodge
New York
Mr. Wood
Boy Scout
County Fair
Park Theatre
Mr. Burgess
Abby
the Park
Byrne Brothers
Grand Opera House
Heart of Maryland
Columbia
Grand Theatre
Charles Leonard Fletcher
Keith
Irving
Mansfield
Russell Brothers
Howard
Jimmy Russell
Clara Morris
Bernhardt
Jansuschek
Boston Music Hall
Ladies’ Fire Brigade
Austin & Stone’s
Robie
Palace Theatre
May and Charlie clash over innocence in a period piece
In a Philadelphia Call fragment, May questions Charlie about kissing, declaring him unworthy if he has not. Charlie swears he has never kissed. May condemns him and urges him to go home, mocking his naïveté and noting she will not babysit.
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Charlie
Heaven
May
Philadelphia
Ghostly apparitions spook Diamond Street youth witness
A young newspaper man recalls encountering two ghostly forms on Diamond street near the Odd Fellows and Glenwood cemeteries at 2:30 AM. He says the sight left him shaken, and he doubted he could run a sprint if his legs would cooperate.
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Diamond Street
Odd Fellows
Glenwood
Funds Run Short Leave Parisians Stranded in Town
The Indianapolis Journal quotes a light conversation about people unable to return home from Paris due to exhausted funds, noting they are better off than the speaker and Clara whose funds failed before they could begin.
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Clara
Paris
Clarence
Indianapolis Journal
Sorrow for Belle Archer in Warren ends stage era
News notes the sudden death of actress Belle Archer at 26 in Warren Pennsylvania from overwork during New York rehearsals. She rose with Sothern and Daly, recently starred in A Contented Woman, and led Jess of Bass. Her siblings include Estelle Clayton and Isabelle Evesson.
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Hoyt
Jess of
Bass
Miss Archer
Estelle Clayton
Isabelle Evesson
Annie Russell
New York
Maritime Provincial Club Banquet Honors Ladies Auxiliary
The Maritime Provincial Club held its first banquet at the United States Hotel honoring the recently added ladies' auxiliary. A large attendance enjoyed a pleasant evening, reflecting the club's popularity and prosperous condition.
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Maritime Provincial Club
United States Hotel
Ladies’ Auxiliary
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