Stolen Lover Drama and an Edinburgh Detective
A detective relates a complex case of Miss Knollys and her suitors, Walter Bonner and Mr. Wilox. Bonner vanishes after a troubling note fears of a second woman and possible crime, while Wilox is implicated but escapes. Bonner reappears, confesses past flaws, and, after investigation, is believed guilty but not convicted. the couple later marries.
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Walter
Ripley & Small’s
Walter Lonner
Miss Nollys
Miss Knollys
Wilox
Bonner
Forth
Wile
Dr. Knollys
Binner
Athol Crescent
Sporene
Rutherford
Rutherford’s
Konner
Miss Knolly
Walter Bonner
John Smith
Smith
Nicolson Square
America
Glasgow
Atlantic
Edinburgh
Argyll Street
Mr. Bonner
Montreal
Tam
M'Govan
Madeline Pollys
Tme
M’govan
Aberdour
London
Knollys
Miss Bnollys
Auarre
Bill Nye's Furnace Or Dealings With A Faulty Cigar
In a humorous corkscrew essay Nye describes a chaotic heating season using a troublesome furnace and the misrepresented Bill Nye cigars. He laments rising coal prices, recalls eccentric helpers, and warns the public that certain cigars branded with his name are not prepared under his supervision and may be of inferior quality. He cites fan letters from readers and concludes with a formal disavowal of the counterfeit product.
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Satan
Shippergelnhurst
Evran
Ala
Bar
H Apams
Stong Lake
Bill Nye
Esa
Iowa
McKee Lawrence
Ole Kinkerson
Man feeds flies to win peace after breakfast stunt
In a Providence restaurant a man faced a squirming swarm of flies at breakfast. He shelters the meal by scattering sugar pellets away from his plate and entices the insects to feast there instead of on his steak. He leaves with a triumphant smile, claiming he has given the flies a chance and is at peace with the world.
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Providence Journal
New York Postice
Florida
An Evil Prophesy About Books
A Louisville Courier Journal piece notes rising second hand book shops and collectors. It says new books rival old in price and demand while newspapers replace magazines, and foresees engravers' fine lines printed in dailies as press improves and magazines fade away.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Sunday School Talk Sparks Naughty Confession
A playful exchange centers on Tommy and Spooncest as they dodge apologies at nap time. The child jokes that he will confess sins all at once at bedtime, prompting laughter and lighthearted banter about remorse.
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Tommy
Georgia Man Sues Railroad Over Horse Frightening Whistle
A Georgia man sues a railway for 7000 damages claiming its engine whistle frightened his horse and that railroad workers whistled again, scaring him further, in a case filed in New York Commercial Advertiser records.
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New York
Georgia
Prohibition scheme drink tests in Berks county town
A Berks county chemist claims two liquid ingredients can be drunk separately to avoid intoxication yet produce drunkenness when combined. At a party the drinks altered behavior, with physicians and locals experiencing varying effects. Law would blur as neither drink is intoxicating alone, complicating enforcement.
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Annie
Philadelphia North American
Hamarru
Penn
Berks County
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Allopathic and
Homeopathic
Cymru Township
Shoemakersville
John Falstaff
Birthday Present of Land Now Worth 82,000,000
Denver born first girl baby Miss Harvey inherited vast land, later lost it for tax payments. She now sings at a Holladay Street variety theatre as the city recalls the gift that made Denver wealthy. The tale tracks land values, memos, and civic celebrations from the baby’s birth to the changing fortunes of the Harvey family.
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Denver News
Denver
Harvey
Holladay Street
Lish’ Arly
Auraria
Lish Harvey
Seckers
Jim Baker
German National Bank
Lish
Two Weeks Old Letters From Yellow Fever City Arriving
Letters posted at Jacksonville two weeks ago are arriving in New York. Post office workers handle them gingerly and recipients view them with nervous doubt, as if the letters had been through a threshing machine.
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New York Telegram
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
A Baby Blessing Poem for Lipa Lewis Watsom
A compact verse extols a baby as sacred proof of human love and divine mercy. The lines celebrate a blessing bestowed upon Lipa Lewis Watsom, portraying deep affection and spiritual endorsement beyond words.
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Lipa Lewis WaTsom
Mrs Cleveland as a Baby in Philadelphia Paper
The piece notes Mrs. Cleveland’s demure bonnet on a New York trip and recalls legends of her girlhood suggesting independence. It cites a family tale from Frances Folsom’s neighbors about a four year old attempting to light hay for a bonfire after a punishment, framed as mythic gossip.
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Folsoms
Frances
Ays
It Takes to Feed a Locomotive August Scribner’s
It will interest readers to know how much fuel a locomotive burns. Consumption depends on fuel quality work done speed and rail. An average fright train uses about one to one and a half pounds of coal per mile per car. For passenger trains heavier cars and higher speed raise consumption. A 60 mile per hour freight train would burn about 900 to 1500 pounds of coal per hour.
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August Scribner’s
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