Janet Wells Plays Typewriter Spy at Bush Firm
Janet Wells answers an ad as a typewriter at Bush Merrill Co. She is hired to copy letters, learns the inner office secrets, and uncovers her aunt Mrs. Bush and Uncle John’s plan. Janet confesses the ruse. the boss reveals a playful after hours joke and a kiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies R. Bush
Bush, Merrill & Co
Charles K. Bush
Mrs. Bush
Janet Wells
Miss Wells
Dresden
Janet
John
Fey
Usb
Merritt & Co
O Ice
Miss Granger
Ereare Simp
Janet Weiss
Magccnat
Pengant
Mrs. Ush
Jane
Anandom
Mary
M Wells
Ian
Mr. Bush
Long Goodby for Annie in Cincinnati Sendoff
A fragmented Cincinnati Times-Star passage recalls Annie's farewell as she journeys away. George and Stella bid her safe travels with handshakes and kisses while Annie promises to write and to visit again, ending with a final sentimental farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times-Star
Goodby
Annie
George
Stella
Anne
Georg
Aeve
Bodby
WELL PAID WOMEN
New York City houses thousands of wage earning women across industries from candy factories to fashion houses. The piece lists salaries for roles at Huyler’s, Macy’s, Stern Brothers, Richards, Grand Central, and private households, highlighting wide disparities from $7 to $80+ weekly and high paying posts like Mme. Soule’s designer or Miss Cornell’s Macy’s manager. It notes women in clerical, sales, teaching, nursing, and theatre positions with varying commissions, tips, and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Huyler
The
Metropolitan
Cynthia Westover
Beattie
Mme. Soule
West 28Th St
Miss Plant
Mme. Hartley
Armodiste
White & Howard's
Olga
Newman
Madison Au
Cornell
Macy's Shoe Department
Stern Brothers
Best & Co
Richards
Glover
Grand Central Depot
Hamilton McK
Twombly
New York
John Rockefeller
Astor Houses
West 55Th St
New York Custom House
Fassett
Bremer
Aiing Altman & Co
Pppecore
Dag
Casino Theatre Company
Palmer's
America
Miss Lynch
Denning’s
Miss Kinnear
Macy's
Fragments of a Dream Poem Echoes in Bradford Era Text
A stream of archaic, surreal imagery fills a Bradford Era fragment with winds, frogs, owls, mists, and a dream-poem. The speaker wanders through a nightscape of blurred senses, recalling Amelie Rives and moonlit voyage, ending with a dawn rhyme.
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Bradford
Amelie Rives
Mystery Call Reaches Henry Brown at Home
Detroit Free Press describes a comic telephone mix up in which Henry Brown believes he hears his wife on the line asking if he loves her as much as yesterday. He realizes the caller is not his wife and ends the call returning to his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet
Messrs. Johnson
N. Y
N. E
Jons C. Brewish
Johnson, Co
Jahet
Mr. Henry ©. Barnes
Wny
Joux
Buss
Henry
Barnes
Detroit Free Press
Henry Brown
Conductor Abducts Passenger In Open Car Incident
A Chicago Tribune report describes a conductor in an open car who began talking with a passenger on the rear seat. He then abducted a nearby young man, while another passenger pulled out a notebook. The conductor kept the story from the other rider, peering at the notebook from a distance.
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Chicago Tribune
Wonderful Trees From The Vegetable World
The article surveys extraordinary trees and plants across the globe. It highlights the baobab as centuries to millennia old, the dragon’s blood tree of Teneriffe, the Ita palm’s usefulness to Amazon natives, and the American aloe’s versatile fiber and uses. It notes the bread fruit tree and cow tree in South America, the tallow tree of China, and mulberry paper trees of the South Seas, while addressing the myth of the deadly upas tree in Java.
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Philadelphia Times
Moses
California
Teneriffe
Sepulchres
Amazon
South American
South America
Humboldt
Emmet
Castile
South Pacific Ocean
East Indies
Venezuela
China
South Seas
Java
Holland
What Is Inside of the Earth
Discussion of the interior of the earth, depth and limits of permanently frozen ground, and how temperature rises with depth. Notes from the British Association data, deep boreings, and varied theories by physicists on crust thickness and interior conditions.
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Goldthwaite
Geographical Magazine
British Association
Manitoba
Europe
Yorsaer
St. Louis
Sir William Thompson
Rosetti
Acitic
Dusty Tourist Delivers Baggage Claim at Hazy Inn
A dusty tourist, posing as an advance agent for a celebrated theatre attraction, brings a lean valise to the counter and asks the hotel clerk for the attraction’s name amid a tense exchange.
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Chicago Tribune
Does Riches Make Happiness in a Thunderstorm Talk
A Harlem club meeting features Hon. Recollection Johnson of Goldsboro NC delivering Does Riches Make Happiness or Why Should Sweet Milk Sour During a Thunder Storm. The oration mocks wealth and jokes about a rich man’s woes, ending with a quip on receivers and a closing toast by Brother Gardner.
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New York World
Gardner
Johnson
Goldsboro
N. C
New York
Passon
Kurnel Cabiff
Chewse
Giveadaam Jones
Bradley
Taylor
Gen’lan
Cantelope White
Chicago
de Grivase
Stove
Washstand
Dat Pusson
Awfulest
Bigwest Plantashun
Hull
Watkins
Alps
Bradder Watkins
Dan
Brother Watkins
Remarkable figure in multiplication 1x9 to 10x9 pattern
The text outlines a curious multiplication sequence with 9 as a factor across a 10 column. It notes digits formed by reading down the ten column and reading up the units column, then observes that corresponding pairs sum to 9, 1 and 8, 2 and 7, and so on.
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Detroit Free Press
Automatic Delivery of Letters on Continental Flats
An invention from Geneva proposes an automatic electric letter and parcel deliverer for flat buildings. A ground floor box with as many apertures as tenants distributes mail to each floor and tenant when a letter or parcel is inserted. The mechanism rises and passes to the corresponding opening to deliver the item.
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Geneva
HER SWEDISH SERVANT
A New York Recorder piece recalls a Swedish maid who spoke only one English word salt. The narrator describes her devotion and love as she cared for a child and kept the home clean while earning eight dollars a month. A cooking mishap reveals her trusting, affectionate nature and the bond formed before her marriage.
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New York
Dicky
Hanby
Lorida
Meeses
Minna
Cloak House Models Face Shortage of Desirable Figures
Cloak manufacturers report a scarcity of suitable models as demand peaks this season. They note required measurements for a showroom figure, explain busy months January February July August, and describe roles from showroom to workroom while stressing a model must not be too attractive to avoid distracting buyers.
Mr and Mrs Bowser comic domestic farceA
Mr Bowser confronts his wife about forgotten umbrella gas smell corkscrew and wallet misplacements in a humorous domestic scene. The pair spar as she mocks his memory while he insists on his own explanations. The talk turns to divorces as a universal concern.
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Mrs. Bowser
Ms. Bowser
oMuthar
Dea
The Temperament of Genius and Marriage
A London Globe discussion notes writers say celibacy helps or harms authors. An eminent literateur cites Mrs. Iréland and Virginibus Puerisane while a busy writer finds life most enjoyable when hard at work. The piece likens Sir Walter Scott’s heavy labor to a good marriage lottery for literary men.
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London Globe
Walter Scott
Love and illusions in relationships across society
The piece muses on romantic folly and trust, noting how lovers reveal secrets, judge virtue by deeds and prayers, and expose ongoing tensions between men and women who both crave freedom and cling to marriage. It contrasts brash male brutes with hypocritical but enjoyment-seeking women.
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Atchison Globe
Elevator scene stirs Mrs Brown and daughter
Mrs Brown warns her daughter and threatens to speak with the guard as a young man stares in the elevator. The daughter believes the man is not staring at her mother.
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Echo
Maud and Clara Discuss Lost Fido’s Painful End
Yenowine's News reports Maud and Clara recount the loss of their dog Fido. The dog died after swallowing a water buried watch and the spring broke loose inside him.
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Yenowine
Maud
Fido
Clara
Waterbury
Quote on ideal female height stirs lighthearted exchange
The exchange centers on a playful debate about the ideal height for a woman. One artist asserts 5 feet 4 inches as divine while others joke about a taller ideal, adding affectionate banter and self deprecating remarks.
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Binghamton
Home Again Sweet Girls Share Lovely Time
Detroit Free Press reports two girls recount a country farm house and seashore visit described as elegant and memorable. They discuss bathing, comfort at home, and plans to visit soon, in a tone reflecting light social chatter and a Cincinnati Commercial reference to gambling.
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Detroit Free Press
Fragmentary OCR Summary of Private Investigation Notes
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions private investigation details and a roll of mine related items. It references sons, bets, a dollar clip, and numbers tied to a series and Band D. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative or verifiable specifics.
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Ieee Cae
Jon Tan
Rae
Tod Nl
Eta Pis & Oo
Astra
A Bachelor Poet’s Light Verse on Woman Across Time
A compact selection of humorous verse and sketches lampoons women from classic poets and local quips. It blends flirtation, marriage, and social wit with brief humorous scenes and rhymes, reflecting old newspaper humor and dating.
Buds Reprimand and Island Return Echo in Philadelphia Tale
The Philadelphia narrator recalls Bud’s reaction after a woman accused of stealing items she tried to pawn. Bud faced ninety days but offered no confession. Upon return from the island Bud greets the speaker at the pier and notes the woman remains as bad as ever.
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Bud
Th’ Island
Bud Jes
Jes
Night Wind and the Moon Veil
A lyrical scene describes a night wind stirring reeds and flowers beside a brook. The wind rouses echoes, chants through trees, and shadows blight the moon until love’s calm resolves the storm with rain.
The Old Bay Mare and a Boyish Reckoning
A rugged rural tale describes a frightened bay mare named Ladybird and a youth who taunts her. After a scare during a boast of power, the narrator lures the horse toward a traction-engine, crippling the animal with a daring, rough trick as the crowd looks on with bleak humor.
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Oyer
Man
Colton Blossom Club
Mistress
MR. and
Quad
Bowser
Cincinnati Commercial
Sporting World
Fitz-Greene Halleck
New York Herald
W. J. Henderson
New York Times
Denver Sun
Brandon Bucksaw
Kitty
Eugene Field
Chicago Daily News
Clarence Wells
Daly
Clarence
Fortune
Philadelphia
Ebon
James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis Journal
Anders
Traction-Engine
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