Sherman and Halstead News Run Confidences to Cincinnati Train
In a wartime anecdote, Murat Halstead seeks the latest news from General Sherman. Sherman directs him to catch a 2 o'clock train to Cincinnati after giving brief instructions and a warm, if curt, farewell. The piece shifts to a Berlin Prometheus seasonal feature on unusual Japanese delicacies.
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Murat Halstead
War Times
William ‘T. Sherman
Finistead
Thom
Ewing
Sherman
Cincinnati
Awell
General Sherman
Befan
Falstead
Right Hand Seats and Baldheads Noted
The Philadelphia Record cites a street car conductor claiming right hand seats fill first due to habit and perceived safety on the right side. A New York Press observer adds a comic riff on baldheads of various shapes, saying the theater would be a bore without them before the curtain rises.
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Philadelphia Record
New York Press
A Remarkable Race
The Lapps are fond of stimulating drinks drinking fifteen to twenty cups of coffee daily and heavy punch consumption. Yet crime is practically unknown among them thanks to innate honesty, noted by Wide World Magazine as surprising and remarkable.
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Lapps
Wide World Magazine
Trunk Shipping Mixup Sparks China Label Gaffe
A Chicago News item recounts a buyer who labeled trunks China hoping for careful handling. The shipper allegedly delivered the trunks to Shanghai by mistake and they have not been seen since.
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Gunner
China
Guyer
Shanghai
Chicago
Lapland Reindeers and Odd Train Banter Mix
In April Laplanders free their reindeer until mosquitoes rise, then gather the herd by catching a single deer with a bell guiding the others to safety. A quick summer note says few mosquitoes mean little gathering, while a train anecdote from New York Times and Boston Transcript shares witty exchanges about time and jokes, ending with a light remark on Swart.
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Lapland
Child uses persuasion to seize broom and threaten cook
In a New York Times report, six year old Frank imitates his father’s belief in persuasion. Dr A notes persuasion appeals to high psychic functions and the boy tries to win angel cake by convincing Mary during a kitchen altercation.
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Dr. A
Frank
A Woman Soldier of Napoleonic Wars Disguised Drummer
The article recounts Leonore Prochaska born 1785 in Potsdam who joined the Lutzow corps as August Kenz after disguising as a man to fight Napoleon’s forces in 1813. She was wounded fatally in the Gehrde forest before two monuments were erected in her memory, one in Dannenberg and another in Potsdam. The piece also notes other miscellany on stones in animal stomachs and oddities in society.
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Leonore Prochaska
Potsdam
August Kenz
Lutzow Corps
Gehrde Forest
Regierungsbezirk
Luneburs
Kreis Dannenberg
Dannenberg
Fregolia Lightning Change Artist to Feature at Polis
Mile. Fregolia Paris protean actress to perform next week at Polis in a limited run sketch The Lightning Walter a Surprise in a Restaurant She changes costume 30 to 40 times portraying 15 characters in about 15 minutes Her act includes waiters travelers professors chorus girls and a police officer among others with a cash forfeit offered to prove more than one performer.
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Wlle Fregolia
POLIS
Europe
Womin
Erick Postod
Mlle
Fregolia
Mile
Fregolla
Oler
Mile Fremina
Ajttie
France
Pali
Freanna
Pols
Fregolis
Walter
Pil
Mr. Brown
Fifl
Mabel
Spagatty
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Berlin
Prometheus
Nouveau Riche
Harry
Boston Transcript
Ethel
Jack
James Ross
Bristol Naturalists’ Society
W. H. Wicks
Wicks
London Globe
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Colchester
Rochester
Agrippa
Pantheon
Mexico
Peru
London Spectator
England
Vetus
Venus Jensing
Venus Siniff
Chile
Bayne
Bridgeport
Household Loan Co
Meigs Building
Fairfield Ave
Main St
Conn
Poli
Paris
America
Desert
The
Stratikid
Smith’s
Nest
Bartholomay
M. J. Maloney
Jones Avenue
Howard Wa'ches
Parker
Jeweler 9
LYMAN
Main “Street
the Industrial Savings Bank
J. F. Noble
Briddle Street
Stratford Avenue
Kossuth Street
Fred
Apos
Bio-Medic Physicians
Orange St
New Hare
Detroit
Tuller Xew
Adams Ave
Park
la Carte Cafe
City Club
Evers Keom
L. W. Tuller
M.A. Shaw
Mer
UDA
Hamilton
Harbor
New York
Arlington
Broadway
Wm. F. Ingold
Exesses
Sam
A. E Robinson
Mich
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