Lorimer bribery probe finds no link to senator
Washington The Lorimer investigating committee reports bribery could not be traced to Senator Lorimer and did not destroy his constitutional majority. The full committee will reconvene after holiday recess to consider the findings and decide on next steps.
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Washington
Lorimer
Bulkeley
Connecticut
Frazier
Tennessee
Johnston
Alabama
Senate
Burrowe
Chicago
Illinois
Korimer
Lorimers
Ing
Torimer
Aix
President sees no danger from war scare
The president told the American Society for the Judicial settlement of International Problems that the nation is at peace with all nations and should not fear a war scare. He urged Congress to provide more trained officers and adequate ammunition and materiel for emergencies, noting the country’s distance from likely invaders and strong harbor defenses. London raid victims rise to four after a police burglary shooting, with three officers among the dead.
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Washington
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of International Pa&putes
Congress
United States
London
Cutler Street
Fez Postal Station Pillaged in Tangier Report
A Tangier dispatch reports Fez postal station pillaged with $10,090 stolen. The courier arrived from Fez on Saturday, December 5.
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Fez
Paris
Tangier
Morocco
Parasite Threat to Trees Destroys Branches If Neglected
A damaged report notes a slow growing parasite attacking trees. It saps life from infected branches and, if ignored, can ruin entire trees though early care slows progression.
English Women Smoke Pipes Hidden Fashion Trend
The London Mail notes a shift among women from cigarettes to pipes and cigars, favoring larger, milder smoke. Women carry pipes with gold card cases and chains, reflecting a novel style preference at the time.
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London Mail
Remarkable 12-Year-Old Cripple Rides Pedalless Bicycle
George Anstey of Leicester, aged 12, disabled with withered legs, uses a two wheeled pedalless machine provided by the Leicester Cripples' Guild. He moves at remarkable speed with a padded axle cover, hands strapped in wooden clogs acting as pedals and steering, controlling the ride with hands as all controls.
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George Anstey
Leicester
England
Leicester Cripples’ Guild
Definition of the height of aggravation in Fleet Street humor
In London Tit Bits a humorous speaker in a public house defines the height of aggravation as trying to catch a flea from your ear with boxing gloves. The scene unfolds with a boastful air as the speaker sets down his pewter and prepares to deliver a bon mot.
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Fleet Street
London
Alaskan Luncheon Details With Indian Basketry Doilies
A description of a themed luncheon setting with woven Indian basketry covers, white doilies from Sitka, a central mirror vase arrangement, four smaller vases of blossoms, edge flowers, totem poles on runners, water color place cards, abalone nut bowls, and Indian baskets for confections. The menu lists halibut chowder, broiled salmon, roasted duck, river turnips, berries, ice cream, Klondike nuggets, and coffee served as firewater.
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Sitka
Yukon
Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Notice
A damaged OCR fragment mentions names and places with unclear context and timing. Readable items include possible event references and generic social notices but specifics are missing.
Disqualified Entrant Challenged as Pro in Guessing Contest
The judge ruled a participant who was initially deemed amateur as a professional. The man, reportedly employed in a government bureau, was disqualified from the prize drawing amid the eligibility dispute.
Lightning Change and the Player’s Triple Roles
The narrator recalls a rapid scene swap in the play Love and Lobsters. He describes acting the hero villain and a friend who intervenes in a single night, while others were unavailable.
Not Altogether Dead
Mr Robert Butler of Marlborough England believed dead after a delegate proposed replacing him at a Wiltshire central committee meeting at Exeter. He rose to say he was alive and in good health and would continue in the office if wanted.
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Robert Butler
Marlborough
England
Exeter
Butler
Wiltshire
Four Wall Street Brokers Testify About Counterfeit Era
Four men tied to brokerage houses in the Wall Street area discussed United States paper currency and counterfeit disappearance. One brandished a $10 yellow back and failed to identify its portrait until a broker named Michael Hillegas was revealed in confidence.
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Wall Street
United States
Michael Hillegas
New York Tribune
Theologian Dr Cortlandt Quips On Souls And a Locomotive Tale
Des Moines theologian Dr Hiram C Cortlandt mocks Thomas Addison for denying immortality while likening his views to a Baldwin locomotive anecdote. A young visitor’s crude boiler story ends with a bustling blueprint and boiler process joke.
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Hiram C Cortlandt
Des Moines
Thomas Addison
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Odd Rat Bounty Joke Reaches Seattle Pockets
A strange tale notes a bounty joke aimed at non residents seen in Seattle pockets. The prank spreads amid talk of rats and census shifts touching Tacoma Everett Bellingham and other busy centers, provoking laughter and local concern about population estimates.
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Tacoma
Everett
Pellingham
Seattle
Two Very Old Ladies
The Dundee Advertiser notes two reportedly aged widows Fray Dutkievits born February 21, 1785 in Posem Prussia Poland and Babavasliks born May 1784 in Bavelsko as likely the oldest people. Dutkievits is 125 while Babavasliks is nine months older. Babavasliks worked in fields for nearly a century and has about 140 descendants receiving a joint allowance. Babavasliks has never left Bavelsko and recalls events from the early 1800s more clearly than recent decades.
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Fray Dutkievits
Babavasliks
Posem
Prussian
Poland
Bavelsko
Dundee Advertiser
Too Ardent a Lover in Paris Ends With Short Jail Term
Georgette Fortano an embroiderer from Rue Sevres Paris is jailed for a month after she broke a fire alarm to summon her fiancé a fireman near her neighborhood. Firemen from several stations responded angering officials and leading to her magistrate ordered confinement despite her tears.
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Georgette Fortano
Sevres
Paris
Government holidays spark debate across states
Fragmentary text suggests discussion of federal and state holiday policies including Thanksgiving. Mentions Texas Mississippi California and Minnesota with reference to statutory holidays and a potential conflict with federal standards. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Seana
Battana
Texan
Texas
California
Planting Wedding Cakes and Oak Saplings Revival
Princess A Wilhelm introduces a German custom revived by a former elector of Brandenburg to plant fruit trees after marriage. Multhausen in Thuringia becomes the first town to welcome the practice where the couple plants oak saplings with a municipal official guiding the ceremony.
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Wilhelm
Germany
Multhausen
Thuringia
Weilding
Brandenburg
Unnecessary Confession at Birmingham Police Court
A prisoner laughed through a mix up at Birmingham police court after mistaking an old shopbreaking conviction for a current charge of drink and disorderly conduct. The error sparked laughter as the man, realizing his blunder, wore a broad smile while the scene amused onlookers.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Mail
Postum Cereal libel suit details on appendicitis claims
The document outlines a libel case against the Postum Cereal Co. over ads claiming that undigested food like Grape Nuts could help treat appendicitis and avoid surgery. It cites expert testimony from chemists and doctors, argues that predigested foods ease digestion, and defends Mr. C W Post’s lifelong study of food digestion as the basis for their claims.
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New York
Chicago
Mishawaka
Ind
Thos. Darlington
N._Y
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