Inquiries Deepen in Hotel Case of Missing Mother
In New Orleans at Hotel Louis le Grande detectives question two young women and hotel staff about Mrs. Ashton who vanished after staying with them. Captain Fitzgerald leads the probe while Arthemise and Hippolyte face careful cross examination as authorities seek clues to the aunt’s whereabouts.
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Chaudron
Monsieur Victor
Arthemise
Hippolyte
Anita
Alice
Victor
Vance
Jimmy Fitz
Louis le Grande
Felix ‘Chaudron
Jimmy
Fitz
James Fitzgerald
Secret Service
Terror of the Crook
Casey
Felix Chaudron
Victor Labouisse
Woodford Vance
Felix
Capt. Fitzgerald
Mr. Vance
Mr. Labouisse
Fitzgerald
Monsieur Fitz
Zair Muzzer
Miss Ashton
Mela
Miss Cameron
Dows
Jimm
A Feminine Confab Ends In A Kiss
In a playful exchange two women argue over who said what in a tangled chain of phrases. The scene ends with a kiss as they reconcile, while an observer, the Judge, reflects on the verbal muddle and whether any real statement was made.
Baptism Day Adds Laughs at Wilton Congregational
A Sunday service at the Wilton Congregational Church included several baptisms. Two year old John Chase, nephew of Pastor Rev. Ray Hubbard, fled the pew during prayer and cried I dont want a bath prompting light amusement among attendees.
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Congregational Church
Wilton
N. H
John Chase
Ray 8. Hubbard
Johnnie
Draper Answers Philosopher in Tit-Bits Quip
A witty exchange appears in Tit-Bits where a draper replies that a man earning extra money should buy his wife a dress. The dialogue plays on roles of ordinary and benevolent individuals with a quick moral twist.
Field of Gettysburg honors at Bloody Angle landmark rally
Veterans from both sides shook hands across the Bloody Angle wall as white doves appeared on a statue at Gettysburg. Monuments, including Warren on Little Round Top, recall stiff resistance and heroic charges. The Wall and battlefield landmarks remain preserved as generations study the three days of battle.
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Gettysburg
Pickett
Lee
Little Round Top
Warren
Death Valley
Round Top
New York Tribune
Brave act under fire at Chickamauga remembered
Dispatch recounts Lt. colonel and soldier from the One Hundred and Fourth Illinois in September 1863 at Snodgrass Hill near the La Fay ette road. The narrator helped with a cannon, spiked a steel gun, and sustained multiple wounds while advancing Confederate forces, then was evacuated to Chattanooga and Rossville before a return to duty.
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John Beatty
Bridges
Beatty
Col
Hopeman
One Hundred and Fourth
Illinois
Ohio
Rossville
Negley
Chattanooga
Isville
Stevenson
Tennessee
Princess of Wales Prefers Art to Athletics
The princess of Wales shows little interest in sports and refuses to pursue riding bicycling or bridge. She engages in music but favors art visiting picture galleries as a hobby and uses spare time for sowing projects.
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Princess of Wales
Memory of Macaulay and His Unmatched Recall
The piece recounts Macaulay’s exceptional memory with anecdotes from Prescott and Hallam. It notes Lord Jeffrey tested him with Paradise Lost, and Macaulay claimed he could restore the first six or seven books if lost. It praises his historical knowledge and splendid talents.
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Macaulay
William H. Prescott
Prescott
Henry Hallam
Lord Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Lace-Making Taught in French Schools by Government
French public and normal schools begin teaching hand lace making under government instructors in a bid to revive the craft. The program aims to prove successful and preserve local textile skills.
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France
Magnificent Private Estate Built From a Youthful Farm Tract
In Morris county New Jersey a wealthy man, second only to United States Senator Dryden in influence, built a vast private estate on the old family farm near Madison at Florham Park. The 5000 acre property features 40 foot macadam roads, transformed forests, lakes fed by Passaic tributaries, a 100 foot clock tower, and a workforce of 50 to 100 men. The home blends wealth with roots, as the owner rose from a plowman to a leading insurer executive, turning the old farm into a grand estate guided by industrial life insurance profits.
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Morris County
New Jersey
United States
Senator Dryden
Dryden
Florham Park
Madison
Midas
Passaic
Morristown
Summit
Bernardsville
Ward
Industrial Life Insurance
Balloon club headline prompts coroner joke
In Pittsburg Aero club leader Captain Homer W Hedge recalls a visit by a man in black who offers a libelous bribe about balloon descent. The editor declines and identifies the visitor as the new coroner, paid by the job. The piece pivots on a dark humor about danger and authority.
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Homer W. Hedge
The
Aero Club
Pittsburg
New
Man In Black
Man
The Trunk Bomb Hoax at the Big Depot
In the baggage room during vacation rush an explosion tears through the depot. Amid claims of anarchists and Nihilists a meek man finds the fragments and reveals Lucy’s trunk contained only a toothbrush handle, curling iron, soap dish and belt buckle.
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Lucy
Wheeler Saw the Point
Charles Nutting, longtime Jaffrey resident now deceased, recalls meeting Henry Wheeler known as Hen in Rindge. Nutting notes old tavern glasses are small for their age as Hen offers another drink.
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Wheeler
Charles Nutting
Jaffrey
N. H
Henry Wheeler
Hen
Nutting
Charlies
Crisis of girlhood a time of pain and peril
Miss Emme Cole credits Lydia 2 Vegetable Compound with saving her life and transforming her health during a period of severe suffering. The account frames her experiences as struggles of adolescence and the societal pressures surrounding young women.
Emma Cole praises Lydia E Pinkham product for cured illness
Miss Emma Cole of Tullahoma Tennessee writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her after years of pain and sickness starting at age fourteen. She says the remedy improved her health rapidly and saved her life and urges other young women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass for free guidance.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Emma Cole
Tullahoma
Tenny
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rattle of the Riveter Sparks Awe Above Grand Ave
Charley shows his Oklahoma uncle around downtown when a riveter on a top-floor job unleashes a hammering racket. The visitor spots the noise but only catches a glimpse as the steel skyscraper work draws surprised exclamations and a playful comparison to a woodpecker.
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Charley
Oklahoma
Grand Avenue
Scott
Kansas City Star
Debater Quip Seeks Truth Through Money Talks Argument
Senator Sorghum notes that in debate money often drives the argument, stating the point in a wry, witty exchange about influence and persuasion.
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Ésseter
Senator Sorghum
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