Larry Dolan Foils Burglars at Collamore Villa
On a bitter night Larry Dolan rides to the Collamore villa to answer a suspected call. He discovers burglars plotting to blow a safe, radios for help, and quietly escapes to trigger a patrol response. Police surround the house. three burglars surrender, and Collamore honors Larry with a $50 check and praise.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Larry Dolan
Larry
Mutual District Messenger Company
America
Ireland
Col.Callamore
Reform Farm
Florda
Central Office
Mutual District Messenger Office
Misther Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Collamore Villa
Col. Collamore
Mutual District Office
Collamore
Messenger Twenty-six
Origin of the fan from a lantern festival tale
A Chinese legend explains the fan's origin during a feast of lanterns. Kan Si, daughter of a mandarin, fainted from heat and wore her mask, fanning and fluttering it to cool herself. Court ladies nearby copied the gesture, leading to the fan's birth as a cooling accessory.
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Kan Si
Dakota Wedding Gifts Fashion Queer in 1900s Dakota
A Dakota wedding brings an assortment of gifts including a bull pup a yellow dog a water spaniel a meerschaum pipe and tobacco pouch a good shotgun a bowie knife a rifle three dogs a gate rooster one fiddle one banjo one spotted pup one English mastiff and a pair of silver mounted pistols.
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Dakota
Bismarck Decorated by Pour le Merite for Science and Art
Prince Bismarck holds all Prussian decorations after election as a member of the Pour le Merite for Science and Art. He remains in good health and has suffered less facial neuralgia this winter.
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Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Prince Bismardh
New Port of Theodosia Replaces Sebastopol as Trade Hub
After 1899 Sebastopol ceases as a commercial port. The new port of Thedosia, built by the Russian government and just completed, will take its place with a quay length of 2,044 feet, 3,900 feet of port quays, and twenty four feet of water. The port covers about 2.5 million square feet, over 500,000 of which are paved, promising expanded facilities.
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Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Department of Public Works
Theodosia
Sebastopol
Thedosia
A Hoyal Oath Across Time and Berlin
A tale recalls an English sailor once caught stealing a stone from the Shah's palace. The Kine of Kings vowed death if he crossed paths again. Now the same sailor was seen in Berlin when a Shayne driver struck and killed him instantly.
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Peon
Tee
Berlin
The Smile of a Little Child Poem Verse
A New York News Letter poem extols the pure smile of a child as a divine light. It speaks of innocence, heaven, and angels guiding souls, suggesting heavenly gates draw nearer when children smile. The piece conveys reverent, gentle imagery and devotional tone.
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Heaven
Earth
Office Boy's Romance in a San Francisco Office
Tommy, in his uncle's office, listens as Billy the office boy recounts a layered tale of a jewel theft. Billy, aka Raoul de Montmorenci, narrates disguises, pursuit of a thief, and a daring rescue, ending with Tommy's uncle sending a note to Mr. Bingham as Billy departs with diamonds secured.
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San Francisco
Raoul
Rool
Tommy
Jake
Billy
Rosabell
Isabell
Rosabel Vilet
Rosabel
Ching
Parsons
Bingham
Whispering talent and Rome burning quips headline a varied column
A collage of 19th century witticisms and anecdotes spans music phrasing around whispering and Nero, playful banter about art posters in politics, domestic quips about mail and cats, and a Devon resort joke about an elderly man and his upstairs grandfather, all reflecting humorous snippets from the era.
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Cleveland Recorder
Lynton
Devon
England
West-Pocket Empire of Mores net State
A tiny European state near Aix-la-Chapelle with 2700 residents is claimed by Prussia and Belgium but governed by neither. The mayor is appointed jointly, taxes are five shillings annually, and citizens enjoy light burdens and strong independence.
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Europe
Moresnet
Aix-la-Chapelle
Prussia
Belgium
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Hoyal
New York News Letter
Mike
Tom
OUR Pleasure Club
William Tell
Rome
Nero
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Indianapolis’ Journal
Watts
Potts
Elijah
Texas
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