Night Armored by a Robber at the Bank Vigil
Miss Magruder guardianship guards ten thousand in gold as Nora Wilson defends her trust. A robber uses chloroform on Nora, but the plan unravels when Holt the cashier is unmasked. James Cliff reveals the evidence after police capture the intruder. The couple's marriage yields a stable nest egg from the gold.
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Miss Magruder
Apinster
Mr. Holt
Nora Wilson
Magruder
Nora
Nare
Jungmaurauder
Katte
Miss Wilson
James
Wilson
James Cliff
Holt
Iassie
James Clift
St. Louis Republic
Invention of a Shorthand Typewriter Hits Market
A tiny two and a half pound keyboard machine promises whole words printed with a single finger stroke by using up to twenty keys and sixteen inner keys. Operators can press multiple keys at once to spell words, speeding dictation and replacing traditional shorthand.
Early phonetic shorthand machine aids speedy reporting
The article describes a keyboard system with two outer keys per line to access consonants and vowels, enabling press combos to print most of words. Right hand figures print while a left lever operates. claims of 100 words per minute and use in offices for press-ready copy with phonetically spelled slips.
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Vow
Sun Office
Tribute Poem Echoes Joy and Enduring Love
A Boston Transcript poem recalls how joy and love ease burdens even as life changes. The speaker laments possible rejection yet aspires to immortal devotion, crowning the beloved with laurels and pledging steadfast affection beyond fleeting days.
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Boston Transcript
The Conductor’s Keen Sases
A traveler recalls Conductor Stovall on a Southern train near Charlotte North Carolina. Stovall estimates distance by feel and motion, noting Sunley’s crossing as the signal. He claims he can tell every road curve without looking. The source is the Atlanta Constitution.
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Stovall
Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Capt. Stovall
Sunley
Atlanta Constitution
Smallest New Zealand lamb shown frozen in ice test
A tiny lamb exported from New Zealand demonstrates a refrigerating process by freezing the animal in a block of ice. The image and description illustrate the technique and its potential efficiency.
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New Zealand
Winter Awakening Inspired by Spring in Verse
A Boston Transcript excerpt urges nature to shed winter restraints and renew life. The poem calls the earth to green growth and birdsong, urging awakenings of hearts, freeing them from gloom and forgetfulness, and blooming with the returning year.
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Boston Transcript
A Favorite Poem by Wordsworth
Poem depicts a solitary wanderer transformed by a field of daffodils beside a lake. The scene, endless in its beauty, leaves a lasting impression on the poet’s mind and heart, turning solitude into joyful recollection.
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Wordsworth
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