Congress Adopts Holiday Recess and Various Bills
Washington dispatch reports the House adopting resolutions to allow committees to sit during the session and printing certain documents, plus a holiday recess from December 19 to January 6. A consular affairs bill to fund Miss Stone’s ransom is introduced, and the Senate held routine business before an executive session on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
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Senate
Washington
Ways and Means
House
Richardson
Committee On Consular Affairs
Payne
Ryan
CN. Y
State Department
Shattue
Wilcox
Wawali
Ave. Grow
Philippine Islands
Congress
Philippines
Henderson
Yuesday
Burke
S. J
Kyle
Lodge
Clay
Morgan Proposes Nicaragua Canal Construction Bill
Washington December 11 Senator Morgan introduced a bill providing for the construction of a Nicaragua canal with an aggregate appropriation of 180 million dollars including 5 million immediately available. A board of eight citizens and the secretary of war will control the canal and belt with annual salaries of 8000, and a regiment may be stationed on the canal belt. The plan divides construction into three divisions with a chief engineer and two assistants per division.
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Washington
Morgan
United States
Canal
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Interior Secretary approves Muskogee bond issues
Washington December 11 the secretary of the interior approved bonds issued by the city of Muskogee Creek nation Indian Territory for 150000 dollars for water works construction and 25000 dollars for sewers.
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Washington
Thia
Secretary of the Interior
Muskogee
Creek Nation
I. T
Senator Blackburn to Wed
Washington reveals a marriage license issued Tuesday to Senator J C S Blackburn of Kentucky and Mrs Mary E Blackburn of the city, confirming their forthcoming marriage.
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Senator Blackburn
Washington
J. C. S. Blackburn
Kentucky
Mary E. Blackburn
McKinley Memorial Bridge Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator Martin on Tuesday introduced a bill to erect a McKinley memorial bridge across the Potomac River at Washington with an estimated cost of 5 million dollars.
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Washington
Martin Tuesday
Potomac River
Indiana Likely Name for Seventh District Judge Seat
Washington reports after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that Judge Francis E. Baker has been chosen for the vacant Seventh district circuit court judgeship in Indiana Indianapolis. Baker, 41, son of U S district judge John H. Baker, was born in Goshen and educated at Ann Arbor Law School. His father plans retirement next April at age 70 with full pay. Names for successors and tweaks by Senator Fairbanks and President Roosevelt are noted.
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Washington
Francis E. Baker
Seventh District Circuit Court of
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Francis Baker
Indiana Supreme Court
John H. Baker
United States District Court
Goshen
Ann Arbor
Supreme Court
Republicans
Indiana Supreme Bench
Senator Fairbanks
Roscoe O. Hawkins
Fairbanks
Judge Minks
Roosevelt
Her Mind Changeable
In Muncie Indiana on December 11 Mrs Susan Burcaw filed three divorce suits against Charles Burcaw and sought each dismissal The wife labeled a letter from her husband to dismiss as bogus and dismissed the cases The couple had lived together briefly then renewed conflict and the court dismissed the final suit per her request after a week of filings and withdrawals
Rejected Lover Attacks. Woman Shot. Man Commits Suicide
In Portland Indiana on December 11 David Carle, the rejected suitor of Mabel Darling ton, fired two bullets at her from a revolver then shot himself twice in the head. The injured girl survives a chest wound and a side wound. her recovery is doubtful. Carle, about 22, had previously attempted suicide by hanging weeks earlier.
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Portland
Ind
David Carle
Mabel Darlington
John Spahr
Blaine
Carlo
Superior Oil Co to Transfer Indiana Properties to New York Syndicate
Bluffton Indiana December 11 The Superior Oil Co with headquarters at Geneva will transfer its large oil properties in Wells Adams and Jay counties to a New York syndicate December 18 in a deal valued at 300000 the largest in the Indiana field history.
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Bluffton
Ind
Superior Oil Co
Geneva
Wells
Adams
Jay Counties
New York
Indiana
Six Foot Six Inch Eagle Caught In Indiana Trap
A six foot six inch eagle was trapped on Kilby Walston’s farm near Rising Sun Indiana. The bird had carried off a pig from C Hauseman’s farm.
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Ind
Kilby Walston
C. Hauseman
Stranger hanged self in Alexandria jail
In Alexandria Indiana a stranger named Oscar Anderson from Jamestown New York hanged himself in the city jail Monday night. He was arrested on a burglary charge and found by a firefighter at midnight.
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Alexandria
Ind
Oscar Anderson
Jamestown
N. Y
Evansville seeks land for new base ball park
Evansville Indiana December 11 President G W Bement of the Evansville baseball team in the Three I league says a movement is under way to purchase ground for a new baseball park in the city.
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Evansville
Ind
G. W. Bement
Negotiating for a Telephone Plant in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Indiana December 11 John A Tindell negotiates to buy the plant of the Mutual Telephone Co formed by locals in opposition to the Bell plant.
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Shelbyville
Ind
John A. Tindell
Mnutual Telephone Co
Bell
A Strange Disease Claims Whitestown Man
Whitestown Indiana December 11 Munroe Summer dies at his home after six months of flesh deterioration culminating in death. Smallpox spreads in Kosciusko county prompting fears of a forthcoming quarantine.
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Whitestown
Ind
Munroe
Spanish Claims Reach 494 Demands at 60 Million Table
A Spanish claims commission report to the senate details 494 claims totaling about 60.15 million dollars. Chairman Chandler criticizes inadequate government protection funds and notes 127 attorneys are prosecuting the case, some since 1895, with limited prior investigations.
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Washington
Spanish Claims Commission
Senate
W. E. Chandler
Departments of Justice, War and State
C¢Isiimants
Republican set backs in six Massachusetts cities election
Boston Republicans won 11 of 18 contests while Democrats took four and three were nonpartisan. Worcester reelection failed for Mayor OConnell, Woburn swung to Feeney defeating the incumbent, Chelsea shifted from no license to license, and Newburyport voted no by over 300 as license persisted for two decades.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Worcester
O'Connell
Woburn
Feeney
Chelsea
Newburyport
Insane preacher kills family then self in Copper Falls
Rev John Kinnuen of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran church at Copper Falls Kinney county murdered his wife and two children on Monday night after brooding over a dead son. He then set the house on fire and wounded himself before dying. The eldest boy, 13, escaped.
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John Kinnuen
Copper Falls, Mich
Houghton, Mich
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Copper Falls
Kewana County
Kinnuen
Navy to issue first civilian commission under Darling
Judge Chas. HB. Darling will succeed Frank Hackett December 17 as assistant secretary of the navy and receive the first civilian commission ever issued by the navy department. Hackett’s resignation takes effect December 16.
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Washington
Chas. HB. Darling
Frank Hackett
Navy
Navy Department
Hackett
Detroit Gas Rate Cut Ordered by City Council
Detroit officials amended the ordinance after local agitation to require the gas company to deliver fuel and illuminating gas at 70 cents per 1,900 feet. The current prices are 90 cents for fuel gas and $1 for illuminating gas.
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Detroit, Mich
Morgan Line Steamship ET Sigle Makes Fast Maiden Trip
New Orleans reports the Morgan line steamship ET Sigle under Captain R B Quick arrived from New York Tuesday morning and completed the dock to dock maiden run in 35 minutes faster than any prior vessel.
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New Orleans
New Morgan Line Steamship ET Sigle
R. B. Quick
New York
Hungarian cabinet maker succumbs to hypnotism in Stamford
Stephen Blazer of Stamford entered a saloon under a hypnotic spell and is now demented, raving continually about the incident. The case draws attention to hypnotism and its alleged effects in the area.
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Stamford
Stephen Blazer
Morgan Buying Iron Mines Near Salten
Christiana dispatch says J. Pierpont Morgan of New York is purchasing iron mines near Salten. The Dagbladet reports the deal as a strategic expansion in the iron ore sector with Morgan’s interests extending to Scandinavian resources.
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Morgan
Christiana
Dagbladet
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Salten
Catholics Organize Permanently Federation in Cincinnati
The American Federation of Catholic Societies is permanently established at its first convention in Cincinnati. Attendees showed unanimity and enthusiasm with speeches by Dr. J. M. Lavelle Archbishop Elder Gov. Nash and others praising unity and future impact for church led organizations.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Catholic Societies
St. Peter’s Cathedral
J. M. Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Archbishop Elder
Union of
Anthony Matre
Cincinnati Federation
Gov
Nash
Fleischman
T. B. Minahan
Ohio Federation
Freiss
Fitzgerald
Ex-Slave Kidnapper Ben Milam Arrested in Alabama
Decatur Alabama December 11 1899 report says Ben Milam a former slave from Lawrence County is jailed for kidnapping and selling Black people as slaves to a Tennessee river island plantation manager Milam lured victims with promises of work and wages and confined captives in a stockade seven years a slave on the island was said to have escaped and aided the arrest
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Decatur
Ala
Ben Milam
Lawrence County
Milam
Tennessee River Island
Nesro
Fire destroys Lykons mine in Harrisburg region
A large blaze at the Lykons Valley Coal Co. mine near Lykons, Pennsylvania, trapped fourteen workers who reached the surface unharmed. Twenty mules perished or suffocated, and authorities began flooding the mine after a steam pump was installed. The fire, likely started by incendiaries, has displaced many workers.
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Harrisburg
Big Lick
Lykons
Lykons Valley Coal Co
Four Seamen Drown Belonging to Ella Near Halifax
Four sailors believed to be from the Norwegian steamer Ella perished while attempting to reach shore for help after the Ella lost her propeller off Scatterie Island. The vessel was en route from Burnt Bay to Halifax when a high sea overwhelmed their boat. One survivor made shore at Mainadieu on Tuesday.
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Halifax
N. S
Ella
Burnt Bay
N. F
Scatterie Island
Het One
Mainadieu
Port saloon row ends in shootings in Washita County
In Port Oklahoma a saloon row left Bert Ardry dead Garrett Thurman shot in the back and may die and Lt McDonald shot in the left shoulder. The men allegedly taunted bartender Sam Pepper who opened fire after one leapt onto the bar.
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Manguam, Okla
Bert Ardry
Garrett Thurman
May
Lt. McDonald
Port
Washita County
Sam Pepper
Judge R W Hughes Dies in Virginia Home
Bristol Tenn December 11 Judge R W Hughes a Virginia political leader and former federal district attorney and judge died at his home near Addington Va He was once a candidate for governor of Virginia and fought two duels during his career.
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Bristol, Tenn
R. W. Hughes
Addingdon
Virginia
Macon Man Confesses to Macon Murder Located in South Macon
Arthur Price, an African American, captured in Monrose county and jailed in Macon, confessed to killing Mrs. H. J. Roland in South Macon last Wednesday. He knocked her down with a fist and struck her with an ax.
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Macon
Arthur Price
Monrose County
Tt. J. Roland
Metal Explosion Shatters Windows in South Sharon
A blast in South Sharon Pennsylvania shattered windows across several hundred buildings. Fire crews responded to the scene as police secured the area and began investigations into the cause of the explosion and property damage.
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South Sharon, Pa
Explosion at Sharon Steel Co. castings plant injures nine
An explosion at Sharon Steel Co in Sharon Pa in the casting department of the pig mill hurled heavy iron beams and wrecked the casting house. Nine men were injured two fatally possibly. Injured workers Michael Howard Michael Barquerich Edward Altman Cassius Truxall were hospitalized or sent home. The blast shattered windows hundreds of yards away and felt like an earthquake.
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Sharon
Dee
South Sharon
Sharon Steel .Co
Michael Howard
Michael Barquerich
Edward Altman
Cassius Truxall
Steel Company
Broadway
South
Yukon miners misplacing platinum in Yukon gold
D C Hurter, metallurgist in Vancouver, reports large platinum fractions found with Yukon gold. He says miners throw away thousands of dollars worth of platinum daily. A government expert will be sent to the Klondike to investigate.
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Yukon
Montreal
D. C
Deaths of Maurice and Edward Fitzger ald in Boston
Police investigated the deaths of Maurice Fitzger ald and his brother Edward found in a filthy room on Tuesday. The cause remains uncertain whether murder or self harm. Maurice, once a priest in Boston, had been excommunicated by Archbishop Williams for violating priestly vows.
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Boston
Maurice Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald
Maurice
Williams
Death mask of McKinley brought to White House by sculptor
Buffalo sculptor E L A Pausch delivered the death mask of the late President McKinley to the White House on Tuesday. The mask, taken shortly after his death, has not been shown publicly and is expected to be donated to the government for the Smithsonian Institution exhibit, noted for its faithful likeness.
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Washington
E. L. A. Pausch
White House
McKinley
Smithsonian Institute
Rolandow Renews World Championship Challenge to Sandow
Rolandow 다시 renews his challenge to Sandow for the world title weight lifting contest. He offers to donate his half of the purse to charity or to meet Sandow in a private match for 10000 dollars a side in New York.
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Rolandow
Sandow
New York
Helena Girl Dies After Poisoned Love
Helena Montana December 11 Fannie Huntley aged 18 daughter of Joseph Huntley a Carbon county prominent citizen took a dose of strychnine and died almost instantly after her sweetheart’s love grew cold officials report a fatal courtship tragedy in Helena.
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Helena
Mont
Fannie Huntley
Joseph Huntley
Carbon County
Brazilian Delegate Duarte Pereira Dies at Pan-AmericanTalk
Brazilian delegate Jose Hyginia Duarte Pereira to the Pan American conference died Tuesday afternoon at 4 20 from pneumonia complicating heart trouble in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Jose Hyginia Duarte Pereira
Brazil
Senator Shands Seeks Virginia Governor Assassination Bill
Norfolk Virginia December 11 Senator Shands introduced a bill in the legislature Tuesday making any attempt upon the life of the governor of Virginia a capital offense.
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Norfolk
Shands
Virginia
Girl saves Lincoln School pupils by playing piano in fire
Ethel Barker a 13 year old girl kept 300 children calm by playing a lively two step on a piano in the main corridor as smoke poured through the Lincoln School basement. She planned to help others escape after hearing the fire drill call and twice went back into smoke to guide students to safety.
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Chicago
Lincoln School
Ethel Barker
Miss Barker
Face to Face Duel Ends in Death at Zolfo Florida
In Zolfo Florida on December 11 G L Powell and J S Overstreet prominent turpentine operators shot each other at Powell’s still nine miles west of town. Both drew revolvers and fired. neither caused harm until Powell returned with a rifle. They fired again and both fell. Overstreet died instantly from a forehead wound. Powell died within an hour. Powell was a leading turpentine lands owner.
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Zolfo
Fla
G. L. Powell
J. S. Overstreet
Overstreet
Powell
Turpentine
Here
Florida
Seven Die As British Bark Pinmore Sinks Off Washington Coast
Details emerge of last Wednesday night wreck of the British bark Pinmore bound Santa Rosalia to Portland. At Raft River mouth the vessel went into surf. 30 crew abandoned in boats, one capsized, six men drowned. Another man died from exposure after 35 hours at sea before shore reached.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Santa Rosalia
Mex
Portland
Raft River
Gray’s Harbor
Commission Firm Penny & Co Closes After Wheat Losses
The H. R. Penny & Co commission firm in Omaha and its branch offices in Sioux City Lincoln Beatrice Fremont Columbus and Syracuse Neb closed after suffering losses over 40000 in the recent wheat bull movement. Penny said customers would be paid in full.
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Omaha
Neb
H. R. Penny & Co
Board of Trade
Sioux City
Lincoln
Beatrice
Fremont
Columbus
Syracuse
H. R. Penny
Markets Report Flour and Grain and Live Stock Prices
Cincinnati and Chicago price quotations for flour and grain across winter patent and family grades with No 2 red wheat, mixed corn, and track white oats. Live stock prices in Cincinnati Indianapolis East Buffalo show bids for cattle hogs sheep lambs and related ranges with standard grading and weights.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
East Buffalo
Glad to See Her Aboard a Paris Gown Awakens Love
A fragment from Leslie's Weekly quoted in the Philadelphia Bulletin recounts a man visiting Mrs Bobbles overcoming old antipathy, believing her glad to see him after appearances shift with fashion. It contrasts a dated outfit with Paris couture and hints at rekindled affection sparked by a transformed social moment.
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Paris
Leslie
Physician advised against automobile ownership
A Brooklyn Eagle quip notes a physician counseled against buying a car, joking that the doctor treats broken bones as a specialty. The remark highlights skepticism toward medical advice on personal choices.
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Brooklyn Eagle
To Her In Childhood Days I Found Heaven In Thy Eyes
Poem fragment from Town Topics reflecting a childhood wonder about heaven then discovering it in the beloved’s hazel eyes. The verse hints at romantic vow and timeless devotion. The line is a literary quotation rather than a news item.
No Self-Reproach Quote From Senator Sorghum
A Washington Star quote features Senator Sorghum asserting a clear conscience and claiming he always paid every cent promised for a vote in reply to a friend’s question. The exchange highlights political integrity rhetoric in a concise, reflective moment.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Just a Little Difference in Perseverance
A Yonkers Statesman letter quotes a exchange where one speaker calls perseverance and obstinacy similar, while Crimsonbeak counters that perseverance in oneself contrasts with obstinacy in others, highlighting nuance in stubborn resolve.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkers
Graceful Compliments Noted by Miss Tensea’s Family
In Harlem Life a playful exchange recalls Miss Tensea’s poise as Little Edith’s father praises her. The dialogue centers on gracefulness and growing older with kindness reflected in family chatter.
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Edith
Miss Tenseasons
Little Edith
Harlem
Desirable Neighbor Mrs Binks Described by Friends
A humorous exchange from the New York Weekly recalls Mrs Binks as the nicest neighbor ever. A friend notes she ignored him while passing, highlighting her quiet, cordial manner.
His Own Style Burglary Misquoted Dancing Master
A burglar climbs in by an open window and muses that he once paid a dancing master to teach him how to enter a room, reflecting on his own method. The Chicago Tribune frames it as a sardonic aside about skill and crime.
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Chicago Tribune
Silent Confidant Ends With a Blink
Quotation recounts a man asked about a secret plan while eleven of his friends confirm it, the twelfth silent due to a cold. The source notes a nonresponsive witness and a casual tone in the New York Herald style.
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N. Y. Herald
Preferable to Being Killed Sly Exchange on Instruments
A quip from Harlem Life contrasts choices of learning the cornet or the trombone with a dark joke about strychnine. The exchange uses sharp humor to provoke contemplation of life and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Not Always Successful in Deterring Customers
A quoted Brooklyn Life snippet shows a waiter noting some customers never quit, despite best efforts to discourage them. The piece reflects streetwise humor about persistence in dining crowds and service challenges in a historical urban setting.
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Brooklyn
Two Kinds of Happiness in Yonkers Comic Remark
A comic Yonkers Statesman item features Mr Crimsonbeak arguing money cannot buy happiness while Mrs Crimsonbeak notes creditors smile upon the news of his forthcoming marriage to money.
Compensation for a small chop in Glasgow Times
A brief quote from the Glasgow Times notes a driver and waiter exchange over a small chop. The waiter concedes it will take some time to eat, signaling a slow meal or a humorous dining moment captured in a clipped notice.
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Glasgow
Not Qualified to Judge in Ex Purgated Editions Debate
In the Brooklyn Eagle, Perdita questions a novel as a potential society play while Constance notes she only reads ex purgated editions, expressing uncertainty about its suitability for stage adaptation.
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Perdita
Constance
Brooklyn Eagle
Lookalike compliment stuns Isabel in Detroit chatter
A playful exchange in Detroit features Isabel Guile and Irma as Isabel recalls a remark that someone said she resembles Irma, prompting amused reaction in a casual street moment.
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Isabel
Irma
Detroit
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