More Women Tramps Move Between Police Stations in Chicago
A Chicago feature reports increasing numbers of female tramps begging for food and shelter, traveling between stations rather than roaming streets. Police and Salvation Army volunteers note paltry lodging and meals, with station tramps recounting origins and routines, often using religious leanings to aid repeat begging.
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Chicago
Dewk
Harrison
Maxwell
Sal
Vols
Jght
South
Clark
State Streets
Tennessee Homecoming Week Invitation for Former Tennesseans
The paper invites all former Tennesseans living elsewhere to return for Tennessee Homecoming Week September 23 to 28. It promises inviting paths for travel and a thirty day period with cheap rates to visit their old homes and participate in the Nash ville State Fair. J A Ankrom endorses the notice urging preparation and publication of all names.
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Tennessee
Bealdes
Nash
Tennessee State Fair Association
Bis
Unis
Nashville
French traveler Mossi seeks a World Tour Prize and fame
Henri Vincent Mossi, a flamboyantly dressed French traveler, claims to tour the world in a walker race to win $10,000 and gain U S recognition. He recounts surviving pirates, spies, and a tiger in Indochina and says he will head to Washington to seek an audience with President Roosevelt.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Henri Vincent Morsl
Banta Harbara
Touriss
Ors Evoltation
Sporlenan
Ely
England
Wimoul
Moses
Europa
Asia
Africa
United States
George Mes
East Indies
Monsi
Mrssia
Pebion
Indochina
M. Mossi
Washington
Roodwvelt
Would Sell Farm for Auto in Spencer Scandal
A Spencer farmer consents to a guardian as overseers fear he will sell his farm at auction to fund an automobile dream. His wife’s conduct and a Worcester dealer tie into the case, with Attorney Kane supervising the sale and restricting proceeds for the auto.
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Worcester
Maia
Spencer
Spencer Diit
William N. Guilford
Mabel i. Thompson
Jere R. Kane
Guilford
Kane
Hrnnet
Lynching of James Seed after police killing shocks Maryland town
Chaos erupts as worshipers flee churches in Crisfield to lynch James Seed, a halfbreed accused of killing Officer James H. Daugherty. Seed is captured after seeking refuge in a boat chase, beaten to death, and hanged from a telegraph pole as deputies struggle to preserve order. A coroner’s jury labels the act as unknown perpetrators. Also recounted are odd local anecdotes about Carnegie’s impossible boat, a hen-egg incubator improvised with a hot water bag, and a Missouri woman criticizing a drunk neighbor who crows like a rooster in the alley.
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Crisfield
James Seed
James H. Daugherty
Daugherty
Virginia
Alyelli
Reed
Kansas City
Jesh Addington
East Third Street
Judge Goodrich
Pittsburg Women Seek Appendectomy To Gain Social Standing
A Pittsburg paper reports a morbid trend among society women who have their vermiform appendix removed to fit upper circle norms. Doctors warn against unnecessary surgery while the fad spreads, with stories of women seeking anesthesia and surgical claims to maintain social equity.
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Pittsburg
New York
Hot water bag incubator aids Kansas chicken venture
In Wichita a Kansas woman discovers a novel use for a hot water bag as an incubator for her chickens. The item, once a modern comfort for cold feet, now serves as a practical aid to hatchery efforts in the local garden.
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Kansas
Wichita
Revelations Of A Potlatch And A War Veteran’s Voucher
A detailed account describes a $14 000 sale of a nine year old Indian girl at Albert Bay potlatch with another purchase of a near adult for $1 000, plus about $30 000 donated to the general fund as erosion of Indigenous rights. It notes Ottawa officials’ prior promises to curb such exchanges and their apparent inaction. Separately, Carmi Illinois region reports John F. Eddings receiving $26.19 back pay after four decades for Civil War service. Knights of Pythias endowment debates in Tennessee hinge on legal limits.
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B. C
Albert Bay
Ottawa
ARIOLA Coffee Praise From An Old Soldier Comment
An old soldier writes praising ARIOLA coffee calling it the best and richest he ever drank. He notes its freshness and strength, claiming it beats other brands and markets it as a superior choice for enthusiasts. The letter also mentions ARIOSA as a leading, widely sold roasted coffee brand.
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Ariola
Ariosa
United States
Smmbisid
Arbuckles
Farm Mystery of Hidden Fortune in Putnam County
Findlay Ohio report claims about $20,000 hidden on William Nemeyer’s farm near Ottawa in Putnam County. Nemeyer, a former Muskingum County settler who disliked banks, kept wealth at home. a two sugar troughs safe yielded over $1,000 decades ago but money later vanished. Estate handlers fear the treasure remains concealed beneath uncertain conditions.
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Findlay
Putnam County
Ottawa
William Nemeyer
Nemeyer
Muskingum County
California
Ife
Wilderness
Mr. Nemeyer
Fire in a U S Mail Box at Eleventh and C Streets
A youth ignited matches and burned about 20 mail letters in a local red box near Eleventh and C streets. a druggist put out the flames. No arrests reported. The notice also promotes Tennessee return invitations for expatriate Tennesseans with rail rates for the State Fair in Nashville September 23 to 28.
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Washington
Eleventh and
C Streets
Post Office Department
Guy Neejoe
Eleventh and C Streets
Estate saga ends as Brown Palace sold at sheriff sale
The estate of W. B. Stratton bought the Brown Palace hotel at sheriff's sale after a long dispute begun 14 years ago in the hotel lobby. Stratton, once ordered out by the hotel manager for defiant conduct, later loaned money to settle the Brown estate and ultimately purchased the property for $860,000 as the estate wound up.
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Denver
Col
Stratton
Brown Palace
Brown
Stratton Estate
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