Madman at the Lunatic Asylum Joke Ends With Rescue
A humorous yet dangerous joke at an English lunatic asylum spirals into a near catastrophe when Alec Disney’s plan to prank Mike Brady backfires. Mistaken for a patient, narrator is restrained, strapped, and nearly placed in a strait jacket before Alec intervenes and explains the ruse. London report adds note on Hatfield House carved oak hall replica for a Chicago exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Disney
Mike Brady
Inch Station
Alec
Mike
Rascal
Disney
Sorr
Aberdes
Dr. Disney
Abe
New York Recorder
Lord Salisbury
England
Hatfield House
Hertfordshire
Marquis of Salisbury
Messrs. Hampton & Sons
Pall Mall
Messrs
Hampton & Sons
London Standard
Resignation drama at Ellis Island prompts high level praise
Apolonaris Karpowsky, once a $4 a day labor inspector at Ellis Island, sent his resignation after his chief Colonel Weber resigned. Secretary Carlisle questioned the move, Weber praised the inspector as good and efficient, and Carlisle urged him to stay, noting his political protection from removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apolonaris Karpowsky
Treasury Department
Apolonaris
Ellis Island
Colonel Weber
Washington
Carlisle
Weber
Buffalo Bill Seeks Salt Lake Game Preserve on Antelope Island
Colonel William F. Cody with English backers visited Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, a 32 000 acre site eyed for a national game park. Cody reportedly offered 100 000 dollars, but owners J H White and J E Cody refused to sell as they plan stocking the island with elk moose and black tailed deer. A carload of rare game arrived Tuesday to stock the preserve.
Change of Life Remedy Promised by Lydia E. Pinkham
In a testimonial from Palatka Florida Mrs W W Culner credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health during changes of life and recommends it for general female weakness from youth to old age. The notice notes that druggists carry the product and provides an address in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mego, Co
Lynn
Mass
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Banjo Evolution From African Roots to Modern Craft
The Washington Star recounts the banjo’s ascent from a calabash instrument in Africa to a refined 19th century craftsman’s tool. It notes improved heads and strings, imported gut, raised frets, and U.S. production in Philadelphia Boston Chicago and New York. The piece frames origins with slave heritage and guitar-inspired development while contrasting popular stereotypes with professional opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Cristo
Lord Fauntleroy
Germany
Italy
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
New York
Africa
Washington Star
Little Lord Fauntleroy Inspires Boy’s View of Uncle
A six year old raised by his uncle and aunt is drawn to Little Lord Fauntleroy. He sympathizes with the crusty earl, saying he could stand him, as he stood his Uncle George, highlighting a child’s forgiving perspective in a Chicago Herald note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Fauntleroy
Pounteroy
Uncle George
Chicago Herald
Chatter on Lions Giraffes as Kings of Beasts
A light exchange ponders why the lion is called king of beasts and proposes the giraffe should oversee neck length, reflecting playful anthropomorphic talk in a brief quip.
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Salt Lake
W. W. Culner
Palatka, Fla
Dr. Stetson
Concord
DR Stetson
H. S. Hapgood
Stow
Anterprise
Horace Tuttle
W.A. Cunningham
Walden Street
J. C. Friend
Haynes & Tourtellot
Maynard, Mass
Spading Harrow
Planet Jr
Hill Dro
Maynard
Blair “Dresser
Yles
Neil Currie & CO
Maynard’s Block
Maynard, Gree
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