Wall Street Gambler's Shadow Over Howard and Annie
Howard, a Yale alumnus, drifts into debt under the influence of Robert Underwood and a scheming classmate, while his wife Annie keeps him grounded in a tiny Harlem flat as they face eviction and the lure of a risky fortune. A continuation promises further unraveling of loyalties and dreams.
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Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Lambs
Howard
Underwood
Annie
Coxe
New York
Wall Street
Electric generating plants power English hospitals
Hospitals in England largely rely on in house generating stations to ensure reliable power for lighting heating ventilation and telephones. Even with public supply some sites maintain independent systems for critical moments. Some facilities run laundries and even private electric railways to move supplies.
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England
The Duration of Dreams During a Dental Gas Sleep
A man under gas anesthesia experiences a vivid dream sequence from dental treatment to club, station, and missed train, then awakens stiff and chilled as the club steward, his dentist, informs him the nocturnal adventure lasted exactly 42 seconds.
Bosses Beaten at Chicago Polls in First Primary
Chicago voters shattered primary records as direct voting challenged party machines. Merriam and Harrison won nominations with large margins amid violence and disorder at various polling places. Costs topped 596 500 with arrests and clashes including a deputy shooting a man at a Twenty first ward polling site.
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Chicago
Charles Ek
Merriam
Carter H. Harrison
University of Chicago
Harrison
Andrew J Graham
Arthur Quinn
John Cottingham
Nellie B. van Slingerland
Miss van Slingerland
Hold Up A Train In St Louis
Two masked bandits halted an Iron Mountain train from Hot Springs and Texarkana at 8 p m in South St Louis. They rode the train through the city, leaped off near Tower Grove station, and threatened the express messenger with six shooters three miles from the initial attack site. It is the boldest of several train robberies in St Louis and surrounding areas over the past year.
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St. Louis
St. Louis County
Farm Fight Ends in Killing. A Looming Lynching Foiled
In Bellefontaine Ohio Burr Kerns 38 a wealthy farmer was killed after a fight on a local farm. Gibson Beers 21 shot him and John Beers his father were rescued by Sheriff Woods from a mob as preparations for lynching them began. Beers says Kerns knocked him down after Beers allegedly stole corn from Kerns crib. Authorities report threats were exchanged and a struggle followed.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Burr Kerns
Gibson Beers
John Beers
Sheriff Woods
Kern
Kerns
Young Beers
Beers
Drowned on Ice Floe Off St Petersburg Gulf
A fishing village of 600 people rode an ice floe adrift in the Gulf of Finland and later broke apart in a storm. Eighty are reported drowned while the rest were rescued.
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St. Petersburg
Gulf of Finland
Maine split on reciprocity in Legislature vote
The Federal Relations Committee in Augusta rejected a memorial to Congress favoring reciprocity with Canada by a 6 to 3 vote. Three Democrats and three Republicans opposed the memorial, while two Democrats and one Republican supported it.
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Augusta
Federal Relations Committee
Maine
Congress
Canada
Munyons Cold Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Munyons Cold Remedy claims to relief head and throat and lung symptoms almost immediately. It claims to check fevers, nasal discharges, and pains from colds, cure grip and stubborn coughs, prevent pneumonia, with free medical advice from Prof. Munyon at 63rd and Jefferson Avenues Philadelphia PA.
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Munyon
Jefferson
Phila
Two Sons and a Rah Rah Boy at the Library
A western governor and his two sons lounge in a library when a prizefight referee’s name sparks talk. The slimmer son praises the referee calling him “all right” after recalling a past bout where he fought under the name Young Ryan and was counted slow.
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Ryan
Saturday Evening Post
Out of a Job Your Job and a Quote From Schurman
A narrator laments being fired from a place called Successful Life Work and reflects on a quote attributed to President Schurman about living well and inspiring others. The tone is reflective and era styled.
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Young Bill
Earth
President Schurman
Coffee Free Milk for Baby Health. Postum Endorsed
A Kansas City mother credits Postum with improving her milk flow and her baby’s digestion after giving up coffee. She describes dizziness heart pain and sour stomach resolved by cocoa and Postum, noting husband also switched and recovered from dyspepsia. The letter promotes Postum and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Kansas City
Postum
Baby
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Charles Kliin
Arthur Hornblow
Ray Walters
G.W. Ditingham
Jeffries
Harlem
Pater
Fifty-third Street
Fifth Ave
Nue
Bersti
Eighth Avenue
Howard Dear
Old Man
Legislature Committee
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