Hypnotism and a Bank Heist in a Waverley Tale
Adjutant Stanton Cummings uses hypnotism to coerce a bank cashier Robert Hargrove at Beaver Street into theft. After seven years Hargrove reappears and recounts how Cummings manipulated him to steal fifty thousand dollars, with the recovered funds finally secured via Australian securities.
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Mio
Cummings
Major Onderdork
Adjutant Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Cam‘wings
Serat
Worgrove
Robert Hargrove
L—— Trust Company
Beaver Street
Stanton Cummings
Cummongs
L—~ Trust Company
L—- Trust Company
Messaates
Hargrove
Fargrove Fa
Beaver Street Frame
Ifo
L— Trust Company
Aod
Martin
Flargrove
Green
New York
Australia
Sydney
Thad
Thia
Mr. Grean
Waverley Magazine
Streetcar Seat Theft by Families Sparks Outcry
Chicago Journal calls out families riding streetcars without paying fares. Authors urge conductors to collect fares for every seat occupied by children and to curb monopolization on crowded routes, especially Sundays. The piece targets parents who leave elderly riders standing while their youngsters sit.
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Beata
Culcago Journal
Banks Compete For Deposits And The New Man In Finance
Banks compete for deposits with aggressive incentives and strict thresholds. Some institutions warn customers when balances fall below $400, while solicitors offer fresh income through deposit referrals. The piece notes a shift from traditional work to bank deposit solicitation as a notable career path.
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New York
Simall
Perso
Low Coiffure Trends and Clothing Advice From Circa Vintage Columns
Readers note a shift away from low coiffure toward high or half high styles with the Grecian knot and variations like the cornette and toque. Also offered are fashion tips praising cheerful outlook, simple pleasures, and the union suit as warmth source, downplaying heavy skirts for comfort.
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Lhasa
Tittsburg
Fashionable ruches return to Paris styles and jewelry trends
A Paris correspondent notes ruches will dominate fashion for six months with light muslin and chiffon gowns, strict long skirts, and contoured waists. Jewelry shifts to diamonds, pearls, turquoises, and new stones like New Zealand green and rose-pink opal-like gems, worn in day and evening wear.
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Paris
Lenat
Notable Women in Business and Education Across Nations
The passage profiles women achieving milestones in various fields. Jessie Gibson becomes Indianapolis's first woman architect after MIT graduation. Queen Helena of Italy shows cooking prowess. Mrs. Stock dies after a long illness at 103. Dorothy Mempes, a young author in her teens, has written five books with a sixth in progress. It notes women in insurance, a Middlebury women’s college project, Swiss chocolatiers, and Dr. Jennie Nicholson Browne passing Maryland medical examinations and taking roles in charity and psychology education.
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Loubet
la Terensse
Marganng
Jessie Gibson
Indianapolis
Massachusetts School of Technology
United States
Helena
Lnly
Felons
Stock
England
Dorothy Mempes
Middlebury College
Menu's College
Middlebury
Geneva
Switzerland
Jennie Nicholson Browne
Maryland State Board
Baltimore Board of Charities
Woman's Catho Mc Benevolent Legion of the State
Woman's Medical College of
Baltimore
Fashions for Autumn and Winter Brim with Embellished Fabrics
The article outlines autumn and winter trends with Prengs Medalliong and Oriental color neck chains, fringe trimmings for skirts and waists, new bows and round patterned collars, three quarter length wraps, black etamine gowns, and elaborate lace. It notes black white cheered silk grenadine, kilted skirts, and color themes of purples, browns, and greens, plus voles and veiling fabrics for house gowns and smart afternoon wear.
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He Jong
Wise Words and Timber: Language Values and Wood Preservation
A collection of aphorisms on language as a temple and the harm of blaming others. Also reports a timber preservation method using borax solution to vulcanize and harden soft wood, increasing toughness while avoiding brittleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bugara
Keeping Oxen and Roadside Practices in Farm Life
Farm notes discuss oxen use for hauling and road conditions, plus a recommended animal-keeping remedy from Dr Salmon. It also describes moving sheep along fences on roads and plumping geese with specific feed and water practices to improve meat quality.
Draft horses valued for action over mere smooth gaits
The text argues that walking smoothly is less useful than good movement in draft horses. It extols traits like level, straight, and regular trot, noting deviations indicate unsoundness. It links proper hind limb and heel action to sound conformation, warning that straight legs and stiff heels reduce power.
Wagon Rack Lever Described by Timache Builder
A dated letter recalls a wagon rack lever system described by Timache long ago. It explains assembling four pieces of wood with bolts to form a lever that lifts a drop piece over the lever, enabling a light wagon to be lifted when empty.
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D. Parker Sleckmag
Care of Horse Collars to Prevent Sore Breasts
Advice from W Wellog of The Eptromist stresses proper fit of horse collars to avoid chafing. Keep the breast clean in warm weather and wash sweat from the collar with colt water at noon. Rub a lump of tallow on the collar and band to keep it smooth. clean sweat pads, and avoid raw turpentine on sore areas.
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W. Wellog
Eptromist
Ono
Chinese Opression and American Merchants in Early Conflict
Fragmentary historic text recounts tensions between Chinese oppression and American merchants. It notes Captain BH McCallan of the American Navy patrolling Chinese waters and mentions Americans adopting a dress or bearing to protect interests. The passage references terms and phrases about Chinese officials and native responses without clear chronology or outcome.
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Capitan BH. McCallan
Marrasirisin
The Funny Side of Life in a Mother's Congress Era
A clipped humorous note about a prolific author using any theme, reflecting on levies and the public, with a line about a baby screaming at sight of the author. The passage hints at a Washington Star item from the Mothers Congress era and a playful exchange on strangers.
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Wate
Washington
Mothers' Congress
Quips and Quirks Light Up Earlier Papers
A collage of humorous snippets from early 20th century papers shows jokes about language, orders, schooling, manners, and mistaken phrases. The collection includes supposed misprints, grocery chat, and light lampooning dialogues.
Incurable Barbs and Weary Prose Across OCR Fragments
A collage of clipped quotations and stray dialogue from multiple papers recounts marital pressures, imagined fortunes, and distant royalty. Amid scattered names and a note on a railway record, the jagged text hints at social satire and gossip without a single coherent event.
Balfour Presents Insular Free Trade Pamphlet
Premier Balfour refines a pamphlet arguing for no change in Britain's fiscal policy. He says free trade has harmed export growth while other nations build protective policies, urging Britain to abandon free trade and embrace protectionist measures to strengthen industry.
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London
Balfour
Russia
Great Deritain
Great Britain
Fle
England
Binet
Nea
Promier
Airship Rumor Sparks Irvington Antecedent Hoax
Residents of Irvington Indiana report sighting an airship with two men aboard. Local business figures swear they saw the craft, while youths discover a paper covered torpedo shaped object several miles from town, about feet long, with a canopy and two figures, likely a model used by local mechanics.
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Tidianapolis
Ind
Irvington
Fiehl
Military Attache of Chinese Legation Dies in San Francisco
In San Francisco California King Yung Military Attache of the Chinese Legation reportedly killed himself after leaving letters claiming inability to endure threats. He had been arrested and resisted police before turning on the gas in his room and dying.
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San Francisco
Cal
King Yung
Willington
San Praneisca
Yung
Manin
Deck
Trenton
Central
John Ready
Bridesburg
Wendy
NO FEAR FOR MISSIONARIES IN TURKEY AND MACEDONIA
The American Board reports no current concern for its missionaries in Turkey Bulgaria and Macedonia. Property in Macedonia at Monastir and Salonika is valued around 30000 with mission work proceeding smoothly. In Beirut Presbyterian missionaries remain outside the board's jurisdiction. A Detroit man, Frank Day, was killed in a Milwaukee auto crash at the State Fair Park while riding Barley Oldfield's car. Britain and Japan express protests over evacuation terms and delays.
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Helgaria
Macedonia
Boston
Mass
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Bulgarke
Hin
Strong
Alt Tation
Monastir
Salonika
Beirut
Amer
Fean Bouard
Frank Day
Detroit
Mich
Milwaukee
Wis
Barhey" Oldfield
Day
Florida
President McKinley
Toledo
Ohio
Fairbanks
Weat Bay City
William Brandt
Williams A. Hoffman
Mayestown
United States Realty
New York City
Victor Smith
School Board of
New Jersey
Clark Wilson
Kentucky
Burglara
Frank Bailey
Cairo
Kearsarge
Hemphill
Llewellyn Beller
Butte, Mont
Thoma Lipton
Utica
N. Y
Roosevelt
West Point
Loew Ruppunees
Clark
Rhode Island
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Missouri
Episcopal Church
United States Fish Commission
Seattle
Wash
Atrisa F
J. B. Marenm
Sheri Woodson McCord
Clark County
William E H. Smith
Nashville
Tenn
Felen Worthington-Purinton
Chicago
Senator Hoar
Essex Club
Salem
Bers
Adrianople
Pope Pius
St. Peter's
Renan
Creguier
M. Combes
Dresden
Joseph Chamber-lain
Foreign Office
London
Rio Janeiro
Bolivia
Brazil
Acre
Alaria
Marseilles
Russia
China
Manchuria
Colombia
Senate
Norman Lockyer
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Willi
Vilage
Sant Antino
Naples
Italy
Boxota
Panama
United States
Nicaaragua
Dbs Puela
Dutien
French Soldier Dies In Africa Amid Muted Reports
An Ain Sefya dispatch 12 miles from Tlemcen reports Majer Bachentt, escorted by sharpshooters, attacked near Beentabbes with Brebenlt and thirteen others killed. In Berlin Miss Morgan of the American Women's Clan dies after years of charity work and declining health.
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Ain Sefya
Berlin
Miss Morgan
Amercan
El Paso Faces Deadly Fever Outbreak in 9 Lines Mexico
Reported slow fever spreads from Lines, Mexico to El Paso Texas. Medical officials note one fourth of the population succumbs with at least 2300 based confirmed cases. A shotgun quarantine has been established as residents panic.
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Linrold
Loran Eros
Kansas City Journal
Noewrehias
el Paso
Texas
Mystery of Interrupted Experiments Revealed
A report notes an important intervention involving Sie Utrau Maxha, with ongoing public disclosure about the remaining experiments. The record emphasizes a significant change in the conduct and timing of these activities.
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London Westblaster Diarette Nn. Younes
Sie
Utrau
Maxha
Svar
Mike
Interior selects Charley Bonaparte as special prosecutor
The Department of the Interior picks Charley J. Bonaparte to lead the Indian land fraud investigation. Other items note bail rise for August Machen amid 13 indictments for postal frauds and proposed Navy funding cuts and increases.
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Charley J. Bonaparte
Department of the Interior
August W.machen
Moody
Congress
Navy
Treasury Department
Posiat
Washington
Payne
Moosevelt
Miss Todd
Greenwood
Del
Way
Bank Officials Convicted in New Jersey Banking Case
John A. Newbury and Rudolph Newman of the Mercantile Co-Operative Bank of New Jersey were found guilty by a Freehold jury of violating banking laws. The case noted their main Red Bank branch and cited a five year term or a $5000 penalty.
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John A. Newbury
Rudolph Newman
Mercantile Co-Operative Bank of New Jersey
Red Bank
Freehold
Benjamin E. de Groot
de Groot
I W. Stevens
Expert Accountants’ Association
New Jersey
Pali
British and Canadian move to study Lake Erie dam plan
The British Foreign Office informs the U S that international inquiry will begin into the proposed dam at the foot of Lake Erie to regulate upper lakes. Canada will appoint commissioners as part of the investigation.
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State Department
United States
Lake Erie
Great Upper Lakes
British Foreign Office
Tailors at Sea Eligible to Vote in Norwegian Election
Provisions are made for sailors to vote in the upcoming general election. Captains of ships will serve as presiding officers aboard the vessels, ensuring a orderly ballot process for seafaring workers.
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Canton Qrean
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