Trapped Six Months With Hard Labor In Prison Break
Joe Renshaw plans a bold escape from the magistrate's harsh sentence while Benjamin Timpany fears for his security. Renshaw studies Timpany's house and stages a midnight break using a center bit to access a safe and steal valuables, signaling a dangerous cat and mouse over six months of confinement.
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Joe Renshaw
Benjamin Timpany
Jace
Renshaw
Mr. Renshaw
Mr. Timpany
Joe
Timpany
Bendigo
Mr. Timpeny
Wally
Burglary Ends In Five Hour Sleep and Arrest
A burglar breaks into a Leeds office, pockets Bank of England notes, and drinks port. He collapses from a drugged wine bottle left by the owner, wakes in a police cell, and faces twelve years’ penal servitude as he reflects on dealing with lawyers.
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Jimmy
Joe
Bank of England
Mr. Timpan
Coe An
Timpany
Odd London Tea Set Hire Business Surges Daily
Pearsons Weekly notes a thriving London trade where about 20,000 daily hirers borrow tea sets and dining wares. Regulars include marriageable daughters hosting Sundays, with extra items like curtains and rugs sought to impress guests, especially in summer.
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London
Pearson’s Weekly
Kruger and the Uitlanders in Johannesburg
President Kruger explains his view to Sir Henry Loch describing Uitlanders as like a baboon who trusted him then wrongly blamed him after a fire incident. He cautions that Johannesburgers burned by speculation seek revenge on Kruger for their misfortunes.
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Kruger
Johannesburg
Sir Henry Loch
Sir Henry
Sweetheart Abbey Romance of 600 Years
An ancient ruin in Galloway Scotland named Sweetheart Abbey guards the legend of Dersorgill and her husband John Balrol whose hearts are said to be embalmed on her breast. The ivy battered walls symbolize death and decay yet keep a romance alive for six centuries.
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Galloway
Scotland
Dersorgill
John Balrol
Dream Book Price Makes Oil Land a Bargain
An Indiana man recalls an oil land episode in Ohio where landowner Barnes rejected test wells and, guided by a dream book and fortune teller, hiked his asking price to 1000 and then 1500 per acre. The dream-driven bets collapsed after a third consult, as the syndicate spent 7500 on wells without yielding oil.
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Indiana
Ohio
Barnes
Jacob
Detroit Free Press
Music That Strains the Clothing Opinion Piece
A wife of a New York orchestra director reveals a humorous standard of taste. She dislikes Wagner operas because the performances ruin her husband’s shirts, preferring Italian operas for gentler cloth wear.
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Umblatter
New York
Royal visitor visits Chicago stockyards amid vast operations
A royal envoy touring Chicago's stockyards was greeted with full hospitality and shown the scale of cattle and hog processing. Before departing, he asked the guide if the odor ever inconveniences him, to which the guide replied with astonishment, What odor, your highness.
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Chicago
Ribifons of Dyes and Coal Tar Dyes Growth
The article notes a vast expansion in artificial coloring since Perkin's discovery of aniline dyes in the mid 19th century. It estimates over 3,000,000 distinct dyestuffs are accessible and at least 25,000 appear in patent specifications. Natural coloring matters are few and may be displaced by coal tar derivatives.
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Perkin
Thomas B Reed's Wit and Dry Stream Advice
Thomas B Reed, then speaker of the house, was urged by a member to help secure funds to improve a district stream. Reed replied that the stream was dry in summer and suggested amending the bill to macadamize it rather than dredge it.
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Thomas B. Reed
Mreed
Kelburg Poland Salt City Cathedral Carved in Salt
A city near Cra cow in Poland lies entirely in rock salt with over 3000 residents who work the mines. Streets and houses are pure white and a salt cathedral is carved and lit by electricity. Disease is reportedly unknown and most die of old age.
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Kelburg
Cracow
Poland
Uncertain About Her Ace in Boston Servant Tale
A Boston servant, living eleven years with one family, wonders about her age after reading of an old woman dying at 106. She muses she may be as old as that, recalling she cannot remember a time when she was not alive. Boston Christian Register reports the anecdote.
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Boston
Boston Christian Register
Caboags
India
Fay
Mr. Wright
Optician
Idgely
Norwegian Skees And The Winter Skating Culture
The article describes Norwegian winter sports focusing on skeelobning or snowshoeing as essential travel. It details skee construction from ash wood, dimensions, grooves, and leather loops that secure the foot, enabling precise foot movements and control on the long ten foot runners.
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Norway
C. E. Borchgrevink
St. Nicholas
Sawed Fish Showman’s Silent Rally
A London Telegraph anecdote recalls a showman who advertised a “great sawed fish.” A learned man corrects him to “sword fish” but pays twopence to see a cod sawed in half, while the showman jokes about education and running the act.
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London Telegraph
Ostrich Logic and Blood Purity Cure Warning
A satirical note warns against ignoring hidden dangers and promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier. It claims the medicine both cleanses the blood and prevents eruptions, boils, pimples, and sores linked to impure blood. The text urges readers to recognize unseen risks.
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Tere
Humanity
Dr. Pierce
Golden
Doctor Pierce
James R. Moss
New London
Painty Co
Dr. Sage
The modish woman and the shapeless short gown
A passage recalls Mrs. Barbauld’s view of fashion with tight stays and high heels giving way to the shapeless short gown and sack worn into the afternoon. It notes the endurance of compression garments by heroic foremothers and the shift away from restrictive dress for social calls.
The Rainfall Region Across Appalachians
The wettest area on the Atlantic slope lies between latitudes thirty five and thirty six along the Appalachians near western North Carolina with Asheville on its eastern edge. This zone averages about seventy inches of rain annually, while the northwestern coast from British Columbia to northern California sees 80 to 100 inches yearly, more than twice New York City’s rainfall.
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Appalachians
North Carolina
Asheville
British Columbia
California
New York City
Godwins Mid-Winter Clearing Out Sale 1903
February 1903 advertisement for Godwins clearing out winter goods at cost for 45 days. cash only. discounts include 50 pairs of men’s wool pants 98 cents, $6-$5 tailor made pants at $3.50, boys shorts 39 cents, suits and overcoats from 10 to 50 dollars, shoes 98 cents, hats 98 cents to 2 dollars, shirts 76 cents, hosiery 3 for 25 cents, and various domestic textiles sale prices. includes numerous low prices across clothing, footwear, shirts, and linens.
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Eclipse
Great Mental Strain Class Shows Student Mood and Irony
In a Baltimore American inspired vignette, a student at a vast institution of learning is depicted in deep thought while drafting a sheet of white paper. The guide clarifies the scene is about a new class, not a weighty political economy treatise, highlighting campus humor and satire from a bygone era.
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Baltimore American
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Sam
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Als
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Easton
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Preston
Denton
Harvey M. Thawley
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Henry Br, Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis & Goldsborough, Attorneys-At-Law
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J Fletcher Clark
Bastom
C. Deen
Fowling Creek, MD
Caroline County
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Red R. Owens
Dexton, Maryland
R. Cochran, JR
Wilmington
Del
Mason
OHN
Dungan Justice OF the Peace
Hillaboro
P. Covey
Agner, MD
Godwnn
Scents
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J.C. Godwin CO
N. Washington St
Easton, MD
W. J. Blackiston
Denton, MD
Enger
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Speedy
S. NowEkk & Son
Fonerae
Masa
Anklam Mfg Coo
Smith & Wright
T. W.smith
Ridgely, MD
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Skauuy
Dueyz
Tamest
Cooper
Undertaker
John W. Causaey
WM. Denney
Sxec'y Anp Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance
Dover
Delaware
Mutual Planance
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L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
Alex. Noble
Preston, Md
Smith & Wright, Law Building
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Light Street
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ISEB
WSPA
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