City Flats Boys Rescue Baby From Window Swing
In a Chicago urban block a seven story light shaft becomes a perilous stage when Teddy Rowland and Oliver Stacey improvise a rope swing to hoist a baby from a window ledge. Teddy risks himself to save the child as neighbors watch, then both boys receive praise from Mrs Browning and Mrs Stacey amid jelly cake reward.
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Mrs. Rowland
Mrs. Browning
Teddy
Oliver
Witin
Sye
Aes
Peddy
Lalnuee
Baly
Olver
Leddy
Rowland
Boylstan Flats
Stacey
Chicago
Vanderbilts Leader Dies Suddenly In New York Residence
Cornelius Vanderbilt head of the Vanderbilt railroad empire dies at his West Seventy seventh Street home New York. He born Staten Island November 27 1848 and rose to lead major lines including New York Central and Hudson River and Michigan Central. His fortune valued at about 100 million with bonds and railroads
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
West Itaty-seventh Street
New York
William H. Vanderbilt
Staten Island
N. Y
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Harlem
Michigan Central
Chauncey M. Depew
Vanderbilt
New York Central
Chicago
Northwestern
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Ontario and Western
Reginald
Noo
Gertrude
Harry Payne Whitney
Gladys
Youthful Dagger Wielders in Caucasus Tribes
A fragment describes early self defense among Caucasus tribes where young children learn to walk with daggers and how the elders instill training. The passage notes the practice of instructing youngsters in agility and readiness, reflecting cultural preparation from childhood.
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Caucasus
General Joubert Boer Commander in Chief of Boer Army
General P. J. Joubert is described as the most celebrated fighter in South Africa and the Boer Republics military chief under Dom Paul Kruger. At 68, scarred by many wounds, he is cited for leading Boers at Muanja Hill Laings Nek Bronkhorst and Spruit and for trapping Jameson through rapid mobilization and expert marksmanship.
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South Africa
Dom Paul Kruger
P. J. Joubert
Kruger
Joubert
Manjuba Hill
Laings Nek
Bronkhorst
Spruit
Jameson
James B. Eustis Former U S Ambassador to France Dead
James Bidwell Eustis, longtime diplomat and former United States ambassador to France, died in Newport. Born 1834 in New Orleans to a Massachusetts family, he studied at Harvard, practiced law in New Orleans, served briefly in the Confederate army, and later held Louisiana legislature and U S Senate seats before Cleveland appointed him ambassador in 1893. He later resided in New York and was famed as a polished senator speaker.
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United States
France
James Bidwell Isustis
Newport
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Boston
James Eustis
Harvard
Fort Somer
Eustis
The
Con
Magruder
Louisiana
Cleveland
New York
Senate
Debt Paid in Threatening Offense Recalled in West
A past miners feud led to a murder and Senator Thurston intervened to soften a teen detainee’s punishment. Years later a man claiming to be Jack Bailey’s pursuer visited Thurston’s office threatening vengeance and offering to kill anyone in town he disliked if Thurston would walk with him.
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West
Thurston
Squire Thurston
Jack Bailey
Squire
Man grateful for life after accident then complains of torn pants
In the first moments after a crash a man expresses gratitude for surviving. He soon complains about his torn pants, reflecting mixed reactions in the immediate aftermath.
Scotch girl swims Greenock to Rothesay in long voyage
Mary Livingstone Scotland’s champion woman swimmer attempted a fifteen mile crossing from Greenock to Rothesay. She started just before noon in 48 degree water and, despite strong progress to Clock lighthouse, showed exhaustion past Behthouse and was taken aboard near Wemyss Castle after three hours forty minutes.
The Pest Man Wins and Health Amid Defense of Stomach Bitters
A clipped opinion contrasts prize fighting with lasting health, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for curing constipation dyspepsia biliousness and liver trouble for fifteen years.
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Hostetter
Frohman’s Start in Theatrical Business Highlights
Edward Payson Weston inspired Daniel Frohman to enter theater after a West Coast walking tour. Frohman, Lyceum Theater NY manager, launched six day walking matches with Franklin Fyles and Daniel Roliman. The venture earned over $10,000 and propelled Frohman to wealth in theatricals. Weston later became an advertising agent.
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Daniel Frohman
Edward Payson Weston
Lyceum Theater
New York
Mr. Weston
West
American Institute
Franklin Fyles
Sun
Daniel Roliman
Mr. Wrohman
Frohman
Wyless
Weston
A Girl's Boston Experiences Begins in Ladies' Home Journal
A sparkling serial titled Her Boston Experiences will start in The Ladies' Home Journal. Margaret Allston, a vivacious socialite, recalls a winter in Boston with relatives in the Back Bay. She describes exclusive social circles and her frank observations, crafting a biographic portrait of contemporary Boston life.
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Boston
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Margaret Allston
London to New York in Three Days Plan by Reid Family
Mr Reid and his sons of Newfoundland aim to cut the London to New York journey by fifty hours using a route through Holyhead Dublin Galway Bay Notre Dame Bay Port-aux-Basque North Sydney and Cape Breton with rail boat and steamer links aided by their Newfoundland farm. The scheme appears in Ainslee's for October.
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James B. Eustis
James B. Bustis
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