Globe Trotters Cheat Jewelry Store In London Style Heist
A globe trotter and his wife deceive a jeweler by staging a luxury brooch purchase with a counterfeit trust plan. They mimic expert scrutiny, arrange a sealed box promise for a $5,500 payment, and vanish after the check clears the hotel. No suspects are found.
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Amariion
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Ae Ward
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Hoteb
Ois
Rotoavn Een
DeWitt's Carbolzed Watch Tazel Salve Sold Locally
Goce DeWitt's salve advertised by Win J Jungkunz, druggist at 85 Stephenson Street. Sold as a carbolized remedy and beauty aid with local sale and distribution through the noted pharmacist.
Veteran Pedestrian Weston Demonstrates Lasting Endurance
At sixty nine Edward Payson Weston still shows remarkable stamina as a famed pedestrian. The article recalls his decades of public walks from the 1860s to the 1880s and notes his recent trip from Portland, Maine to Chicago, mirroring a feat from forty years earlier.
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Edward Payson Weston
Weston
Chengo
Portland
Dan
Notable Long Walks and Stage Memories Highlight 19th Century Tales
Edward Payson Weston and O'Leary raced 142 hours with Weston finishing 520 to 510 miles as Weston later matched O'Leary, won the Astley belt in 1884, and starred in endurance feats. Miss Hilda Englund recalled Stockholm stage apprenticeship under August Lindberg, recounting strict discipline and a bohemian quip about a drunken actor.
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Edward Payson Weston
O'Leary
John Astley
Weston
Blower Brown
Hilda Englund
Thien
Strindberg
Anittle
Mss Englund
Stockholm
August Lyndberg
Lyndberg
Quinkly
Boheimian
Oklahoma Congressmen and Senators Shift in 1930s Legislature
Oklahoma faces a mixed legislature as five representatives and two senators align with the Democratic Party, while remaining Republican control persists in both chambers. The Sixteenth Congress houses 891 members across the House and Senate.
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Carter
Oklahoma
Sisterhood of States
Congress
House of Representatives
Shalles Canbye’s Senate Margin and Ardmore Delegate
Shalles Canbye, a Republican, wins a 95 to one quarter vote in the senate, while his opponents trail nearly two to one. In the same period, delegation plans focus on the new state and party, with Charles Carter of Ardmore named as a leading candidate. Carter, a quarter Clickasaw Liyding member and Cherokee descendant, is a prosperous farmer and stockman.
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Shalles Canbye
Ani Prartien
Charles Carter
Ardmore
Luckin
Mir
Carter Isa
Dae
Elopement Sparks Family Rift Amid Talk of Forgiveness
Report notes a rumored elopement and questions whether the mother has forgiven the couple. The speaker suggests the mother may not forgive and that the woman has gone with them to Hye.
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Hye
Farm and Garden Building A Medium Size Barn Design
The article describes a 48 by 40 foot barn with a south shed for cattle and horses, including a 13 by 12 foot harness and tool room, a cement cistern, grain room, and multiple stalls. It notes ventilation, a mow with auto work and steel track, clay floor, glazed windows, and fire safety features. Also advised is saving alfalfa leaves to feed laying hens with practical handling tips.
Insoluble Phosphates and Corn Yields Compared
The article reports poor corn yields with insoluble phosphates in year one versus other phosphates tested at Island station. In the United States the phosphoric acid tests slowly became available, helping corn and grass yields. A scientist notes that certain phosphoric preparations aid the rendering of pedosphoric acid. J. Burdstt, piano tuner, ordered at Brown and Douluier.
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Ite
Raised his wages. The faithful German foreman’s get even scheme
An elderly Milwaukee plant owner exposes a long trusted engineer’s grafting. For fifteen years the worker’s pay rose by five dollars weekly as the boss tries to teach a lesson by firing him when the engineer finally notes the accumulated raises. The shock ends with the boss losing control.
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Ino Milwauke
John
Teutonic Hoss
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Silver King of the Sea Tarpon Feats At Hook
Charles F Holden describes the tarpon as a spectacular game fish in the Mediterranean and Florida reefs. He details its massive size vivid eyes and dramatic leaps while noting its prized status in fishing circles and the allure of its gleaming scales and gold currency imagery.
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Florida Reef
Rio Grande
Wignetie
Charles F Holden
Fragmented Taste of New York Style Speech Report
A garbled clipping quotes a West visitor in New York, remarking on originality and vines across a painted sky ceiling. It mixes foreign terms, street scenes, and a confused, facetious tone with references to papers like the Cleveland Plain Dealer and London Telegraph.
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Bowery
New York
Test of Patience Bessig Matima
Fragmentary text presents a cryptic line about angels and Miy Hinde Inhy brother with distorted phrases. The legible words suggest a poetic or coded note, lacking clear names, dates, places, or events to anchor a factual summary. Further readable context is needed for a precise card.
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Bessig
Matima
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Sold by Local Druggist
A gentle laxative cough syrup from a local dealer claims to cleanse the bowels without many opiates. Marketed by Wm FL Jungkaue a shruggist, sold for $5 at Stephenson street.
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Kennedy
Jungkaue
Stephenson Street
Parson Davies Flight Marks London Theater Scene
A New York American recounts Parson Davies retreating from an angry London audience after introducing Peter Jackson. Davies ferried his fighter protege to safety as Jem Smith’s champion crowd hurled threats, then left the Pelican club in haste amid rising furor.
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Charles EK. Davies
Davies
Mullineer
New York
England
Peter Jackson
Jem Smith
Pelican Club
London
Jackson
Sniff
Elolbert Theater
Frank Tlines
Tines
Pmithes
Charles Hiarson Davies
Teter Duckson
Veter
Fragmented notice with vignettes and ads
A jagged fragment from a newspaper page mentions a quoted line about giving the devil his due, a reference to a rosy baby and a mother’s remedy, and listings for Wm F Jungkung drug gift on Stephenson street and Harriet M Burbank piano studio on Grove Street.
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Wm. F. Jungkung
Stephenson Street
Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
Train Timetables Show Central R R Slips and Services
Banked timetable notes list East and West bound trains with parlor and buffet car services. Train connections include Beloit Rockford Madison and DeKalb linking to Milwaukee and north points. daily except Sunday and Sunday services noted.
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Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Figen
Helvidere Byesmora
DeKalb
Sam
Rock Island
Davenport
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Ar« Tives
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