Thanksgiving in the Foothills Romance at Lone Mesa
Ivy Norris, the schoolteacher, travels with Pilot through Little Springs canyon on Thanksgiving. Foreman Warde Hughes watches her progress, shares a noon lunch by a spring, and a budding romance blooms. He asks to share every day of her life as a Thanksgiving hire.
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Arizona
New Hampshire
Lone Mesa
Mr. Tower
Warde Hughes
Little Springs Canyon
Jove
Little Springs
Manzanita
Warde ‘Sughes
Mr. Hughes
New England
Bin
Ian Lea
Ivy
Hughes
Proper Burn First Aid From London Hospital
The article warns that burns can cause death from asphyxia shock or septicaemia and stresses immediate local treatment to prevent sepsis. It condemns flour oil and Carron oil as harmful and advises against hot applications with boracic acid when possible, urging rapid professional care.
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London Hospital
The Lawyer and Witness Debate Baptism Memory
A courtroom exchange features a lawyer poking at a witness about baptism as the witness insists on recalling the ceremony. The witness reveals a twist that he was not baptized until he was eighteen, prompting sarcastic remarks from the lawyer.
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Waal
John Henry
Wual
Strange Uses For Churches In Civil War Europe
Notes on how churches housed horses for regiments in England during the civil war and Puritan vandalism visible at Dedham church. It cites the oak door with headless saints and recalls Notre Paume in Paris turned into a temple of reason with a ballet dancer enthroned in the choir.
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England
Dedham
Paris
Stroud
Mazgazine
The greatest trust between man and wigan is the trust of giving counsel.
The line quotes Bacon on trust and counsel as a guide for human relations, suggesting wisdom about giving sound advice and the bond it builds between people.
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Wigan
Bacon
Powers Jury Disagrees in Caleb Powers Case
Georgetown Kentucky January 6 The jury could not agree on Caleb Powers guilt or innocence in the William Goebel murder and he will face a fifth trial on July sixth. The judge refused bail as ten jurors favored acquittal. The ten jurors who favored acquittal signed a request to the governor to release James Howard from prison, asserting Howard is completely innocent. Jankfort Kentucky January 6 Attorneys for Powers discussed a pardon with Governor Wilson who asked them to return this week with the case.
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Powers
Caleb Powers
James Howard
James B. Howard
Jankfort, Ky
Wilson
Anti Rent Strike Spreads in Chicago Ghetto
Five hundred residents form a tenants union to force landlords to reduce rents by two dollars a month. Leaders urge members to withhold payment, risking court costs if landlords resist. Current rates cited: four rooms twelve dollars, five rooms eighteen dollars, six rooms twenty two. Modelled on New York action with aims to spread citywide.
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Chicago
New York
Auto Between Street Cars Injures two in St Louis
An automobile carrying Miss Bessie Turney aged seventeen and her cousin A. R. Faris was crushed between Hodiamont street cars in St. Louis. Turney suffered a broken ankle and possible internal injuries while Faris broke both legs. The car tried to cut across tracks and was hit by a second car coming up fast.
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St. Louis
Jan
Bessie Turney
Nashville
Butte Labor Leaders Begin Jail Terms for Contempt
Helena Jan 6 Shannon Cutts and Edwards, sentenced to three months for contempt of court, began serving their terms for violating an injunction restraining interference with the Mountain Bell Telephone company.
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Mont
Shannon Cutts
Edwards
Butte
Rocks Mountain Bell ‘Telephone Company
Harden appeals libel conviction to empire supreme court
Maximilien Harden, convicted in Berlin of libeling Count Ekuno von Moltke and sentenced to four months in jail, has appealed to the empire supreme court. He argues that testimony was illegally excluded at the hearing and raises several technical objections.
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Berlin
Maximilien Harden
Ekuno von Moltke
Supreme Court of the Empire
Short Stories From a Bygone Era
A collection notes mortality among waiters. court reporters to wear gowns. Cleveland police using shower baths to sober suspects. Fire losses 1907 compare with 1900. A Cleveland baby abandoned on a streetcar found and cared for. Lackawanna workers warned about sneeze transmission of tuberculosis. Emma Abbott’s East Peoria house fire, once a schoolhouse. A Riverside dance injures a girl with a badly broken elbow.
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Cleveland
United States
Lackawanna Railroad Company
Scranton
East Peoria
Emma Abbott
Riverside
N. J
Plays and Players in New York Theatre Scene
Florence Roberts performs Zira on the road to strong reviews. Herbert Kelcey Effie Shannon in Bridges new play Bridge. Frederick Paulding writes The Great Question with Jessie Bonstelle set to appear. Madge Lessing leads The Prince of Pilsen in Paris. William A Brady to produce The Intruder by Thompson Buchanan. Grace Van Studdiford Camille D Arville Helen Bertram among vaudeville singers. Harry B Smith to write the book for a new musical starring Sam Bernard after Frohman contract ends. Lilian Albertson to lead Paid In Full with Ralph Delmore Hattie Russell in the cast.
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Florence Roberts
Grace van Studdiford
Camille D’arville
Helen Bertram
Harry B. Smith
Sam Bernard
Charles Frohman
Lilian Albertson
Annie Russell
Ralph Delmore
Hattie Russell
Tales They Tell
A string of quirky local anecdotes spans New Orleans Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Highlights include Secretary Shields’s spaniel delivering bugs to yard chickens, a Sturgeon man’s laundry misadventure with a timekeeping watch, Venus the life size statue mistaken for a burglar in Manayunk, a Greenfield dog returning with two chickens before napping, and a Mo. man’s mispacked watch.
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Water Board
New Orleans
Scholler
Manayunk
Venus
Greenfield
Model of the Moment in Evening Gowns
The New York Post notes deep tucks at gown hems revealing embroidered panels. Brauld appears in street and house costumes while soutache and plain weave braid replace fancier trims. Tailored shirt waists return, aiding trotteur skirts classic simplicity. Shaded satin velvet trims regain favor with silk cords for borders, especially in black.
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New York Post
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Sick Kidneys
An advertisement asserts danger signals from kidney secretions and back pain warn of kidney illness. It claims Dean's Kidney Pills permanently cure sick kidneys, with a Freeport testimonial from W. W. Smythe and a nationwide price of 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is listed as sole U S agents and repeats the brand name.
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Buffalo
New York
United States
The Giraffe's Neck and Lamarck’s Theory
Pall Mall Gazette contrasts Lamarckian ideas with a witty observation on giraffe necks. It suggests each generation starts where the previous left off, with the young giraffe conceived to continue at branches within reach, then stretching to reach higher leaves.
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Lamarck
Pall Mall Gazette
Aim and Hit the Mark in a Woman's Club Debate
In a Philadelphia Press item, Mr. Kidder argues a women's club should aim beyond suffrage while Miss Strong contends its sole objective should be suffrage. Kidder concedes broader aims may increase impact, suggesting a subtler strategy to reach the target.
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Mr. Kidder
Miss Strong
Philadelphia Press
Playwright and Manager Reflect on Dull First Night
A Lippincott's Magazine exchange records the playwright noting the audience did not hiss while the manager laments they were too sleepy after an unsuccessful opening.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Safe. Hloper and Eloperess at a rope ladder scene
A Cleveland Leader item recalls a tense rope ladder scene with Hloper and Eloperess described as safe by adults at the top. An ad echoes a census joke about a mother's occupation and promotes KODOL for dyspepsia with a local druggist selling it at 65 Stephenson Street.
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Laughing at Death A Civil War Picket Burrows to Escape Shell
A Confederate picket on a sandy creek bank watches a mortar shell fizz near John Ford. He dives into the sand headfirst, shouting for others to scratch, as the fuse spits. The blast shakes the ground but Ford surfaces alive, calls out cheerfully, and the line erupts in laughter.
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T. C. Morton
Southern Historical Papers
John Ford
John
Ford
Basque Cow Mystery Made Class Laugh
A university lecturer recounts a Basque superstition joke. A stranger whispers that a cow has died and links the omen to seeing a woman at dawn. The professor notes fate seems against him as he explains the improbable sequence of events.
PITH AND POINT Wise words on patience and character
A Chicago News column argues that vanity, self interest, and impatience doom men. True greatness reveals itself in deeds, while the selfish and tiny character remains unmourned. The piece reflects on reward in heaven and personal reflection before action.
Attorney William Beavis Ends Life at Home
Cleveland man William Beavis with Brights disease left his downtown office for home while his wife and two children were at a matinee. He retired to his room and shot himself in the head, death apparently instantaneous.
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Cleveland
Bright
William YY
Beavis
Living to 107, Millersburg woman dies in Nashville home
Rhung Tharp aged 107 dies at the Nashville home of her son Jaelon Samuel Starner after living through every U S administration save Washingtons.
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Rhung Tharp
Jaelon
Samuel Starner
Nashville
Tharp
Washington
Donts For You From Inform Notes
Dont imagine you know everything for you dont. Dont expect acorns to become oak trees in a day or a year. Dont lose faith in humanity because you find an occasional bad egg. Dont quarrel with circumstances or fret over what cannot be altered. Dont laugh over other peoples mis takes. You soon may be caught trip ping. Dont decide that charity is a great milistake because you have sometimes been imposed pon.
Richest Southern Woman Dead in New Orleans
Mrs. Mary Louise Morgan Whitney, reputed wealthiest woman in the South with property valued around 80 million dollars, died at her New Orleans home at age seventy five.
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New Orleans
Jan. G
Mary Louise Morgan Whitney
South
Despicable Custom Targeting Daughters Reported
A troubling account describes a practice of marrying East Indian daughters to flowers to remove them from society. When the flowers die, the girls become widows and can be sold cheaply, revealing a grim cycle of exploitation.
Gossip or motorist
Baltimore American quotes a controversial remark about hiring and public conduct attributing it to a TV figure. The item reflects media controversy over public statements and workplace behavior amid ongoing debates on bias and reputation.
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Baltimore American
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