The Heart on the Sleeve and the Saving Heart Mystery
A seaside tale recalls a man who saves a woman from a whirlpool while a red heart on her sleeve hints at a hidden motive. The narrative weaves romance, family bonds, and a long mystery surrounding Christabel Keith and her mother as their past and feelings unfold.
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Red Heart
Chhristobel Keith
Christobel Keith
Christabel Keith
Miss Keith
Anem
Jno
Keiths
Christabel
Sho
Edmond Compton
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Throwing a Chest Injures the Army Health
In a London Spectator piece Lieutenant Colonel F A Davy argues that the practice of chest swelling caused higher invaliding for circulatory diseases among Foot Guards. He credits reforms ending interference with natural breathing and notes soldiers were urged to view a dilated rigid chest as essential to soldiering.
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F. A. Davy
Army Medical Corps
London Spectator
Reformed Baseball Umpire Calls Safe After Banter
In a St Louis Post-Dispatch note the umpire declares the runner safe while the field captain disputes the call. The umpire swears in the runner with a Bible, prompting audience chatter about past Hesnes and arbitrary decisions.
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St. Louis
How She Was Won a tale of duel and revenge in New Orleans
Alphonse Normindin, famed for dueling and deadly skill, is challenged by a masked devil figure in a cafe. The duel ends with Normindin mortally wounded, the killer revealing a vow of vengeance for Alphonse Mercier and Eugenie Lefevre. Captain Roswell Tracy later marries Eugenie after uncovering Normindin’s nerve as the true weakness. Kansas City Star notes tie to the Benders case with a return to 1872 73 murders and the mystery of their fate remains unresolved.
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Alphonse Normindin
New Orleans
Paris
Normindin
Mephistopheles
Nornindin
Alphonse Mercier
Tam
Eugenie Lefevre
Roswell Tracy
United States Engineers
Crescent City
Mercier
Tracy
Prenchman
Captain Timey
Miss Lefevre
Esstiler Brenton
Benders of Kansas Rumored Found Again
A periodic nationwide rumor that the Bender family has been located is debunked by John Keepers, now living in Kansay City. He recalls the Benders leaving their Crawford County farm in 1873 after their crimes were exposed and suggests they fled toward the Indian Territory, though such claims remain unverified.
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Bender
Dr. York
Independence
A. M. York
Fort Scott
Old Man Bender
Verdigris
Pierce
Benders
Keepers
Kansas Line
Kansas City Star
Kansas
John Keepers
Sxansay City
Crawford County
Ivan
Indian Territory
The Automatic Man and King Fu Illusion
The death at Carlsbad of Theodor Rosenfeld recalls his fame as the automatic man. A Chinese giant on a pedestal answered audience questions by written strips from a winded clockwork mechanism. Vienna audiences and King Fu once marveled at the display and imperial visitors were entertained.
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Carlsbad
Theodor Rosenfeld
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
King Fu
Rosenfeld
Wolfgang von Kempelen
Universal peace movement lure in interview
Alfred H. Love of the Universal Peace Union says critics mock peace efforts at birth but later claim credit when success arrives. He recalls a parable of a poor suitor leaving for South America and a fiancée’s conditional vow to fidelity if he prospers.
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Universal Peace
Alfred H. Love
Universal Peace Union
Philadelphia
South America
Trene
Heber
Do not overstate fate in history says Emporia Gazette
William Arlen White urges readers in the Emporia Gazette to stay calm and diligent, arguing that history advances toward a definite goal regardless of individual successes or failures. He notes that great events like Waterloo or Gettysburg do not hinge on single strokes and that fate stitches on in life’s stream, whether one is president or plumber.
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Waterloo
Gettysburg
Thea
William Arlen White
Emporia Gazette
Old Harry and Old Nick at Biddle’s Bank
Nicholas Biddle, former president of the United States Bank, confronted a persistent African American man near his premises. The man replied with a brusque name, and Biddle remarked that the name Old Harry is associated with the devil. The man confirmed the label, saying it is sometimes Old Harry and sometimes Old Nick, in a St. Louis Republic item.
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Harry
Nick
Nicholas Biddle
United States Bank
Biddle
St. Louis Republic
His Meaning Made Clear. Small Boy and Dessert Request
A Des Moines Register excerpt shows a playful exchange where a small boy, eager to return to playmates, asks Mamima for his dessert now. The scene captures a family moment with light humor and youthful impatience.
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Mamima
Des Moines Register
1920 Riddle in Verse Aboard Bohemian Line
The Cleveland Plain Dealer prints a poetic riddle in verse asking if a star is a real astral body or a light along an airship line. It references a girl named Edith and notes a graceful horseback rider.
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Bohemian
Grace
Edith
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Acquitted Reply Highlights Court Joke
In London did you go to court. He answered I did but was acquitted. Lippincott's quotes a quick witted exchange. Kopdol promises to nourish and strengthen digestive organs and supply natural digestive juices. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephenson Street.
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London
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
High Court Judges Demand Better Pay and Holidays
A London Law Clerk laments the lack of a supportive judiciary body and calls for reforms. He highlights judges' miserable salary of £90 per week and limited holidays three months in summer, three weeks at Christmas, about two weeks at Easter, and a week or ten days at Whitsun, noting this fuels demands for more judges.
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Whitsun
London Law Clerk
Daily Journal delivery details and rate
The Daily Journal is available citywide at 10 cents per week. This notice outlines home delivery across the city and the weekly charge for readers seeking weekly copies.
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Iia
Aldrich
Annals of Literature
ANK For
the State Bank
Freeport
A. M. Hoover
People’s Column
King's Daughters’ Employment Bureau
Stephenson
T. J. Care Journal
Steffen & Seyfarth
J. R. Jackson
Mlk Street
Oliver I. Miller
Rawleigh Medical Co
Chas. Green
Taylor Avenue
C. B. Kling
Stearns & Zipf
German Bank
Galena Ave
Union St
G. Schoeffel
Galena
SEALE
Win
O.wright & Co
John Hen
Chicago
Columbia Phonograph
John F Eeet
Lancaster Township
John BF
Rezner
Lancaster
Shantz
John W. Wise
West Freeport
Bell Phone
Chestnut Street
van Buren Street
D-Nere
H. B. Erb
Cherry Street
Fui Sale
Carroll St
Care Journal
C.C. Wolf
Hoggins Avenues
Stephenson St
Court House
Chippewsa St
Bokemeier & Lapp
Call
B.S. Brown
Clark Re
Galens Avenue
Babcock
Benton Street
Elk
Allen Janssen
Orrent
Brown & Shower
Douglas Futtion
Stephensongpourt House
the Daily Journal
Humphreys
la Gruppe
Bumphreys
Ulam
Jona Shswate
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
Coal Pile Savings Bank
Peck-Williamson
Freeport Loan Company
Uart Larbox Building
New York
Burrell Brothers
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