Fog and wrecks mar Chicago day with many injuries
A dense fog in Chicago triggered a spate of accidents across the city and suburbs. Dozens injured as trains, cars, and pedestrians collided or were struck, with two men killed and others hurt but not seriously.
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Chicago
Aurora
Elgin
Metropolitan
Maple Avenue
Oak Park
Chicago and Northwestern
Gross Park Station
Central
Seventy-ninth
Rossi
Fifty-sixth
State Streets
St. Lawrence Avenue
Randolph Street
Tifth Avenue
Western Avenue
Charfield Park Metropolitan TL
Franklin
Madison Streets
Clybourn Junction
John Peterson
Northwestern
Eric Ardsen
Reamer Sets Fire Then Tries Suicide in Police Hold
East St Louis Illinois September 18 W W Reamer 632 North Third Street set fire to his house endangering his father in law mother in law wife and three children. After failing he attempted suicide twice once by chewing a railroad torpedo and again by hanging in a police cell. Fire limited to kitchen. Mrs Rennes saved the children and parents. Reamer arrested and his motive cited as objection to his wife bringing her parents into the home.
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East St. Louis
W. W. Reamer
North Third Street
Reamer
James murder verdict returns death sentence
Springfield jury finds James guilty of murder and fixes the penalty at death. The judge warns the crowd that any demonstration will be harshly dealt with.
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Springfield
Sept S
James
Creighton
Gas Discovery Near Shawneetown Sparks Blaze
Natural gas found about three miles north of Shawneetown during a well at Fields school house. Drillers report a constant gas flow and a blaze that rises high when ignited, marking a notable find in the area.
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Shawneetown
Fields School House
Rock Island Baseball Injury Claims Young Man’s Life
Sherman Johnson aged twenty four died from brain hemorrhages after being struck in the temple by a baseball on September 6. He had remained semi conscious since the injury.
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Rock Island
Sherman Johson
Died Under the Sand In a Belvidere Sand Pit
Hiram Gabber, sixty five, was killed by a cave in at a sand pit in Belvidere. The accident occurred while he worked, shocking bystanders. George recalls a harsh exchange and a grotesque phrase overheard from Jimmie to Baby Augusta.
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Belvidere
Hiram Bagber
George
Baby Augusta
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Damages Suit Aims For Rosley Daughter
"Good gracious, man!" exclaims As cum as Dingley, in a mix of sports attire, says he plans to seek Rosley's daughter in connection with a damages suit. The Philadelphia Press notes the boastful claim amid the curious setup.
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Ascum
Dingley
Rosley
Philadelphia Press
Fooling Both Ways in a Liverpool Dance Hall Tale
A writer recalls an evening at a private asylum doctor’s gathering in Liverpool. A first partner appears odd and hunted, while the second turns out to be a handsome man who becomes entangled with a religious maniac as two men approach, revealing a dramatic, unsettling scene.
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Liverpool Mercury
Australian Rain Showdown in a Drought World
A London Mall satire contrasts drought talk in Scotland with seven year droughts in Australia. It recalls eleven weeks of continuous rain in Sydney that washed away winter’s brief season and turned streets to mud, leaving Sydney short of galaches before a new shipment arrived and the rain ceased.
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Tropics
Scothand
Australia
Scotland
Sydney
Galaches
London Mall
One Trouble After Another
A flat dweller recounts discovering her neighbor, a pretty stout woman with a boy, supported by a violinist husband who plays all night. She reveals how she learned the arrangement and expresses a wish to work rather than keep quiet for a husband who sleeps during the day and performs at night.
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New York Press
Gathering Roses and a Change of Fortune
A reflective note from the Emporia Gazette recounts gathering roses through many years, contrasting past scenes with current weariness. The piece lampoons changing expectations as a grocer asked for eggs instead of roses, and ends with a proverb about letting roses slide and gathering bales of dry.
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Nike
Emporia Gazette
Setting It Right in Chicago Tribune Error
A reader protests a paper calling him a bum actor. The editor explains the word actor was added by a proofreader who thought it missing and vows to prevent future errors.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Pumps and quips echo in Kansas City Journal clash
Fragmentary exchange shows a heated moment as a Kansas City Journal snippet has a man and woman trading remarks about intellects and footwear. The incomplete quotes hint at a heated, humorous disagreement captured in a brief column item.
Woman's Coiffure Keeps Man From Missing Play
A playful exchange notes a woman's hairstyle preventing a man from missing a theater performance in Harper's Bazaar. The lighthearted line cites style as a safeguard against an avoided outing.
Wisdom and folly unite not amity Shakespeare quote
The line notes that true friendship survives wisdom’s restraint while folly can bind quickly. It emphasizes the contrast between prudent harmony and reckless union.
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Shakespeare
Raising the Ante in Georgia Divorces
In a Georgia courtroom an elderly Black man quips that marriage cost him only a string of fish but vows to give a whale to end the marriage. The judge hears his humorous plea as part of a divorce filing.
Wanted the Earth
A fragmentary exchange recalls a first trip passenger on an ocean liner and a joke about dropping a subject during conversation leading to an awkward break.
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Browne
Towne
How a Woman Got an Office
Katherine Gile, a progressive young woman, disguises herself as a man to win the mayoral race in Starkville. Her ruse is exposed when her stenographer, Trudy Middlebrook, reveals the truth and urges withdrawal. Merriam, the rival candidate, learns she is a woman and confronts the affair before Katherine ultimately withdraws and marries the mayor, becoming mayoress.
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Katherine Gile
KI Katherine
Trudy Middlebrook
Starkville
Francis Merriam
Middlebrook
Merriam
Mr. Merriam
Katherine
Rosalie Whiting
Idlehurst Folklore Remedy and a Sussex Mice Den Tale
A village tale from Idlehurst Sussex describes a hoax remedy using sparrow shot in milk for horses and humans to treat lung inflammation and a boy's fever. The doctor, asked about the patient, learns the line Oh, Tommy's better, but the mice are den confirms the absurdity and local superstition.
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Idlehurst
Sussex
England
Tommy
Lancashire recruit defies adjutant at headquarters
A young Lancashire lad joins the army and soon after arrival faces the commanding officer. After pay and dismissal formalities, the recruit defies the adjutant aloud claiming to be speaking to the old chap in the chair, prompting a sharp rebuke.
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London
Why men are sent to congress puzzles a boy
Popleigh explains his son’s question about why men go to Congress, a difficulty he shares with friend Singleton. The Chicago News notes the dilemma as a humorous take on political life and parental curiosity.
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Popleigh
Singleton
Congress
Chicago News
Contempt and Courage in Rochefoucauld Quote
A terse remark contrasts contempt with cowardice, noting that only the contemptible fear contempt themselves. The line hints at moral self-awareness and social judgment in concise aphorism form.
My Promotion Original Fragment of a Tale of Deceit and Escape
A narrator recalls Alice Conte’s engagement to Tom Martin and a sinking rumor of his debts and disappearance. Clues emerge from a library card and books on Central America, Honduras, and rubber, suggesting Tom fled to invest abroad. The pursuit leads toward a Honduran rubber tract near a small town.
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Alice Conte
Fom Martin L
Alice
John
Tom
Tom Martin
Central America
Honduras
Australia
Florida
Puerto Cabello
Blouduras
Martin
From a tale of money and reconciliation in Mis Own People
The narrator returns with Mrs Coale’s bonds after demanding the fortune. Alice and her mother react with mixed emotions as Mrs Coale forgives, and the narrator becomes more than a friend. The piece interleaves this narrative with a note on race and identity through Ray Stannard Baker’s illustration of a light mulatto who passes for white.
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Mrs. Coale
United States
Alice
Mrs. Conle
Mason Bradstreet
Ray Stannard Baker
American Magazine
Tennessee
Robert Fulton’s Lancaster County Roots Highlighted
Centuries ago Robert Fulton was born in Little Britain Lancaster county Virginia on November 14 1705. His biographers praise him as a self made man while noting scant detail about his father’s achievements. The Fulton line traces to Scottish ancestors who moved to Ireland and then to America before 1735. The senior Robert Fulton stood among Lancaster’s leading figures helping form the Presbyterian church and serving as secretary of the Union Fire Company and charter member of the Juliana Library.
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Robert Fulton
Little Britain
Lancaster County
Elis
Scotland
Ireland
Cromwell
Wilkenny
Fulton
America
Lancaster
Presbyterian Church
Union Fire Company
Juliana Lbrary
American
In Sahara a Fourmilion Hunter Feasts On Feeders
An explorer describes a creature called the fourmilion that tunnels a funnel shaped pit and hurls sand upon any curious visitor. The sandstorm blinds and disorients prey, then the fourmilion dismembers and stores the victim in its larder for later meals.
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Sahara
Fourmilion
Blooms but Die Tulip Palm of Ceylon
The tuliput palm Corypha wmbracu lifera of Ceylon bears fruit once in life. A ten foot trunk and about 180 feet tall tree displays a tall spathe with a large blossom plume. After flowering and fruiting the tree withers within a fortnight, decaying on the spot.
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Ceylon
Poetic Doubts On Fitz-Greene Halleck’s Romantic Prospects
The passage notes that Fitz-Greene Halleck could attract a superior lady who would abandon her promised fiancé for him if he offered, and cites an epigram written for a young lady who asked for his autograph. The quip suggests romantic rumors surrounding the poet and his fame.
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Fitz-Gieene Halleck
Mr. Howe
Ehalleck
Embarrassing Predicament Amid Broadway Bustle
An amused New York Globe recounts a chaotic moment in a Broadway office when a sharp draft in an elevator caused a man to sneeze and launch his $150 set of false teeth into the air, provoking stifled laughter from nearby stenographers.
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Sddressinx
New
Yort Globe
Forces a Discharge
A quoted worker describes a Japanese servant's traits and habits, noting a tendency to deteriorate performance as a sign of readiness to quit. The speaker argues such departures are deliberate to avoid direct notice, with the conclusion that employers fire workers to end the relationship.
Social analogy about neighbors and poker slang
Mrs Subbuba notes that Mrs Newcome moved into the Dudleys old house on Saturday and Mr Subabs compares it to poker. He explains the sense of calling a person to gauge what they possess, using social slang as a metaphor.
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Subbuba
Newcome
Dudley
Mr Subabs
Subbubbs
Subbobs
Philadelphia Press
The Missing Feature in Meadow Scene Sparks Debate
The stage manager jeers at the meadow scene calling it unnatural while joking about ersatz scenery. A punchline blames the absence of advertising signs as the missing feature in the set design.
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Beresh
Louisville Courier- Journal
Sneaky Magistrate Described by Witness in Court
A witness portrays the magistrate as a sly man who avoids direct eye contact, suggesting evasive behavior and a disingenuous nature during the proceedings. The exchange hints at distrust and potential bias in the courtroom.
Doan's Ointment Endorsed by Freeport Resident
Freeport resident M M Mayer of 351 Homer Street Testifies Doan's Ointment cured a stubborn eczema on his limbs After using two boxes he was permanently rid of itching He praises the product and recommends it to friends Sold by all dealers Price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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Freeport
Doan
M. M. Mayer
Homer Street
Ill
Dean
Bemmert,s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
The Scouring Rush as a Practical Mineral Brush
The scouring rush Equisetum hie mule is described as hollow jointed stems used for cleaning. Immersed in ultric acid the green pulp dissolves while the tube remains intact and becomes a white alabaster like column. The result is a glassy filament suitable as a microscopic brush skeleton.
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New York Tribune
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