Jewelry Ad Promises Big Savings on Quality Goods
An advertisement touts savings from one to ten dollars yearly based on business volume. It claims unsurpassed quality, saving prices, and a complete line of jewelry items available from a long standing supplier.
Tonopah Doctor In Money Dispute Over Doomed Wages
A Tonopah Bonanza item recounts a physician facing a wage dispute with a servant who faked illness to avoid payment. The mistress left, the maid confessed she was not sick, and the doctor offered to move over claiming the woman owed him $100 as part of the unsettled three months’ wages.
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Teacher sparks laughter with stork riddle
West Philadelphia instructor recounts an amusing classroom moment as she asks about birds of prey. A shy pupil shouts that the stork carries off children, recalling a baby arrival at home last night.
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Board of Education
Philadelphia Record
Far Away From Praying Dialogue Reveals Social Views
A New York correspondent with liberal views on the woman question engages Mrs. Parkhurst who expresses disappointment in American men. She recalls India and a black gown scene with a little Anglo-Indian child and a cot, ending with the child's whispered question about a dolly.
Fragmentary Library Interaction with Wandering Visitor
A library assistant asks if help is needed as a puzzled visitor wanders. The visitor replies he is merely looking for his wife, conveying a brief, inconclusive moment from a Puck vignette.
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Puck
Illiterate Uncle Joe Cannon Dines by Request in Kansas City
The Philadelphia Record recalls Uncle Joe Cannon in a Kansas City hotel dining tale. He rejected the menu and asked for a good dinner, tipping the waiter in advance and continuing the plan during his stay. As he departed, the waiter advised visitors to ask for Tom if they cannot eat. a humorous local anecdote.
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Kansas City
Joe
Gervilor
Tom
Philadelphia
Mrs Dibs Smythe on continent daughter’s multilingual schooling
Mrs Dibs Smythe recalls returning from the continent where her daughter finished her education and speaks four native languages. The Professor asks if she speaks Esperanto, and she confirms the child is fluent in four languages.
National Anti-Trust League Formed to Boycott High Prices
Washington reports the National Anti-Trust league launched to boycotts aimed at offsetting rising costs of living. Congress members show interest and elite groups may form. plans mirror a German price-control effort. Women join on equal terms with men, a nominal membership fee funds proclamations against inflated food prices.
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Plana
National Anti-Trust League
Congress
League
Germany
United States
Tobacco Case Comes Up Before Supreme Court
Washington officials filed a 268 page brief with the Supreme Court in the St Louis Tobacco trust cases. Attorney General Wicker sham and J C McReynolds argued the government's position after a New York circuit court ruling found foreign tobacco firms and some Americans unlawful conspirators and barred them from interstate trade.
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Wickersham
J. C. McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
St. Louis Tobacco Trust
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Strange Case of Gordon Nominated as U.S. Senator
Memphis dispatch outlines Colonel James Gordon once sought by federal agents with a $10,000 reward for alleged Lincoln assassination conspiracy. Once an ally of John Wilkes Booth, Gordon fled to Canada, later proved innocent to General Dicks in New York, and now is named a U.S. senator by Governor Noel to succeed the late A. J. McLaurin.
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Memphis
Tenn
News
Scimitar
United States
James Gordon
Noel
A. J. McLaurin
J. Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Virginia
Gordon
Booth
Canada
New York
Zelaya Defends Sovereignty Amid Knox Attitude Clash
Former dictator Jose Santos Zelaya arrived from Salía Cruz and rejected Knox's extradition attempt. He said he is answerable only to his government and accused Knox of being misinformed and biased against him. He praised Secretary Root and warned Knox risks undoing Latin American cooperation.
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Mexico City
Jose Santos Zelaya
Salia Cruz
Zelaya
United States
Root
Central America
Latin America
Death of Earl Percy in Paris Duel Rumor
London reports the death of Earl Percy Henry Algeron George in Paris from pneumonia after an illness linked to wounds from a Paris duel. He was the eldest son of the seventh Duke of Northumberland, MP for South Kensington since 1895, and served as under secretary of state for India and later for foreign affairs. Born 1871, unmarried, home in London.
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Paris
Earl Percy
Henry Algeron George
Karl Percy
Duke of Northumberland
South Kensington
India
Diaz Advises Zelaya Against Talking to Press
Mexico City reports Diaz urged Jose Zelaya to curb comments to newspaper reporters. Zelaya’s secretary said Zelaya has adopted a policy of refusing interviews for six days, and would not speak for publication during that period.
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Diaz
Jose Zelaya
Zelaya
Nicaragua
President Asked to Interfere in Switchmen Strike
Minneapolis Mayor James G. Haines urged President Tait to intervene in the railway switchmen strike. He warned ongoing walkouts cause widespread hardship and loss and urged official influence toward an early settlement.
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Minneapolis
James G. Haines
Tait
Minister May Lose Feet After Snow Trek
Rev. W. F. Bostick, a University of Chicago divinity student, faces possible amputation of both feet after walking twelve miles through a heavy snowstorm to reach a Yorkville Baptist church Christmas celebration. He was turned away at a farmer's house, worsening his ordeal.
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Chicago
W. F. Bostick
University of Chicago
Little Baptist Church
Yorkville
Tramp Attacks Elderly Couple In East Douglas Kitchen
Mrs. Charles Potter surprised a young tramp in her East Douglas home as he menaced her 77-year-old husband with a knife. He restrained the man on the floor and slashed the victim’s windpipe, leaving him near death. The assailant fled after the assault, amid rumors the couple kept a large cache of money at home.
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East Douglas
Mass
Charles Potter
Mayor-elect Gaynor names Adamson as secretary
Mayor-elect Gaynor announced on Thursday that he will appoint Robert Adamson a newspaper man as his secretary with a salary of 6000 dollars a year This is his first announced appointment Adamson is 37 years old born in Georgia and has served as city editor of the Atlanta Constitution and worked on the Evening Sun Brooklyn Eagle and New York Morning World
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Gaynor
Robert Adamson
Adamson
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Evening Sun
Brooklyn Hragle
New York Morning World
Turkish cabinet resignations rock Constantinople
The entire Turkish cabinet resigned Tuesday night after Hilmi Pasha the grand vizier withdrew earlier in the day. Reports speak of serious conflicts at Bagdad, though unconfirmed. The immediate cause remains unclear though attempts to overturn the ministry were noted in the chamber.
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Hilmi Pasha
Bagdad
Pasha
Nicaraguan minister seeks power to levy war taxes
Managua reports Nicaragua's extraordinary session where a commission was named to study Minister General Bacas demand for authority to impose war contributions at his discretion. President Madrix formed a five member investigating committee to audit Zelaya era accounts and overhaul state finances and concessions.
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Managua
Baca
Madrix
Zelaya
Wild wheat found in Palestine sparks arid land research
Washington reports Dr Afron Aaronsohn and Turkish agronomist collaborate with the US Department of Agriculture to study ancient Palestine wheat. A $70,000 American company backs the project with a Jewish experiment station at Haifa. Data and plant industry exchanges will occur between Washington and Haifa.
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Palestine
United States
Afron Aaronsohn
Aaronsohn
Department of Agriculture
Mount Hebron
Turkey
Haifa
Fencing Master's Wife Objects as Mars Beats Moonlight
In a brief exchange under the stars, Mme X and her fencing master husband share a quiet moment. He notes a glittering object in the sky, but she insists the "orb" is hers, sparking a lighthearted dispute that ends amicably with no consequences.
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Mars
Reason Enough. A fall from a high position hurts
A terse exchange notes that a man feels hurt after losing his job. Mentions he fell from a high position, explaining the emotion is understandable given the setback. The wording implies social judgment over career loss without graphic detail.
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