Secretaries and Princess Kiss Amid Courtland Intrigue
In the palace area of Courtland, Johann Pyrmont, secretary to the Plassenburg ambassador, escorts Princess Margaret. An elegant rival, Prince Ivan, seeks favor but is dismissed. A flirtatious exchange ends with Johann kissing the Princess, provoking mixed reactions and plotting by Otto against Lenchen.
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Plassenburg
Margaret
St. Paul
atiMy
Johann
Otto
Suardeman
Gay
The
H. FR. H
Johant Pyrmont
von Dessaner
Johann Pyrmont
Bette
Princesa
Summer Palace
Wasp
Hittl Lenchen
Kaiser Platz
Aetcretary
Karl the Great
Plassenburger
Muscovy
Lenchen
Night University Aims to Offer Full College Course After Work
Chicago plans a Chicago Night University to let working adults pursue full university study in liberal arts medicine law engineering and more. Ground on La Salle street opposite Lincoln Park. charter filed with Springfield names Mrs. Marguerite Warren Springer as founder and Dr Ida Wright Rogers as president.
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Springfield
Chicago Night University
Marguerite Warren Springer
L. D. Rogers
Rufus Wright
Paul Harmaster
Willis George Emerson
A. M. Killey
C. @. Smith
Ida Wright Rogers
la Salle Street
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Rogers
New University
Harper
American hunting best says Lord Headley in New York
Lord Headley of Aghaboe Castle Killarney Ireland a noted hunter arrives in New York and says hunting in America surpasses all other lands He favors Rocky Mountain goat hunts noting goats perils require nerve and staying power He compares African big game unfavorably and describes the poma as more dangerous than the lion with lean feed and risk of provocation.
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Lord Headley
Aghaboe Castle
Killarney
Ireland
New York
America
Kansas City Star
Africa
Rocky Mountains
Smiles and Magic in the Old Man with a Rattle
In a vivid excerpt the narrator contrasts a genuine smile with a staged one and notes how Old Man With a Rattle, a bony marvel, mesmerizes creatures with its utterance and the dry screech. The scene underscores the eerie power of the old figure and the fearsome snake warning.
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Chona
Atlantic
Gans Defeats Nelson in gruelling Goldfield bout for lightweight crown
Joe Gans of Baltimore outpoints Bat Nelson in forty two rounds at Goldfield Nevada to claim the lightweight world title. Nelson fouled Gans in the clinch ending the longest boxing match in memory. Gans becomes the recognized lightweight champion after twelve years pursuing the title.
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Joe” Gans
Baltimore
Bat- Uing Nelson
Goldfield
Nev
Nelson
United States
Gans
George Siler
Athet
Dead Broke. Mr Stubb critics drinking punchline
Quotation from Chicago Daily News notes a debate about drink breaking a man, labeled nonsense by Mr Stubb. The paper mocks pro and anti drinking perspectives with a terse exchange.
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Stubb
Chicaro Daily News
What does he live on the lawyer's expected will case
A Houston Post quotation notes a man living off a lawyer who expects to be hired after the rich uncle’s death to contest or break the will. The remark implies ongoing reliance on a contingency legal pursuit rather than steady income.
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Houston Post
She Knew It All the Time
The note hints at an upcoming wedding at Widow Sty with a man planning marriage. Dialogue suggests familiarity and gossip about a hidden knowledge known to one party but not the other in a Houston Post style snippet.
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New York
Chicago
Ste
Houston
Poverty Warning Echoed in Streets Dialogue
A Detroit Free Press anecdote captures a Guardian warning a youth that poverty will overtake him if his lifestyle doesn’t change, while a Derelict retorts he’s moving too fast to be caught. The exchange reflects urban tensions and streetwise dialogue in the era.
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Guardian
Detroit Free Press
Father Napped Wife Warns Not To Wake Baby
A domestic exchange reveals a husband claiming he never woke the baby while away yet says the wife woke him three times. The remarks highlight tension over childcare and sleep.
Time for Disappearing and a Cuckoo Clock Tale
A fragment from Chicago Daily News recalls a scene around a cuckoo clock at 10:20 as a girl references Pathor, a former football star, while a young man jokes about a near sighted observer mistaking him for the ball.
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Pathor
L—er
Chicago Daily News
Eminent Doctor Urges 140-Year Lifespan Claim
A physician advocates a 140 year life expectancy prompting debate on longevity. The remark is quoted alongside a colloquial remark about a family member. The exchange reflects public interest in aging and medical forecasts.
Northwest Notes and Incoming Tragedies Across the West
John McMurray dies in Butte of consumption while a Spokane convention draws 200 delegates from Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana. Rev. Dr J J Callahan dies in Butte aged 42 born in Omaha. Multiple accidents and fires reported including a Montello Nev. car inspector losing both arms and a Wyo. conductor killed. Billings opera house destroyed by fire with adjoining Commercial Hotel scorched. Democratic Montana picks J T Waleh for congress and B G McClernan for associate justice. Clark in an auto wreck reported with a rib fracture.
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John McMurray
Northwest
Butte
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Spokane
J. J. Callahan
Omaha
Frank Hutt
Southern Pacific
Montello
Nev
W. R. Ivey
Union Pacific
Buford
Wyo
Cheyenne
Billings
Mont
J.T. Waleh
Helena
Congress
B. G. McClernan
State Supreme Court
Terry Martin
Philadelphia
Portland
Jack McKensie
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