The Resourceful Mr. Hotchkiss and the Daring Plot
Capt Ezra Chapman frets over a volatile wife and a scheme devised by Mr. Hotchkiss to fake his drowning and elope with Miss Solomon. The plan collapses when Mrs Chapman uncovers the ruse and sides with her husband. The trio ends with renewed ties as they sail toward Oxford.
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Ezra Chapman
Chapman
Allen's Wharf
Mr. Hotchkiss
George
Sarry Ann
the Mariner
Tom Giles
Capt. Chapman
Jokin
Borum
John Glenn
Hog Island
Oxford
Jim
Baltimore
Ang
iIt
Mrs. Chapman
Solomon's Island
Asa Henson
Jerry Hotchkiss
Ezzy
Buzzum
Oxford Street
He Meant Business and the Proposal
Gladys and Evelyn recount a proposal by Tom that felt more like a formal business matter than romance. Evelyn notes he knelt and spoke with officerlike gravity, leaving Gladys unsure whether he sought marriage or a personal assistant role. The quip closes with a wry saying about pawning troubles.
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Gladys
Tom
Evelyn
Glittering Fans Dominate This Season’s Accessory Trend
Fashion notes describe a wave of glittery fans adorned with gold and silver sparkle across white gauze black lace and ivory sticks. Plume and sandalwood models appear, while Japanese feather fans and a tea cup design on white feathers draw attention. scent and nostalgia mingle with modern display.
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Grandmother
Sandalewood
Tailor Made Styles for Fat Girls to Star in 1900s Fashions
A Boston Herald piece argues that stout women can look chic by adopting tailor made outfits rather than empire gowns. It advises choosing fitted linen shirtwaists, strict coats and skirts, dark colors, and Vienna beaver alpines with feathers to create distinguished silhouettes.
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Phil
Empire
Vienna
Boston Herald
Wash-Stand Drapery Sketch for an Inexpensive Wash Stand
An inexpensive wash stand drapery uses a bamboo cane longer than the stand width plugged at both ends with wood and brass balls. Wall hooks support the ends of the cane while the fabric drapery may hang simply or be styled with feathoons and ribbons, with color chosen to harmonize with wallpaper.
Schemes of a Paris Fashion House Turned Kidnap Plot
In Rome Mile Julia Barberini used a Paris fashionroom ruse to copy designs. A rich, foreign accented shopper drew dresses while two assistants discovered she was sketching latest fashions. The duo trapped the client until she surrendered her design tablets.
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Rome
Mile
Julia Barberini
Paris
Barbarini
Italy
Magasins
Tricky ventriloquist thief entertains riders on Harlem trolleys
A ventriloquist thief on Lenox and Amsterdam Avenue trolley cars in Harlem entertained crowded cars with animal sounds while accomplices robbed four passengers of cash and jewelry. Investigators say the scam has been active citywide, with riders noting the distraction as the theft occurred.
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Lenox Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Harlem
New York
Fright Fatal to Woman in St. Clair
Mrs. A. O. Blanche, 38, died at her St. Clair home after a foreign peddler allegedly tried to force entry. Fear and shock caused her prostration and death, leaving a husband and family.
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Pottaville
A. O. Blanche
St. Claire
Here
Mother Tosses Infant From Grate Fire in River Rescue
In Monessen Pennsylvania Mrs Rose Vittner saved her nine month old baby by seizing the child as clothing lit from a grate caught fire. She ran fifty yards to the Monongahela river and threw the infant into the water, leaping in after it. The crowd helped and both were rescued with only minor injuries.
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Monessen
Rose Vittner
Monongahela
Baby Rescued From 22 Foot Well Near Guymon Oklahoma
James Williamson former state legislator and Hackberry creek homesteader told of his 18 month old son being rescued from a bored well 22 feet deep near Guymon after nine hours. Volunteers from a nearby church dug the shaft and the child slept part of the time awaiting rescue. Williamson cheered the workers as the community paused religious services to aid.
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Guymon
Okla
James Williamson
Ormer
Hackberry Creek
Williamson
Bears Fearlessly Treated By Young Woman Near Menlo
In South Bend Washington a 13 year old girl and her parents Mr and Mrs John Meyer with Annie Scholty found a bear in an apple tree on the Bullard place near Menlo. She drew a 22 caliber rifle and fired twice at the bear, which was still in the tree. A neighbor Sherd Vaughn intervened, took the rifle, and shot the bear through the ear, ending the pursuit.
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South Bend
Wash
Bullard Place
Menlo
John Meyer
Annie Scholty
Sherd Vaughn
Gragg's Team Undoubted in New Rule Era Football Glory
An annual review credits Chicago Maroons and Harvard Crimson with top honors in 1908 football under the new rules. Chicago defeated Wisconsin at Madison to claim a second consecutive title, while Harvard beat Yale at New Haven in a historic first since 1901. Minnesota toppled Notre Dame, and Illinois routed Northwestern as Indiana defeated Purdue, shaping a complex Western and Eastern balance of power.
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Chicago
Harvard
Wisconsin
Madison
Maroons
Crimson
Ihe
Yale
New Haven
Cambridge
Minnesota
Carisle
Michigan
Syracuse
Ilinois
Northwestern
Indiana
Purdue
Cornell
Trinity
Stagg
Walter Steffen
Badger
Badgers
Moll
Osthoff
Rogers
Kennard
Eli
Illinois
Boiler-Maakers
Iowa
Street the Washington catcher tops long season tally
Street the Washington catcher Charley Street set a mammoth season count after transferring from the Coast League. He played 169 games as part of a lengthy eight month stretch, establishing a notable workload record for the team.
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Street
Charley Street
Washington
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