Built Her Own Home and Other Oddities in Town Life
A quirky column reports Misa Vrincesa Lyon of Westwood plans to be the only woman in New England to live in a house she built herself. A small club, limited to 40 members, owns town land around Westwood with deeds to one acre per member and common rental land for farming. Other items note a pastor marrying a couple for nothing and a foil envelope gag, plus humorous vignettes about a late night sign saying Open All Night and a Chinese laundry with the sign Me Watcee Too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Vrincesa Lyon
Westwood
New England
Ives
Miss Lyons
Hose
Tlain
Thilo Gore
Fermin Lutheran Church
Dr. Fore
Chicago
Washlington
Harper’s Magazine
Duke
Liggett & Myers
Durham
N. C
Liggett
Algers Dulku
Parallel Stories Famous Crimes
A brief history piece by Henry C. Terry surveys notable crimes and detectives, highlighting recurring questions of motive method and justice. The prose contrasts famed cases with enduring detective archetypes, framing crime as both spectacle and study.
Revenge of a Thief and the Dempsey Case in New York
The narrative recounts the rise of a famed thief named Cliff Dempsey, his charity deeds, and a violent path to vengeance. It details his arrest and confession-like tale of bank burglaries, testimony, and the pursuit of a traitor among accomplices, culminating in a fateful confrontation and ongoing vendetta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liff Dempsey
Cliff
Ninth Ward
New York City
Becausre
Clff
Rea
Officer Quackenbush’s Story of Henry Lawrence Attack
Detective Quackenbush recalls the brutal assault on Henry Lawrence near Thirty-fifth Street in which doctors said recovery was near impossible. The Brick Ward Gang, led by Denny Brady, dominated the area with robberies and threats as Lawrence’s watch and jewelry valued at 1500 dollars vanished. An open wallet with 6000 dollars in cash and betting records suggested robbery as motive, with trackgoers possibly supplying the attackers.
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Cif
Bedudin
Therny Mt Thmos
Abe Baker
Abe
Conneatiert
Long ‘Island
Tatip
Judge Teynoldy
Doling
Tor
Ling Taly
Empire Bank
Troy
Albany
New York
St. ‘Mark's Place
Roy ‘Ch
Dalyrand Baker
Daly
Ane
Ami
Baker
Nork
Buevaria
Harry Hill
East Houston Street
Ming
Patergton
Henry Lawrente
Lawrence
Tong Island
Ast Thirty-i'th Street
Cavara
Soecond
Third Avenue
Thirty-fifth
Howard
Andy' Ox
Ravighan
Brady
Shay
Lovent
Aoma
Bender
Second Agenue
Sixth Street
India
Gil Bender
Toster
A. B. Marks
USA
TI Dempsey
Ling Daly
Clfe
Dempsey
Lfe
Bakers
Henry Lawrence
Quackenbush
Bellevue Hospital
Thirty- Atth Street
Brick Ward
Denny ‘Brady
Hadson River
Here
Hewrence
Manny Brady
Machine That Plays Violin Invented for Automaton Music
An early artificial fiddler uses a circular horsehair bow moving inside a hoop with three violins mounted inside. A row of fingers along the necks presses strings at the moment of note strike, producing solos and duets. The device costs $2,000.
Memory of Past Music in Insect Sounds
A careful ear can detect and discriminate insect species by song, much as birds. The essay links memories of spring and warmth to the emotional color of insect music, noting crickets and katydids inspire joy as their sounds become tied to hopeful seasonal memories.
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America
Fainting player halts girls basketball game
A girls basketball game paused when a player fainted. The captain urged the team to steady themselves and give the player air as officials tended to her. Other details are unclear due to fragmented text and wording.
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Trene
Drummer's Greed Leads to Stranger's Will Revelation
A Baltimore American excerpt recounts a drummer who claims a Philadelphia law firm left him 6000 after a mysterious encounter on a Chicago to Pittsburgh palace car. He dismisses the wife of a stranger who allegedly set the tale, then boasts of the will's origin and a prank ending with him provoking fellow passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
Jerew
Voi
A Wardrobe of a Dying Nobleman and Fashion’s Far Past
A London Mail note reflects on a deceased young nobleman famed for vast clothing, joking that even a day spent changing garments would exhaust his time. It argues fashion’s appetite has historical ties to valor, citing Cavaliers, Wallenstein’s troops, and Clive, while hoping the tailors’ strike ends and the jeunesse doree resumes its morning suit habit.
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England
Charles I
Wallenstein
Germany
Clive
Plassy
Jeunesse Dorée
London Mail
Kind Gentleman and Johnny Exchange Moral Snippet
A humorous exchange shows a judge questioning Johnny about adulthood. Johnny replies that once he begins something, he'd be told to stop, highlighting a childlike view of responsibility and instruction.
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Johnny
Fallon in a Street Encounter and a Hasty Proposal
Jellinson learns Barwood postponed marriage plans after a casual street meeting. Barwood reveals she never formally engaged and had anticipated a proposal a week earlier. The tale shifts to a sensational note about a cinematograph rights sale and a mention of a 1702 English snuff habit.
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Fallon
Jellinson
Barwood
Beryl Ponders Study Break and Beard Woes
In a witty exchange, Beryl mocks the idea of giving up studies for a doctor and jokes about Sibyl's brain. The tale then notes Beryl’s failure to grow a proper Vandyke beard as a humorous setback.
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Beryl
Sibyl
The Right Soap for Baby’s Skin Ad
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap as pure, fragrant and soothing for babies skin and hair. It highlights its mild emollients to ease irritation redness and chafing and notes Cuticura Ointment aids eczema rashes and itching. The copy claims long lasting soap value, economical use and global availability with a free sample offer via a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Underworld Sightings Stir Relatives In City Tale
A startled relative asks about New York’s underworld and a witness confirms it exists. Mrs. McGudley adds a quip praising the subway as neat and interesting, arguing every large city should have one.
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New York
Mrs. McGudley
Auto tumble ends with a fall at home
A Change and Mr Scrappington with his wife were riding yesterday when their auto skidded and they fell out. The incident occurred at their home causing surprise and minor injuries.
Quite the Thing and Other Short Bits
A patchwork of chatter and humor from a 19th century page, including a laundress dispute over timing and payment, a moral quip about misfortune, quips on use and phonographs, medical ads for laxatives and piles, and a wry line about lawyers and detectives minding others’ business.
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Dj Put de Powner
Cefanttays Aviator
Canada
Free Homestead
Manitoba
Freo Flomestesda
GEO. A
Hall
Lagend St
Milwaukan
Attawa
Henry C. Terry
Edge Peache
Detective S
Capriluht
FL. Nelson
Cliff Dempsey
Spencer
Boker
A. Neely Hall
Officer Quackenbush
Wiles
Baltimore American
Ngland
Dube
J.T
Piedmont
Grer Prleon
Coe
St. Loula, Mo
Pip
Miss Philis
Miss. Philis
Bobby
Pierce
Ady
Ian
Cole’t
Carter
Foley
W. J. Douglas
Schoort
W.l.douglas
Sella
Ae Ee
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Tha
Boteau I
Iutores
Rover
Mises
Draxelafs
Wutaon E. Coleman
Weah- Entington
D.C
Booke Free
Tighe
A . Eat
Dent Resif
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