Baby tumbles into a wild four generation ride
A two year old girl, Billie Harvey, takes her great grandmother Mary Harrison on a joy ride through Chicago in an electric car. The party of four generations travels from 943 Margate Terrace toward Sheridan Road until a plate glass window is struck and a police call ensues. The event ends with confusion and frightened relatives and a mildly damaged auto.
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Chicago
Mira Billie Harvey
Mra
W. B. Harvey
Mary Harrison
Mra. Harrison
Billie Kernelt
Billia
Bile
Billa
Mina Hulfe
Mise Bil
Harvey
William D. Mclumkin
Harrison
Mclunkin
Margate Terrace
Sheridan Road
Irving Park Boulevard
McJunkin
Ilga Bille
Bille
Mia
Billie
Park
Coleman
Coteman
Brandmother
Melunkin
Prepare For Cold Weather Prepare For Cold Weather
Four generations recall a perilous snowbound drive after a child named Billie distracted a car. The runabout cruised Sheridan road, collided with a plate glass window, then stopped near a showroom. Police restrained the vehicle as Great Grandmother, mother, and grandmother escorted Billie and the others back home unharmed.
Home Outfitters Advertise Union Made Stoves
An advertisement proclaims stoves from Monitor and Goodwill Heaters and Ranges as the finest on the market. It emphasizes Union Made quality and guarantees every detail, inviting customers to order and equip their homes.
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Monitor and Goodwill
Man of Saving Disposition and Curious Search
Fragmented reminiscences of Old Graball and his wife clash over repapering a room and savings. A literary note highlights William Bong Orcutt’s new novel The Moth and his efforts to verify historical details, including a Florence trip and a quest to locate inscriptions near an Etruscan site.
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William Bong Orcutt
Harpers
Florence
Dosmenico
Helen Armstrong
Death and double cross in gangland pistol duel
In New York Tony Zacaro a pistol man tied to a gang is killed after a dispute over plunder and an arbitration scheme using a pack of cards as referee. He and Giuseppe Jacko were shot at the Degli coffee house on 109th Street, a Coney Island associate believed to have ordered the attack.
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New York
Tony Zacaro
Degli
Giuseppe Jacko
Just
109Th Street
Jacko
Hind Dort
Tony
Harlem
Coney Island
Wap
Four of Hearts
Zacaro
Joe Jacko
Nernes
Fee
Ax Hy
Jackola
Forced to Liven Things Up Miss Nicoll Hosts Surf Tea Party
Miss Charlotte Van Cortlandt Nicoll staged a novel surf tea party off Long Island with a floating tea table and buttered toast while guests endured dull weather and long silences. A dramatic incident followed as Mrs Blane’s mother toppled overboard, later prompting a candid exchange about decorum and sympathy.
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Charlotte van Cortlandt Nicoll
Long Iranch
Mise Nicoll
Balanced Nicoll
Flying Over the Desert and Aerial Bombing Challenges
The report discusses altitude effects on aerial observation over deserts and seas, noting fog at higher heights concealing the ground. It records experiments on bomb impact, finding observers cannot judge damage from a single pass and recommending a second aircraft to assess post-pass conditions.
Wednesday Chicken Day Confirms Witness Timing
In a Louisville Courier Journal report the attorney questions the witness's certainty about the day. The witness insists Wednesday was the day, citing “we had chicken that day” as proof, since chicken day is Wednesday at the boarding house.
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Ian
Louisvilla Courier. Journal
Almost the Limit, Professor George Kittredge Critiques Play
Harvard English professor George Kittredge, noted satirical critic, attended a rerun performance. He appeared disgruntled as interruptions and delays unsettled him, and after the show his circle of club friends joined a late supper. When asked for his verdict he quipped the lights failing in the second act ruined the experience, calling it disgusting.
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Arthur
Vorys
George
Iyman Kittedge
Harvard
Dr. Kittredge
Bis
Crie
Nurse departure sparks child care misunderstandings
The fragment hints at a dispute over a nurse’s ability to handle children. A tart exchange questions her grasp of bathing and pantie care, suggesting gaps in practical child handling. The tense humor undercuts professionalism and implies a miscommunication within a caregiving setting.
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