Pursuer and Fugitive Hide in Plain Sight on the Hill
Edward Thorold helps a young fugitive by disguising him inside a motor car to elude Inspector Lock and pursuing officers. Thorold, torn between duty and pity, cooperates as the chase resumes with the widened pursuit, the hill crest, and the car moving toward safety.
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Jean
Edward Thorold
Thorold
Rii
Henee
Inspector Lock
Jones
Pat Rosht
Thorod
Premier Sifton Returns Montreal
Premier of Alberta Arthur Sifton arrived in Montreal returning to Edmonton after a London visit on Alberta finances. He tours with provincial treasurer MacKenzie and brings five million dollars in Alberta Government bonds to fund a larger, profitable government owned telephone system. British opinion favors West growth and higher returns amid no overborrowing concerns. Paris news notes Dr Alexis Carrel’s Nobel winning solo organ preservation, keeping thoracic and abdominal organs alive in a warmed solution for thirteen hours after death.
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Montreal
Arthur Sifton
Alberta
Great Britain
Sifton
MacKenzie
Edmonton
London
West
Paris
Alexis Carrell
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Pezzi
Academy of Medicine
Carroll
Suffered for months with hemorrhoids cured by Cuticura
A testimonial from A. Benger of Toronto describes two months of hemorrhoid pain and itching. After trying various ointments, he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting relief and complete cure after a few weeks. The ad promotes Cuticura products and offers a free 2p Skin Book and samples.
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Toronto
Ontario
East
A. Benger
Dar
A Very Wise Man The Lawyer
The lawyer asks the witness if he knows any jurors and learns he knows more than half. When pressed, the witness says he would swear he knows more than all of them combined.
French Ambassador Nominated Grand Officer of Legion
Paris reports M Jusserand, the French ambassador to Secrete, has been nominated grand officer of the Legion of Honor. The nomination recognizes his service to France in diplomacy and state affairs.
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Paris
Secrete
Vaten Sieies
M. Jusserand
Legion of Honor
Blind Newspaper Seller Stays Calm at Corner Stand
A Cleveland blind merchant sits at a public square corner with a sharp sign about begging. He humorously prompts larger tips, remarking on a nickel offered to test his faking while requesting a quarter.
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Cleveland
Public Square
First Orient Woman Voter Registers in U S
Little Miss Myra Lee, a Chinese American, becomes the first orient woman to register to vote in the United States. An ardent suffragist she plans to teach in a Los Angeles school then, possibly Canton China, promoting suffrage English and literature. Her father Lee Kwai Sing is a wealthy Los Angeles resident connected with Chinese Republican leaders.
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Los Angeles
Myra Lee
United States
Lee
China
Canton
Les
Polytechnic High School
Lee Kwai Sing
Weathy
Germans claim wireless telephone progress over long distance
Berlin reports a major advance in wireless telephone transmission. Experiments between Neuem central station and Berlin succeeded in sending a full article by wireless. Clear reception at 250 miles is claimed as Telefunken equipment harmonizes with the transmitter, signaling Telefunken’s dominance.
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Berlin
Neuem
Telefunken
Marconi
Widow Hedwie Stanna Dies at 118 in Doormund Germany
Frau Hedwie Stanna, Germanys oldest woman, died today in Doormund at age 118. She had spent her life as an agricultural laborer and remained active until last week. all her relatives are dead and she often wished for death after living so long.
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Berlin
Germany
Hedwie Stanna
Doormund
Agar
Terraphages Club Advocates Earth Diet in Hanover
A group calling itself Terraphages in Hanover, Germany vows to eat only earth following a mock tribal doctrine. Pamphlets praising Terraphagism are being distributed in French German and English.
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Hanover
Germany
Millionaire Found Hanging on Train Near Chemnitz
A Berlin millionaire named Berger was found dead in a second class carriage on a train near Chemnitz. Police suspect a hired ex convict who joined Berger on the trip and may have induced the journey after a recent prison release. hundreds of dollars meant to buy breeding stock were missing.
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Berlin
Berger
Chemnitz
Saxony
Rock railway station bomb injures man in Lisbon
A man seated on a box at the Rock railway station was seriously injured when a bomb in the box exploded. Earlier, a large portion of a nearby military powder factory near Lisbon was destroyed by a nitroglycerin explosion, killing one workman.
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Lisbon
Rock
Martyr to Duty by Paris Chaplain
The former Abbe Marie Jujes du Coudray, a military chaplain, died after tending an ailing artilleryman at Versailles military hospital. He stayed with the dying soldier despite danger and fell ill the same evening, passing away within forty hours. His funeral was held at Fontainebleau.
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Paris
Marie Jujes du Coudray
Hero
Versailles i
Fontainebleau
Pewsey plans statue for King Alfred in King's coronation year
Residents in Pewsey Wiltshire vote to erect a statue of King Alfred as a coronation memorial to King George V. A separate anecdote recalls an American tourist insulting an Irish shoeblack by tossing two coppers, prompting a sharp retort about boot polish.
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London
Pewsey
Wilts
King Alfred
George V
Human Marshmallow Comment Sparks Amused Teasing
Maud teases Marie about Jack's remark calling him a human marshmallow. Marie resists sharing details while Maud pushes for the story and the playful exchange continues.
Minard’s Liniment Cures Distemper Tale
A humorous item recounts a man receiving three seats for The Pink Lady. His wife jokes about the extra seat and proposes gifting it to his usual companion between acts, sparking a witty exchange.
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George
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises a Cure for Catarrh
A promotional notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming constitutional disease requires constitutional treatment. The ad offers a $100 reward for proof of a failure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with a 75 cent price and a companion product Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Juntios Gummered Clerk Displays Quiet Wit On Train
Judge William S. Gummers of New Jersey humor shines aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad car as a fellow passenger asks if this is the smoker. He answers that the smoker is two cars ahead, delivering a brief, humorous bit amid travel. A Mother Graves Worm Exterminator ad appeals to mothers, and a doctor’s quip about knowledge versus folly closes the column.
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William S. Gummers
Juntios
New Jersey Superior Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trenton
Fort Willam
Port Arthur
Duluth
Frain
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Drugstore Ad
An old advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures itching, bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee offered by the druggist. The notice emphasizes quick relief and affordability at 50 cents.
Brady's Basement Office and a Mock Irish Visitor
James T Brady opens a New York office in a cobbler’s basement. An Irish caller jokes about his sparse practice and asks what he sells. The tale notes Brady’s dry wit and a remark about Holloway's Corn Cure. It ends with a fortune figure for Miss Helen Gould.
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James T. Brady
New York
Brady
St Pancras Council Considers Appointing Municipal Saleswoman
The St Pancras borough council will discuss a proposal to appoint a municipal saleswoman who can explain to inquirers the advantages and merits of electrical cooking and heating apparatus.
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St. Pancras
Swans Vanish from Tuileries Basin Leaving Storybook Tale
Paris reports the last two swans in the octagonal basin at the Tuileries Garden have disappeared. The Figaro notes the two were a famed couple with the male dying of rheumatism and the female of grief, leaving an empty display in the famed park.
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Jardin Des Tuileries
Paris
Figaro
Madrid Restaurant Rewards Honest Chauffeur in Bilbao
A Bilbao restaurant proprietor rewarded a cab driver who returned a forgotten bag containing 1450 dollars with a meal ticket for a charity soup kitchen.
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Madrid
Bilbao
Spain
Nine-Hundred Year-Old Saxon Church Reaches 900 Years
The Saxon Church of Greensted in Ongar Essex marked its 900th year yesterday. It is famed as possibly England finest curiosity for its rough-hewn oak construction split along the length.
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Greensted
Ongar
Essex
England
Willesden Education Authority to Start Cookery Classes
London reports the Willesden Education Authority has decided to begin cookery classes for boys at the local polytechnic. The program aims to teach practical kitchen skills and home economics within the community education initiative.
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London
Willesden Education Authority
Polytechnic
Be Sociable Old Farmer Visits Son in London
An elderly farmer travels to London to visit his son who has prospered and hosts a dinner with a courteous servant. The farmer and guest quarrel playfully as the servant hovers, prompting the guest to mock the servant for dancing and his overly eager service. The exchange ends with a humorous remark about sharing the meal.
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London
Philosopher Bear Motto and Dyspeptic Chew
A quirky verse-like note presents a forbear motto and a playful line about a dyspeptic chew. The text uses odd hyphenated descriptors and whimsical self reference. It reads as a personal motto fragment with a humorous twist.
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