Plans and portraits of music loving Holbrook minister
A Holbrook Arizona household hosts Reverend A Alexander Chopin Fu who is welcomed with music and children playing piano pieces Jolly Boy Waltz and Bringing in the Sheaves The scene reveals a bustling family gathering and the minister’s hospitality. The article also reports Berlin Germanys sensational case of Lieutenant August Schoroeder who tattooed fortress plans on his fiancés back to win money from a Russian agent and a mirror description of Ida Mullerthal in Warsaw. The tale ends with the authorities uncovering the plot and Ida’s tears.
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Robert
Walts
Lutie
Perty
Tam
Percy
Puck
Berlin
Russia
August Schoroeder
Posen
Ida Mullerthal
Warsaw
Schoroeder
Ida
Fraulein Mullerthal
Ida Mullertha
Budapest
Dusty Victory Statue Sparks Maid Novel Misstep
A New York woman complains her new housemaid Norah dusted everything except the Victory of Samothrace statue, as the maid confesses fear of dropping it. The tale blends domestic farce with a caption about parchment made from human skin as a curiosity in a late 19th century magazine.
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New York
Norah
Samothrace
Sacrilegious Cat and the Philadelphia Joss Scene
A large Maltese cat steals a chicken from before a sacred joss in Philadelphia provoking a near riot. The guardian pursues the cat but it escapes atop a roof with a big bite of the chicken, leading to dismay and a walkable distance tale.
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Philadelphia
Joss House
Tragic Suicide by Express Train In New Rochelle
James Ben Ali Hagin Lounsberry, heir in Bedford and descendant of the Califor nia horseman James B. Hagin, killed himself by stepping before an express train on the New York New Haven Hartford line at Larchmont. Two witnesses Misses Sarah Shivers and Lillian Vermas described his farewell calls as the locomotive struck.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
James Ben Ali Hagin Lounsberry
Richard P. Lounsberry
Bedford
Weatchester County
James B. Hagin
California
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Larchmont
Sarah Shivers
Lillian Vermas
Philadelphia
Resigns From $5,000 Job In National Park
George Hanner gave up a $5,000 a year position to accept a local pastorate at an annual salary of $600 in National Park New Jersey.
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National Park
N. J
George Hanners
Journey Through Revolt Describes Safe Route to Tientsin
A Lady correspondent recounts surviving five days on a rattling frontier rail line during China’s revolutionary fighting. Amid train stoppages and torn rails, 23 travelers from various nations endured cold, fear, and shifting control as they salvaged trolleys, food, and aid for wounded rebels before reaching Tianjin.
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China
Yutze
Shans
Tai Yuen Fu
Nian Tz Kuan
Yang Chu'en
Mr. Lin
Tai Yuen Foreign Office
Ninntz Kuan
Chihli
Ta Yuen
Tai Yuen
Gil
Lin
Ing
Snds Bridge
Ralse
Revolutionary Party
Shansi
Nian Te Kuan
Peking
S Gin Gwang
Tientain
College Woman Sets New Dish Washing Trend
A Boston observer comments on a college graduate wife who could revolutionize housekeeping by devising new dish washing methods. He jokes about husbands, voting, finance, and social duties being shifted to capable wives, imagining a future where the domestic sphere is led by educated women and bachelors rush to marry.
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York State
Boston
Houst
Press
Bishop O Donaghue Tells His Own Joke About Bill Nye
In Indianapolis, Rev Denis O Donaghue now bishop of Louisville amuses friends by a traveling joke. A passenger near him asks if he is Bill Nye as the bishop, bald and in a silk skull cap, replies with a lighthearted confession and shares the humor of the moment.
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Denis O'Donaghue
Indianapolis
Louisville
Chicago
Bishop O'Donaghue
Bill Nye
New Yorker’s Design Accepted for Put-In-Bay Memorial
The Perry Memorial commission selected J. H. Friedlander of New York for a permanent Lake Erie centennial memorial to be unveiled in 1913. Friedlander’s design won over 54 entries and the memorial, costing about $600,000, features a 320 foot Doric column with a gallery and top light, set on a plaza flanked by a historical museum and a peace-building.
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New Yorker
Perry Memorial Commission
J. H. Friedlander
New York
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie
Friedlander
United States
England
Couldn't Fool Him. Boss Denies Break For Hockey Game
An office boy stammers a request to leave for a hockey game. The boss sternly refuses, saying workers must stay and continue with tasks, noting the hardship of missing grandmothers' funerals. The firm enforces staying at work.
New Kite Frame Invented With Circular Centerpiece
A Wisconsin inventor patents a kite frame that uses a circular sheet metal disk as a centerpiece. Loops around the edge hold sticks that form six equal ribs aligned with a central socket circle. The design guarantees uniform ribs and even tying for cover materials such as muslin or stout fabrics.
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Wil Last Lang
Wisconsin
Heart of a New York Lad Aids Hungry Horse
A New York lad braves cold winds along Church Street near the elevated line to share his few oats with a horse feeding from a nearly empty nose bag. He steadies the bag for the animal, then pats its nose and continues on his way, shivering but kind.
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Church Street
The
New York Mail
Flags at Half Mast Symbolize Universal Respect for the Dead
An explainer notes that half mast flags signal deep respect for prominent deceased figures. Historically tied to military conquerors, the practice now marks public figures worthy of broad reverence, with the full flagpole space reserved for the ultimate symbol, the Angel of Death.
Penny Draw In A Bottle Sparks Conversation
A brief scene shows John-See and James discussing a bottle containing a penny. The exchange hints at a playful challenge or demonstration about retrieving the coin.
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John
James
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