Split in Philadelphia Organization Signals Pens to Reform
Editorial argues Philadelphia machine politics fuel corruption in Pennsylvania. Factional strife over mayoral race splits the Organization, threatening its grip and potentially weakening vice and electoral fraud statewide. Penrose opposes Vare, while threats to unite reformers ride on a cleaner candidate for mayor.
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Philadelphia
Vare Brothers
United States
Boies Penrose
William 8. Vare
Penrose
Vare
Jim” McNichol
Boal
Dave’’ Lane
Marhime
Flinders
Pennsylvania
Pneumatism Remedy Mixture From Old Recipe
Mix one lemon juice with a teaspoon of salt in a pint of boiling water. Let it cool, then drink a glassful every morning before breakfast as a home remedy.
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Grlak
The Wish in Transit Tales of Tute and Wire
An ordinary plane carries a tute of wire and eerie hints of change. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes how Wireless lore and cryptic phrases blur the line between ordinary travel and hidden signals.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Where the Sea is Most Salty
A fragmentary report notes a sea region with unusually high salinity and persistent winds. Mentions a figure named Gus and a windy wade, referencing nine points observed where wind patterns affect salinity measurements. The text is sparse and non-specific.
London Club Tales of Blackballs and Bohemian Pranks
A chaotic recounting of club life featuring a notorious blackball for the duelist George Fitzgerald at Brooks’s in 1786, Admiral Keith Stewart, and an array of club mischiefs. The piece surveys changing London club ethics and includes anecdotes of outrageous bets and an ink assault on a waiter, ending with expulsion and compensation.
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George Augustus Sala
Ralph Nevill
London
Mr. Nevill
Brooks’ Clabss
George Robert Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Keith Stewart
Brooks
Pitegerald
Studiart
Stewart
Lan
Pitegeradd
Nevill
Wokaown
Clibs
Bery Sacks
Impudent Brother of Wine Sparks Husband Exchange
A Philadelphia Press quip features Mr Nagger reacting to a boastful young sibling who claimed he was not a chicken when marrying. The burly husband concedes the point, calling the wife a goose instead. The piece closes with Swift’s maxim about age.
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Mr. Nagger
Philadelphia Press
Power of an Audience Inspires Speakers and Actors
A passage from Success Magazine discusses how audience energy unlocks a speaker or actor. It describes the audible magnetism, inspiration from faces, and the incomparable confidence felt when performing before a live crowd, comparing the effect to a chemical reaction that creates new energy in action.
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Hintheen
Nein
Success Magazine
Author and Manager Clash Over Play's Act Order
The excited author questions cutting acts while the manager defends rearranging scenes. He suggests changing the hero's fate to die in a later act at the request of influential audience members.
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Chicago Tribune
Dr King’s New Discovery Endorsed By Thos Ariss Concord Mich
Thirty years together of association prove the merit of a remedy. Thos Ariss of Concord Michigan writes he has used Dr King’s New Discovery for years and calls it the best cough and cold cure he ever used. It is said to be infallible for lagrippe asthma fever croup quinsy or sore lungs with a trial bottle offered and guaranteed by Daugherty Bros.
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Thos
Ariss
Concord
Mich
Lagrippe
Daugherty Bros
Imagined judge rules on household authority over disputes
A fragmented dispatch contemplates a hypothetical appeal over marital control, asserting a judge cannot grant a husband sole power. It argues the real power lies with the household, including the wife, cook, or baby, in an ironic view of domestic authority.
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New York
Wanted notices drift through Market Place listing jobs and goods
Classified fragment shows WANTED ads for Timothy Hay four to five tans. stenographer or bookkeeper position. furniture requests including a top desk and drawer unit. a Lost Baby’s food bottle with pale blue ridon. and a request to call at the post office.
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Timothy Hay
Furder
Che
Madagascar Two Climates and The Island Rulers
The island of Madagascar features two climates and two classes of fauna. Along the coast the climate is tropical and malarious with darker natives. The interior is a cooler high tableland where natives are lighter, smaller, and more intelligent, and they rule the island.
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Madagascar
France
For Sale by Aj bruggupts and Medical Ad Blurb
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Fuley Kidney Pilla offering to check kidney and bladder trouble and heal by removing the cause. Quoted lines from Puck and Shakespeare indicate ad-like, mixed content. Reader should note the sale and health claim in an unreadable context.
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Ajbruggupts
No Arrests Yet For Lynching In Coatesville
Coatesville Pa August 15 no arrests have been made in the lynching of Zack Walker dragged from a hospital bed and burned. Chester County authorities hold about thirty names as ring leaders but warrants await investigation completion. Governor Tener orders state troopers to scene as officials from borough to state unite to pursue justice.
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Coatesville
Zack Walker
Chester Cotunty
Mov
Golder
Tener
Wilhelm
Pottsville
Chester County
Coxtesville
Desiee
Annie Rice
Contessine
Klad
I. Caverdor
Askel
Mae
Game Wardens Sentenced for Extortion in Pennsylvania
Three game wardens Marshall Gesamer F A Crawford and Charles A Scott were fined 100 and costs each and sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse by Judge Patton on charges of extortion and obtaining money under false pretense. An investigation found wardens confiscated guns, bought cheap replacements, and did not hand over the guns to authorities.
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Kittanning
Marshall Gesamer
F A. Crawford
Charles A. Scott
Patton
Ltaians
Allorney
Yale Row House Ceremony On Tap Day Traditions
The piece describes Yale on tap day when juniors dominate the scene and seniors celebrate the marking of a boy as “made good.” The campus fills with spectators along the fence, women in hats, and a crowd watching the ceremonial tree as students await the ritual, while the crowd cheers the chosen and witnesses the event as a crucible test of four years.
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Yale-Skull
Sevall
Key
Ant Wolfs Uisel
Duemienrs Eneh
Elass
Ourgeine
Seqiar
Ehiss
Chines
Wach
Suidur
Tits md
Baet
Tun
Gheys
Hiter
Yale
Durfee Halk
Craystone Faride
Yate
Ngsin
Jady
Mary KR. S. Andrews
Scribner's Magazine
The Joy of Today
A short reflective note urges seeing the beauty and joy of the present rather than waiting for a future promise. The piece stresses realizing happiness in current moments and places.
Switched Votes and a Shirt Story Won Corwin’s First Fight
A Washington desk item recalls how Tom Corwin won his first congressional bid. An Ohio voter recounts a tale from Lebanon of Corwin using a farmer’s bedside nightshirt incident to discredit an opposing candidate. The anecdote helped secure a dramatic victory.
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Tom Corwin
Congress
Treasury
Ohio
Corwin
Lebanon
Washington
Electric Bitters Blood Purifier Ad Claim
An advertisement likens white blood cells to tigers fighting germs, detailing skin and health ailments caused by poisons in the blood. It promotes Electric Bitters as the remedy to regulate stomach liver and kidneys, purify blood, boost strength and appetite, with testimonial by C. T. Budahn of Tracy California.
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C. T. Budahn
Tracy
Calif
Scat
Dougherty Bros
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