The Audacity of Bob Smithson in an Authors Club
Edgar Barry, a novelist, encounters the audacious Bob Smithson a drainpipe manufacturer who abducts his rival’s persona to woo Alice Beardsley. A chaotic sequence unfolds at the Authors Club ending in mistaken identity, deception, and a reconciliation between Barry and Beardsley.
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Martha C, Hutchins
American Press Association
Edgar Barry
Robert
Boby Smithson
Brrry
Smithson
Willig
Edwin Ostrander
Ike
Bob Smithson
Ndgatt Barry
Romiances
Drainpipe
Alice Beardsley
Bob
Wong
Miss Beardsley
Authors’ Club
Barry
Authors Club
Mr. Barry
Tam Edgar Barry
Tam
Mr. Smithson
Edgars
Statubier
Barty
Smiths
Borgiter
Misa Beardgley
Chase by suffragettes ruffles English minister’s ride
London reports Reginald McKenna first lord of the admiralty being mobbed by suffragists after a South End meeting. Police escorted him to a car but a woman mounted the footboard, forcing removal. Others pursued to the railway, where he was grabbed again and struck with a feeding tube before escape.
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London
Reginald McKenna
Admiralty
South End
Mellenna
McKenna
Robbery Ring Targeted Freight Trains in New York
Four men Frank Miller Morris Sabian Joseph Kellar and Charles Endes were led to Yorkville court over a year of freight train robberies with an estimated 40000 dollars in goods stolen. They used a rope ladder to access moving cars then pitched out silks laces shoes cigars and other wares shipped from New York to the west.
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New York
Frank Miller
Morris Sabian
Joseph Kellar
Charles Endes
Yorkville
Bank Robbers Blown Up Near Tulsa River Bank
Two unidentified men are found dead on the Arkansas riverbank near Tulsa Oklahoma. Authorities believe they were bank robbers and likely killed by an accidental dynamite explosion as they carried charges to blast safes. The scene suggests robbery due to clothing and nearby money supply.
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Tulsa
Okla
Arkansas River
Absentminded Man After Forgetting at Broad Street Station
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt describes an absentminded man and his family arriving at Broad Street station with many bundles and an anxious wife. The husband exclaims he forgot something as they search the scene, while the wife inventories the group and belongings, joking about what was forgotten. The piece blends humorous travel mishap with early 20th century newspaper style.
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Broad Street
Philadelphia Ledger
Christmas Gift Sets for Men Feature Lockets and Pins
A catalog announces Christmas gift items for men including lockets cuff buttons scarf pins and watch fobs with options in black ribbon gold mounted gold filled and solid gold. Prices range from $1 to $20, highlighting popular year end gifts.
Cough Remedy Prompts Quick Relief After Flu
A persistent cough following influenza can be promptly cured with Champlain’s Cough Remedy, sold by all druggists. The brief column notes practicality and urges early treatment to prevent troublesome coughing.
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Sebkha
Salt Lake
Tuitebai
Leisy Rudves
Watt Gredee
Pryeosion Elite Cruiine
Fithe
Qudek
Siivey
Dee
England
Thomas Talbot
Viscount Lisle
Lord Berkeley
Wootton-under-Mdge
Gloucester
Edward IV
James 4
Loudou
R. W. Wehrle & Co
God
Weble’s
Andy
China
Philadelphia
Indiana, PA
Washington Star
Ares Button
Podernesth bin Deak
Diaepet
Keeley
Pilabaugh
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