Telegraph slang bug house travels fast across cities
A historian recounts how the slang term bug house emerged from a Baltimore telegraph office when a cockroach caused a resistance fault. The word rapidly spread by wire from Baltimore to New York Cincinnati St Louis Chicago and beyond within hours, then across the nation to reach smaller towns in a week.
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St. Louis
New York
Baltimore
Missouri City
Cincinnati Wire
Cincinnati
Ogden
Pacific ‘Coast
Chicago
Cineinnati
New Orleans
United States
Canada
Spérators
Messenger
Why Ants and Flowers Clash in Plant Defenses
In this humorous ecology note by Harvey Sutherland, ants offend flowers by stealing nectar while bees pollinate. Plants respond with bristles, sticky stems, and traplike blooms to deter ants, while some offer hollow thorns or syrup to attract them away from pollen. A clever mossplant melampyrum pratense exploits ant habits, sowing seeds that hitch rides on ant hills and sprout in fertilized soil.
Descendants of Capt. Lawrence Seek Aid for Boys
Three boys aged 8 6 and 4 are descendants of Capt James Lawrence of the Chesapeake affair. They live at St Barnabas Home and summer at North Mountain Fresh Air Home as an appeal for funds to educate and support them. Their widowed mother Mrs Lillian Lawrence seeks relief to avoid sending them to Western farms. The family traces back to colonial Lawrence settlers in Flushing Long Island.
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Clarence
Lester
Issac Lawrence
James Lawrence
Chesapeake
St. Barnabas
Mulberry-st
Little Fellows
George F. Nelson
New York
Lawrence
Chesapeake-Shannon
North Mountain
Harlem
Park-ave
Mrs. Lawrence
Isaac . Lawrence
William. Lawrence
Flushing, L. I
Newton, L. I
Marriage in Millersville and Snippet Gossip
Jefferson Stammons wed Miss Alice Staley at Millersville on Tuesday night and will live at Mallott Park. A shower was given by Mrs W M Whiteesday for Miss Thornton. Auburn T Farr is from Sedalia Missouri. Engagement announced for Miss Katherine Mueller daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil A Mueller and Mrs Bodily pain.
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Jefferson Stammons
Alice Staley
Millersville
Malott Park
W. M. Whiteesday
Bargains in Upright Pianos at Baldwin's The Best Sahaman
Bargains in upright pianos featured at Baldwin’s store with claims of best value and guaranteed results for buyers. The ad highlights discounted instruments and a selection aimed at attracting shoppers seeking quality at lower prices.
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Baldwin's
Gambler Holds Up Climax Gambling House on Cherry Street
In Nashville a former Climax employee Thomas L. Johnson threatened the bookkeeper with a pistol and demanded a bag containing 4270 in cash. Johnson fled but was later apprehended by police sergeant Long after the alarm was raised by witnesses.
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Climax
Cherry St
Thomas L. Johnson
Johnson
Long
Etty
Dorchester Wife Reunited After Hat on Horse Becomes Clue
Mrs. Timothy Sullivan of Dorchester Massachusetts wandered away and could not be found. Her husband decorated his horse with her summer hat and blue veil to help her recognize him. The plan worked when a passerby identified the ensemble and returned the woman to her husband About evening on Market Street the old horse led to the reunion.
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Timothy Sullivan
Dorchester
Mass
Owas
Sullivan
Jack
Duke
Dorothy
Dorothy Graham
Harry
Social Advantages of Golf in Gentlemen's Parties
The article argues golf fosters a kinder spirit than other games, reducing the moroseness of defeat and elevating social conduct at country-house gatherings. It praises golf as self sufficient, skill based, and less dependent on betting, noting Anglo Saxon and French attitudes toward sport and a vignette of a man who wins at bridge yet loses modestly at golf.
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G. F. Burson
Everybody's Magazine
England
America
Mosbys Guerrillas In New York Streetcar Tale
A streetcar encounter reveals a lawyer once captured by Mosbys guerrillas and narrowly escaped hanging. A second lawyer claims to have been in the squad tasked to hang that man, though he has not seen the escapee since. Also note a wage strike by about 30 grinders at E G Atkins works seeking a 12 percent raise.
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New York
Mosby
Lawyer No. 1
Lawyer No. 2
Duke and Dorothy Reconcile After Dog Leads to Meet
Harry laments slow days at the country home and quarrels with Dorothy over Jack Thurston. Duke senses trouble when he guides Jack back to Dorothy, who wakes to a reconciliation kiss. Harry joins, claiming Duke deserved a reward for the intervention.
Funston’s Deception of Aguinaldo Recalls Manila Escape Plan
A six day voyage narrative recounts Gen. Funston’s use of decoy letters prepared aboard ship to mislead Aguinaldo. Captured documents revealed Lacuna’s signature forged by a Filipino scribe, enabling fake correspondence to place Brigadier Lacuna and coordinate provincial commands in central Luzon.
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Manila
Funston
Everybody’s
Nueva Ecija
Dacuna
Lacuna
San Isidro
Aguinaldo
Alejandrino
Baldomero Aguinaldo
Luzon
City Life Local Probate Updates and Public Transport News
E C Crout named administrator of Ellen Crout estate with $10000 bond. Herman Rabe appointedadministrator of Maria Jabe estate with $2000 bond. An Irishman in Indianapolis sought library books and received a large batch of old records. Telephone girls from several towns toured Indianapolis by private car with Central and Union officials. Dr J S Hinkle sues Indianapolis Street Railway for 10000 damages over a Washington Street collision. Mrs Rhoda Tutt sues for 5000 after a fall while alighting.
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Ellen Crout
Herman Rabe
Maria Jabe
Bond
Indianapolis
State House
Anderson, Muncie
Elwood
Alexandria
McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Helen Strong
Laura Leech
Central Telephone Company
Hugh McGowan
Indiana
Senate- Bvcb
Fair Jokers In Court At Picnic Prank
Le Roy J Weed and W T Arms, sons of wealthy locals and law students, sue a group of society girls in supreme court for damages after the girls failed to appear at a picnic. The prank-related summons cover loss of time car fare and mental distress, and lawyers say the complaint is legally actionable. The girls seek a possible compromise as the case may progress to court.
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Binghamton, N
LeRoy J. Weed
W. T. Arms
Supreme Court
Washington woman credits Dr Pierce with recovery after long illness
Mrs L Myers of Washington West Virginia recounts nearly four years of suffering from improper medical care after childbirth and female weakness. She describes a severe cough chest pain and rapid weight loss then credits Dr Pierce remedies after four bottles of Favorite Prescription and four of Golden Medical Discovery plus Smart Weed extract and pellets. She reports coughing ceased and weight gain of thirty pounds. Women invited to consult Dr Pierce free.
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L. Myers
Washington
W.va
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Sgtter
Wonderful gold mines in Siberia attract explorers
An American party visits Achinsk in western Siberia near the Yenisei river and the Trans Siberian line. They report free gold in quartz and in the wall rock, with veins showing gold in multiple openings over 700 feet. The owner claims over $50,000 earned in four months from crushing 18 tons of ore daily.
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Achinsk
Siberia
Yenesei River
St. Petersburg
C. W. Purington
Engineering Magazine
Bishop Turner Urges Emigration to Africa for Negroes
In Atlanta on August 28 Bishop Turner of the African Methodist Church declares that if the United States bans criminals after branding and deporting them to Africa, he would establish a new Rome or a penal colony akin to Australia, advocating African emigration as advantageous for both races.
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Atlanta
Africa
Rome
Australia
Turner
African Methodist Church
Rockefeller plans palatial Mount Pleasant wedding gift
Neighbors expect a grand residence with expansive grounds for the Rockefeller and Miss Abby Aldrich wedding near Mount Pleasant. Rockefeller has expanded his Mount Pleasant estate to about 2000 acres in Westchester County.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Abby G. Aldrich
Mount Pleasant
Rockefeller
Westchester County
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