Luetgerts Great Danes to be sold for legal costs
The three loyal Great Danes owned by Adolph Luetgert, jailed for his wife's murder, are to be sold to raise funds for pursuing his case before the Illinois Supreme Court. The dogs once guarded the sausage factory, kept detectives at bay, and now face sale to cover lawyers and record copying expenses.
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Adolph Luetgert
Chicago
Supreme Court of Illinois
Charles
Luetgert
Supreme Court
Ludgert
Moonlit Canal Love and a Desert Escape Tale
In a moonlit Bitter Lake crossing, Joyce and her carpenter lover Alphonse plan to flee Ben Ali. Joyce sabotages the Mussulman’s pursuit by sending him to a watery fate, then they sail toward France as Joyce and Alphonse flee with the ship’s crew and Joyce’s daring resolve.
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Mohammed
Bitter Lake
Port Said
Suez
Wrell
Carpentair
Zair
Mussulman
Ismailia
Alphonse—de Carpentair
Taxman
Alphonse
Joyce
Ben Ali
France
India
Marseilles
Ze Signal House
al- Phonse
Ben Ad
Janey
Strikers Demand Change Amid Confused Exchange
Fragmentary notes show striking workers pressing for changes while discussions broke down. The unclear dialogue hints at a stalemate with unclear leadership and goals.
Fragmented Dialogue on Port Said Mystery and Missing Lovers
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a voyage to Port Said aboard the first steamer into the canal. A French stonemason is praised, while concern grows over Ben Ali and a vanished ship. Joyce and Alphonse appear later, but no one accepts an alibi, leaving the tale unresolved.
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Bissmillah
Ben Ali
Joyce
Alphonse
Port Said
Brave 12 year old Frances French rescues boy at Atlantic City
Frances French, 12, dove into the water to rescue 14 year old James Young after he fell from a pier while being taunted by men. She saved him unconscious, and crowds later honored her with speeches and a gold purse, which turned out counterfeit.
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Frances French
Jas. Young
Atlantic City
Frances
James
Young
Brave Women Nurses Association Formed in Civil War Era
The Army nurses association, an unrecruitable group like the Grand Army, is composed of women who served as army nurses in the Civil War. Formed in Washington in 1881 by Dorothea Dix, the annual convention this year occurs in Philadelphia with Mrs. Elizabeth W. Ewing of Pennsylvania as national president.
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Army Nurses’ Association
Grand Army
Washington
Poruthea Dix
Philadelphia
Elizabeth W. Ewing
Pennsylvania
Calve the Gardener Cultivates Cevennes Farm
Emma Calve the renowned soprano farms at Cevennes and tends her kitchen garden each summer. She personally plants, hoes, and waters, sending gifts of fresh produce to friends in Paris. The open air work restored her health and she credits spades and potatoes for her recovery.
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Calve
Emma Calve
Cevennes
Mlle
Paris
Philadelphia Post
Small dinners and suppers please both men and women
A guide noting men prefer flattering remarks and social warmth at intimate gatherings. It advises hosting small dinners or suppers as enjoyable and inexpensive entertaining, suggesting balanced guest Gender mix and light flattering flattery to ensure men and women have a good time.
Violet and Phlox Trim Hats Create Subtle Color Schemes
A discussion of straw hats featuring black bases with violet and white phlox accents for a soft, graceful look. The text notes artificial violets as a smoother option and recommends violet leaves if leaves are used. It also describes a black tulle hat adorned only with green violet foliage around the crown, using no violet flowers.
Seventy Babies Born Every Minute Figure
San Francisco Examiner notes birth rates with striking figures: 26 million babies per year, about 70 per minute, enough to encircle the globe in cradles. A storyteller imagines a continuous yearly procession of newborns carried past a point for a full year.
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San Francisco Examiner
Child’s Remark Reveals Speech Progress At Home
A young child surprised a caller by spelling out a sentence about his father coming home tomorrow. The family noted his rapid reading of new words as he grows.
Camping-out Parties Trend Among Fashionable Girls
A curio of social life shows fashionable young women forming camping-out parties aimed at masculine companionship. The trend reflects evolving courting customs and urban leisure among the city’s prominent youths, with emphasis on novelty and exclusivity.
Lady Betty Brews Tea in Gentle Rhyme
A playful verse celebrates Lady Betty brewing tea with charm and wit. The speaker praises her smile and laughing eye, feeling delight and life rising as the cup overflows with warmth and rum.
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Betty
Lady Betty
Love Kept Young, Kingsley Verse Recalled
Poem excerpt attributed to Charles Kingsley contrasts youth and aging love with a rustic voyage idea. It opens with idealized early passion and ends warning that worn lovers seek familiar affection in later life. The lines frame themes of memory and return.
Pointed Paragraphs and Provocative Maxim Lines
A collection of aphorisms and maxims on hope, wisdom, appearance, expectations, battle history, virtue, firearms, conversation, vices, memory, and love. Each line offers a compact opinion or warning with a sharp, reflective tone.
Remarkable Saint Dunstan Wordplay and Witty Quips
A collage of quips notes St Dunstan as the lone rhyme for fusion in English and recalls sharp banter about Josephine Jenkins. The snippets capture playful exchanges from Washington Star Chicago Record and Puck style jokes.
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St. Dunstan
Scott
Washington Star
Whole Pigeon on Her Fat Hat Fashion
A Victorian note describes trimming hats with a whole pigeon stretched flat and fitted through a ring. The bird sits with neck through a stone ring and wings outstretched, a striking contrast to black hats like mousseline de soie. The gray and white plumage contrasts with the dark hat, a practical yet startling style not suited to everyone.
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Harper’s Lazar
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Beckhuse
Charles Kingsley
Josephine Jenkins
Sdutch
Davie
Puck
Dr. Pierce
Fierce
People’s Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Star Store
Bradly Hill
WM. Rogers
A. H. Berry Shoe Manufacturers
Portland
U. S
White Bros
Forderer
Berry
Russia
Dione
Indianapolis
City of
Los Angeles
A. G. Shearman
Carew Building
Cincinnati
Union Pacific Railroad
J. H. June
Jackson Place
Ind
Duesseldorfer
Indianapolis Brewing CO
People’s Credit Clothing Co
Washington Street
W. Washington St
SELIGS _ Ee
New York
Selig Dry Goods Company
South Illinois Street
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