Market Slump for Human Freaks Hits Show Industry
New York March 30. A mountain county in North Carolina saw a 63 year old dwarf die, his 34 inch frame and enormous arms drawing showmen for decades. The piece notes a steady drop in freak attractions, with famed figures like Lucia Zarate and Millie Christine described, while giants, armless performers, and other oddities face waning crowds and lower pay.
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New York
Mountain
Carolina
United States
Lucia Zarate
The
Union
Tom Thumb
Lucia
Mexico
Wellington Cavalry
Chang
Millie Christine
George Puchanan
James III
Scotland
Buchanan
Millie
North Carolina
Millie Cistine
Ann Leake
Charlie Tripp
Heiress Receives Deluge of Mail from Suitors Abroad
Miss Antoinette Elizabeth Gazzam, a $2,000,000 heiress living near Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, reports receiving over a thousand letters from hopeful suitors across the United States. She will open them when the moment suits, and she notes some suitors expect her to wear fashion items she will not wear in public.
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New York
United States
Antoinette Elizabeth Gazzami
Miss Gazzam
Storm King Mountain
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Wovers
Marshall Clark
Niblo
West
Clark
California
St. Louis
Missouri
Guadalajara
Mexico
Maine
Colorado
Gautam
Denver
Chicago
Bearded Woman Teake and Toe Writer Expose Freak Show
Teake eats and dresses unaided with self made clothes fastened by strings. She uses teeth and feet to dress while Tripp writes with his toes, his work rivaling professional hand writing. A veteran shaman notes a market slump for freaks and dime novels, predicting doctors are the new performers.
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Teake
Charlie Tripp
Tripp
Sr Old Shaman
Yeou
Heaton Aims for Twelfth District Congress Seat
Judge Do N Heaton of Fort Wayne in Indianapolis to announce Republican candidacy for the Twelfth district. Heaton predicts GOP win and election over Cyrus Cline of Angola if nominated. Heaton meets with Republican state leaders at the party headquarters with State Chairman Lee.
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Heaton
Congress
DO. N. Heaton
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Cyrus Cline
Angola
Indiana
Judge Heaton
Lee
Thrifty Parisian hides fortune in drain pipe
A Parisian woman stored £5100 in a tin box tied to a drain pipe outside her window to protect savings from thieves. A gale displaced the box, hitting a janitor who reported it to police. The owner recovered the money and was advised to choose a safer hiding place.
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Paris
Limits Her Society To Child At Home
Paris notices Mme Curie a prominent Sorbonne professor aged 45 with pale features and striking appearance. She rarely appears in public in Paris except to lecture, preferring the company of her five year old child. Her father was a physics professor in Warsaw.
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Paris
Mme. Curie
Sorbonne
Mme
Curie
Warsaw
Alfalfa Becomes Viable Wheat Flour Substitute
Omaha report highlights alfalfa leaves ground with wheat to make flour and meals for bread and pastries at lower cost than wheat. It notes green color and increased eating, plus alfalfa’s nutritional benefits, hog fattening value, and multi crop rotations across Nebraska Kansas Wyoming and Colorado with yields up to 1.5 tons per acre per cut and annual net profit around $20 per acre.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
State Agricultural Colleges
High Heels Ban Enforced at Pittsburg High
Pittsburg officials ban French heels for girls in high school. A physical culture teacher argued heels hinder exercise on tall pegs, so the education board instructs broad Gat heels. Disobedience risks exclusion from the May school entertainment.
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Pittsburg
Education Board
Crusade Against Colds Launched By New York Physicians
In New York on March 30 a physician led effort aims to reduce spring colds within a generation. Dr Abraham Jacobi and other medical leaders publish practical "don'ts" including avoid draughty cars, breathe fresh air, avoid overeating, wear sturdy stockings, and learn proper nose blowing to prevent infection spread.
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Abraham Jacobi
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dortors
Advice on preventing earache and colds in children
The passage mocks old wives cures and clothing habits. It condemns exposing calves to cold,吹ing one nostril at a time, and warns that chest protectors mainly profit sellers. It scolds mothers for risky children’s garments and men for cold exposure via wrist exposure.
Recruiting Station Stays in Evansville
Lieut. C H Bullock head of Indiana US recruiting service decided to keep the Evansville station open. The post will move from the federal building to make room for revenue department expansion. Evansville business leaders had urged retention of the office.
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C. H. Bullock
United States Recruiting Service
Indiana
Evansville
Federal
Revenue Department
Lieut. Bullock
Prince Estel Returns To Front In Jerusalem Mission
Berlin reports Emperor William's son Prince Estel Frederick again appears publicly amid his journey to Jerusalem to dedicate a German church and hospital on the pilgrimage site. His brother Prince Eitel's past fame and social interest are noted alongside Princess Eitel's charity work. Another prince, Joachim, begins a trade as a smith in Berlin.
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Berlin
William
Estel Frederick
Jerusalem
Prince Eitel
Puodlie Mie
Eitel Frits
Germany
Austria
Eitel
Sophie Charlotte of
Oldenburg
Country
Ife
Villa
Ingenheim
Potsdam
Orphans’ Home
Ber
Joachim
Hohenzollern
Prince Joachiia
Fioen
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Elizabeth Gazzam
Ryan
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Senator Daniel
Virginia
Gov. Mann
John W. Daniel
Gotham
Post
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Prince Estel
Kaiser
Europe
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