Minnesota University Stocking Room Sparks Gossip and Secrecy
A University of Minnesota feature describes a hidden “stocking room” used by students and the staff’s chatelaine aides. The room, concealed behind a powder magazine and inaccessible at odd hours, holds ribbon, candles, and feminine items, fueling rumors about privacy and propriety on campus.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Bat
Dame Rumor
Thia
Gen John Bates Texas Command at Riley
Gen John C Bates, veteran officer prominent in Cuban and Philippine campaigns, is described as a courteous, high-discipline leader who helped shape the army and served in frontier service. A separate notice from New York reports Mrs Emily Warden of Monterey filing a $25000 supreme court damages suit against Dr Tr Bell over a broken marriage promise.
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John C. Bates
Fort Tmev
Bates
Emma
West Point
Ids Tank
Frech
Matey Ve Ky
Chis Gago
Philippines
Suh
Frontier Service
Amd
Pevin
Bell
Pat
Beteallea
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Relief for Hemorrhoids
A reader testimony extols Pyramid Pile Cure, claiming five years of piles, prior remedies failed, relief after a single box. Mrs F Hull from Grand Rapids says no pain now, would use again if needed and recommends to friends. Product sold by druggists for fifty cents, or mailed by Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall, Michigan.
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Sir Amark
Pyramid Fire Care
Mra. F. Hull
Ind Street
Grand Rapida
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Sich
Writyghia
Hiram Cronk One Surviving War Pensioner of 1817
Hiram Cronk born April 13 1600 in Frankfort New York is the last survivor of the 1817 war pensioners. He lives with daughter Sarah Rowity in Ava Oneida County on a farm over 70 years old. He enlisted with Captain Edmund Fuller in New York Volunteers August 4 181 etc. His father James Cronk and two brothers enlisted same regiment. After the war the Cronk family were discharged and Cronk later received a pension continuing for many years.
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Washington, Oct. S
Hiram 3
Cronk
Frankfort
Khmer County
New York
Sarah Rowity
Ava
Oneida County
Himusah
Edmund Fuller
Western, X
James Cronk
John
Casper
Sackett's
Titan
Woman Held In Patrol Wagon For Hotel Larceny
In Chicago Justice Caverly convened court in a patrol wagon in front of the county jail. Tancy Miles faces larceny charges for stealing $700 in silverware from the Colonial hotel on Caney Island. The 26 year old suspect was treated for appendicitis at County Hospital and held on $1,800 bond, then moved to the county jail hospital after a magistrate’s commitment.
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Chicago
Potter Court
Miles
Colonial
Caney Island
He County Hospital
Harrigan-st.oo- Kien
Justice Caverly
Court
Wegen
Macedonian Amazons Lead Their Troops in War
An account describes Macedonian Amazons fighting near Thess Amazons and leaders like Soriatin Puykova and Ratena Armenda. It notes women warriors in black attire playing roles in frontline battles, with references to their hair, courage, and alleged encounters with Turkish foes.
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Rogalir
Soriatin Puykova
Gossine Bitte
Mob Threatens Bank President in Lockport Riot
In Lockport Illinois a mob of angry ex-repositors from the defunct Exchange Bank gathers on the streets amid fears of an attack on bank president C. H. Bacon. He is gravely frightened as accountants work on the bank’s books and Liabilities are reported to exceed 1000 dollars. Meanwhile in Indian Fields Kentucky wild pigeons, unseen for a quarter century, reappear in large flocks heading toward the eastern mountains. locals note the annual sightings have become a part of regional legend.
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Lockport
Exchange Bank
C. H
Bacon
Kentucky
Indian Fields
You Schm-rt Elum In The German Grocer Story
A tersely described incident in a German grocer shop features an intoxicated man lighting a cigar with a lighter on a swinging wire. The risky moment causes the lighter to snap back and break a glass case, prompting a reaction from the German shopkeeper.
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Minnesota University
Bates TX
Riley
Huuysk
Faut
Gether
Yale Steel
Ray
Aya
Outfitting CO
Washington St
Kentucky Ave
Born Steel
Advan
Sid
Silroline
Agait
Tetimonials
Jay
Rreopiss
Hiram
Mursdonien
Ratena Armemnda
Hagersain
Grout
Wariain
Ison
Stojermyle
Niles
Busted Bark
Ung “Down
Women's Department
Peoples Credit Clothing
W. Washington St
Indianapolis
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