Ditsie and Jabez Bakewell Courtship in Mountain Hotel
Uncle Sol recounts Ditsie known as Mrs Dianita Bakewell courting days in West Virginia. Jabez, bashful yet brave, wins her by saving her on an orchard limb break incident. He asks, and she agrees, planning marriage after potato digging time.
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Alice V. C. Galvin
Ditsie
Uncle Sol
Sol
Dianita Bakewell
Jabez Bakewell
West Virginia Mountains
Jabez
Carin
FADS THAT WERE
The piece discusses horse hair furniture long familiar in boarding houses and its extraordinary longevity. It notes the material’s durability, the impracticality of sitting on it due to steep curves and slick surface, and the impracticality of repairing by reupholstery, likening the piece to a white elephant once worn out was sought.
Open air museum planned for Bremen a park of historic houses
Bremen plans an open air museum showcasing early local culture and art. The park will feature a collection of old peasant houses arranged like Scandinavian counterparts, offering an epitome of the region’s heritage.
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Bremen
Baby 5 Arrested and Wins at Trial Neighb ors Lawn
A young defendant appears in court amid chatter about horses and hot cars as neighbors recall his odd interest. The trial concludes with an unlikely victory for the youth, drawing attention to his behavior rather than legal arguments.
The Fun Comes in Scientials and Punny Exchanges
Humor and satire open this item with jokes about porpoise speed and horsepower. The piece notes debates on insurance regulation, quips about Cupid in New York, and light backstage chatter from two choruses Gell Nellie and Gell Chee.
Young Pittsburg boy freed in lawn trespass case
George W. Schafer a two year old was arraigned for malicious trespass over tearing sod from Frank D. Fisher’s Bigelow Street lawn in Pittsburgh. Alderman Armstrong dismissed the case after Fisher testified and Schafer led his father from the court in triumph while watching street life.
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Pittsburg
George W. Schafer
William B. Armstrong
Schafer
Frank D. Fisher
Bigelowst
Fisher
Mr. Schafer
George
Ellen Jean
Isabella McBurney
George Schafer
Mr. Fisher
Wandering Minstrel Visits Yapford hamlet in odd ballad
Footsore minstrel tunes harp in Yapford on Dee and recites a rambling tale of Lord Lemon and Lady Lime. Villagers cheer though the verses mix whimsy with a jab at ads for school suits and a quip about women’s neckwear described as dainty.
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Yapford-on-Dee
Lord Lemon
Handsomest Child Heir to a Throne Salutes the World
Special to The Sun from St. Petersburg dated Sept 4 presents little Czarovitch Alexis Nicolaievitch at age three in pantaloons. touted as the handsomest royal child in Europe and the world, born July 30, 194 during war with Japan. details birth, assassination of Plehve, Bobrikoff, and royal family lineage linking to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII.
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ST. Petersburg
Czarovitch
Alexis Nicolaievitch
Europe
Alexis
Nicholas
Japan
M. Plehve
Gen
Bobrikoff
Finland
Vladimir
Queen Victoria
Princesa Alix Vicetoria
Helene Louis Beatriz
Alicea
Edward VII
Grand Duke of Hesse
Olga T
Tatiana
Marie
Anastasie
Woman in Japanese Religion Is Creature of the Dregs
An article by C H Tavenner surveys charges of immorality against Japanese in Pacific coast labor reports. It cites 1500 Japanese in Bellingham with 35 women accused of vice, plus 19 similar city reports totaling 3007 Japanese, about 501 women deemed vicious. It features W E Griffs’s critique of Buddhism and filial duty as factors degrading Japanese women, noting polygamy, arranged marriage, and systemic exploitation in stews of major cities.
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C. H. Tavenner
San Francisco
Japa
A. E. Yoell
E. Hafercamp
Central Labor Union
Bellingham
Wash
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
W. E. Griffs
Japan
Morocco’s Pretender Reigns as Mazagan King
In Mazagan a pompous young Muassel man tired of being an also ran is proclaimed king though the claim proves hollow. A Credit Man dismisses the notion as knowledge of a venerable dead beat. A Drummer notes he is merely an old settler.
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Morocco
Muasselman
Mazagan
French jumper dress with cream disks and gray liberty hat
A French jumper dress features deep gray liberty fabric with graduated cream taffeta disks on the skirt and jumper. Cream under waist lace adds delicate gray tones, while a gray mushroom hat in bias folds is trimmed with plaid ribbon and deep gray feathers.
The Extinct Wild Ox of Europe
Professor A Mehrtens from Magdeburg reviews early aurochs records to separate it from the bison. The wild ox, once in Poland in 1564 with thirty individuals, persisted in a few half domesticated forms until 1627 but then vanished. Color varied from black to gray in Poland and red in Germany.
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A. Mehrtens
Magdeburg
Europe
Poland
Germany
Waves Herald Storm Warning From Atlantic Wind
In the Bay of Biscay heavy seas form in calm weather during autumn and winter. A gale's approach is foreshadowed by wave action generated across the Atlantic that travels faster than the disturbed air, giving early warning of the coming storm.
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Bay of Biscay
Atlantic
Whooping cough microbe identified by Vienna doctor
Dr H Albrecht of Wilhelm hospital told the Vienna Medical Society he discovered the specific agent for whooping cough and asserted the whooping cough bacillus is identical with that of influenza, expanding the list of microbes.
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H. Albrecht
Wilhelm Hospital
Vienna Medical Society
Albrecht
Paris Dog Cemeteries Honor Pets With Notable Monuments
In Paris dogs are treated with care comparable to people. They wear proper outfits for car rides, have access to a veterinary hospital, and even a sizeable cemetery with monuments, inscriptions, and mortuary rites reflecting the city’s affection for canine companions.
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Paris
Lord Arlington Arrested For Speeding In England
An English police court reports Lord Arlington was arrested for speeding his car. The constable said the lordship was civil and it was a pleasure to meet him. He paid a fine and left.
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Lord Arlington
England
End Costa
School Missing Boy Provokes Fishermen Hooky Plan
A worried mother reports her son missing from school while a man offers a blunt, crude plan to involve fishermen in a search or act to influence the boy, reflecting a facet of his alleged absence and local responses.
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Horsies
American Bar Association
Hednt
New York
Cupid
Gell
Nellie
Chee
Primmer Donner
Faustroeng
Minstrel
Czar Nicholas
Czar
Russia
ETON
Masshal
Indianapolis, Ind
Paris Pattern
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Pianos Centre
Indiana
Hartmann
U. S
Dentists
Corner Market St. and
Circle
Tae Sun
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