Colonel Cheney Fends Off Leigh on a Defiant Train
In a New Orleans bound Pullman from Memphis, Colonel Cheney halts the violent gambler Fred Leigh after Leigh attacks his wife and menaces passengers. Cheney disarms him, defeats his gang with Welch’s help, and delivers Leigh to police while vowing to avoid harming bystanders.
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Jim Fleishman
Cheney
New Orleans
Jack Cheney
Memphis
St. Louis
Smething
Red Leigh
Fred Leigh
Leigh
Mistah Leigh
Merve
Memhis
Bieteiah
Chaney
Mr. Geleh
Faery
Channy
Hi Leigh
Watlbie
Leilgh
Torporter
Leigi
Korean Banquets Gain Popularity in Berkshire and Murray Bay
A New York press excerpt notes Korean lunches at Lenox and Murray Bay hostesses adopting eastern tableware and courses. Dishes include creamy shoots with mushrooms, broiled vordine on toast, stuffed nuts, berry jellies, and sugared flowers. Meals blend eastern style with Western formality.
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New York Preas
Berkshire
Murray Bay Colony
Mortimer Durwnd
Hrithth
Kore
Lenox
Murray Bay
Sun Parlor Comforts Homes With Open Air Feel
The sun parlor described by the New York Tribune offers a warm, open air mood without artificial heating. It blends indoors and outdoors through glass, guiding wind and sound away while preserving a dreamlike view of trees. It suits temperate use, especially during wind and sun, and should be south facing with minimal heating.
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New York Tribune
Sikes
Indian priest Negahnquet breaks ground for full blood Native Catholicism
The Topeka Capital reports Rev. Father Albert Negahnquet of Kansas, a full blood Potawatomi, now a priest in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Born 1877 near St Marys, he studied at Carlisle and Washington DC before Rome. He spoke his native tongue at ordination in Oklahoma City and leads Catholic work among his people.
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Pottawattomie
Rome
Topeka
Albert Negahnquet
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Father Negahnquet
Pottawattoomle Reservation
Negnahnguet
Katherine Drexel
Drexel
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Catholic College
Washington, D. C
Washington
Propaganda College
Pottawatomies
Pather Negahnquet
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma City
Ohina
Theophile Meerschaert
Guthrie
Ohia
America
Negahnquet
Pedometer Setup in Chicago Hotel Night Watchman Case
A Chicago hotel used a pedometer linked to electric buttons to locate a night watchman as he patrolled, recording each stop. One morning the watchman was found asleep in the engine room with the device on a piston rod, having run all night and logged 28 stops, a tale of unusual security measures and an old lifespan.
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Leigh
Cheney
Mr. Leigh
Mrs. Leigh
Whisky
New Orleans
Lehigh
Gulf City
Albert Cal- Intin
Baton Rouge
Mra
Ed Sweet
Mr. Gallatin
Red Lelsh
W. H Miners
Cheeney
Gallatin
Judge Emery
Frederick Leigh
Leleh
Suh
Emery
Department
Washington
Jim Welch
Forrest
Welch
Secret Service
Jack
Pat Boland
Roland
Canal Street
Gen
Lemen
Ben Welch
eNo
Bath
Konda City Star
Chicago
Haven
Kino
Kien
Dorothy Cave
Jericho
An Elopement That Fizzled by Maurice Aldrich
A planned elopement by Dick Swiverly and Dorothy Hawthmore is foiled when Dorothy’s mother overhears the plan. Hawthmore and wife outwit the couple by staging a home wedding with Dr Deenson officiating, aided by friend Jake the driver. The ceremony ends with present gifts from the Hawthmores and a formal blessing.
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Maurice Almy Aldrich
Duchess of Marlborough Heads South to Beaulieu for Winter
London reports the Duchess of Marlborough and her husband O. H W. P. Bolimont remain at Marlborough while their children reside at Beaulieu Preparing for a possible winter union the duchess plans to join her family later in the season
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Duchess OF Marlborough
France
London
Duchess of Ffnd
O. H W. P. Bolimont
Marlborough
Beaulieu
Wallachian Embroidery Shapes Modern Threads
Embroidery lately grows popular with new Wallachian work echoing French eyelet styles. It features courde huttonhotiig like conventional flower and leaf motifs in linen or alpande cotton with threads four to five strands. The design outlines stems while petals are buttonholed with vein detail along the outer edge. The round wheels added to some patterns have a hole punched at center.
Textile design notes on color options and uses
The passage discusses designs suitable for collar OO CUM sete and shirt water Hulth, mentioning their effectiveness for lowhole work around a cutabde. It notes uses for pillows and contor pieces, and that colors OP or white are used in the designs.
A Useful Article on a Persim Ribbon Toilet Accessory
The fragment describes making a padded white toilet accessory from a twelve inch Persian ribbon, lining with soft flannel, adding talcum powder, and packing a small comb and other items. It mentions a powder packet and a white top to fasten over a silver button, with references to a man’s idea of a milky wear and another man’s jokes.
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Rome
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Jasper Ewing Brady
Santiago de Cuba
W. G. Chapman
Ledeh
Keigh
Nis Mat
Mra le
Lin Éhuinh
SUM Parlor
Dorothy
Papa
Mamma
Young
Dick Swiverly
Mami Hawthmore
Hawthmore
Justin
Mra. Hawthmore
Jake
Ike
Papas
Dr. Deenson
Mick
Mammi
the Duchess OF Marlborough
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