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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
1
A disjointed OCR fragment presents a poetic reminiscence by Hurana W. Bheldon from New York. It mentions journeys, dreams, and ambition with scattered phrases like blesslige and teardrony, reflecting a personal meditation on life and pursuit.
Mr. Bimblepool hurries with his wife to an overture, forgets his overcoat, and dashes back for it. A mastiff from the Posners attacks, sending him fleeing with a crowd of cheering students and office boys in Tremont Row until a policeman halts the scene. The comic chase ends with Dimblepool in custody as onlookers laugh.
The Boston Post recounts John Bimblepool who declares self sufficiency as crowds misread him. An officer urges compliance, he is taken to an asylum after a chaotic scene. Mrs Bimblepool arrives later and learns his bath wrap caused the confusion, quashing any allegation of real insanity.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recalls an awkward moment where E A Handy, Lakeshore railroad general manager, mistook a man in the balcony as a drunken loafer thanks to a faked cousin feature. Attorney H A Kelley later confessed the gag was not real, leaving Handy mortified.
The piece quotes William Armstrong urging heart and soul in art while praising Chicago and Northwestern for carrying 27 million passengers in a year without a single fatality, a standard joined by peers Pennsylvania, Burlington and Santa Fe for safety. It also notes Dr. William J. Dodd's will to have his radial artery cut before his funeral, a fear he held in life.
The article notes Mayor Gaynor will nominate a lawyer earning twenty thousand dollars annually to serve as Commissioner of Accounts. The move centers on creating a formal auditing and oversight role within the city administration.
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