How They Make Street Cars Stop in Chicago
A crowd of about 200 workers from Pullman West Pullman and Roseland disrupted service at Nine ty-third and Cottage Grove by looting a streetcar after pulling its trolley pole. They smashed windows and wrecked the vehicle, prompting police to intervene but making no arrests. The protest led the car company to reroute cars to return riders home.
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John
Cottage Grove
Joes
Jims
Harrys
Williams
Horaces
Toms
Bluecoats
Pullman
West Pullman
Roseland
Puppy Nursery Hidden in New York Hotel Basements
Seven motherless fox terrier puppies are being raised in the subbasement of a major New York hotel with feeding devised by the chief engineer. Nurses, an on-site kitchen, and carefully heated milk bottles sustain the pups as they grow under supervision, away from the surface.
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York
New York
Dot
Hinself
New York University Offers Social Etiquette Course
A new course in social usage and etiquette led by assistant professor Arthur H. Nason draws medical students and others seeking professional poise. The class covers Usages in Public and The Bachelor as Guest and Host, with topics on street manners, hat removal, arm linking, fine dining quirks, and social remarks for viewing a relative’s infant child.
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York
New York University
Arthur H. Nason
Shreveport Treasure Hunter Probes Fairfield Avenue Ground
In Sok Louisiana a Shreveport contractor named Farmer spent a day and night digging on Fairfield Avenue owned by Dr J M Comegys chasing what he calls buried treasure or a mine after using a divining rod. The four foot deep by four foot wide hole yielded no treasure as workers searched into the night.
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Sok
Fairfield Avenue
J. M. Comegys
Shreveport
Farmer
Captain Idol
Public notices and curious world facts from exchanges
One fourth of world lead supply from Great Britain. Eighteen thousand bricks per ten hours by steam. Estimated battle field deaths reflect total war toll. Global dinner table would require 16 laps around the earth. Four horsepower engine drives a plow making six inch furrow at over three mph. Coast charts will be displayed at leading post offices. Cleveland leads U S in telephones per population. New Orleans drawn the booby prize.
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Great Britain
Cleveland
United States
New Orleans
Peter
Hermione
Yuan Shih-zai
Sedgwick
Hermione and Peter Confront a Summer Engagement
Hermione pursues a practical summer engagement to Peter to avoid a looming arranged marriage to Dick’s wealthy cousin, the Peruvian hunter. Peter, weary of romantic entanglements, debates the plan amid their long standing platonic bond and mutual reliance as they navigate the cousin’s arrival and family schemes.
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Hermione
Anne
Little Sister
Peter
Sedgwick
Nol
Lion Hunter
Japan
McClure
Blackface Minstrels Face War Time Labor Strain
War disrupts minstrel shows as carbon burnt cork dries up. Performers must improvise by soaking corks in kerosene and burning them to create powdered blackface makeup, slowing production and increasing work for actors and stagehands nationwide.
French Potatoes Change Minds of Corfu Natives After Occupation
Corfu, under French occupation since 1807, received potatoes from a Toulon frigate in 1810. The initial harvest tasted disagreeable to locals, who later bought gardens and potato fields when troops evacuated in 1814, proving the crop’s eventual appeal.
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Corfu
Seven Isles
Tilsit
Donzelot
le Cri de Paris
France
Toulon
Orange Blossom Trade Hit by War
The London Chronicle notes the orange blossom trade is damaged by wartime demand, with London receiving blooms mainly from the Alpes Maritimes in France. Weddings have faded as demand drops, and orange trees require generations to yield a stable floral crop.
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London Chronicle
London
France
Alpes Maritimes
Wolves and coyotes blamed on Navejo superstition in New Mexico
In northern New Mexico wolves and coyotes threaten cattle and sheep as the Navejo Indians, who revere both animals, refuse to trap or kill them. The report attributes the menace to the tribe's sacred view and respect for the wildlife.
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New Mexico
Costly Mess of Fish
The largest fine under Vermont trout size law in Washington County was $230. Harry Dudley paid the sum for possessing 45 fish under the six inch minimum length rule.
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Washington County
Vermont
Harry Dudley
Make Vacant City Lots Sell Better With Simple Care
The Minneapolis Journal advises sellers of vacant city lots to improve appearance before listing. Smooth the front third, add grass, trim, and plant a door-yard tree to boost appeal and sale price. Relying on an agent without such prep risks slow sale or price reductions.
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Minneapolis Journal
Garden features add value to modest homes in tasteful ways
The article urges homebuilders to consider architectural garden features such as arbors trellises or gates, stressing simple artistic designs over fanciful forms. It emphasizes matching materials with adjacent buildings and aligning garden details with the house style, using a brick colonial example with white trim and trellis elements.
Better Cities Not Bigger Providence Growth and Civic Spirit
The Providence Journal notes Providence surpassing 250000 residents but emphasizes harbor development, a city plan commission studying beautification, rising public generosity, and growing community cooperation as signs of broader improvement.
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Providence
Providence Journal
Haddonfield Unveils Welcoming Visitor Sign
In Haddonfield New Jersey officials install a distinctive welcome sign for guests. The sign signals drivers to observe speed limits and local regulations as part of a new civic scheme to greet visitors and set a orderly tone for the town.
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Haddonfield
N. J
Had donfield Sign Campaign Aims Attract Visitors
Signs facing the town line will be placed along borough borders at every road. They are large and elevated with a black background and white letters. The aim is to advertise Had donfield to visitors and avoid implying motorists are speeding.
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Haddonfield
Fourth touch of nature in the morning
A fragmentary exchange hints at a repeated, humorous encounter with nature indulged by a speaker and a witty reply. The lines play on a title child of nature and a repeated touch, suggesting a light literary vignette or stage moment.
Deaf Ear Earrings For Quiet Folk
A farmer asks for inexpensive earrings as a gift while the jeweler offers quiet options. The farmer replies not to make them too quiet because his girl has deafness in one ear, adding a humorous regional tone from Tit-Bits.
Advisory board of moving picture actresses
In a wartime exchange a speaker suggests adding an advisory board of moving picture actresses to accompany the general staff. The remark hints at leveraging celebrity influence for national policy input amid conflict.
Wild animals in films show contrast of danger and charm
In a reminiscence Rob Wagner recalls working with a lion in a comedy sketch, noting animals can appear ferocious yet are trained and protected. He recounts a bite of grease paint and a high-spirited lion that refused to perform, illustrating both thrill and care in animal acting.
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Rob Wagner
Saturday Evening Post
Leo
Top
Mike
Night and the Stars by the Rooftop Writers
A Collier's essay laments indoor living that shields the soul from the stars. It contrasts city life under lamps and walls with biblical figures who sought the heavens, arguing small towns foster gossip and secrecy while the night sky beckons the mind.
Will Use Old Tin Cans In Waste Metal Reuse Plan
A South Wales tinplate worker patents a method to remove solder tin and chemicals from scrap and galvanized items to reclaim base metals. He has contracts with several English municipalities to treat refuse including tin cans and metal waste for reuse. Previously, continental dealers carried old tins to produce cheap toy figures and penny bazaar items.
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England
South Wales
Hair Tonic Almost Kills Man After Mixup
John Manning of Weverton nearly died after drinking hair tonic mistakenly believed to be whisky. Found writhing in his room, an empty bottle of hair tonic lay beside him and his wife summoned a physician. Manning recovered after treatment.
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Peter
Savage
John Manning
Weverton
Manning
Philadelphia
Jessie Wilcox Smith Prefers Gentler Portraits Over Goblins
The Kansas City Star quotes Jessie Wilcox Smith declining to paint grim goblin scenes at Eu gene Field, opting instead for kinder subjects reminiscent of James Whitcomb Riley.
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Jessie Wilcox Smith
Eugene Field
Friendship and youth friendships judged as childish
The text notes that friendship grows naturally and cannot be planted. It warns that foolish friendships form in youth and criticizes resisting them. It advocates tolerating such ties and trusting common sense to reveal frivolous friendships as false and unworthy.
Miceproof Furniture Tip From A Home Economist
A practical tip suggests tacking a piece of zinc under each item of furniture to prevent mice from entering. The zinc must fit closely, and for bureaus it is enough to place zinc under the bottom, not under each drawer.
Daddy's Evening Caeairy Tale
A storyteller in a small town narrates a tale of a man with two bears who perform street tricks. One bear thrives on the crowds and rewards while the other longs for freedom and the wild woods. The remaining bear plans to reunite with old friends as Bobby Brown Bear joins later, aided by the Fairy Queen.
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Daddy
Nick
Nancy
Big Woods
Bobby Brown Bear
Cherry Tree Lie Confusion Turns to Truth Test
A father tells the tale of George Washington and the cherry tree to teach honesty. The boy Tommy asks if the famous boy could talk, prompting a humorous doubt about whether truthfulness is needed when one speaks.
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Tommy
George Washington
Little George
Papa
Willie learns manners on first day of school
Father asks what Willie learned at school and the boy replies he learned to say yes sir no sir yes ma am and no ma am. The Cincinnati Enquirer records the exchange as a light domestic vignette.
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Willie
Cincinnati Enquirer
In the Dark. Jimmie Aw, darn it! I wisht we lived in a lighthouse
A judge remarks on a boy named Jimmie who endures a corner punishment and fantasizes about living in a lighthouse revealing a minor scene of consequence and whim.
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Jimmie
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