Notions Of Women And Elopement Amid Pennsylvanian Fashion
A Pennsylvanian college plans a bloomers and divided skirt gym costume for all female students, with new gym apparatus and compulsory coursework. Separate items report on a $25,000 breach of promise suit by Brooklyn widow Susie Becker, a threefold elopement attempt in Towerville, a mountain moonshiner roundup in Kentucky, Mae Dunbar's wardrobe-window scandal, and a New York group forming the Society for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases to curb marriages carrying hereditary risks.
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Awrence University
Appleton, Wie
Susie Becker
Brooklyn
Sait
Supreme Court of
Kings County
Robert Fitzpatrick
Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Migs Hussey
W. F. Berker
City Hall Park
Pitepatrick
Fitzpatrick
Society For the Prevention of
New York
Miss A. Barnard
W. Franklin Crockett, Jr
J. D. Chaunesy
Misa I. Patriax
Society For the Prevention
Woman Known as the Hermit In Solo Kentucky Cabin
Polly Blake, called the Woman Hermit, lived 50 years in a secluded log cabin 12 miles east of a Kentucky town near the Rolling Fork river. Her husband Stephen Letton was implicated in a 1835 drover murder case tied to a large bank note, with Blake jailed for life and Letton allegedly confessing on his deathbed to the crime.
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Rolling Fork
Washington County
Polly Blake
Polly Andrews
Springfield
Polly
Stephen Letton
Andrews
Thomas Blake
Hoyle County
Miles
Mr. Andrews
Blake
Mme
Young Letton
Letton
West Virginia
Boyle County
Kentucky
Danville
Anaial
The
Law
Detectiven
Bank Noty
Alno Hows
Latton
Myra
Wecura Hs
Mra
San Francisco
Cal
Dover
Disorder at Yildiz Kiosk Sparks Sultan Palace Clash
Advices from Constantinople report a disturbance at Yildiz Kiosk, the sultan's residence. Twenty Sofias, students, tried to gain an audience after refusal. troops stopped them, three were killed and others arrested. The note also mentions Robespierre's affair with Eleanor Duplay during the revolution's bloodiest days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Yildiz
Robespierre
Eleanor Duplay
Making Time-Tables A Complex Railroad Duty
The making of a railway timetable is a complex yet simple task for operating officers. Changes are frequent as schedules adapt to seasons and routes. The superintendent creates the timetable using a large frame with pins and thread to map stations and trains, especially on single track lines.
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New York
Supt. Voorhees
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Genere
Dead Munk Claim Miner Found After Snow Remains
In rich Lendyilie mines a miner nicknamed Dead Munk Claim was mourned after burial delays. A winter burial was delayed for three days as a sexton hired for 820 watched over the corpse. During the search, workers uncovered rock worth 400 dollars per ton near the grave, and the body was later moved and buried elsewhere at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lendyilie
Faints and Follies of the Age Question Laxative Remedies
The passage notes widespread reliance on laxative pills and gastric cathartics, claiming they disturb the stomach and bowels. It asserts stomach bitters offer safer relief, prevent chronic constipation, and improve digestion by supporting the stomach and liver.
Not a Bit Alike Speech At Town Meeting
In a town meeting a cautious citizen warns against hasty bonding noting Rome was not built in a day. A second speaker adds a wry line about taxpaying and Boorville. The Enquirer outlines the back and forth in a humorous local tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Boorville
Cineinlout Enquirer
Homeseekers Excursions and Quack Remedies Advertised
A jumble of ads and odd notes mentions low fares by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway from December Island to the South, with contact details for H A Chorrier in Chicago. The rest teases tips on clothing, health cures like Cascarets, and trivial local anecdotes reflecting early 20th century newspaper filler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
H. A. Chorrier
P. A
Marquette Bidg
Chicago
Tombstones for Family Then Child’s Quick Rebound
A small boy from a family of five brings five stones to the house claiming they are tombstones for each member. His sister points out a stone for the horse Katie, and quickly notes that Katie can have hers instead, ending with a gently humorous, survivable twist.
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Father
Brother
Katie
Khen
Exciting State of Attairn Moon Change Circus Vision
A garbled excerpt ponders Georgia towns and a traveling circus, claiming crowds dress in best clothes to watch the moon change. It suggests lively town events with curiosity about circus travel and local responses amid fragmented wording.
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Georgia
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Teeter
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Reed
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Katie Marrs
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Clark
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Iris
Browning
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Napoleons
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Ayer
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Mori
Lule
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Seni
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