Woman's devotion story linked to landmark court case
A sprawling recount of Olga Greenwaldt's efforts to help Charles Whitney, the ensuing debts, and a series of court rulings culminating in the supreme court decision that transfers ownership of a three story building to Thomas Paige. Whitney is now in China, while Paige gains possession after years of litigation.
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Charles Whitney
Bron
Love Lend
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Whitney
Daykin Bros
Urem
Wahoos
Paige
Mise Greenwaldt
China
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
English Traveler Duped by Village Echo Prank
London Tit-Bite reports a curious hoax in a Scottish village where an English traveler, suspicious of local echoes, joined a local guide to investigate a famed echo. The ruse ended with the traveler paying the bill after a staged scene involving a supposed phantom voice and a mock command.
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Scotland
Esa
Buenfeld
London
German Professors Paid Less at Home Than Abroad
A Chicago Record-Herald article notes German professors receive low monthly salaries of 52 to 60 dollars, while top figures enjoy prestige and occasional magazine pay. It contrasts with U S salaries, where ministers earn far more and officials receive perks, suggesting supply and demand regulate the market for brain power.
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Koert Linge
Donee
Times and Herald
Uclanan
Lenry Ward Beecher
Horace Uretet
James Gonlon Bennett
Edward Everett
Germany
Astor
Whitney
United States
Empire
Washington
Tomer
Executive Department
W. FE. Curtis
Chicago Récord- Herald
Gas Eats Up Oxygen In Lighted Rooms
A historical note cites calculations from the N. Y. World stating a man in a sealed room would last an hour without light. With a candle he loses 15 minutes, with a lamp half an hour, and with two gas burners only five minutes, highlighting the danger of ventilation during illumination.
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N. Y. World
Poor Advertisement: Drunk Man Reels as a City Advertisement
A comic note from the Atchison Globe jokes that a business man who drinks heavily and reels through the streets provides a far from ideal advertisement for his enterprise. The item captures local humor about publicity and public behavior.
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Atchison Globe
Brevities of Fun and Local Quips Across Papers
A collage of light reads and wry quips from various papers. A hospital joke about a man missing legs keeps spirits up as editors and readers trade barbs on a town auditor appointment and a reporter’s cautious praise of a neighbor’s judgment.
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Hanedsome
Beebe
Chicago Daily News
Philadelphia Press
Dhirmyer
Endianapolis
Chindma
Willie
Doston Christian
Sid
Somerville Journal
Lakwit
Richmond Dispatch
Flag Station Tale: New LaCrosse Flagging Platform
A Milwaukee Sentinel tale reports a LaCrosse division improvised flag station with a man posted on a platform to flag trains. On the first run a through train halted when the flagger waved, but no passengers appeared, prompting the conductor to ask why he flagged the train. The man replied he thought someone might want to get off.
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LaCrosse Division
Milwaukee Sentinel
Stoppage Talk and Breezy Sermons at Vestry Meeting
In a church vestry discussion a lay elder seeks guidance on stopping “the stream” of problems, while the vicar notes the breezy nature of sermons. Separately a doctor cites X-ray methods to diagnose heart disease by outlining the heart’s size and shape, and a note mentions 5,000,000 acres of peat in Germany with poor quality bile.
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