Elevator Boy Faces Boss in Skyscraper Cage
A young elevator worker narrates his brutal onboarding in a high rise where the car starter and engineer exploit him for tips and wagers. Murderous discipline, threats, and a corrupt power structure emerge as the boy endures coercion from foremen, agents, and even ministers as he claws toward a promised payday.
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John
Claude
Poke
Congress
No. 3
Cub
Scott
Ao Cage
Joby Sammis
Belle’s Feminine Success in Boston Trade
In a Boston Tribune script snippet, Belle achieves notable business success by attracting a man who supports her rise, illustrating a clever turn of fortune for a woman in the urban economy.
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Boston Transcript
Brother Dickey's New Ear Texts
A meditation on practical wisdom and caution using rustic proverbs. The piece reflects on mercy, preparation, and social character with rural wit and moral observations attributed to the Atlanta Constitution.
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Brother Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Mammy and Matty Explain Stepmothers
In a playful exchange Matty asks what a stepmother is and a parent explains that if a father remarries the new wife would become a stepmother. The line lands with a witty punch about stepping out and stepping in. A second joke features a barber easing a customer’s birthday mood with a lighthearted remark.
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Matty
San Francisco
Wasp
Snow Falls Across Valley Hills and Town
A descriptive item notes snow falling across the valley and hills and covering rivers, mountains, trails, housetops, streets, and walkways in a quiet, pervasive white blanket. The verses paint a broad winter scene without reportable events.
John D. Schenk and Wife’s Lawyer in Poisoned Millionaire Visit
The counsel for John D. Schenk visited the ailing financier identified as the poisoned millionaire. The meeting occurred amid a high profile case drawing scrutiny of his finances and recent medical reports.
Wifes Counsel Calls Schenk Interview A Social Call
Laura Farnsworth Schenk's lawyers J J P O'Brien and B O Boyce said their first talk with her husband John O Schenk lasted about fifteen minutes and was only a social call. Attending physician Dr Frank Hupp was present and they claimed Schenk is not seriously ill.
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Wheeling
W. Va
J. J. P. O'Brien
Boyce
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John O. Schenk
Schenk
Frank Lemoyne Hupp
O’brien
Government tests defend rarebit with cheese studies
Washington reports the department of agriculture defends the welsh rarebit after a year of cheese experiments. It asserts raw cheese is poorly digested and plans to publish a preparation bulletin. Volunteers endured cheese diets without ill effects, supporting a positive view of the dish.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Wilson
Mle
Incendiary Fire Destroys Carriage Repository and More in Somerville
A midnight blaze at the L A Bellis Carriage company repository in Somerville New Jersey destroyed the building with forty new wagons and two automobiles and spread to the James Klein carriage painting shop and Councilman Bellis's residence. Threatened the Ballantine apartments and Somerville woolen mills but snow aided protection. Loss estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Somerville
N. J
L. A. Bellis Carriage Company
James Klein
Bellis
Ballantine
Somerville Woolen Mills
Olympia Steamer Wrecked Off Alaska Coast
Seattle reports the Alaskan steamer Olympia with 106 aboard wrecked on Rocky Bight island near Cordaya Alaska. Valdez dispatches say all hands are on deck and prepared to launch boats as rescue efforts proceed.
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Olympia
Seattle
Wash
Rocky Bight Island
Cordaya
Alaska
Valdez
J Rogers Maxwell Dies in New York
J Rogers Maxwell longtime president of the Central New Jersey region died in New York after a stroke. The death occurred after a long career leading the organization.
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J. Rogers Maxwell
New York
J.well
Central
New Jersey
Winter Coats and Suits Prices Slashed for Holiday Season
Prices in the Women’s and Misses’ Coat and Suit department drop as the store emphasizes they are not below cost but passing on profits as a Christmas bonus to shoppers. The claim notes real winter weather has just begun and invites buyers to take advantage of the reduced prices.
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Rio Janeiro
Rio Grande Do Sul
Marine Corps
Local social notes and council actions from Keyport
Arthur Latham of Greenwich visited family in Keyport with his parents. James A. MacEwan visited Boston friends. Roy Low of Flatbush stayed with grandparents last week. Arrowsmith house occupants move to New Rochelle next month. Mrs. Wynne Walling hosted Five Hundred with prize wins for Miss Warne and Mr. Campbell. Royal Arcanum officers elected for year. council approves purchase of two $500 sewer bonds.
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Arthur Latham
Greenwich
John R. Latham
James A. MacEwan
Boston
Mass
Roy Low
Flatbush
William Westervelt
G. O. Dunham
Arrowsmith
First Street
Rochelle
R. Wynne Walling
Front Street
Pearl Warne
George Campbell
Edn Young
Elsie Osborn
Hilda Wells
Emma Miller
Ada Walling
Wynne
Hyer
C. J. Lehn
Elias Goldsmith
Albert Haigh
C. Ackerson
Stranger Found Frozen Outside Por ch Porch
Jory H Sniffen of Oceanport awoke early Saturday to a man freezing on his back porch. The stranger claimed to be from Middletown and had slept there all night. Sniffen sheltered him by the fire and offered hot coffee. the man, about 32, left without giving his name.
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Jory H. Sniffen
Oceanport
Middletown
Mr. Sniffen
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