Raffle Prize Baby Sparks Ringling Booster Week
A booster week raffle in Ringling awarded a four month old baby as the prize prompting local officials to warn against such giveaways. In Congers New York Harry Schuler tested a gasoline question with a lit match and was hospitalized. An elderly Mount Hope New York man needed a second appendix operation after a prior removal. Chicago dancer Dorothy Dickson pursues a tango record and 11 year old William Boslager of East St. Louis completes a 1400 word spelling run without error.
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Ringling
Oklo
William Boslager
East St. Louis
Webster School
Vera Cruz Sailor Heroes and Their Deeds of Valor
Rear Admiral Metcher recalls United States Navy heroism at Vera Cruz in mid April. Eleven sailors from ships Utah Florida and others are named for potential medals, including A N Nickerson and A De Somer for acts under fire and injuries.
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United States Navy
Metcher
Vera Cruz
Prebles
Porters
Parraguts
Fletcher
A. N. Nickerson
Utah
A. de Somer
J. 0 Hamer
Florida
Lnsign Lowry
Florida Battalion
Harner
H. C. Beasley
L. C. Sennett
G. Cregan
T. A. Decker
Ensign Lowry
Decker
Schumacher
FP. Bishop
J. A. Walsh
Her Choice Highlighted by Cleveland Lender Remark
A Cleveland lender recalls a private moment where a husband offered to sing a lullaby to soothe a crying child, but his wife preferred letting the child continue to cry. The anecdote reflects domestic dynamics and the speaking stance of the contributor.
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Cleveland Lender
Saxo Salve Relief Promises Baxter Reader
Baxter Pa resident Maurice Wank reports severe eczema healed by Saxo Salve with rapid relief and near full recovery. He offers a buy back for unused Saxo tubes through Wert's Pharmacy Long Branch New Jersey.
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Baxter
Mia
Maurice Wank
Wert
Suffragette on liner survives collision amid comic chaos
Passengers on the New York recount a chaotic voyage after a collision with the Pretoria. A bold suffragette wearing a Votes For Women sash caused farce and tension as a steward offered his life preserver, and Mrs Meyer Cohen and Mrs Cullen helped two men freed from jammed cabins with flour-barrel levers.
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New York
Southampton
Meyer Cohen
Atlantic
Monte Carlo
Paris
Nice
Cannes
Human encyclopedia of Denver excels under rapid questioning
Cleo Smith a twenty year old known as the Human Encyclopedia proved a remarkable spatial memory during a 45 minute exam by psychologists. He answered questions on geography math and census data with speed and accuracy, including capitals populations county seats and manufacturing figures in the United States and Canada.
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Cleo Smith
Atlanta
Smith
United States
Canada
Advertising Solicitor Secures Page for Trade Industry Profile
A London solicitor sent to the midlands to pitch a special edition for a leading industry player, Sir John, a famed manufacturer and baronet, secures a five minute private meeting. He praises courtesy and industry insight, then lands a paid page in the Saturday Evening Post without mentioning the word advertising.
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London
Midlands
King Pin
Dol Uf
Uliets
Sir John
the Clarion
Saturday Evening Post
Jenny Lind Serenade Move in Quiet Dining Room
In Hon. Stephen Coleridge's memoirs a dinner guest recounts Jenny Lind asking to sing and delivering a moving performance of Auld Robyn Gray. The moment moved the guests to tears as Lind and Otto Goldschmidt shared a hushed, spellbound mood in the drawing room.
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Jenny Lind
Otto Goldschmidt
Robin Gray
Stephen Coleridge
Albania's Blood Feuds and the Vendetta Code
The piece describes Albania's blood feud system as a pervasive problem in which once-kin killings are common. Houses act as fortresses with loophole windows, isolating families for years while friends bring food. Custom dictates vengeance obligations that block marriage and arranged unions until enemies are killed.
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Albania
Mmarriage
Borough origins and a moving picture show gag
The article explains that burghs derive from Saxon for castle and that garrison soldiers were burghers. It notes Aalst forming into a community with borough laws and mentions a moving picture show joke where an elder asks if the clerk will wed his fiancée or sister as a nun mutters in gloom.
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Aalst
Slater
New York World
Fragmented cry for help from a caller in a garbled note
A distorted speech fragment asks for five dollars and mentions names and a sting. The text reads like a plea or taunting exchange with uncertain context and individuals. The exact meaning and entities are unclear due to garbled spelling.
Villa to Groom Army Like Ours Reveals Rebel Plans
An agent in New York says Villa and Natera are arming and equipping the Constitutionalist forces. He notes 2000 uniforms 28,000 pairs of shoes saddles and bats shipped to Juarez and stresses land reform will restore property to original owners where taken unlawfully while preserving holdings still held by the government. The piece also mentions quarantine on sugar canes imported from foreign territories.
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Gener
Francisco Villa
Vera Cruz
New York
General Villa
General Natem
Les
General Natera
Panophile
Tinofilo’ Natera
Zvcatecas
Pantilo Natera
Constitutionalist
Juarez
General Carranza
Terrazas
Carranza
Villa
Madero
First Peace Protocol Between U S and Mexico Recorded
The document outlines a provisional Mexican government to succeed the present regime and adopt its laws. It tasks the new government with repeating hostilities, maintaining order, and preparing for an election in which federal officers are chosen by peace, forming the provisional leadership.
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United States
Mexico
Herta
Miss Monticello duck sets egg-laying record
In Odinna a duck named for her home town laid 14 eggs in 107 days breaking local records. The item notes quirky local happenings including a marriage by Miss Matin Louise Kuyk, a robbery report in Newark, a clam contest in Plishing New York and a 94-year-old man’s sudden trip to Milwaukee to see the sights.
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Miss Monticello
Odinna
Arctic Life Memoir From Crocker Land Expedition
A Crocker Land expedition member letters home about a comfortable Arctic cabin with electric light hot water and two meals a day though the sun is absent since October. He describes 40 below zero winds, daily routines study chess and reading, and says Eskimos are good natured and the life is happy though a year may be spent there. The letter ends with a Chesterfield quote contrasting politeness and learning.
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Arctic
Fitrleigh Green
Ensign
Crocker Land Expedition
American Musem of Natural History
Missouri
Green
Sinecures in Britain Referenced by Gladstone Era Figures
Fragmentary diarist notes discuss sinecures held by Torace Walpole and others, with remarks on acceptance as long as society recognizes the holder. A reference to an elite justice sinecure north of the Trent once held by Tom Duncombe valued at £12,000 appears amid garbled dialogue and stray lines.
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Gladstone
Torace Walpole
A. G. C. Liddell
Mr Gidstone
Somme
Afro Gidstone
Awhieh
Olive
The
Trent
Tom Duncombe
Lenden &Peetator
Doesnt Suffer Much Quote From Hepston Tost
Fragmentary quotation notes a line about suffering in silence and a response attributed to Hepston Tost. The text appears as a conversational snippet without clear context or identifiable event, people, or date.
New Mail Schedule For City and Surrounding Areas
The notice lists mail schedules for New York City northbound and Philadelphia Trenton routes with multiple departure times. Asbury Park and southern points receive morning and evening departures, while northbound carriers offer midday and evening slots.
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New York City
Philadelphia
Penna
Trenton
N. J
Asbury Park
New York
the Weat
Nouth
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Our Red Bank
Albert S. Miller
Broad-Street
Red Bank
Willard Wiseman
Optician
W. C. Wiseman
Emory Street
J. Kridel
Joseph Salz Red Bank
Norfolk
Broad Street Red Bank
LeMaistre Lace and Embroidery Co
Cookman Ave
Emory
Ritter
Broad St
East Front
F. R. Boice & Co
Hupmobiles
New Jersey
Phil Seamon
Cookman Avenue
L. de la Roussille
Front ST
Globe Hotel
Trans CO
Broad Street
Georges Grillier
Doremus
Storck
LONG
Freehold
Stricklin’s
Congers
N. Y
Harry Schuler
Frank Davia
Mount Hope
Dorothy Dickson
Chicago
Grandpa
Marie
Tin
London Standard
New York American
Hawaii
Porto Rico
United States Department of Agriculture
Daily Record
Gifford, LaCour, Cranmer & Co
Long Branch
Johnnes Jacobus Kuyk
Superior
Wis
Matin’ Louise (Kotenhorst
Holland
Joseph Meyer
Newark
Nod
Plishing
N.Y
James Mahoney
William Zingsheim
Sulrhs
Milwaukee
Navy
Crocker
Chesterfield
Timbing Oui
Mae
Montgomery Ward & Company
New York, N. Y
Postoffice
Es Box-Haliere
T. L
Slocum
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