A Pair of Postmen and a Love Triangle
Jim Kennedy, a postman, loves Nora Dillon but jealousy blooms when Bertram Ryder, Kennedy's friend, writes Nora letters. Nora helps Ryder marry another woman using Kennedy's letters, triggering a confrontation that ends with Ryder revealing his marriage and Kennedy resolving to step aside.
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Kate M. Cleary
Eney
Daily Story Pub, Co
Kennedy
Nora Dillon
Bertram Ryder
Ryder
Nora
Elm Avenue
Jim Kennedy
Dillons
Bert
Jim
Dillon Domtette
Bertram
Kennady
Cicely Barstow
Cicely
Women Take Elevator Cure in New York
In New York women increasingly seek the so called elevator cure as a spring tonic. An elevator man in Battery Park explains the popularity with three of four riders in the car taking it while men try it less. He notes some strangers seek fictitious contacts, with women often choosing a directory name before entering, riding different cars to avoid the same elevator man all morning.
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Dilion
Jim
Garfield Park
Kennedy
Dillony
Nora
New York
Battery Park
Paris Cochere
Paris
Coquelin
Chicago
Vienna
London
Tuppeng
St. Petersburg
Japan
Acta
Stresta
Slavery Preference Report From Zanzibar And Pemby
London foreign office notes that 98 percent of slaves in Zanzibar and Pemby prefer to stay in servitude. In 1900 fewer slaves sought freedom than in 1899 as many realize little present gain. British commissioners cite improved humane treatment and masters’ kinder policies since slave legislation.
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London Foreign Office
Zanzibar
Pemby
General Hobart Resigns from Milwaukee Library Board
General Hobart resigns after twenty five years service on the Milwaukee public library board. He is in his eighty ninth year and was a Union prisoner who escaped Libby Prison. Hobart was twice Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor, first in 1859 and again in 1835.
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Hobart
Harris
Milwaukee Public Brary Board
Libby
Richmond
Wisconsin
In the War of Love Who Flies Conquers
The line hints at a poetic contrast between romance and conquest, framing love as a battle where passion and strategy determine who prevails. It suggests a study of courtship as a campaign, with rival suitors and shifting fortunes shaping outcomes.
Paris Cabbies and Cabs Across Europe and Asia
A travel portrait of Paris cabbies and their livery, fares, and habits contrasts with Vienna London St Petersburg and Japan jinrikisha transport. It notes fare structures tips examinations for drivers and omnibuses complicating streets with lively, colorful detail.
Lingering Hiring Remains for a Jinrikisha Man
A fragment notes that a jinrikisha man may be hired for a few cents, with the exact amount varying by how familiar the rickshaw puller is with modern ways of civilization.
Petticoats of Silk Stockinet Hit Slimming Trend
The piece notes silk stockinet petticoats as skinlike from waist to knee aiding slender poses. Detachable silk frills button on to show from knee to ankle with fussy effect. Two smart models tempt. evening white glace silk with pink frills and ecru point d esprit net. morning version features glace silk with godet flounce and matching silk straps.
New York Clearing House Sets Unmatched Daily Record
Hollang in Philadelphia Press notes New York banks consistently clear as much daily as the April monthly total of 250,000,000 in another major financial center. The piece contrasts New York’s concentration of banking capital with broader U S results, highlighting the dramatic daily average in New York over the past several months.
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New York
Two Lives Compared in a Curious Leicestershire Tale
The Pesrage reveals an odd fact about the earls of Leicester. Both the father and the son married twice, with exactly a century between the two weddings. Each man took two wives, and the present earl is a son from his father’s second marriage.
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Earl of Leicester
Wife refuses change claim sparks Buffaloes myth arrest
A Western town man asked his wife for flour money. She handed him a $10 bill claiming to be a Buffalo. He arrested her, but the local justice dismissed the case, ending the dispute.
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Buffalo
The
Buffaloes
Fragmented Proverb Fragment in OCR Text
The readable fragment presents a moral about wealth and restraint, noting that riches require thrift and misfortune or a troublesome guest can linger at the door, while rest follows. The text appears garbled and lacks clear attribution or context.
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Osten
Bourne
Harriet Osgood
Lunt
City Cab Company
Geb
Holland
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