Burglar Routed by Brave Woman at Keokuk Street
Mrs. Amos Van Horn returned home with her two children to find a burglar in the middle room packing stolen money clothing and jewelry. She armed herself with her husband’s revolver and chased the thief as he fled headfirst through a window firing at him as he disappeared into the night. Police were notified and searched the area but the robber’s description was unclear.
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St. Loila
Amos van Horn
Keokuk Street
Ansie
Abe
Levellex
Mra. van Horn
U. Bis
Kaya
Peeping Tom Poised On Roof Model In Art Class
In a New York School of Art class, students painted a male model on the roof creating a provocative composite scene. The airborne tableau included a bird’s eye view of the navy, a Lookout Mountain panorama, and a presidential portrait, signed by Mr. Comstock for a moral touch after critic Robert Henri’s visit.
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New York
Tom
Al-most Ull
Ife Clasnaa
New York School of Art
Patalla
Robert Henri
Henri
McPhar
Hannibal Pyealosi
United States Navy
Preatgst
Lookout Mountain
Fairbanks
Simeon Ford
Pat McCarven
Mr. Comstock
Wildcat Bounty Scout Nine Miles From Levistown
Moses Marsbbarger of Matawanna traps a large wildcat in the Black Log mountains. He carries the alive animal nine miles in a phosphate sack, using a sapling hoop to fasten its mouth, then loses the animal to the night. He plans to apply for the bounty or pelt.
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Levistown
M Mountains
Moses Marsbbarger
Matawanna
Miffin County
Haralbarger
Harshbarger
Irish man Coughlin wins city damages for drowned hens
A Missouri map tells of Irishman Coughlin in a shanty beside a highway. A burst water main flooded the cellar where he kept a dozen hens, drowning them. After delays, influential friends secured a $25 settlement. Coughlin declares, I’ve got me money, and plans to buy twenty five dollars worth of ducks.
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Coughlin
Kansas City
Olter
Harper's Weekly
The Coquette Habit and Fragments of Fin de Siècle Humor
A collage of quips and anecdotes from Royal Magazine and Chicago papers. It includes lines about savage dogs and misheard license troubles, a spring hat complaint, a coconut in custard, frenzied finance, and a wife’s allowance as a cautionary marriage note.
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Bingleton
Chicago Daily News
Unclear Phantom Names Atop Flounces Royal Magazine
A devious mock dialogue features a suave minister near a font, a man named Augustus Philln Ferdinand Codring ton Chesterfield, and Livingstone smith, with a comic exchange about water. The text mimics a satirical Royal Magazine piece on philanthropy up to date.
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Augustus Philln
Ferdinand Codrington Chesterfield
Livingstone Smith
Tyear
Perkins
Royal Magazine
The Man Who Left 12 Children to an Orphan Asylum
A dialogue notes a man named Carey leaving twelve children to an orphan asylum upon death. The clergyman remarks on the generosity, while the other speaker confirms the exact bequest of the twelve children to the institution.
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Chicago Tribune
Nervous Crowd Not Frightening After Interview With Father
A Chicago Record-Herald note recalls Hardened saying he felt no nerves speaking before a crowd after interviewing the girl’s father he planned to marry, believing the prior discussion prepared him to face any audience.
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Jst
Chicago Record-Herald
COW BOUTS SHERIFF IN LAKEFIELD LAWSUIT
Deputy Sheriff McMillan attempted to drive a red cow in a Lakefield lawsuit. The cow charged, tossing him over a rural mailbox into a ditch but he was not seriously hurt. He then reattached the remaining cattle as authorized by the court.
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Saginaw
Mich
McMillan
Lakefield
Bessie
Extended Hours and the Lap Sit Quarrel
The Cleveland Leader quotes Mrs. Bloggs accusing her husband of using a lap as a daily habit in their early marriage. He agrees, saying she now sits on him most of the time, highlighting a domestic dispute over intimacy and companionship.
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Mrs. Bloggs
Mr. Bloggs
Cleveland
Rubbing It In A Bridegroom Feud And Society Talk
A brief comic snippet shows Bronson Easy vexed by his wife Mrs. Easy buying a spring bonnet and trimming it with mistletoe. He jokes that a kiss under the mistletoe last December tied him to paying for it. A society note then mocks Madame Chiffon gowns and the credence of a famed journalist.
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Bronson
Easy
Squandering Fortune of Armstr ong of Elswick Gun Works
Lord Armstrong head of Elswick Gun Works in London faced a drastic loss of wealth due to misdirected energy and bad counsel. Born 1953, he inherited £6,000,000 from a granduncle, built a vast empire with 23,000 workers and a 280 acre plant, but debts rose to $2.5 million with long installments. He blamed advisers who favored stock-riding schemes over munitions, resorted to high-interest lenders, and now restructures. His Bamburgh Castle estate remains a symbol of his earlier fortune and outdoor pursuits.
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London
Lord Armstrong
Great Britain
Lord Armatrong
Elswick
England
Girthard
W. H. A. F. Watson
John William Watson
Adderstone Hall
Baron Armstrong
Cragside
Ston
Trinity College
Cambridge
Russia
Armstrong Works
Abdul Hamid
House of Armstrong
William G. Armstrong
Newcastle
Henry Noble
Mugie
Hu Eiswick Works
Disjointed quotes mark disputed papers in era reels
Fragmentary lines pulled from Chicago Journal Acboreal and Washington Star reveal a tangled exchange about a wife’s dress tag and a senttelaw family tree. The remarks hint at a broader, unsettled discourse on duties, citizenship, and forest preservation amid unclear context.
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Liz
Bully Bull With Glass Eye In Glen Ridge Tale
Glen Ridge New Jersey reports a golf player and society man John O Newell presented his bull terrier with a glass eye after a fast auto hit the dog, knocking out its eye. The dog, showing resilience, bit and defeated an old enemy bull dog in recent days.
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Glen Ridge
N. J
John 0. Newell
Des Moines Man Sparks Death-Defying Train Stop
Stewart Dunbar, of Des Moines, set a $20 bill alight to flag down an approaching train near Lake City. His plan drew attention from the crew and he escaped with minor injuries, noting the other money he carried would not burn as it remained green.
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Lake City
Stewart Dunbar
Des Moines
Incorrect political selections cited by Washington Star quote
A Washington Star quote questions why a capable, industrious man fails to advance in politics. Senator Sorghum agrees and cites his bad judgment in selecting opinions as the reason for his limited progress.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Living Room Makeover Talk From a Style Guide
The article discusses living room walls as a focal design element, favoring solid color walls over wallpaper, and advises against rose motifs. It stresses harmony with furniture and rugs, recommends plastered walls, and explains how light colors reflect more light to reduce lighting costs.
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Im North
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