Rich girl elopes with farm hand in dramatic New York escape
Misa Agnes McMullen of Siman Hall eloped with Tin Dervin, a farmhand described as from a wealthy background. The pair fled in a green car after a guarded morning sendoff, vaulting fences and dashing past a pursuing crowd including firemen and police, as the mother and crowd chased through One Hundred and Twenty-second Street toward Riverside Drive.
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New York
Misa
Agnes McMullen
Siman Hall
Central Office
Ien
Agnes
Pin Dervin
Me Mullen
Jane Roxbury
Stine Hall
Tin Dervin
Suamilt
N. J
Nimsele
Milionaires
Druybney
Bother
Phe Giel
Braves Sailor Rescues Derby Hat Turned Cash Shock
Brockton reports Captain Weber watches a teeming whirlpool as passenger John Bradin dives 18 feet to save his derby and funds from the river. He survives, returns to the ship, then reveals a $1500 prize in greenbacks to cheers and boos from aboard.
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Brockton
Cal
Weber
San Francisco
John Bradin
Fradia
Ho Niuclag
Dida
Bradin
Sis
Man risks life to recover hat in daring act
The report recalls a man who swam despite fear to reclaim his hat, insisting that with more money he would not have risked his life. His bold feat is treated as admirable and described with emphasis on his courage and determination.
Woman buried under hay survives after weeklong ordeal
Miss N A Black, a Pittsburg teacher, was found near an old hay barn two miles south of the city. She had spent a week under hay with no food or water, surviving by crawling to the rafters in a barn. Rescuers and passersby searched nearby fields as hypothermia and exhaustion left her weak but alive.
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Marion
On-Aine
N. A. Black
Pittsburg
Daniel Stayer
Miss Black
Chiust
Meanest Man Found After Child Is Lost
In Worrester Massachusetts Beatrice, three year old daughter of Mr or Mrs Henry P Silverman of Webster, wandered away for ten hours. A boy named Manarowski delivered the child to the Silverman home claiming he found her on a doorstep two miles away. Silverman praised the boy, then handed him five cents, saying you are a good little boy to find the baby.
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Worrester
Mass
Beatrice
Henry P. Silverman
Webster
Manarowski
Trent
Silverman
Hils
Corpse Stands for its Photo in Odd Funeral Scene
Washington Pennsylvania report details Michael Rekeski who lived near Independence. At the funeral the corpse was removed from the casket and propped against a tree while a photographer captured a picture. Several more photos were taken including a group of mourners for sending to his widow in Austria.
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Washington
Michael Rekeski
Independence
Austria
Trade unions and their role in improving labor conditions
The modern trade union is centered on organized effort to lift workers, especially women and children, from poor conditions. It faces criticism for errors yet aims to reduce child labor, raise pay for equal work, and push for education. Unequal interests oppose reforms, but unions back state action to protect youth and elevate society.
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Efost
Cyadn
Mindola
New Jersey
Phica
Day of the Common Man celebrates labor day as family holiday
A reflective piece contrasts Europe’s labor day traditions with America’s Day of the Common Man. It notes family gatherings, picnics, and leisure as central to the holiday while acknowledging labor’s dignity and the reward of time off. The essay frames Labor Day as honoring honest toil and inclusive for all workers.
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Europe
Avennes
Ins Tamliy
Ais
Labor Day and the Unity of Work in Martin’s Philosophy
The piece argues that Labor Day honors the solidarity of all toil from manual labor to mental effort. It contrasts bodily work as a collective, impersonal effort with mind work, noting creation and individuality rise in other forms of labor. It frames Labor Day as a national feast affirming dignity of all labor and the American ideal.
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Martin
Mark Twain
America
Indianapolig News
State enactment dates for Labor Day across states
The list records dates when each state or territory enacted Labor Day laws from 1882 to 1894, including Alabama December 12 1892 California March 23 1890 Colorado March 16 1887 Connecticut March 20 1889 Delaware February 14 1892 District of Columbia and territories April 28 1894 Florida April 25 1883 Georgia October 16 1891 Illinois June 17 1891 Indiana March 3 1890 Iowa April 5 1890 Kansas March 4 1891 Louisiana July 7 1892 Maine February 10 188? Massachusetts May 11 1887 Minnesota April 28 1890 Missouri April ? 1785 Montana March 20 1888 Nebraska March 9 188? New Hampshire March 31 1891 New Jersey April 6 1887 New York May 6 1887 Ohio April 38 189? Oregon February 25 1887 Pennsylvania April 25 1884 Rhode Island May 26 1893 South Carolina December 22 1891 Tennessee March 11 1891 Texas February 11 1893 Utah February 23 1882 Virginia February 6 1892 Washington February 24 1891 Wisconsin April 19 1893
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Alabama
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Calumbia and Territorie
Ano
Florida
Georgie
Minois
Indiana
Mare
Kansas
Louisland
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
rNgn
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Cocoa Cookies and Plum Pudding Sauce Delicacies
A readable vintage kitchen column outlines cocoa cookies mixed with sugar eggs flour salt baking powder dry cocoa and cinnamon baked in a hot oven. It also covers a plum pudding sauce and jelly from grapes with crabapples, plus a recipe for rolluts and summer cutlets with vegetables and a simple attractive salad using apples, mayonnaise, watercress, potatoes, and tomatoes.
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Col. Meush
Bachelors Shot After Stone Crashes Window in Benton
In Benton Wisconsin two 19 year old men Weer Uend John Nelly and Matthew Beeler were wounded when a stone crashed through a window late at night. Two local bachelors, John Young and John Lundy, were arrested on shooting charges after claiming they acted on warning shots. The injured teens say they did not throw the stone and were accompanied by two girls at the time of the incident.
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Weer Uend
John Nelly
Matthew Beeler
John Young
John Lundy
Benton
Nouv
Saved by a Wiggle Toe in Milwaukee Willan Martins Case
A mangled leg incident at a flour mill left Milwaukee Willan Martins unable to walk until surgeons halted a risky operation at the last moment. He regained movement after a miraculous toe wiggle, ending worries of amputation. Martins had faced a five foot nerve setback and feared life with a useless foot.
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Milwaukee
Willan Martins
Ugle
Maumuyzers
Martins
Martias
Girl Brutally Assaulted Near City Leaves Girl in Serious Condition
Gallatin, a 14 year old daughter of John Gallatin, was attacked at night near the city. She was found with multiple teeth knocked out and left in a grain field near the highway in serious condition. Three suspects have been arrested and a lynching talk is reported.
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Menoiiues
Rose Gallatin
John Gallatin
Cty
Rask Down
Line sale links Geneva Lake electric road extension
Walworth reports the sale of Chicago Harvard Geneva Lake Electric to the Elgin Belvidere and Rockford line group. The Jailer plans to close the gap to Marengo and survey for an extension toward Elkhorn near Delavan Lake. Phone contact used for information and updates.
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Walworth
Ure
Chicago
Harvard
Geneva Lake Electricrath
Elgin
Belvidere
Rockford
Electret Road
Geneva
Marengo
Elkhorn Witching Delavan Lake
Codfish Balls and Potatoes in Old Kitchen Style
Recipe reads like a rough draft guiding codfish balls with potatoes. Instructions mix medium potatoes with salt codfish, boil, dry, mix with egg and seasonings, form balls and fry or smoke as directed. The text shows garbled phrases and misspellings but outlines a fishcake style preparation.
Pickle and Chicken Chartreuse from a Historic Recipe Fragment
A readable fragment details Quick Pickle with cabbage onions green pepper and seeds, pressed to remove liquid, then spiced with mustard ginger cinnamon cloves salt celery, vinegared and boiled until clear. Chicken Chartreuse mixes cooked chicken ham bread crumbs capers lemon juice eggs hot stock, steamed in buttered mold.
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Chas Foe
French Rice Pudding with Lemon Zest and Crumbs
A compact recipe describes weighing a quarter pound of rice and cooking it with a pint of milk until absorbed. When near cold, mix in batter eggs yolks and whites sugar and lemon rind. Fold well, butter a plain mold, dust crumbs, bake one hour, unmold and serve warm.
Mare Bones Unearthed in Janesville Dig Reveal
Workmen at the Jefferson shawl site in Manesville uncovered a skeleton from a former Janesville resident. The worker who struck the bones fled the hole and disappeared into the timber, leaving authorities to investigate the eerie discovery.
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Manesville
Janesville
Bank Robber Scott Wilcox Arrested in City Heist
Scott alias John Wilcox robbed the First National Bank in this city of a sum stated as $00 i bius but was caught before leaving the building. Police recovered no cash and Wilcox faces charges in Superior court.
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F. 1. Scott
John Wilcox
First National Bank
Fly Casters Break Record at Racine
A world record fell in the one fourth ounce fly casting event at Racine as William Stanley of Chicago posted 35 18 to surpass the prior 58 3/4 score. F. Af. Peet of Chicago won the long distance salmon fly washte event with 12 feet, and J. J. Retows of Chisago opened the day with the first mark in the delicate accuracy fly casting.
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Nations Association of Life
William Stanley
Chicago
Mada
F. Af. Peet
J. J. Retows
Chisago
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News OF Wisconsin
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Ihterstborn Company
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Marinewe
Lyon Bros
Leaf
Poynetra
M. Wenner
Joe Neat
Portage
Tie Stewie
Trae
Milwaukee Road
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