World’s Fair plans and oddities in the era
Disconnected items from Marshfield Times discuss a proposed world’s fair in Tokyo for 1912, Harvard chess win over Yale, Cambridge abolishing 221 sports, a preacher in Binghamton claiming Sphinx riddle solution, and Queen Alexandra’s birthday. The column mixes political, social, and cultural sketches with brief anecdotes and opinions from various cities and figures.
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Binghampton
Thes
Ann
Alexandra
Mrs Bluebeard wedding desk mystery unfolds
Suzanne suspects a hidden desk in the garret lockup and fears a secret from Bob until a revelation from Bob clarifies the desk as a wedding gift containing no secrets. The scene shifts to the couple facing the New Year with trust and renewed vows.
Locked Desk Sparks a New Year's Twist in a House Mystery
A bride named Mrs. Sheldon confronts temptation and doubt on New Year’s Eve. She suspects a locked desk in the house holds secrets about her husband Bob and an old flame, Adelaide Girard, rekindling doubts about trust and past love as a snowy town settles into dusk.
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Garret
Rod
Garret Ataira
Bhis
Suzanne
Bess
God
Nora
Sue
Helleva
Father
Hayett
Andy
Griffin
Susanne
Adelaide Girard
Sis
Hunt & Locksmith
New York
Fim
Adelaids Gifford
Adelaide
Bob Qs
Mr. Thurston
Thurston
Give Her a Diary Christmas Gift for a Young Wife
A quaint diary idea for a wife noting daily entries starting two weeks after Christmas. The text mentions shopping needs like two yards ruching and tea kettle repair, with scattered fragment notes about kimono care, an old pair of pantaloons, and a vague path toward a scrapbook and recipe book.
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Renipe
Wales
Jobo
Mart WI
Tecome
Girl Imprisoned 18 Years in Swiss Dungeon Ends in Tragedy
Geneva tale reports Adrian Thoney, a rural Swiss farmer, confining his daughter Marie for 18 years in a lightless underground dungeon under his cottage. Marie, at 15, was chained to a rats infested cavern after loving Paul Chapins. Marie's escape and the lover's death by threshing machine reveal a brutal, decades long secret.
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Geneva
Switserland
Parente
Adrian Thoney
Marie
Con
Rats Cave
Paul Chapins
Farmar
Tarther
Woman climber halts work at mill tour
Mrs. Percy Rockefeller wife of John D. Rockefellers nephew, once Miss Steiman, climbed a tall ladder to the top story of a Lake Avenue mill while workers paused. Her bold ascent drew astonished stares as no stairs were in place and ladders served as the route to the top.
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Greenwich
Cone
Percy Rockefeller
Wifch
John D
Mrs. Rockefeller
Pastor Shown as a Peeper in Utica Case
A Zee presbytery panel found Rev. Boyd Gay guilty of unministerial conduct after secret sessions in Utica. Ten witnesses testified against him for peeping into women's rooms at night. around 20 testified for the defendant. Gay admitted a mistake and said he would quit the pastorate, calling the accusations persecution.
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Utica
Zee
Gay
Freak Hen in Kentucky Helps Pint-Sized Pullet Outpace Flock
Miss Linda Bryan of Paducah, Kentucky owns a pullet hatched with a single sex. The one legged hen compensates by striding twice the distance of her mates and uses a wing as a crutch to scratch. She moves with a comic gait yet outpaces yard dogs and feeds without help.
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Kentucky
Padgeah
Linda Bryan
Wolf Attacks 2 Children in Greenville
A prairie watchdog attacks a 12 year old Luther Singers as it roams Greenville South Carolina. Abe Simpson a large Blacksmith rushes from his forge and crushes the wolf skull with a single fist. The beast fled through the streets causing panic among pedestrians.
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Greenville
S. C
Luther Singers
Abe Simpson
A Sure Way to Stop the Growing Evil of Divorce
A Houston Post op-ed asks if a societal leader can make divorce unfashionable to curb the rising divorce trend, arguing moral leadership could halt the decline of marriage as a social norm.
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Houston Post
Diagnosed Tommy Father on Perfect Gentlemen
A quip on what defines a perfect gentleman. The speaker notes a man who listens without interrupting when troobies are shared, emphasizing patient attention over unsolicited corrections.
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Tommy
Return in Age to Childhood
Attention is drawn to retrogresary shell markings in aging cephalopods brachiopods and some bivalves with age. A Washington scientist notes that old cephalopod shells resemble their young, despite distinct adult forms.
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Aumeldinous
Washington
Admiralty rejects plan to target wrecked Montague on Lundysland
Despite some new British warship gun records the admiralty has abandoned a plan to fire on the wrecked battleship Montague near Lundysland. Authorities fear the action could endanger a nearby lighthouse and harm the local area.
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Admiralty
Montague
Lundysland
Imtel
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