Girl poses as a man for a year in Chicago tale
Mary Phelan, 20, recounts a year living as Jess Fay, a male clerk in Chicago. The disguise allowed freedom, new views on men and women, and experiences with politicians and rivals, ending with a return to her female identity while keeping the lure of exploration.
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Chicago
Mile
de Maupin
Mary Phelan
Gautier
Bo Phe
Toma
Blake Street
Bary Phelan
Jess Fay
Fay
Michael's Haberdashery
Rightéenth Street
Mumutnss
Cheyenne
Reay Brimmel
Miss Phelan
Ming
Monkeys Run Riot Aboard British Steamer Brau felo
Four hundred intoxicated simians staggered the deck of the British steamer Brau felo after a prank by Lizzie Daboon abroad the Brauafeta. The captain used molasses and brandy to subdue the crew, catching and confining the animals until they sobered in a day.
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Philadelphia
Caleutia
Ennul
Lizzie
Dog Caught in Flywheel Rescued After Hour-Long Whirl
At J. H. Bell & Co. plant, Chicago, a dog named Tige slipped into a temfoot fly wheel and endured over an hour of spinning. He clung to a spoke while workers believed him dead. The power was shut off and he was dragged out barely alive, later revived by a veterinarian.
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Chicago
Tige
J. H. Bell & Co
Michigan Avenue
Skunk Invades Philadelphia City Hall and Refuses to Leave
A skunk wandered into Philadelphia City Hall and, after a chase through corridors, hid in Mayor Reyburn's private office. The animal found refuge atop a bookcase as cleaners and guards failed to dislodge it, while a Swedish animal expert commented on the incident.
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City Hall
Philadelphia
Reyburn
Fiery Gar Oil Car Fire Near York Pa Ends Quickly
A Pennsylvania railroad supply car near York caught fire from a hot box at Wrazer's station near Philadelphia. Conductor Rohrbauen, sleeping in the car, escaped with only shoes as oil and kerosene worth hundreds of gallons were destroyed when the car was moved onto a switch. Friends aided the man with a cutie as the vehicle burned.
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Nede
York
Pennsylvania
Wrazer
Philadelphia
Rohrbauen
Morley Elevated to Peer and Easier Post
John Morley, the liberal leader, is to receive a peerage while keeping his India secretary role in a reorganized Parliament. His health and throat trouble push him to ease, though he plans firm action on India and defends his past stringent measures.
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London
John Morley
India
Morey
House of Commons
Morley
Bacon May Become Secretary of War Next July
Boston reports suggest Assistant Secretary of State Bacon will succeed Taft as secretary of war around July 1. Born in Boston and Harvard football captain, Bacon left banking for J. P. Morgan & Co. He is married to a New York woman, Miss Carlton. Friends in Boston view the move as expected and not dependent on the national convention.
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Boston
Bacon
Taft
City
Letics
Harvard Anieversity
Roosevelt
Morley Life and Liberal Angles in Public Life
John Morley born 1838 in Blackburn rose from barrister to editor of the Tarmightly Review and Pall Mall Gazette before entering Parliament. A close ally of Gladstone, he shaped liberal politics with a wary reserve. In America he impressed intellectuals while Carnegie backed his library and Morley spoke of English fascination with Roosevelt.
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India
John Morley
Blackburn
England
Cheltenham and
Lincoln College, Oxford
Tarmightly Review
Pall Mall
Newcastle
Trish
Orley
Gladstone
Ball Gaine
Andrew Carnegie
Tiberal
Skibo
Morley
Carnegie
America
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
John
Prentler
John. Stuart Mill
Lithographic Stone House in Nuremberg Draws Lithographers
Berlin reports a stone house near Nuremberg built in 1680 from lithographic stone worth about $4,000. Locals refuse to part with it while lithographers, sensing rising stone prices, sigh at the rare Bavarian quarry material. A separate note observes Chicago Chinese men taking up roller skating, inspired by American schoolmates and children.
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Berlin
Nuremberg
Germany
Alois Senefelder
Andreas Lichtenstein
Max
Bavaria
Nuremerg
Chicago
Celestial Kingdom
Clark
John Cunnaman
Averted Excuse Sparks Parlor Lamp Debate
A quirky exchange unfolds between a plane stool and a parlor lamp about smoking during Miss Terner's visit for Mr. Tim aid. The lamp accuses Terner of waiting for an excuse to refuse him as Controller Wilson of Chicago rules that public utilities may not donate to charities.
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Wilson
Chicago
Traction
Electric Light
Willig Corporation
Sandy and the Parritch Whisky Challenge in Scotland
An old Glasgow-area villager breakfasted on porridge every day and faced a salted cold porridge fearing a whisky bribe. He vowed to eat the spoonful or lose the dram, yet he persevered and finished the meal, slyly resealing the whisky with a grin and declaring his victory.
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Glasgow
Randy
15 Years of Buffering and Healed with Cuticura
After rheumatism plunged my husband into painful sores from knee to ankle, three doctors failed to help. We tried Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. In three weeks the sores faded away the burning stopped and the pain eased. After three months he was well. Mrs V V Albert Upper Frenchville Mc July 21 1907.
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V. V. Albert
Upper
Frenchville
Si-Pop the cow dies in odd fashion
A quirky local note reports the old red cow named Si-Pop has died in a bizarre way, with strange phrases about peace and a final fate described as “in pieces.”
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Jerusalem
Tuie
Buying Paint Blindly and Testing White Lead
An article explains how to avoid adulterated paint by testing white lead and linseed oil for purity. It notes the National Lead Company can provide testing outfits and instructions, and mentions tobacco products and a manicure business as additional notes.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge, Building
New York City
Plownpe
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Wen
PET Baboon
May
War Department
Robert Bacon
Council of Empire
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
House OF Lithographic Stone
Sandy
Cutiura
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Carters
Mrarty
Ganuine
Berane
Othar
Astliing
Wigharrade
Fausous
Celleiout
Ehocilately
Fetatl
Gunthar
BUR CO
New Haven
Conn
Fic Syrup Co
Carney
Tecumseh St
Buef
the Haynes Automobile Co
Kokomo, Indiana
Fred the
PVT
Eh Company
Consimer & Tegilmats
Choo
Teil
Willis George Emerson
Delta
Los Avaelen
EROS
Jane Ire
Morris
Wess
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