Feat of two women in trousers ends in arrest
Mrs. Alice Boles aged 23 and Miss Emma Gardner, 25, traveling from Cleveland to Milwaukee in male attire were stopped at Chicago and held at the at the Mayfair station after a railroad detective questioned the unusual footwear. They defended their plan to seek work in Milwaukee claiming they faced hardship. The pair argued for women’s rights to wear trousers.
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Chicago
Alice Boles
Emma Gardner
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Thomas Wells
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Mayfair
Mrs. Boles
Harding
Ulax Gardner
Soles
Wes
Dng
Nils Gardner
Dog Dies Martyr to Duty in Newark Fire
In Newark New Jersey a terrier named Buster saved the Obert family by alerting them as a fire broke out in the Newark News Company stables. He woke Mr and Mrs Obert and their two children allowing their escape along a narrow ledge. The dog ran through flames to reach the animals and perished with seven horses.
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Newark
N. J
Buster
Paul W. Obert
Prince of Beggars Lived in a Palace in London
London. The prince of London's impostors known by several alias was judged at the Southwestern police court for alimony arrears to his deserting wife. He feigned paralysis to beg, but a detective found he earned about 5500 pounds yearly in the city, led a double life with ornate residences, and pretended roles from professor to stock broker while maintaining a devout front.
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London
Prince of London
Wandsworth
Clement Gregory Hugh Clifford
Cecil Brown Smith
Frederick Archdate de Simla
Clapham Junction
Cliford
de Grey
Southwestern
Argad Street
Throgmorton Street
Clifford
Norwood
Crystal Palace
Cambridge
Broomwood Road
Rae
B. A
Contad
The
Albert Hall
Cambridge University
Lste
Man claims ghost sightings and attempts self harm in Salzburg
James Mackey, 25, a lumber mill worker, said he saw many specters and dead forms. He slashed his throat and wrist with a razor near the railroad, was treated by a doctor, and later held in county jail. He attributed his actions to distress from nightly unearthly figures from a split world.
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Salzburg
Cono
James Mackey
Young Mackey
Aimes
Mackey
Tobacco Kills Noted Race Horse In Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana reports the death of a famous local race horse trained by Hayden Davis after the animal, an inveterate tobacco chewer, escaped a pasture, entered a tobacco farmer’s barn in Logan township, and consumed large quantities of tobacco. The horse died and several hundred pounds of fresh tobacco were destroyed.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Hayden Davis
Osterman
Davis
Logan Township
Woman Runs Ranch Widow with Seven Children
A Memphis area feature profiles Mrs. BR. Grumbles of Carrizozo New Mexico, a resourceful ranch owner who manages a five mile north Be a utiful home in a valley setting. Widow for 12 years with seven children she oversees cattle branding lariat work horseback rides and daily business details. Her daughter helps and she hosts meals and music with relics from mountains and ancient ruins. She is an expert shooter marksman and a skilled roper and brander who handles all ranch tasks when needed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Carrizoz0
N.M
Virginia
Grumbles
New Mexico
Carrizore Ranch
Nes
New Profession For Women In Paris
In Paris a new trend sees women entering masculine trades as professional bill posters. They display a coarse blouse, a glue pot over one shoulder, and a canvas bag full of posters strapped at the waist. The spectacle draws crowds of curiosity seekers on the boulevards.
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Paris
One-Room District Has Sole Pupils Student
Johnny Jorgensen, 11, is the district's only schoolchild near Kettle Falls Washington. M R Honeyman teaches him in a small, funded district that once had three pupils before others moved away. The district has a board and state funding, the highest appropriation per pupil in the nation.
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Himelf
Johnny Jorgensen
United States
Kettle Falls
Ferry County
Washington
M. R. Honeyman
Spokane
Paris poster girl recalls life as first colleuse
A French woman recounts becoming the first poster staker in Paris, jokes about red tape and doors closed to women, details her failed exams for post and telephone jobs, and notes pride in her new open air work drawing notices while guarding her supplies. She leaves with her gear and ladder.
Only Woman R F U Carrier in Washington Item
Rural dispatch notes Mary F. Cheek as the sole woman carrying a man in Washington. The brief item highlights her unique role in local transport duties.
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Washington
Mary F. Cheek
Route Veteran Mary Keeps Toledo Delivery Going
A longtime carrier from Toledo Ohio has served since 1902, delivering routes in winter and summer. She says the work is hard but she loves it and believes the job has benefited her health.
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Toledo
Mary
Cinematograph in Surgery Promises Medical Education
The cinematograph could record every step of surgical operations and enable the entire process to be demonstrated to a large class of students, offering a new tool for medical instruction and training.
Caramel Cake Recipe From a Homemade Cookbook
A vintage style cake recipe explains beating butter and sugar, adding yolks water and flour, then folding in vanilla caramel and baking powder. Separate caramel syrup filling is boiled with sugar and water, cooled, and spread between layers. The method yields three cakes with a rich caramel flavor.
Stuffed Tomatoes Italian Style From a Frayed Recipe Card
A fragment from a home cooking column describes economical olive oil uses and household tips, including lamp care and mold prevention with lemon power. The centerpiece is a recipe for Stuffed Tomatoes Italian Style using tomatoes, cheese, parsley, thyme, stale bread, and sausage, baked until tender and served hot or cold.
A Supper Salad Tip for Light Evening Snacks
A toothsome salad idea combines fruit and lettuce for a lighting supper after theater or informal evenings. Lettuce cups hold sliced pears bananas walnuts and tippies with mayonnaise or French dressing. chill before serving on dainty plates. Pair with small graham bread sandwiches filled with French dressing boiled red Spanish peppers and celery.
Care and maintenance for screens in winter
Screens are often cheap wood and warp in winter. Keep dry, stand them on end, and avoid laying flat on the foot. Sweep away dust, brush with 20 old brush, and coat wire and wood with kerosene to prevent rust and preserve wood. Do not nestle screens tightly to prevent bulging wires. A storm door can be made from an old screen door frame covered with oilcloth.
Cheese Entree Recipe Builders Lettuce Cups
A historic recipe describes mixing one pint of fresh cottage cheese with a quarter cup broken walnut meat candied cherries and pineapple. Shape into spoonfuls on crisp lettuce leaves and top with mayonnaise dressing before serving.
A Mexican Dish and Lemon Water Ice Recipe
A cooking note describes layering macaroni with gravy and tomato catsup in a baking dish, finishing with catsup and baking. It also gives a lemon water ice recipe with lemon juice rind orange sugar and water boiled and cooled before freezing.
Tomato Butter Recipe Notes from Personal Kitchen
A home cook describes preparing tomato butter by cooking tomatoes, straining to remove seeds, then sweetening with sugar and apples to taste. The mixture is cooked down until thick and praised for its delicious flavor.
It Bid Est Mr Holesale Pepperpot Tossed Out
The fragment humorously notes a quarrel over a low bid and a merchant named Mr Holesale chiding Pepperpot for a failed attempt. Mr Litewate the salesman recalls being kicked out in the dispute while discussing a bid.
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Holesale
Litewate
Severe Hemorrhoids and Eczema Relief with Cuticura Treatment
J. H. Henderson of Hopkinton describes a long struggle with piles and eczema. After failed remedies and hospital opinions, he used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Puls, including injections, to reach a fairly healthy state in a month and continued maintenance weekly for months. He notes the treatment saved time and money. April 26, 1907.
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J. H. Henderson
Hopkinton, N
Snake blocks beer keg at Lake Altoona incident
A party of foreigners tapped a keg at Lake Altoona Pennsylvania but could not draw beer. Investigation found the bunghole blocked by a snake that crawled into the empty keg, and Wan drowned when the keg was filled.
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Lake Altoona
Wan
Quote on calm minds from Hamilton Wright Mable
A reflective line asserts that deep thinking brings tranquility and that the greatest minds remain calm and composed with unshaken poise.
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Hamilton Wright Mable
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