Woman Rescues Pigs From Well in Brown County
Mrs Hunter of Bran Blossom Valley Indiana saved her family’s pigs after a well accident left them trapped with no water. She lowered a rope to retrieve one pig, then coordinated a risky rescue that freed the entire sow and litter. Her quick action prevented disaster as the pig family struggled near the open well.
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Tawretin Hunter
Saul
Sue Pope
Aris
Sunter Wits
Carl
Dalton
Lady Tomlinson in Society Spark and Painter Talk
Gwendoline Gilbert, known as Lady Tomlinson, struggles with society life and individuality while Sir John Tomlinson urges a bolder persona. Painter Mr Pargiter, revered for aristocratic connections, is pressed to paint her portrait as she grapples with expectations and wit in a fragile social scene.
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Cuiinsye
Palylal -Gresvent
Min Purgiter
Lilober
Ladyship
Dargiter
isOb
Pargirer
Tom
Hinson
Iran
Byrne Siewui
Fady ‘Pourlinson
Ronny
Mr. Purginer
Moutinsat
Syhulna
Marguery
Pontinsan
Suleium
Uwe Chiy
Putlinsyn
Prytessto
Ian
Gestitsius
Aiseelie
Nile
Rominsen
U. 2
Willis
New York Daily Mercury
Gwendoline Gil
Gwendoline Gilbert
Hygela
Toho Tomlingon
Kit PL
Lan Butt
Gwendoling
Orluson
Tohn
Tomlinson
Citizens Day in Chicago Proposed to Bypass Parade Blockades
A distressed wife complains about parade blocks and car bottlenecks as she imagines a Citizens Day in Chicago. She urges action to allow free movement for residents, criticizing delays caused by police and various marching groups. Her husband suggests a plan to mobilize, while the city faces competing parades and permits that restrict street access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dever
SAK
Independent Order of Pillbusters
Chicago
Tme Street
Oil in ballast saves ships from sea storms
Reports from sea captains describe using boiled seed oil and olive oil in bilge and ballast to dull heavy seas. Captains from the Ponce and the J. E. Krantz recount that adding oil to barrels and kedgs reduced water intake, kept decks drier, and allowed vessels to ride out gales, with oil seeping through openings to form a slick barrier.
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Bewers
New York
Ponce
Walter
William Peakes Praster
Howe
Parking With Monkeys On a Visit to a Hedgegrove
An account from the Popular Science Monthly describes a visit to a monkey enclosure where Professor Tivans notes a long, humorous exchange with one official from The Institution of Prana. The narrative paints a vivid scene of the monkeys observing, listening, and eventually bidding farewell as they climb the cage and make expressive sounds.
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Prana
Priesta
P. Tivans
Popular Science Monthly
Yiso
Jules Tilcher
Rom
Polaziret Garden
Ulin
Pice
Ukehard
Logelhor
Cas
Logan
Kuraki
Sin
Mr. Richards
Hetty Ross Leads Stingy Tennis Set At Longford Court
In a bustling social tennis scene, Hetty Ross dominates pace and placement as young players clash on court. Family spectators and Miss Loss observe tall serves, taunting rallies, and a lively mix of competitive bragging and sharp commentary amid festive treats and casual gossip.
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Hetty
Ashlee L
Yead Lerdosard
Tod Liv
Lonr— ‘Coe Xpung
Gol
Aimshonnelly Ross Delicite
Fis
Vister-Deluw
Helly
Leon
Ainslie
Hetty Ross
Phighuy
Sae
Ss Lyle
Fom
Miss Loss
Dave
Piay
Ava
Dyadsit
Hetty Ross Wallowins
Sislahkin
Ainglle
Kate
Lhs Sisterlelay
Tun
Pha
Nan
Spain
Indaw
Indlaw
Ant
Ross
Tom
Missy Tess
Prielly
Col. Ainslie
San
Ghostly sighting at Coney Island spooks residents
Residents report a white dressed, slender womanlike figure roaming Surf Avenue at night, vanishing into bushes. Officer Tansey says he saw it twice, others including Dr. Fielschbauer and Lawyer Eldridge confirm sightings, while police doubt lingers.
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Coney Island
Marly
Michael Tansey
Offeer Tansey
Coney
Island
Police
Surf Avenue
Lee Plant
John Fielschbauer
Eldridge
Fragmented Tudor tennis scene with misread lines and fragments
The passage presents a garbled dialogue centered on a tennis game session. Characters like Hetty, Letty, Miss Lyle, and Col. Ainslie exchange rackets and gossip, with interruptions and misread names creating a chaotic vignette of a social gathering.
The Seance and Faith, a Patchwork of News
Fragmentary columns mix poems and chatter with religious shifts and missions. Notes touch on Boston poets, a curious Seance, urban gossip, Peary explorations, and a controversial clergy shift. It details Adams leaving Protestant Episcopal ministry for Roman Catholicism plus missions news from Java and Dutch New Guinea.
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Boston
Tommy Figg
Peary
Larimer
Bliwiddie
Lina
Henry A. Adams
Church of the Redeemer
New York City
M. Adams
Protestant Episcopal Church
Christendom
Adams
Church of
Rune
Wisconsin mills cut wages. several walk out
Wausay Appleton and nearby plants cut wages by 10 percent, sparking walkouts at Barker & Stewart and Brooks & Stoss Lumber, with fears of a broader strike as lack of orders bites. Appleton Woolen Mill plans Saturday shutdown after twenty five years, while a paper pulp plant resumes after a three week pause amid weak demand. Union leaders and local council members in Wisconsin and Michigan outline relief and leadership roles.
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Wausay
Wis
Coumpentes
Barker & Stewarts Mll
Brooks & Stoss” Lumber Company
Schofield
Appleton
Appleton Woolen
Forestant Company
Finnish settlers near Brule seek aid for starving families
West Superior reports extreme destitution among Finnish settlers around Brule. Nine families, walking from forest areas, visited Poor Commissioner Kenpmly seeking relief. He provided food orders and promised work soon, highlighting subsistence dependence amid failing crops and scant funds.
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West Superior
Brule
Kenpmly
Superior
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Oli
Os Kovwh Waren
Migd Ross
Miss Husa
Aly Sisturdudaw
Col Alucfie
Privliegud Petsi
Ainslig
Col
Hettyi
Lyle
York
Alastie
Walt
Faney Dye
Mickels
Mise Luss
Brett
Miss Hoss
Hetty Tess
Ming
Letty
Aigslle
Dustross
Lew Murs
Lawrience
Mather
Hotty Roas
Alpslig
Apter
American Board of Foreign Isions
Witliam HN
Japan
Noyes
Myr
Jas
Depok
Java
Battaks
Sumatra
Borneo
Sangirese
Alfoors
Almahelra
West Java
Dutch New Guinea
Barker & Stewart
MIL
Wawag
Linbeld
Hurt
Thomas M. Cacley
Michigan
Tohn Hinkley
Maryans
Finncis Rawle
Pentsalva
Toxeative
G. A. Meerer
Guursia
Bradley G. Seley
Wiscocaln
Wiscopsia
Erma
Glnic
Strassmans
Cas Ayy
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