Tell Agnes and the New York Tea Plot
John Emery travels to America on business but is swept into a romance with Agnes Dean, Mary Doan’s sister. A note from Mary asks him to tell Agnes of her engagement to Billy Wade, leading to a budding love as Emery and Agnes share tea and conversation in New York while Mary confirms the plan and hints at a future with Agnes as bridesmaid.
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Agnes
John Emery
America
New York
Emimy
Étes
Mes
Om Emery
John 4Ery
Doan
Mary Doan
Mary
Billy Wade
Mary Dean
Roney
Atlantic
Emery
Agnes Dean
Ilfracombe
Emory
Lady Maud
Mike
Robin
burglars thwarted by daring rescue amid Amsterdam Avenue shop
Detectives searched a second floor warehouse at 165 Amsterdam Avenue for two burglars after learning they planned to reach the glass shed. Officer Sharpe was injured entering the building, rescued with help from firefighters, and two juveniles aged nine and eight were later charged with juvenile delinquency after admitting intent to steal apples.
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New York
James McCormick
Lee Sharpe
West Sixty-eighth Street
Aaron Buschier
Amsterdam Avenue
No. 163
Buschler
McCormick
Sharpe
Engine Company No. 40
Flower Hospital
Prout
Martin James
Adam Ennis
West Sixty-sixth Street
Children’s Society
Americans Put to Passing Threat Near El Paso
General Emilio Campa, leading about 400 insurgents in Northern Sonora, threatens to put all Americans in Mexico to passing after September 15. The warning, relayed by Thomas Holland, former Texas Ranger, follows a War Department inquiry to General Steever about border troop needs.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Emilio Campa
Sonora
Thomas Holland
San Geronimo
Campa
Steever
War Department
British Aviator Badly Injured in Dover Biplane Crash
Special aviator here Friday suffered serious injuries when his biplane crashed eighty feet to earth due to motor trouble. The machine was wrecked in the incident at Dover, England, with the pilot surviving but injured.
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Dover
Eng
Somersault in Air Promised by Aviator Hamilton
Charles K. Hamilton, returning Monday night, announced ordering a new exhibition aircraft to perform a complete somersault in the air. He longs to be the first to accomplish the feat, having found previous machines too unwieldy. He notes his new planes must withstand the strain while he had delayed previously due to family present. Archbold says he resists the name Har and expects attention before Roosevelt speaks.
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Hartford
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
Roosevelt Campaign Hits Vermont In Progressive Push
Colonel Roosevelt opened a three day Vermont tour with a bristling ball park speech accusing the Democratic and Seennone parties of boss influence. He urged support for the Progressive cause and argued the old parties had outlived usefulness. Garfield backed his remarks noting strong statewide enthusiasm and expected 20 000 votes for Frazer Metzger in the governor race. Roosevelt planned stops at Manchester Rutland and Middlebury.
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Bennington
Roosevelt
Vermont
James R. Garfield
Bull Moose
Frazer Metzger
Garfield
North Bennington
Ball Park
Teddy
Cuba
Frazer Metzer
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Whig Party
Democratic Party
Republcan
Chicago
Penrose
Barnes
Guggenheim
Taft
Mr. Taft
Party of Progress
Whig
Manchester
Rutland
Middlebury
Fire destroys Chappell Company wharf buildings in Norwich
A Thursday blaze at the Edward Chappell Company office on Central Wharf near the Thames River wiped out virtually all buildings on the wharf. A man’s body, burned beyond recognition, was found in the office. authorities believe he sought shelter for the night and unintentionally started the fire with an accidental cause.
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Norwich
Conn
Edward Chappell Company
Central Wharf
Thames River
Chappell Company
Cuban Reporter Must Be Punished
Special Charge dAffaires Hugh Gibson reported to the State Department that the Cuban reporter who assaulted him was arrested twice and released twice. The department demanded adequate punishment for the Cuban reporter and notified the Cuban legation in Washington that no lesser action would suffice.
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Washington, D. C
Hugh Gibson
Mavana
State Department
Man Kills Himself Near Marlborough Hotel After Coney Island Visit
A man identified by initials A W Yerger of Mobile Alabama shot himself in front of the Marlborough Hotel Broadway at 36th Street in the presence of a young woman. He had arrived earlier under the alias A W Rodgers from Jackson Mississippi with a companion named George Mumford of New York. A search of his clothing failed to identify him, though the gold watch bore Yerger’s initials and his trousers carried Adler Rochester. Investigators sought to confirm whether the corpse was the missing Mobile businessman.
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New York
A. W. Yerger
Mobile
Ala
Marlborough
Broadway
Thirty-sixth Street
Coney Island
Cadillac
A . W. Rodgers
Jackson, Miss
George W. Mumford
Frances Wellington
Werner
Forty-fifth Street
West Thirty-fifth Street
A. W
Adler
Rochester
William E Clark
West Broadway
Moreland
Endicott
A A. W. Verger
Yerger
Clark
Level Best Show Store
Italians Search Beirut Harbor Seize Turkish Ship
After twenty four hours of activity in the harbor the Italian fleet appeared off Beirut on Thursday and moved toward Rhodes on Friday taking a large Turkish sailing ship captured earlier. They searched several Russian Austrian and British merchant ships in the harbor and took about fifty Turkish sailors as prisoners of war.
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Beirut
Rhoades
Williamsburg Female Institute Offerings and Admission
Williamsburg Female Institute established by the Norfolk Presbytery offers preparatory academic and freshman college work plus Bible music household economics stenography and normal training for public school teachers. Modern brick building nine month board and tuition 175 dollars. Session begins September 17th. For catalogue contact.
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Williamsburg Female Institute
Norfolk Presbytery
Rock Hill College Diploma Admits Hopkins Medical School
Rock Hill College announces a diploma program with admission to Hopkins Medical School. A rigorous Preparatory Department serves boys from age twelve upward, led by Brother Maurice as President.
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Hopkins Medical School
Virginia Tech Early Courses and Campus Highlights
Virginia Polytechnic Institute outlines degree programs in Agriculture Hor ticulture Applied Chemistry Applied Geology Civil Mining Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Metallurgy and Metallography. The campus includes sixty four instructors well equipped shops laboratories and barns with steam heating and electric lights in dormitories and a library of twelve thousand sixty volumes. A Farm of Pete and a Two Year Course in Agriculture and Farmers Winter Course are noted with a nine month session total cost unspecified in the fragment.
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Pete
Doan's Kidney Pills Benefit Virginia Spitzer
Mrs. Virginia Spitzer of Buena Vista Virginia describes thirty years of kidney pain dizziness headaches and partial blindness. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with quick relief during a three week hospital stay and eventual full recovery. She urges others with back or kidney troubles to ask for Dean's Kidney Pills at 60 cents.
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Virginia Spitzer
Buena Vista
Doan
Dean
Flynn Tells of Police Grafting in New York
Former deputy police commissioner William J. Flynn now heads the U S Secret Service in New York testifies before the grand jury about gambling and graft in the city. He says gambling could be stamped out despite officials claiming otherwise. The testimony centers on a claimed transfer of 30 to 40 unserved warrants and a list of major gambling resorts when he resigned.
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Chicago
Ilil
William J. Flynn
United States Secret Service
New York
Grand
Whitman
Criminal Courts
Flynn
Dougherty
Vicksburg Gunboat Communication Troubles Alarm Navy
San Diego officials report repeated attempts to contact the gunboat Vicksburg after it said its propeller was broken and hull damaged. Messages from Sealey Pollan and Pleiades placed the vessel near Magdalena Bay but later data questioned its location. Navy officers fear an unresolved status and could not reach the Vicksburg after the Pleiades report.
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San Diego
Cal
Vicksburg
Sealey Pollan
Magdalena Bay
Pleiades
Cape San Lazare
Riverside Stable Fire Saves Most Horses in Pittsburgh
A fire at the Riverside Horse and Mule Company stables on River Avenue and Darrah Street, Northside, Pittsburg caused about 50,000 in damages. Eight of more than 200 horses perished, while the rest were driven to safety into the streets.
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Pittsburg
Riverside
Riverside Horse and Mule Company
River Avenue
Darrah Street
Northside
Shy Looking Stranger Asks Police for Dollar
A well dressed man about 35 entered the Charles Street police station and, after failing to engage, wrote a note requesting a dollar to satisfy a big appetite and a nickel carfare home. He left after receiving a dime. Lieutenant McGowan remarked on the unlikely scene.
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New York
Charles Street
Bronx
McGowan
Albanian Peasantry Loot Ipek City Markets
Albanian peasants raid Ipek looting bazaars shops and homes. Authorities are powerless to stop the depredations. Soldiers attempting to intervene are fired upon and forced to take cover amid the disorder in Salonika.
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Salonika
Turkey
Ipek
Hat vs Fan in Elevator Sparks Philadelphia Suit
In Philadelphia a woman sues the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad after her willow plume was torn from her hat when it was pulled into an electric fan in a terminal elevator. The incident prompted a demand for compensation for damage and prompted questions about who pays for such mishaps.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Orchard Tea Tempts Motorists For Tiny Town Venture
A suburban girl hosts orchard tea near a route used by motorists to earn pin money during vacation. Visitors arrive in small numbers then swell as word spreads, with tea, bread and butter, preserves, eggs and homemade cakes selling to guests. The venture grows into a popular stop for weary travelers, though managing crowds proves challenging.
Monday Mood and the Call for Tuesday Courage
The piece contemplates the universal Monday malaise as a social and psychological effect rather than a fixed after effect of Sunday rest. It argues Monday can be overcome by adopting a proactive Tuesday mindset, with time correcting the mood and offering a brighter turn.
Scarfs and collars dominate this season’s dress trends
The article notes thick counters at cheap sales and a variety of collars and scarfs. Lawn collars with fine embroidery are popular, especially necklines meeting at the back. Long pointed front collars are less flattering except for very tall women, while Irish crochet collars gain favor with coarser crochet. Scarfs in gauze with colored flowers stand out, and neckwear such as Robespierre collars in net or white muslin with lace trims refreshes day dresses and gowns. A standout ensemble features a two collar arrangement and crystal buttons, with black velvet neckbands edged by pleated lace for those willing to bare their throats.
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Robespierre
The Sporting Jacket and Complexion Tips for 1920s Teens
The article describes a twenty six inch length box style tennis coat with three pockets and medium sleeves in dark red or flame with hunter green collar, plus Norfolk blazer trends and fabrics like Knicker home spun and French flannel. It also offers cucumber juice beauty advice with alcohol and benzoin as a skin treatment and mentions white warm weather options.
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Norfolk
Veal with Mushroom Sauce Recipe Guide
A recipe notes heating veal and serving with a mushroom sauce. Dissolve batter and flour in milk, add mushrooms half a can or fourteen fresh halves, cook until thick, then pour over veal for serving.
Center Roast Crown Dish With Creamy Carrot Pea Filling
Directions describe mixing diced carrots and green peas with cream and butter, seasonings, and heating in a stewpan. The blend is served in the center of a crown roast as a creamy stuffing.
Tomato Salad Recipe Notes
Select ripe tomatoes of equal size. Peel and scoop centers. Chill on ice. Fill cavities with chopped celery and nuts. Cover with dressing. Serve on lettuce or parsley.
Teed Watermelon Dessert Preparation Note
Instructions describe cubing ripe watermelon, sprinkling with sugar salt and cinnamon, chilling in a cream freezer or pail surrounded by ice for forty five minutes, then serving in champagne glasses. This reads as a concise recipe style tip from a vintage kitchen note.
Toasted Sardines With Ham And Chocolate Cake
A recipe fragment describes draining twelve sardines and frying them in melted butter with salt red pepper and ham cheese coating then baking ten minutes. It also details a chocolate cake mixing butter sugar yolks chocolate boiling water flour and eggs then baking for sixty minutes in a moderate oven.
Roosevelt call and prison escape tale headline
The Wise Virginian reports Mr. C. W. Morse from Georgia penitentiary has returned to Wall Street after a deathbed wish to go back. The piece ties his story to a broader note on honesty decency and patriotism tied to voting for Roosevelt for President.
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Roosevelt
C. W. Morse
Georgia Penitentiary
Wall Street
Abingdon
Leoni ardi Golden Eye Lotion advertised for fast eye relief
An advertising notice claims Granulated Eye Lids and weak inflamed eyes are cured in one day by Leonardi's Golden Eye Lotion. It cools heals and strengthens with a money back guarantee. Sold by B. Leonard & Co. in Tampa Florida at 26 ets, prepaid on receipt.
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Leoneardi
Leonardi’s
B. Leonard & Co
Tampa
Fla
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