Manayunk Plot Involving A Blue Coat And A Cotton Magnate
Cranleigh Hume and Elziver Boveril scheme to woo Bella, daughter of the Manayunk mill owner, by staging a daredevil guitar seduction after Hume is hired to win her away. They ride from Philadelphia to Manayunk, plan a ruse to outwit a drug clerk, and test a midnight performance against her family’s expectations. Bella’s suitor Stanleigh performs as the plan unfolds under moonlit terraces.
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Cranleigh Hume
Manayunk
Cranleigh
Hume
Bella
Roxborough
San Juan Hill
MacPh* Lerty
Mr. Boveril
Philadelphia
Mr. Boveri
Fairmount Park
Wissahickon
Mr. Boverll
Boveri
Boveril
Pop
Stanleigh
Spencer Dies in chair for Crime in Charlestown
Bertram G. Spencer the Spring Held youth was electrocuted in the electric chair at the State prison in Charlestown Tuesday morning at 12 18 for the murder of Mattha Bs Blackstone a Springfield school teacher. He faced the chair with self possession saying the love of God sustained me then the 1040 volts passed through his body. The body cremated at Forest Hill crematory ashes to be kept for family.
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Boston
Mass
Bertram G. Spencer
Charlestown
Mattha Bs. Blackstone
Springfield
Lridges
Hilix
Trow Ichbonon
Spencer
Guy ©. Perkins
Christian Science Reader
Nev
WW. Stebbins
Mechanical flaws cost White Sox in tense ten inning loss
A Chicago Tribune analysis cites four costly mistakes in one game against the White Sox two mechanical and two mental errors. Catchers Easterly and Kuhn commit the mechanical misplays while Collins erred mentally, Kuhn's error sealing the defeat in the tenth inning.
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Si Sanborn
Chicago Tribune
Chicago White Sox
Easterly
Kuhn
Collins
Collins Faults Cost Sox In Ten Inning Setback
Chicago defeats the White Sox 4 to 3 in ten innings as John Collins bears blame for two misplays. Easterly’s smart baserunning and Kuhn’s risky but correct play later decide the outcome amid hard luck and strong fielding by Boston’s defense.
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John Collins
Stan
Chicago
Collins
Kuhn
Easterly
Collings
Morgan
Walker
Kuasterly
Ald
Zeller
Nelda
Sox
McBride
Pleyers
Foster
Ted
Chicagy
Zeider
Ana’ Walker
Nhat
Bryan on stump scores president taft taunts campaign tour
William Jennings Bryan launches a speaking tour aiming to influence the election. Bryan describes Taft as a leader who entered with a plurality of a million and would leave office by unanimous consent. He plans a Roosevelt style route and ends at election day.
Barrel factory advertises in Waynesboro Virginia
Leon Miller promotes a new barrel factory in Waynesboro VA with a 2000 barrel daily capacity offering No 1 and No 2 Apple Barrels at low prices. He also sells Knock Down Barrels that can be erected without copper tools. Prompt shipments claimed.
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Waynesboro
Leon Miller
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement by Staunton Resident
Henderson Yount of Augusta and Point Streets Staunton Va describes severe kidney illness leaving him bedbound and 133 pounds. After taking Doan’s Kidney Pills he recovered to about 200 pounds and regained strength. He urges others with back ache or kidney trouble to ask for Doan’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Henderson Yount
Augusta & Point Sts
Staunton
Doan
Mr. Yount
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
mystery surrounding Countess Szabo murder case unfolds
Vienna postal clerk Menschik testifies at Jersey City inquest as authorities seek to identify a body as Countess Rosa Menschik Szabo. Frans Menschik, her brother, may identify the interred remains. The case centers on Burton W. Gibson jailed in Goshen, New York. The Austro Hungarian consulate aims to clarify family ties and the identity of the body amid a long absence.
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New York
Mmmank Menschik
Vienna
Europe
Rosa Menschik Szabo
Burton W. Gibson
Goshen
N. Y
Frans Menschik
Jersey City
Menschik
Fowler
Fifth District Republicans Name 60 Delegates to Assembly
In Franklin County Virginia the Fifth District Republicans met in Rocky Mount and elected sixty delegates to the district convention to nominate a congressional candidate. Former State Senator J A Inwiddie presided, Len Peters of Wirtz served as secretary and Rufus Sink of Wirtz was elected county chairman with Peters as secretary of the county committee.
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Rocky Mount
Franklin
J. A. Inwiddie
Len Peters
Wirtz
Rufus Sink
Williamsburg Female Institute Opened by Norfolk Presbytery
The institute offers preparatory academic and first year college work with Bible music household economics stenography and normal training for teachers. A modern brick building provides Christian home life with nine month board and tuition at 175 dollars. Session begins September 17. For catalogue, address.
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Norfolk Presbytery
Schoo
St Marys Academy in Alexandria Advertises Diverse Courses
The Sisters of the Holy Cross run St Marys Academy in Alexandria Virginia offering English art music and commercial courses at low rates. Located thirty minutes by trolley from Washington the boarding school targets girls.
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Washington
Sisters OF the Holy Cross
Putnam Faceless Dyes Offer Bright Faster Color
An advertisement from Monroe Drug Co in Quincy Illinois promotes Putnam Faceless Dyes claiming vivid color, full-fibre coverage, and cold water dyeing without fabric damage. Includes an offer for a booklet on dyeing bleaching and color mixing.
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Monroe Drug CO
Quincy
Ill
September Drowsiness and Political Talk in Maine Speech
The verse pines for a dull season as labor drags and fields slumber. The Ledger Dispatch notes Champ Clark’s Maine speech failed to aid Democrats, while a sore head makes public oratory hard.
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Champ Clark
Maine
Ledger-Dispatch
No Immunity Baths For Officers In Chicago Dissolution Hearing
The government will not call Cyrus H. McCormick George W. Perkins Charles Deering and others involved in the International Harvester case in the present dissolution suit to avoid immun ity baths. Testimony resumed Tuesday with Alexander Lowe as the first witness for the day.
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Chicago, Ill
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company of America
George W. Perkins
Charles Deering
The
Loncorn
Accused Murderer Becomes Town Hero in Goshen
Marion W. Gibson, charged with the murder of Countess Resa Men Behik Seuhe, gains public sympathy as he assists authorities in the case. Women lead the hero-worship, with flowers and gifts arriving despite Gibson being a married man. Contention over the autopsy and embalming details continues, as officials discuss the lung condition and the effect of embalming fluid.
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Goshen
Marion W. Giteon
Resa Men- Behik Seuhe
Gibson
Ada Searts
Wilburt Lazaro
Otto Schultze
Zare
The Age of California's Big Trees and Their Longevity
Eyeworth Huntington notes in Harper's Magazine that sequoias reach full maturity after many centuries and may live thousands of years. He traces their appearance from ancient conical forms to massive bare trunks and rounded upper branches through Greek and Roman eras to the Dark Ages.
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California
Sul
Egypt
Marathon
Rome
Eyeworth Huntington
Harper's Magazine
Nicaragua Rebels Face Federal Assault After Armistice Doubt
President Diaz orders Federal troops to strike the insurrecto camp between Granada and Managua if rebel leaders Mena and Zeladon refuse surrender. U S notes at the State Department provoke Central American chatter as Washington signals readiness for immediate action in Latin America.
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Washiington
TD. C
Diaz
Granada
Ma- Snaya
Mena
Zeladon
United States
Ding
Nicaragua
State Department
Costa Rica
Honduras
Santo Domingo
Huntington Wilson
Latin America
Woman's Department Canning and Preserving Guide
This piece outlines early canning preparation and method. It emphasizes ready equipment, clean jars and rubbers, proper sugar use for jellies, processing steps, and storage layout for a model preserve closet. It also advises on avoiding recooling lids and tracking inventory in the fruit cupboard for efficiency.
New Lingerie Blouse Debuts With Robespierre Collar
A new lingerie blouse features fine lingerie material and a Robespierre style collar forming a V opening in front. It has a soft frill trim and long sleeves with linen turn-back cuffs.
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Robespierre
Ochre tones predicted to lead fashion season
Projections suggest bandana and ochre shades will dominate winter frocks and costumes with deeper ripple and ratine tones. Ochre is praised for flattering all hair colors and skin tones when paired with bold black accents in scarves and wrap garments.
White Season Styles with Cherry Accents and Sailor Hats
The article notes a white season featuring vivid cherry piping and trims on garments such as a white serge coat and skirt, a tinted blouse, and accessories like hats with cherry lisse. It highlights navy nattier blue accents, a shift from French to Spanish sailor hats, and mentions the Magyar blouse and bodice as part of the season's fashion shifts.
Beauty Tips From The Country Housewives
Uncooked vegetables and fresh fruit are praised as beautifiers for skin. Cucumbers and cucumber cream are noted for cosmetics, radish for wrinkles, lettuce as blood cleanser, and sulfur cream for dandruff. Daily sterilization of brushes and combs is advised. Hand whitening via almond oil and chalk overnight is described as harmless.
Nutmeg and Herb Cheese Sandwich Rounds
Pound Neufchatel with almonds and season with salt pepper and red pepper to taste. Spread a thin paste, add nasturtium flowers, place between buttered bread, roll out, and cut into rounds with a round cutter.
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Neufchatel
Recipe notes for a six yolk sugar cinnamon cake
The text describes beating six egg yolks with sugar and cinnamon, then folding in six egg whites beaten to stiff froth. Add six tablespoonfuls of flour and bake in a moderate oven in a flat-rimmed tin.
Instructions for a buttered orange cake recipe
A brittle OCR passage gives a bake by eye recipe: mix a quart of four with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and salt half a teaspoon, add butter half cup, milk half pint, roll half inch thick, bake in hot oven, then fill with sweet oranges and sugar, bake again and serve at once.
Unclear Apple Pie Recipe With Spices Mentioned
A fragment describes a unique apple pie resembling a pumpkin pie with grated apples sweetened by sugar. It lists ingredients including three apples per cupful of sugar two eggs a teaspoonful of powdered ginger a scant tablespoonful of mace powdered nutmeg and grated nutmeg.
Okra Gombe Recipe Steps With Chickens and Tomatoes
Recipe fragment lists okra and chicken with salt pork onions and tomatoes. Directions: cut chicken for serving and simmer pork with spices then add remaining ingredients until chicken is tender.
The Letter Box Snare In Vienna Leger Case
A Vienna lawyer was trapped by a jeweled ring caught in a street letter-box slot. Crowds gathered as efforts to free him failed for ten minutes until authorities ordered the box removed. Workmen dismantled the box and freed August Strand.
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Vienna
August Strand
Leonardi’s Eye Lotion Promises Cures for Sore Eyes
An old advertisement touts Leonardi’s Eye Lotion from B. Leonard & Co. Tampa Florida. It claims to cure soreness in one day, cool and strengthen eyes, with a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists for 25 cents or prepaid by mail.
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Leonardi
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