Leap Year Ball Unmasks Temptation and Theft in Kimball
At a Leap Year party in Kimball a wealthy husband Willis Webb succumbs to drinking, disappears with a stranger, and returns to find his pocketbook watch and diamond ring stolen. His wife Georgie counsels restraint as a detective links the event to a series of robberies by polished guests. Webb vows sobriety, while the mystery of the missing valuables deepens.
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Kimball
Georgie Webb
Jennie
Albert Ayers
Willig Webb
Willis
Albert
Georgie
Mr. Ayers
Willis Webb
George
Webb
Jensie
Evans
Sleep Potion and a Night at Evans Party
Willis Webb plans a brief trip to Evans party against his wife Georgie's wishes. After plotting, he drugs Georgie with sleeping lemonade and hides in a dressing room overnight. The next morning the couple confronts blurred loyalties as a police reveal links to Evans’ gang.
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Georgie
Willis
Dearie
Evans
Georgia
Evan
Jennie
Bridget
Albert
Willis Webb
The First Saw Mills and Early Resistance
The article traces early saw mill use from 15th century Europe to 17th century England. It notes the Dutchman who built the first saw mill in 1663 faced fierce public outcry and fled, delaying adoption in England for generations.
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Europe
France
England
Ideal Pastoral Sketch Exposes Jersey Cow Lawn Trend
A Connecticut wealthier man endorses Jersey cows as lawn ornaments. A fashionable girl with a milk pail demonstrates milking a cow amid spectators, flies and mishaps, ending with a hospital call and a shift away from such experiments to other curiosities.
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Peck
Connecticut
Iolanthe
Milwaukee
M. m
Niagara Falls Impresses A Man On A Stopover
A sixtyish traveler told Detroit Free Press readers about his unscripted Niagara Falls visit. He described the roaring water, hotels, and crowds, praising the sheer grandeur and calling it the terriblest, apallingest sight ever patented. He paid sixty five cents and vowed to retell the tale for years.
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Third Street
Old Massachusetts
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Wabash
Detroit Free Press
Advertising Drives Business Keeps Pace With Time
An essay argues that advertising signals vitality in business, praising advertisers for up-to-date goods and methods. It cites Paris letters from Peterson’s Magazine noting fashion trends such as black lace, corsages, and overskirts as examples of current style shifts.
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Universal
Paris Letter
Peterson’s Magazine
Paris
Dual Faced People and a Sweating Oddity
The account recalls Dr Karl Muller describing a boyhood encounter with a man possessing two faces one smiling one scarred by smallpox. A Lehertzite tale follows of a man sweating only on the right side and a companion sweating only on the left side with the two facing each other across a table in a Leopoldian salon.
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Karl Muller
Janus
Leipsic
Fashionable ladies wear watch in pocket on left breast
Fashionable ladies now wear the watch in a small pocket set upon the left breast. A slender chain is attached to the watch, one end fastened to one of the lower buttonholes in the corsage. These chains are the latest novelty in jewelry.
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Terson’s Magazine
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TM. C. Heinle
Centre County
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Main and
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