Hidden Jewelry Heist Sparks Hotel Suspicions
At the High Cuff hotel Frederick Ward accuses waiter Barton of stealing diamond pins and cuff links. The manager exposes Ward's ruse, while a servant girl confesses. Elsa discovers Jack Selwyn’s disguise and reunites with him after a staged separation.
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High Cuff Hotel
Frederick Ward
Wilberforce
Ward
Barton
Frederick
Mude
Cerainly
Prexienichk Ward
Elsa
Adtu
Jack
A Warmer Sun Promises Spring on the Way
The Boston Transcript notes intermittent warm sun breaks after a harsh winter, with spring’s approach felt in renewed hope and joy. It likens sunny days to love awakening, while warning that the coming season remains distant yet certain, with crocuses and violets hoped to appear.
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Boston Transcript
Government seals sale of 26000 pounds butter to navy
The government announced it sold about 26 000 pounds of butter for the navy last spring and summer. Bids were sealed with certified checks equal to the full amount due, and the sale proceeded at the bid price.
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Navy
Myrtille Cough Syrup Gag Sparks Parlor Rule
Newark News notes a sharp exchange where an old gentleman mocks a dull suitor. The daughter recalls the man promised to bring cough syrup on his next visit, adding a comic undercurrent to the social scene.
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Newark
Myrtille
The Passing of the Horse
A playful historical meditation on humans declaring the horse obsolete with every new transport tech. The riff traces trolleys, bicycles, horseless carriages and repeated Edison proclamations, ending noting the horse’s persistence in the face of change.
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Edison
Dobbin
London
Sunshine Behind Clouds Poem by James Whitcomb Riley
A reflective verse by James Whitcomb Riley comparing life to weather and faith. It urges resilience through hardship, noting that sunlit days follow storms and that divine sunshine remains behind clouds.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Those Late Comers Cause Theaterside Grievances
A Washington Star piece laments habitual late arrivals to shows and expands into a lively critique of latecomers both male and female. It portrays late arrivals as disruptors who clownishly block aisles and provoke audience resentment, ending with a bleak jab at rising costs and better meals.
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Washington Star
Buttinski
Ike
Dorothy and the rabbit multiply riddle
A child chats with her rabbit saying five times five six times six seven times seven. She shakes the animal hoping it will multiply as her father claimed. The mother intervenes as the girl explains her trial.
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Dorothy
Bunny
Ruse of the R sign exposes a New York boarding-house dream
A cheerful capitol matron recounts seeking rooms near Fifty fourth Street in New York. She misreads a backward R in a basement window as Rooms to Let, visits a lavish boarding house, and learns the sign marks refuse, not vacancies, in a humorous mix up with a refined householder. The hostess corrects the error and consoles her kindly, revealing she is a society figure.
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Washington Star
Capitol
New York
Fifty-fourth Street
Fifty Fourth Street
Vifth Avenue
Jace
Mindy
Tynthy
Marconi’s Invention Increases Wireless Receiving Speed
William Marconi told a Royal Institution lecture he has developed a magnetic detector to relay and record wireless messages on tape. The new receiver is simpler more reliable and raises receiving speed from 24 to 100 words per minute. He and Professor Fleming plan further improvements.
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Wiliam Marconi
Royal Institution
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E Piingey
W R. Hearst
Great Britain
Harton
Marton
Wilberforce Marton
Misa
Jack Selwyn
Misa Cunningham
Elsas
Lisa
Cunningham
Mrs Crabtree
Westport
Mair Ward
Ilsa
Mr. Ward
Vien
Eisa
Rederick Ward
Min
Isa
Mrs. Crabtree
Ela
Uncle Sam Selis Butter
Old Fan
Doll
Kit
Willie
Marconi
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