Yatkie Finds: Fishing Good in Hotel Fountain
At the Ansonia hotel in New York the fountain’s goldfish vanished during dinner. Eight year old Jackie Williams and his father from near New Orleans captured one fish with a bent pin, prompting the hotel to sell and replace the remaining fish to spare Jackie homesickness.
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New York
Ansonia
Jackie” Williams
Ansonian
Regently
Bay St
Louis
New Orleans
Jackie
Ther
Gold Fish
Ste
Human Fly Stunts for a Chew as Crowd Gapes
A crowd on the sidewalk watches painters on a scaffold near a new building. A rope with a paint can rises, prompting fear and suspense. A daring youth nears the swaying rig and asks what is needed. the reply is that the man upstairs wants a chew.
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Olumbus
Nighttime Burglars Loot 1105 East Lake Street Home
Intruders ransacked Mrs. LA Aubrey’s second floor flat at 1105 East Lake Street while dancing and lunch were had, stealing watches, change and clothing. Neighbors mistook the revelry for a party and only learned of the break when Mrs. Aubrey returned in the evening.
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Inneapolis
LA. Aubrey
East Lake Street
Phe
Aubrey
Mary Gilbert
Louise
Gilbert
Old Mr. Owl's Book Learns Humility From Fairies
A conceited Owl seeks to write a grand book and receives a guiding pen from the Fairy Queen. He starts writing by moonlight with fireflies supplying light. The tale ends with the Owls and Fairies dancing as the book unfolds about Fairyland creatures and the Queen herself.
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Mr. Owl
Turkey Gobbler
Fairyland
Fairy Queen
Bay
Man breaks mirrors in superstition laden spree
James Carty, a motorman from 515 West 132nd Street, shattered three mirrors last night in upper Broadway amid eerie signs of bad luck. He was detained at West 100th Street station after the spree as witnesses described the frantic, mirror smashing episode on a southbound Broad Way trolley.
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Cornwallis
Washington
Yorktown
Clinton
Lafayette
Williamsburg
Virginia
Patrick
Henry
House of Burgesses
Boston
de Grasse
American
York River
Nelson
Governor Nelson
Lord Cornwallis
James Carty
Upper Broadway
West One Hundredth Street
Carty
One Hundred and Thirty-second Street
Ninety-ninth Street
Bere
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England
Sir Henry Clinton
Charleston
Savannah
South
Count Rochambeau
Alexander Hamilton
West Indies
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Elijah Favor
Favor
Soule
FL Owens
Grace Church
AL Vorelow
MR. Owl's
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