Railroad Caruso Clyde Hayes Inspires Citywide Fanfare
Chicago reports Clyde B Hayes a railroad conductor turned station caller at the Northwestern Sta tion possesses a voice like a foghorn and proclaims departures daily from 3 30 pm to 11 pm His stentorian announcements drew complaints for waking travelers but he adapted by mastering the station’s acoustics and delivering enduring recitations from a high balcony near the ceiling
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Clyde Hayes
Chicago
Big Northwestern
Clyde B. Hayes
Rairoad Caruso
Northwestern Railroad
Nebraska
Omaha
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Salvation Army Demonstration Led by General Booth at Albert Hall
About ten thousand attend as General Booth presides over scenes from Salvation Army work. The display shows shelter care on Thames Embankment, employment through waste paper sorting, and The Nest girls home at Clapton. Prison visits and Hadleigh Essex farm colony with over 1000 acres of land, livestock, crops, and forthcoming harvest are depicted.
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London
Salvation Army
the Albert
General Booth
Thames Embankment
Clapton
Hadleigh
Essex
Mansfield jail called a jug by locals
In Mansfield Missouri the city jail is nicknamed a jug due to its stout concrete design. The article notes the jail is rarely used and jokes about adding a handle neck and cork to complete the jug image.
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Mansfield
Speeds With Horse Car Fined In New York
John Scott was fined $1 for speeding his horses attached to a crossover car. Magistrate Corrigan warned the old driver that only his gray hairs saved him. Hundreds might have been shocked to death at the sight.
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New York
John Scott
Corrigan
Baby Eulogy. Us Come Right In, Old Man
A fragmentary baby announcement tone features a visitor praising a new infant and remarking on how homely babies may grow into handsome adults. The dialogue hints at parental pride and affectionate banter in a household scene.
Paris La Grande Semaine fuels fashion at Worth
Idalia de Villiers surveys Paris season revelry with La Grande Semaine as the herald of chic at society gatherings. She notes triple flounced skirts, ivory crepe de chine with Irish crochet, Duchess of Devonshire hats, and Worths royal gown commissions highlighting Indian embroidery and Limerick lace.
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Aris
Paris
India
London
Ireland
Worth
England
Peter Sharp Weds Two Women in One Roof Plan Fails
Pittsburg Kansas report: Peter C Sharp, over 70, arranged to live with two wives Anna Catharine and Celia under one roof after faking the death of the first. The plan collapsed as quarrels grew, leading Sharp to build two cottages on his farm separated by a fence while he lives in the old house and dines with each wife on alternate days.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Peter C. Sharp
Anna Catharine
Celia
Mr. Sharp
Snake disrupts Elwood telephone line three days
A blacksnake crawled into a cable box on a party line in Elwood Indiana causing a three day outage. The snake entered the copper wire mesh and was killed by the current. Officials note it may be the first case of a snake taking a telephone exchange offline.
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Elwood
Ind
Dog Deadheads 623 Miles From El Paso to San Antonio
George Fleming left San Antonio with a small dog bound for El Paso. The animal vanished in El Paso and later reappeared in San Antonio after riding freight trains, traveling 623 miles with railroad crews.
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San Antonio
Tex
George Fleming
el Paso
Stamp Kiss Ends in Tragic Death in Koblenz
A seventeen year old girl in Koblenz Argrovie swallowed a postage stamp after placing it on her lips to stamp a letter. She coughed and choked, and despite a doctor’s arrival she died.
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Pontage
Geneva
Switzerland
Koblenz
Argrovie
Deaf man murky gamble ends in fatal shot in Kokomo
Guy Murphy a deaf and one leg amputee in Kokomo Indiana wagers his life by rolling dice for a future with his promised bride. A bullet fired after the dice roll ends his life and his plans as the woman he hoped to marry wed another man.
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Kokomo
Ind
Guy Murphy
Reflected Flash Blinda Loses Sight in Lightning Bloom
Harry Adams of Atlantic City loses sight after a bolt of lightning is reflected in a mirror he viewed from a bath-house, the incident linked to his father, a wealthy bath-house owner.
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Bilnda
Atlantic City
N. J
Harry Adams
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Kansas
Peter Sharp
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