A Fatal Car Crash Ends a Passionate Night
In a crowded Algonquin hotel scene, Leila Mortimer defies her husband and pledges to a young suitor while Sylvia and Stephen Siward watch. Mortimer erupts, a runaway car crashes, Leila dies, Plank acts to protect Sylvia as sirens rise and the crowd disperses.
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Siward
Sylvia
Mr. Plank
Plank
Leila
Leroy Mortimer
Mortimer
Algonquin Trust
Quarrier
To be Continued Photo Amateurs Study
A New York photographer's shop attracts amateur photographers awaiting developed prints. The anxious customers reveal the high hopes pinned on their shots and the disappointment when prints do not meet expectations, portraying a curious study in human nature.
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New York
Desert Plant Stores Water Like Animals Do
Dr D T Macdougal describes the guarequi of Sonora a squash family plant that stores water in a swollen stem base acting as a reservoir. The tuber remains firm while annual rains trigger vine growth and fruit then dormant cycles repeat for years.
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Sonora
D. T. Macdougal
Outing Magazine
Definition of speculation across thinkers
Yale President Hadley defines speculation as the attempt to profit from property value fluctuations, while broader terms include high risk ventures for big gains. German economist Cohn sees it as intelligent contest against chance, and Justice Holmes notes speculation as society self adjusting to probable futures.
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Hadley
Yale
Cohn
Justice Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Metropolitan Magazine
Chinaman gun use eyed for secrecy during murder trial
The Boston Herald notes a peculiar firing method among nine Chi namen on trial for murder. The weapon rests on the left forearm while the right hand grips the butt to discharge. A tong member cites secrecy, suggesting wrapping the gun in sleeve to hide it, leaving only the barrel visible.
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Boston Herald
Carpetbagger Etymology by Princeton Graduate Joins History
The late Colonel Joseph Hodgson a Princeton graduate born in 1841 and died recently earned the title carpetbagger. He was a Confederate colonel and editor of the Kansas City Enquirer Montgomery Mail New Orleans Picayune and Mobile Register. Hodgson coined the term during reconstruction era while editing the Montgomery Mail and opposing Alabama convention actions.
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Princeton
Joseph Hodgson
New Orleans
Kansas City Enquirer
Montgomery Mall
New Orleans Picayune
Mobile Register
Montgomery Mail
Alabama
Boston Transcript
Swedish beauties contest winners named
The Schwedische Frauenseltschrift held a contest to pick Sweden’s most beautiful women. Judges Bjorck and Zorn awarded first prize to sixteen year old Mises Lundstrom for blue eyes blond hair and perfect figure. Mia Greta Sjoberg won second prize and Miss Gustafson took third.
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Sweden
Schwedische Frauenseltschrift
Bjorck
Zorn
Mises Lundstrom
Mia
Greta Sjoberg
Werner von Heljdenstam
Miss Gustafson
Tomorrow’s Busy Day Ambition Meets Comic Negotiation
A humorous verse sketches grand plans for tomorrow that never fit a single day and ends with a sly exchange between a reader and a persistent book agent offering six books as a gift with a paid subscription. The dialogue riffs on trust and practicality with a dash of irony.
Not Always May, Says a Sentimental Mother
A humorous dialogue between a mother and her son centers on romance with the son noting Susy as the frequent companion. The exchange reflects light regional sentiment and youthful wit.
Silly Exchange Between Happy Medium and Soft Character
In a playful dialogue the Happy Medium comments on loud clothes while noting the other figure is unmistakably soft. The banter centers on style and demeanor in a light theater tone.
Knocker Treatment Riddle Stirs Old Advent of Nail Joke
A terse old riddle suggests a prankish method to deal with a door knocker. The line recasts a common wooden craft metaphor into a playful warning, reflecting humor in early 20th century parlance.
All Off Then
A terse exchange cites fatigue from popularity and a response urging honesty. The dialogue hints at social pressures and a call for truthfulness as a coping pivot.
PERT PARAGRAPHS OF CANDOR AND PANDEMIC PROSE
A fragmentary collection of quips and reflections on candor and pandering. The text riffs on pride, pay, gender, skating, and seasonal thrift with whimsy and oblique satire. It mentions a groundhog, a masseer, a sultan, and spring wishes amid odd phrasing.
Burns Knocks Out Roche In Quick Dublin Title Match
American heavyweight champion Tommy Burns defeated Jem Roche the Irish champion in one sharp right hand at Theater Royal. The bout for a 7500 purse and 2600 side bet ended in 1 minute 38 seconds of the first round. Burns declared it the easiest fight he ever had.
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Dublin
Tommy Burns
Jem Roche
Theater Royal
Burns
Roche
Richard Croker
Tammany
Burana
Amateur boxing tragedy ends in death in Philadelphia bout
In Philadelphia at the Bijou theater an amateur boxing tournament ended fatally when Willie Robinson aged nineteen was struck over the heart by Charlies Wolf also nineteen. After 35 seconds of the match Robinson died aboard a police patrol en route to a hospital. The referee, Wolf, and the seconds were jailed to await coroner action.
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Philadelphia
Bijou
Willie Robinson
Charlies Wolf
Robinson
Wolf
Togther
Deputy Marshal Impersonator Sentenced in Ohio Robberies
Earl Heaser, posing as a U S marshal from Cleveland, arrested railway workers at Lima Galion and Crestline then robbed them after handcuffing. Judge Quail sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary.
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Lima, O
Earl Hesser
United States
Cleveland
Galion
Crestline
Quail
Heaser
Officer fatally shoots man at Jackson Park station
Chicago reports Edward Hetferman, a special police officer, was shot and killed last night after ejecting a drunken man at Jackson Park Avenue elevated station. Bystander J L Morlin was seriously wounded by Donald Starr, who then shot himself.
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Chicago
Edward ©. Hetferman
J. L. Morlin
Donald Starr
Jackson Park Avenue
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