Woman in the Case: Two Farmers Fall for the Matrimonial Trap
Henry Mills and Jim Bates, prosperous Dakota wheatland neighbors, feud after both read a matrimonial ad and pursue costly farce. Mills finds Estelle Read in Baltimore promising a bride with $10,000 and a Europe honeymoon, Bates mirrors the scam with a similar letter. After loses mount, the pair discover they were duped, reconcile, and vow to move forward with their marriages and friendship intact.
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Henry Mills
Jim Bates
Bates
Dakotas
Mills
Estelle Read
Baltimore
Absent Alabama Father Returns After 21 Years
W T Blackmon arrives unannounced in Calhoun County after 11 years in Brazil. He reunites briefly with his wife and children, having become a multi millionaire, though his wife remains cool. The family’s fortunes and futures are unsettled as they confront the long absence.
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Alabaman
Birmington
Ala
Brasil
W. T. Blackmon
Calhoun County
Brazil
Blackmon
Forney Blackmon
Expert Snake Antidote Failures Spark Fatal Calcutta Incident
An Australian snake expert Professor Fox died in Calcutta after a krait bite punctured his wrist. He had claimed a universal antidote to snake venom could be applied immediately but failed when the fifth puncture went untreated. Fox ran a snake farm near Sydney and supplied venom to chemists for research.
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Calcutta
India
Professor Fox
Fox
Australia
Sydney
Hard to Find a Victim in Old Times Cartoon Dialogue
A fragment from Cubns Times quotes a humorous exchange about picking a target in business. The dialogue contrasts the Old and Young perspectives on plucking a victim, illustrating a satirical take on aggressive tactics.
Beetle Causes Newton Centre Car Crash
A beetle landed on Lawrence Rice’s clothing in Newton Centre Massachusetts distracting him while driving his father’s car toward home. He crashed into a telephone pole on Commonwealth avenue near Lake Street. Rice and companion John Carlson escaped serious injury and the car was badly damaged.
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Rice
Carlson
Newton Centre
Mass
Lawrence Rice
Newton
Commonwealth Avenue
Lake Street
John Carlson
Bandit Carroll Escapes Blair County Jail Hidden Through Window
Frank G. Carroll alias Wilson, imprisoned for bank robbery and shooting, squeezed through a six inch window opening in Blair County jail, fashioned a 40 foot rope from bedclothes, and fled to the Allegheny mountains aided by unknown accomplices. He left chalk marks at the district attorney’s office and was not found for five hours.
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Hollidaysburg
Frank G. Carroll
Wilson
Union Bank
Altoona
A. E. Rupert
W. E. Blackburn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blair County
Carroll
District Attorney's Office
Commonwealth
Allegheny Mountains
Brazilian coffee planter's fortune reshapes Alabama kin relations
Blackmon, a former Alabama laborer who labored in Brazil at 50 cents daily, rose to own a Brazilian plantation worth about 9 million dollars after a benefactor died and left his estate to him. He returned home, settled his deserted wife’s family with 80 support, funded bank deposits, and planned to distribute wealth at his death. The Jokackinon family received over 50,000 dollars and annual 6,000 dollar incomes plus lands and other gifts.
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Mills
Jim
Bates
Hank
Henry Mills
Henry
Brazil
Slackman
Blackmon
Alabama
Jokackinon
Detective Nets Pocketbook In April Fool Crime Case
Detective Stroman in York Pennsylvania recovered a dingy pocketbook during an April 1 incident dubbed the April fool case. The bag contained $1,000 and a reward was offered by William Hykes for information leading to the suspect.
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York
Stroman
William Hykes, Joser
Cat saves theater as blaze found by Lyceum cat
Pinky the theater cat living at the Lyceum in Ithaca New York woke electrician George Williamson asleep in a dressing room, alerting him to a basement fire that could have destroyed the building and his wife.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Pinky
Lyceum
Playhouse
George Williamson
Wfe
Juror Applauds in Oakland Court Provokes Judge
In Oakland California Juror Janis Jennert applauded an attorney’s argument in Judge Brown's court prompting the judge to ask if she thought she was at a ball game. The exchange raised questions about courtroom decorum.
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Oakland
Cal
Janis Jennert
Steel Gece Tired Proportion Shafts Break
Washington navy engineers report propeller shafts fail due to metal fatigue from constant rotation. They describe steel "gets tired" after extensive cycling, explaining recurring shaft fractures in naval gear.
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Washington
Navy
Kiss Your Wife Theme Promoted by Marshall Talk
Vice President Marshall urged a New York Y M A audience to kiss one’s wife at least daily and said he practiced what he preached.
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New York
Marshall
Lucky find in box of old books yields Pope first edition
A box of old books sold for 26 cents in Winchester yielded a three volume first edition of Pope's works, autographed by the author.
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London
Winchester
Handling Snakes Without Gloves In Australia And India
A narrator recalls catching snakes bare armed, using a personal antidote after countless bites. It contrasts snakebite fatalities in India and Australia, noting Australians’ protective gear and public warnings. It mentions school and railway placards about bite precautions and describes first aid practices in bite cases.
Sleep-inducing fuses in Dresden shelly device warned
Fragmentary text describes a device that somnolentizes soldiers without serious injury, tied to wartime experiments in Dresden and related to explosive components and concealment strategies during conflict.
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Dresden
Wolman
English Dishes and Historic Cakes From Devonshire Recipes
A collection of dessert and cake recipes including clotted cream uses rennet and rose water, Tunbridge Cakes with butter and caraway, Shrewsbury Cakes with rosewater and spices, and Pound Cake with rich butter and sugar. Ends with a quoted verse from Henry van Dyke about life’s journey.
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Tunbridge
Shrewsbury
Mushroom season arrives with edible foragers warned
Writers note May mushrooms appear early and meadow mushrooms peak July through October. Caution urged on misidentifying species as many edible mushrooms resemble poisonous toadstools. For cooking avoid washing if possible keep stems for stew and cook caps with butter salt and pepper on toast.
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Jack Frost
Hard
Worthless but Beloved Pup
A dog fancier will pay $1,000 for a dog with a Jong pedigree while a dog lover shares living space with a dog that cannot be sold for a quarter. The piece notes the value of companionship over market price.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Woman of Observation in a Car Ride Metaphor
A woman recounts a saying that the longer a man studies the curves of a decan the more likely he is to imitate them on the homeward car journey in the morning.
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Estelle
J Baltimore
Trousseau
Mstelle
Jie
Lutes
Jsates
Ebow
Europe
Jimates
W. G. Chapman
Afrika
Kate D
Wiggin
Beetle
Bug
Henry van Dyke
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