A Man's Privilege and a Fatal Fortune
A tale of Brinsley who loves Mollie Malcolm and funds a romance with gifts. When Mollie plans marriage to Dick Darlington, Brinsley despairingly dies and leaves Mollie his fortune. Dick discovers the will on their honeymoon, and Mollie comforts him as they plan a mansion purchase.
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J. A. Tiffany
Brie
Dick Darlington
Altman’s
Darlington
Brinsley
Europe
Miss Malcolm
Mollie
Fred
Mollie Malcolm
Emilee
Mr. Darlington
Bringley
Malcolm
Africa
Mellie
Fred Brinsley
Daily Story Pub Co
Taken in Trade and the Cotton Banquet Mystery
A Georgia cotton grower recalls a New York Cotton Exchange member at a cotton goods convention banquet. The tables bore cotton balls and the seasoned trader asked what the white fuzzy stuff in the middle of each table was, illustrating supposed ignorance among traders.
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New York
South
Georgia
New York Cotton Exchange
Exchange
Sunday
Boarding House Scene Reveals Kitchen Crisis
In a Cornell Widow moment the landlady orders relief as the new cook reports fourteen diners awaiting service with only dirty dishes to start. The tense exchange underscores scarcity and pressure in a late stage boardinghouse kitchen.
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New Cook
Ney
George
Cornell
Sonata Compared To Rattle Of Furniture In Wit Exchange
A playful exchange highlights contrasting sounds as a wagoner and a character debate what music moves them most. The dialogue contrasts a sentimental sonata with the hollow rattle of furniture, underscoring humor in everyday sound.
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A Wagoner
Sonata
Man dares ink attack to stop wife from leaving home
Ridgefield Park, N J David Cunningham twenty seven of Preston street sprinkled ink on his wife’s dress at Eighteenth street and Sixth avenue in the presence of Detective Sheedy. The stunt kept her at home but resulted in his arrest by Mercer street police.
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Ridgefield Park
N. J
Star
David Cunningham
Preston Street
Eighteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Sheedy
Mercer Street
Husband Fails to Halt Wife From Sixth Avenue Car
A husband confronts his wife and her mother on West seventeen street as she boards a Sixth Avenue car. He files an injunction against a dance and then pours black ink over the wife’s dress and accessories, while she resists.
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Ham
West Seventeenth Street
Cunningham
Preston Street
Sixth Avenue
Forgotten Jail Stay Ends for Miss Bertha Race
Miss Bertha Race, 25, was jailed with Arthur Meyers and Edward Pilot on a lead pipe theft case. After convictions and a 60 day sentence for Tach, Race remained jailed for 28 days until Judge Butler ordered her release and witness fees totaling 48 dollars. She planned to return home to St Joseph, Missouri.
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Denver
Cole
Bertha Race
Arthur Meyers
Edward Pilot
West Side
Tach
Williams
Miss Race
St. Joseph
Wind Blown Check Found After Tornado Strikes Homes
A $32.50 check belonging to 9 F Hess of Woodbine Maryland was found near Hummelstown PA after a tornado demolished a home and bar. The towns are about 62 miles apart.
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Woodbine
9. F. Hess
Hummelstown
Heas
Hopes They Choke
Italian grocer Leo Prescori to the police reports thieves stole 2 956 234 yards of a paghetti. The note claims the incident was witnessed and prompts a police inquiry into the bizarre theft.
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Chicago
Leo Prescori
Man and Beast Die in Daring Prairie Combat
In Muskogee Oklahoma Clay Sypert fought a mastiff on the prairie. After a brutal thrity minutes the dog lay dead and Sypert, battered and exhausted, lay bleeding. He was rushed to Muskogee Hospital with extensive wounds. The fight began when Sypert’s dog Pete pounced on him during a daily walk. He fought furiously, pinning the animal at times, and finally strangled it to death as twilight fell.
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Muskogee
Okla
Clay Sypert
Sypert
Mr. Supert
Pete
Man
Brute
Supert
One Trip Enough for Him in Elk City Tale
D C Coffman sixty one returns to his Elk City Oklahoma farm after a California trip that saw him jailed twice and robbed twice in Denver and San Francisco and jailed as a spy in Juarez. He wired for funds to return and finally settled back home declaring Oklahoma is good enough.
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Elk, City
Okla
California
D. C. Coffman
San Francisco
el Paso
Juarez
Two 7-Foot Black Snakes Attack Farmer in Somerset County
William Merrill, a young farmer near Somerfield Allegheny mountains eight miles east of St Pauls Settlement, was attacked by two monster black snakes while driving cows. A Pittsburgh traveler, Joseph Cook, arrived with a knife and club, cut the larger snake in two, and killed the second as Merrill freed himself. Merrill survived and planned to have the snakes skinned by a taxidermist. the incident occurred on a 26 foot precipice by the Haggerty farm.
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Catontown
Willian T. Merrill
Allegheny Mountains
St. Paul's Settlement
Somerfield
Somerset County
Vanderbilt
Joseph Cook
Pittsburgh
Merrill
Cook
Jasper Augustine
Uniontown
Somerset
Tombstone Found After 25 Years in Footville Freight Depot
In Footville near Evansville and Beloit a forgotten tombstone lay in the Northwestern road freight room. D. B. Breed, a descendant, had ordered the stone for his father buried in a small country cemetery in Illinois. The stone’s delivery was misrouted, ending up in the depot where it remained until rediscovered and placed in memory of the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Footville
Evansville
Beloit
Breed
Ilnois
D. B. Breed
Youths Gather for Loyhed Dinner Aggregate Ages Reach 838
In Los Angeles ninety guests attended a dinner for Thomas Loyhed. The group’s combined ages totaled 838 years with the youngest guest listed as eighty-one years old.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Loyhed
Potatoes Turn Versatile With Varied Preparations
The article lists methods for tasty potatoes including imitation New Potatoes with milk and water, Browned Potatoes baked with butter, Stewed Potatoes with stock and cream, Potato Shells with celery salt paprika and egg, Potato Griddle Cakes batter with milk and flour, and a Potato Omelet using white sauce and browned cubes.
Sandwiches of Toast Offer Quick Cheese and Egg Treats
A vintage guide lists several toasted sandwich variations using cheese with cream, egg with butter, sardines, baked beans, sausage, bacon and egg, and a hot fried cheese filling. Each recipe suggests spreading on buttered toast and browning for a savory meal.
Road to Happiness and the Quest for a Better Path
A Norfolk doctor claims that the eating of a beet is a most effective cure for rheumatism and sciatica. The note suggests candid souls seek simpler paths to happiness, though the journey is long and complex.
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Jean Vinot
Norfolk
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Henderson M. Jaceway
Arkansas
Mrs. Black
Mr. Black
Husband
Pany
Tombstone
Henary van Dyke
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