Little Watts and Elise Enduring Hope Amid Snow
In a small town a boy known as Little Watts helps support his widowed mother and sister Elise through newspaper sales. Elise pursues singing while Watts dreams of New York study. a stormy morning brings pneumonia and a final farewell as Elise returns to comfort him before he dies at the door of a shabby house with a new piano awaiting her return.
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Miziter
Linthetts
Deserté&T
Liz Watts
Fenemert Haus Stairs
Clarence
Lite Watts
Tor
Little Watts
Wattsy
Watts
Hart
Leafer
Inki
Weil
Amiens
Tonia
Elise
Faris
Leader
East
New York
Iite
Eliseo
Shale Watts
Iign
Prewmonia
Lhe Watts
Tony
Etive
Sodock
Mei
Leiaz
Thor
Fragmented Oddities From Harpers Weekly Excerpt
A garbled OCR like note presents two voices about a nurse and a dancer in a ward. The text references prehistoric animals and a Harpers Weekly style comment, along with a brisk exchange about a bridge game and cooks, all in a dated period voice.
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Ballery
Delfuem Tremens
Harpers Weekly
Poppies To Hide Debris In San Francisco Welcome
San Francisco plans to beautify vacant lots in the Pacific Fleet welcome area with yellow poppies and flowering plantings. Haphael Weill chairs the decoration committee and, with park officials, urges planting across bare spaces while sailors arrive for a grand parade and state history boats decorate the bay.
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San Francisco
Pacific Fleet
Sancisco
Deso
California
Haphael Weill
Ciizens
Conditia
Superineendent Mclaren
Golden Gate Park
San Urarteisco
Milien
California Towers
Ex-Fire Captain Urges School Fire Drill Reform
ALE McKenzie, former Cleveland fire captain who spent sixteen years teaching school children fire drills, warns the Collinwood disaster signals a citywide risk unless pupil escape training changes. He cites weekly drills including ladder and rope scaling, criticizing hall-and-door drills as unsafe and urges immediate inspection of Greater Pittsburgh schools.
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Ale. McKenzie
Cleveland
Collinwood
Picsbure
Greater Pittsbury Lnd
Mother of Nations Silent Banner Rises in Defiance
The poem portrays a mother who recalls vanished military glories and vows to defend her sons in danger. Her voice speaks of tarnished swords, ungarlanded shields, and a nation’s resolve, culminating in a pledge to unleash the thunder of mighty guns when her children are called.
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Columbia
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Chicago Point
Swarthmore Declines Jeanes Bequest After Valuation
Swarthmore College board declines to accept the Anna Jeanes bequest conditioning sports cessation. A committee found the property worth about 47 000 dollars, far below the expected 1 000 000, with land in Centre Carbon and Luzerne counties and a Hazel Brook mine interest.
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Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Cogt Propery
Anna T. Jeanes
Jennes
Swarthmore
Joseph Wharton
Charles F. Jenkins
Howard Cooper Johnson
Jeanes
Centre County
Carbon County
Hazel Brook
Luzerne County
Teanes
Love Rival Shoots Woman And Self In Wilmington
Michael Slawinski, a Polish movement leader in opposition to oppression, shot Helen Sidenski, 18, in Wilmington Delaware, then killed himself. Slawinski believed the bullet killed her, firing three more shots. two hit him in the head, the third lodged in a room ceiling. Sidenski survived after fleeing and stumbling, the bullet passing through her arm.
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Wilmington
Del
Michael Slawinski
Poland
Slawinski
Helen Sidenski
Staxinski
Murderer Gets 45 Years in Wisconsin In Infernal Device Case
Belleville Wisconsin March 31 Joseph Genelli an Italian miner pleaded guilty to murder by infernal machine in the death of Joseph Cologna and was sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary. This brings his total to forty five years to serve after a prior fifteen year sentence for killing August Genetti using the same device.
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Belleville
Joseph Genelli
Joseph Cologna
August Genetti
Genetti
August
Mountain of Fish Found in Alpine Texas
Alpine Texas March 11 a low mountain of petrified ash was found on Joseph Irving's ranch fifteen miles south of town. The site lies about 5000 feet above sea level and covers more than two miles square with fish perfectly preserved in stone including some large specimens.
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Alpine
Texas
Joseph Irving
Surprise for a hunter and a fur coat misfire
A Bloomfield party fishing on a lake near Stockholm in Morris County fired at a supposed fin bear after mistaking a fur overcoat for a bear. Worcester, warming in the coat, left it on a stump. Gunfire pierced the coat. laughter followed as the hunter realized the error and Worcester cooled his anger, later laughing at the ruined garment.
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Bagood
Willan
Worcester
Cearge
W Cook
Lawrence Verry
Barry N. Tiseves
Bloomstield
Noo
Stockholm
Morris
Mr. Worcester
Klumpp
Girl Typewriter's Feat Impresses Royal Guests
Miss Mose I. Fritz of New York, champion typewriter, demonstrated rapid typing at the Olympian in London. In sixty seconds she produced a 113 word, perfectly punctuated sheet for Prince and Princess of Wales who praised the display and asked for a signature souvenir. The prince admitted astonishment while a royal attendant noted even younger helpers can perform remarkable work.
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Mose I. Fritz
New York
London
Tlees
Rosa L. Fritz
Fined 13000 for Rebating in Rail Case and Other Notices
The St Louis and San Francisco Railway was fined 15000 after a guilty plea to thirteen indictments alleging rebates. A San Francisco judge discharged former Mayor Schmiz on extortion charges, referring the case to another jury after nine months in jail. In Dover New Jersey pallbearers included six brothers for David McCarthy who died after an operation. In Kentucky Marshall County a shooting left six Black men wounded and eight others beaten. A Wilkinsburg fire caused 325000 in damages and injured eight firefighters and damaged eight businesses.
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St. Louis
Bischarger Schmitz
San Francisco
Dunne
Schmiz
Schmitz
Brene Ridess
Birmingham
Marshall County
Kentucky
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg
Pele
Pride Housecat Delegates Report on Local Law Reforms
A committee report proposes legislative changes to local and special laws in Maryland. It urges amending Articles to remove burdens from local posts, reassign jurisdiction, and create a standing House on county commissioners powers. It also recommends a rule shift and a study by the State game wardens with a plan for city classifications and an unpaid city governance commission.
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Pride Housecat
Girdwood
Kaltinoe
Willeh
Kefauver
Sulupi
House
Senate
One House
Anc
Baltimore
Ity
Wiich
Nbat General Assembly
Maryland
General Assembly
Thts
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Rockford, Ill
Luther Drake
Drake
Dover
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McCarthy
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