New York Forms Fire Prevention Bureau After Catastrophes
A new New York fire prevention bureau with nearly 600 inspectors will inspect buildings and enforce fire safety rules. It gains broad powers over fire escapes exits cellars dumbwaiter shafts and life protection measures, with landlords ordered to close noncompliant structures. Illinois advances fire protection via a legislative commission to codify building laws for 1913.
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New York
Asch
Bureau
Fire Department
Bureau of
Chicago Record- Herald
Illnois
New York Inching Club Bans Shop Talk at Noon
The Cincinnati Times Star notes a New York group of businessmen forming an Inching club with a rule forbidding talk of work during meals. Proponents say conversation aids digestion, while others warn talking shop during noon breaks makes one boring and stresses the health value of forgetting work briefly.
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New York
Cincinnati Times-Star
Bible Sells for 29000 Dollars in Lottery of Wealth
A Bible fetched 29000 dollars amid a discussion of wealth and virtue. The piece notes only the wealthy could buy such a price while suggesting frugal readers might not afford the treasure.
English Scientist Marries Mass. Woman of 654 Languages
An English scientist wed a Massachusetts woman famed for speaking 654 languages. The couple’s union is hailed as bold given the daunting linguistic feat and the daring nature of such an alliance.
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Massachusetts
Defective Swine Statistics Omit Wandering Hogs
Newly compiled government swine counts are flawed as they exclude pigs that roam and pass through crowds of women between acts. The report notes a discrepancy in numbers due to roaming animals not tracked in the standard tally.
Delicate Woman Devours Vast Meats And Oysters
A seventy year old woman reportedly consumed 30 oxen 100 cows 20 sheep 57 pigs 30000 oysters 24000 eggs and four and a half tons of other food. A separate item notes a wife divorcing a husband calling him merely ornamental and referring to him as bric a brac, then sending him back to the shelf.
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WRB
Acrobat Man Survives Freezing Feet by Walking on Hands
A daring performer saved his life after his feet froze by using a hand walking act. He claims such feats prove the value of being an adaptable showman and notes no law forces odd talents on performers.
Wise Men Seek Christ Silent Star Led the Way
A reflective meditation on the Nativity tale of the Wise Men from the East seeking Jesus. It emphasizes quiet divine advent, personal seeking, and worship after sighting the star, urging readers to admit ignorance, seek forgiveness, and pursue Christ through faith.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Christ
Sharon
Palestine
Herod
Israel
Reaason
Moses
Woman who has lived at Union County home since childhood
A Raleigh 1845 item profiles Lynn Anderson, over seventy, longtime inmate of Union County home near Monroe. She arrived at age four with her mother and sister, has never left the county facility, and will move to the new Union County home two miles west of Monroe as the old site is replaced. She has labored hard, rarely ill, and remains a steadfast worker.
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Raleigh
N. C
Union County
Lynn. Anderson
Lynn
Jack Anderson
Jack Anderson.” After’ the Death of “Sailor Jack
Margaret
Monroe
County Poor House
Union County Court House
Union
Grassy Creek
Mound Yields Skeletons Found in Kansas Wheat Field
John Noland of Junction City Kansas discovered several well preserved skeletons while dismantling an ancient mound in his wheat field. The mound, about 80 feet wide and five feet high, appeared natural and was long ignored until recent months.
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Junction City
Kan
John Noland
Little Nell and the Church Spook in Odd Text
A fragment of a humorous tale shows Little Nell reciting I Spy in church as a preacher signals play. A child named Harry causes mild disruption as his grandmother notices ill fitting snickerbockers and Hermione like mischief amid a church service.
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Nell
Harry
Mill supplies and boxing gloves inquiry
A customer asks for mill supplies and expresses a desire to buy boxing gloves. The brief exchange notes the shop deals in mill supplies and acknowledges the glove request.
Looking Upward 1989 Marie Calls for Aeroambulator Ride
A judge instructs Marie to fetch the aeroambulator and take the baby out for an airing, reflecting a courtroom moment from 1989. The dialogue centers on a domestic scene and a practical appliance in that era.
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Marie
Baby
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Thomas J. Webb
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