Tragic Love Entanglements and a Flight to Freedom
In a storm beset New York road house, Challis Wrandall is murdered. Hetty Castleton, a mysterious companion, confronts Sara Wrandall as Leslie Wrandall presses to marry her. Secrets unfold with blackmail, heartfelt pleas, and a symbol of freedom as a canary escapes the gilded cage.
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Challis Wrandall
New York
Wranda
Wrandallo
Wrandall
Peton
Hetty
New-York
Murope
Leatie
Challis
Etty
Lars
Leslie
Wrandalls
Challis Wrendall
Brandon- Booth
Sara
Her
Booth
Getty
Sarath
Les
Lesifie
Public dinners and pies mark a satirical clash of customs
A critique argues that large public dinners have become tedious and machine driven, while private dinners remain valued for intimacy and ritual. The piece contrasts inferior hotel fare with the dignity of selective gatherings, then notes a local pie eating contest where Walter Tappin of Tilsomfield wins with twenty seven pies in thirty minutes for a championship belt.
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Walter Tappin
Tilsomfield
N. J
Pie Eating Championship Held Three Years Ago in New Jersey
London Chronicle notes a 3 year old pie eating contest as New Jersey champion. It contrasts American fondness for pie with a curious reference to nostrums in the Holy City. From Benares Henry D. Baker Chicago consul remarks on Hindu pilgrims and cremation rites along the Ganges.
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London
Mall
Hammersmith Bridge
Putney
Mortlake
Hammersmith
Chiswick
Richmond
New Jersey
London Chronicle
United States
Nt” & Laser
Holy City
Benares
Sacred City
Henry D. Baker
Chicago
India
Ganges
Baker
Apartment Terms Explained by the New York Sun
The New York Sun explains common apartment terms such as railroad flat box flat walk up and push the button to help newcomers understand layouts. It notes how hall access and room sequence define these types. A separate anecdote describes using carbon disulphide to kill rats in holes by controlled explosion.
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The
New York Sun
Novel rat elimination method in Java exploits carbon disulphide
A Dutch agricultural bureau official reports success in Java by using carbon disulphide to exterminate rats. After sealing visible holes to identify inhabited ones, the method targeted burrows, with repeated trials revealing inhabited sites on subsequent days.
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Java
Dutch Agricultural Bureau
de Kruyff
African Trekberlin Pneumonia Tale Postpones Cure Efforts
A correspondent reports on a central African trek where an African carrier fell ill with double pneumonia. Si Almreth Wright seeks a cure for pneumonia on behalf of Africans. Doctors and Europeans provide aid though conditions are primitive. The patient survives after minimal comforts.
Follows His Wife to Grave in Philadelphia Home
Mrs Frances A Kennedy died at 76 at 1833 South Second Street. Her husband John Kennedy, 75, died days later at noon after months of illness. He was unaware of her death, and they had lived with Dr John J Fralinger. The couple had shared a room and separate beds, and a broken heart is noted as the believed cause.
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Booth
Hetty
Hetty Glynn
Patrick
Wrandall
Leslie
Sara’s
Brandon
Wrendall
Maine
Lesle
Sargent
Les
Mr. Pix
Piffie
Hetty Castleton
Dicky
Sara
Philadelphia
Frances A. Kennedy
South Second Street
John Kennedy
John J. Fralinger
Wickersham Narrowly Escapes Auto Crash in Bronx
George W. Wickersham former attorney general and his four year old granddaughter Winifred Aiken survived a crash when their car hit a trolley pole in the Bronx. Both were cut by glass in the incident. Chicago lodge No 4 BPOE members agree to be big brothers to boys before the new boys court for minor offenses. Spring signs appear with green grass patches, muddy roads, bats and skipping ropes.
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New York
George W. Wickersham
Winifred Aiken
Bronx
Big Brothers
Chicago
Chicago Lodge No. 4
B. P. O. Ellis
Thirteen Club Dines in Lent Dinner Oddity
The Thirteen Club in New York held its Lent dinner on Friday March 13 with 65 diners seated in groups of thirteen. To dispel superstitions all diners sat under opened umbrellas.
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Thirteen Club
New York
Fat Man for the Barber
A Philadelphia barber with twenty years experience says shaving a fat man is easier than shaving a thin man because the face is fuller and the razor glides more smoothly. He notes fat men can be quicker to finish and recalls shaving Philadelphia's 455 pound "Little Wiglie" without extra charge.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Rub-My-Tism Cure for Rheumatism and Aches
An old advertisement touts Rub-My-Tism as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts old sores burns and more. Claims antiseptic anodyne properties and lists a 25 cent price.
Notable Case Ends With Death Sentences Remitted
The late Mr Justice Hawkins sentenced all the prisoners to death but their sentences were remitted to penal servitude. One defendant, Alice Rhodes, received a free pardon after the trial. The story recalls Hawkins meeting a barmaid who recognized him as the judge who had sentenced her.
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Justice Hawkins
Alice Rhodes
Wimbledon Common
Hawkins
London Mail
Womenzealot Protest Breaks Up Village Meeting
A Paris Daily Mail report describes a village gathering in Koff, Vitebsk government, disrupted when a voice urged supporters of a women's resolution to come forward. Women then exited, doors locked, and the meeting continued with men remaining inside.
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Koff
Vitebsk
Paris Daily Mail
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