Mystery prize winner buys twenty bicycles tale ends
Georgia novelist Harry Stillwell Edwards won a $10,000 prize for a mystery story co authored with his wife. The townspeople awaited the use of the money, and an express wagon delivered twenty bicycles to the Edwards home, each priced at $100, fulfilling the spree funded by the prize.
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Dusting With a Hose at Broad Street Station
The Philadelphia North American describes Saturday routine at Broad Street Station where a compressed air system dusts the waiting room. An hour after midnight a wheeled ladder and long hose sweep dust from walls ceilings friezes columns windows and seats, a task three men complete in hours that would take many more by hand.
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Judge interrupts defense attorney to ask why he talks
A Chicago Tribune line recounts a judge halting the defense lawyer Mr. Sharke mid-argument. The judge quips that language hides thought and asks why the attorney is talking when no thoughts seem to be concealed.
Boer commander Emails to Steyn Angers British Generals
Reading captured letters, a Boer commandant writes to President Steyn condemning British generals as asses. Accusations of widespread Boer spies amplify tensions in the conflict.
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