Dietz Surrenders After Six-Year Siege at Cabin
In Wisconsin at Winter the Dietz siege ends as John Dietz agrees to surrender after a long standoff. Deputy Oscar Harp is dead. Chet Colepitch and Clarence Dietz wounded. Myra Dietz injured but to recover. Dietz and Leslie face assault charges. Mrs. Dietz and children injured in crossfire.
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Wis
Mike Madden
Helen
John F. Dietz
Oscar Harp
John Dietz
Chet Colepitch
Clarence Dietz
Myra Dietz
Harp
Etz
Dietz
Joseph Pilon
Father Pilon
Sher Af Thorbahn
Leslie
Divide With The Birds
An article arguing birds aid crops by eating insects and weeds and should be nourished rather than controlled. It advises planting hedges and windbreaks with fruit trees to attract robins catbirds and thrushes and even grafting wild cherries to improve fruit for birds.
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Robin Redbreast
Florida
E. P Powell
Man with insomnia finds sleep by drums at Philadelphia theater
A well dressed middle aged man in a Philadelphia playhouse end seat nightly slept through performances. Ushers planned to wake him at curtain, until he explained his habit. He suffers from insomnia and finds relief when seated near the orchestra drummer whose rhythmic beating lulls him to sleep.
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Philadelphia
Colors of Mourning Across Cultures
The piece describes how different cultures symbolize mourning through color. It notes Persian pale brown, Ethiopian grayish brown, Syrian sky blue, and royal purple linked to Christ’s crucifixion, illustrating varied beliefs about death and afterlife.
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Syria
Christ
Fire Ravages Comic Weekly Building in Fell Demon Blaze
A comic weekly building burned as a crowd watched a blaze described as a hopeless case. A well known humorist inside had just submitted jokes and asked fire officials to save them. The chief quipped that fire crews cannot pull chestnuts from flames for unpaid work.
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Aesop
Kissing Customs Echo Through Erasmus Quotation
Erasmus notes a culture saturated with kissing from arrival to departure and every visit, praising the soft fragrant gesture as a binding social habit that would tempt one to stay for life rather than ten years. The excerpt spans his reflections on daily affection and universal reception through kisses.
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Erasmus
Illinois News Nuggets Roundup Civilian deaths and local incidents
In Staunton and Carlinville morgues identified dead quickly while one man from St. Louis remained uncertain. Anna prepares unveiling of Miss Anna Pelley monument after a 1909 Cairo murder, with James lynched. Carlinville reports postmaster John Lierman and conductor Leonard to coroner. Jacksonville recalls young Sumpter burned in a barn. Shelbyville issues kidnap warrants after Hybel’s wife divorce and remarriage. Chicago mob pursues an unidentified driver who injured Ella Lyons. Oregon hosts Raymond Robins and Fleming promoting political purification. Carlinville and St. Louis marriages quiet. Vanderbilt Cannon and Brown named Lake Erie & Western directors. Moline reports Rock River bridge plans worth $60,000. Nashville notes oil and gas leases near Vincennes and planned drilling at Centralia.
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Anna
Anna Pelley
James
Cairo
Miss Pelley
Anna Cemetery
Shelbyville
William Hybel
Tower Hill
Oscar Shipman
Richard Cordray
Hybel
Pana
Chicago
Peoria Committee of Seven
Oregon
Carlinville
Richard M. D. Gunn
Marie Gillman
St. Louis
Peoria
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Henry W. Cannon
William Brown
J. B. Cochran
Indianapolis
H. A. Boomer
Moline
Rock River
Colona
Dickinson
Rock Island
Henry County
Nashville
C. HE. Gibson
Vincennes
Ind
Gibson
Centralia
Parson and Children Ponder Heaven In Sunday School
A Chicago child complains of two heavens after hearing the hymn In heaven there stands an ever open door and a boy mishears many mansions as Paradise Flats. A eloquent minister extols creation but a baby from the pew cries You said you knew revealing a humorous clash of faith and understanding.
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Paradise Flats
Chicago
Murine Eye Remedy Offers Relief for Irritated Eyes
Druggists sell Murine Eye Remedy in liquid form with 25c 50c and 1.00 options and Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes priced 25c and 1.00. Advertising touts soothing action and eye care guides free by mail from Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Playwright Seeks First Class Comedy From Star Ears
A playwright requests a high quality comedy built around a star who can wiggle his ears and whistle through his teeth. The exchange centers on transforming unusual talent into a stageable set piece.
Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup and Tobacco Ads
Vintage ad copy touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup promising teething relief and wind colic cure with a high price per bottle. A quip on friendship contrasts with a warning about imitators. Also promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars for five cents and a jab at self reliance.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted in Letters
Letters from Mrs Mitchell Sabattus Maine and Mrs Barclay Graniteville Vermont praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during childbirth menopause and other female ailments. The ad claims thirty years of use and widespread community recovery from the remedy.
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Sabattus
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cian
Mrtrchell
Graniteville
C. Barclay
K.F.D
Granitee
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Dietz Slays
Cameron Dam
Stork
Illinois
Lipa
Watson Z. Goleman
Patenington
Uncia
H. M. Coudrey
Washington, D. C
Thompson
Grand Valley Fruit District
Lambert Sternberg
de Beque
Colorado
Southern Id Company
Americus
Georgia
Orie
Peel Agent
Ziegler Co
Plymouth Bt
Allen
Mall
JF Allen
Dept.Al
st-Paul
Miam
Debnoulon's
N. Halnted Bt
Argent
M. D
Washington, D.C
ALE
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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