Neighbors by Ablie Farwell Brown
Dorothy Beacon a charitable young woman lives near Miss Fanny Bate a shy admirer. After rescuing a child Dorothy and Fanny share a cab ride to Salvation Alley and back to King Street. The ride deepens Fanny’s feelings while Dorothy hints at closeness, revealing neighborly distance in a big city.
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Dorothy Beacon
Oliver
Fanny Bate
Miss Beacon
Miss Bate
Dorothy
North End
Polly
Fanny
Old City
King Street
Ballarat Love Letter Contest Awards English Visitor
The Ballarat love letter contest awarded first prize to Miss Gertrude Leighton of Black End Cornwall. Her winning piece is a romantic letter to an imaginary correspondent praising enduring love and forgiving fantasies, with lyrical expressions of devotion and union.
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Australia
Ballarat
Empire
Gertrude Leighton
Black End
Cornwall
Earth
Drugs Is Drugs. Doctor's prescription split in theft tale
A torn prescription split across pages led a druggist to measure out ammonia and pour water to four ounces. The patron paid ten cents for the ammonia and forty cents for the water, with the clerk insisting the future prescription needed a fifty cent minimum. A judge notes the absurdity of this billing and the rule about prescriptions.
Maids and Their Alluring Ways in Verse
Poem notes varied maidens with smiles and mischief in their gaze. Narrator recalls drooping lovers declaring passion and bards praising a dimple while captions suggest beauty's tyrannous pull. Homely maids strive to please, while prettier ones defy pity.
Fragmented Wordplay Exchanges Between Smith and Stranger
A humorous dialogue fragment features a man questioning what the stranger said to Smith during an unsettling moment. The punchline reveals Smith was left “broken up” because he could not pull himself together again.
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Smith
Weather Forecast for Alumni Reunions Rain Highs
The forecast warns of a wet period for alumni reunions. Expect rain across the region with possible localized showers and cooler temperatures during the event window. Travelers should plan for slippery streets and carry waterproof outerwear.
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Cornell
Illinois News Terse Summary of Chicago and State Events
A scattered Illinois news digest notes labor union rifts around Madden and a push to sever ties with his faction. It reports a Chicago woman found dead, a city lab director facing charges, Mt Pleasant university gains a new pastor, a Sharringhausen body found in Lake Michigan, a sewer discovery of a man’s body, a pearl discovery in the Wabash River, and a Mechanicsburg chautauqua, plus coroner verdicts on a train death and various local tragedies and crime incidents.
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Chicago
Martin B
Madden
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Chicago Building Trades Council
Associated Building Trades
Council
la Salle
Blackstone
Peoples
Light & Coke Company
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Mason City
Forest City
Minnie
Elizabeth Riggins
Clara Short
J. F. Biehn
City Laboratory
W. A. Evans
Health Department
Civil Service Board
Evans
Springfield
A. C. Piersel
Mt. Pleasant University
Mt. Pleasant
M. E. Church
C. P. Masden
Piersel
Dr. Piersel
West Twenty-fourth Street
P. D. O’brien
Lawndale
Mount Vernon
George Rutledge
Wabash
Rutledge
Charles Underwood Butler
Mechanicsburg
Lincoln
William Sparks
Alton
Jaimues Edlurphy
West Jackson Boulevard
Stephen Fant
Charles Ludwig
Wells Street
Carrie Ludwig
Gemmill
Ludwig
Pittsfield
Dave Millard
Shepherd
Beardstown
Maverick Voorhees
A Few Remarks From Papa
An Atchison Globe item describes a father confronting his daughter after her romance with a man who spent little on her. He offers a weekly stipend, threatens consequences, and asserts parental authority, recalling shared family care during illness to justify his stance. The tone blends stern humor with moralizing domestic discipline.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Bed-Bound for Months Mrs Enos Shearer Recovers
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington lay in bed for four months with weakness swelling and pain. Three doctors said no cure and she was told to die. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered and returned to the house within weeks. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Enos Shearer
Yew and
Wington Sts
Centralia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
A Candid Judge Tells of Dawes Early Speaking Skill
A Dover lawyer relays a story about Hon. H. L. Dawes in his youth as an uncertain speaker. In a North Adams case before a crowded justice of the peace, Dawes faced a gifted opposing counsel as the room grew heated. The judge, sweating and frustrated, shed his coat and invited the attorney to sit so Dawes could speak and reduce the crowd.
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Dover
H. L. Dawes
North Adams
Dawes
Opening of Irrigated Land Opens Settlement Under Carey Act
On Monday September 20, 50 000 acres of Government land under irrigation will be opened for settlement in Twin Falls country Southern Idaho. Readers are invited to write for a free booklet and map about this opening to H L Hollister 205 La Salle St Chicago.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Hollister
H. L. Hollister
la Salle St
Chicago
Time to Christen Doll With Wax Says Dorothy
Dorothy asks for water to christen her doll and mother refuses saying she does not want her to play with water. Dorothy proposes waxing the doll to waxinate her claiming she has had her three months.
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Dorothy
Windsor Magazine
Surprise bystander confrontation on street scene
A bystander recalls a street encounter where a chauffeur halted his car and gestured the pedestrian to pass. He claims the shock of the moment prompted his demand to arrest the driver as life magazine described the event.
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J. B. Lippincott Co
Bernhardt
Fannie
Illinois News
Lewis
Chicago Law
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