Midnight in the Advance Press Room
In the Advance daily’s night shift, reporters and editors race to publish Judge Bartelmy’s bribery story. Brand, the managing editor, coordinates makeup and proofs while Nolan family pressure and a looming injunction threaten to derail the scoop.
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Chy
Judge Harteimy
Howard
Jeft
Brand
Barteimy
Hrand
Tittle
Grumelf
McHicors
von Brood
Mec
Benny
Downs
Clivatov
McHenry
McHenry Glarea
D—T
Chicago
Bryan
Bim
Mc Henry
Brands Othee
Mac
Brand McIlienry
Hartelmy
Ruth
Nolan
Bartelmy
Sylvester
the Sun
Clintod Street
Henry
Powell
Edward Dupuy
Mr. Brand
Dupuy
Betty
Curious Weddings and Odd Gifts Across the Times
A Chicago Record-Herald item recounts eccentric wedding presents given to mature couples. Gifts include a full set of false limbs and glass eyes for a bunting-loving Englishman, a scrap book of hostile criticisms for a rival writer, and two coffins for a westward elderly couple. An Ohio marriage received a brass cage for a "wayward" young wife, sparking mutual friends to avert a clash.
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Bunting
Ohio
Chicago Record-Herald
Pirates of Hongkong Bloodthirsty Type Stalk Harbor
An excerpt from Harper's Magazine by W. J. Aylward describes Hongkong pirates as old fashion and murderous. They blend among harbor workers, strike from estuaries, seize ships, and vanish loot into rice swamps or crowded holds. The piece portrays swift, brutal hijackings and a long crime history on the Sikiang.
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Hongkong
Noot
Pearl River
W. J. Aylward
Harper's Magazine
Ancient calendars and the theft of priestly secrets
Ancient calendars were once kept by priests and used for festival dates and legal timing. Around 300 B C Encius Flavius stole and published these tablets, effectively creating almanacs. Such calendars have been unearthed in Pompeii.
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Encius Flavius
Appius Claudius
Livy
Flavius
Forum
Pompeii
A Question of Gifts Deliberate Rupture Overwed Jinks
A brief moral dilemma is described where a man asks why another turned on his old friend Jinks. The reply notes Jinks is to be married next month, implying a conflict sparked by the upcoming marriage. The quotation appears from Lippincott's.
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Jinks
Helen Frick Portrait and Private Life Spotlighted
The New Idea Woman's Magazine profiles Helen Frick heiress of Pittsburgh. It notes a guarded portrait, a close bond with parents and brother Henry Frick Jr. and a dislike of public spectacle, while detailing her fashion plans and two detectives accompanying her shopping due to security.
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Helen Frick
Pittsburg
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Henry Frick, Jr
Helen
Mrs. Frick
Frick
New York
Europe
Woman Honored in Kansas City as Police Officer
Miss Lillian Doran, formerly an Iowa schoolteacher, becomes a special policeman at the Century Theater after exemplary fire scene management. Her orderly evacuation and traffic control impressed city authorities leading to a police officer's commission.
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Kansas City
Lillian Doran
Iowa
Century
Many Churches Strain Harmony In Village Choirs
A Lippincott's style note describes a village with churches on opposite streets so near that when one sings Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown the other answers No, Not One. The piece wryly suggests such unintentional friction remains the main risk of crowded chapels.
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Lippincott’s
A Vacation Hint for Young Girls at Out of Town Resorts
The article advises young, unescorted women at resort hotels to beware of strangers. It suggests seeking the company of an elderly woman guest to remain under protective wing until the man’s intentions are proven trustworthy.
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Frederick R. Toombs
Joseph Medill Patterson
Harriet Ford
Sylvester Nolan
Lee Nolan
Father
Tim
Birmi
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