Midnight in the Advance composing room reveals a press race
The article depicts the night operations at a major daily paper as staff rush to publish the Judge Bartelmy bribery expose. Editors, proofreaders, and artists crowd the composing room while rumors of a faked photograph and threats from a lawyer loom, and Sylvester Nolan seeks his father amid the chaos.
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Howard
Jeff
Brand
Bartelmy
Batteriay
United States
McMeury
McHeury
McHenry
Chicago
Bryan
Mac
Braud
Mechenry
Kurteimys Oapal
Bib
Mr. Brand
Nolan
Burtermy
Doester
Sylvester
Hmit
Sap
Mr. Sylveste
Kupuy
Dupuy
Curious Wedding Gifts Across Decades and Nations
A string of odd nuptial gifts includes a Englishman receiving false limbs teeth and glass eyes for a wedding from an anonymous donor hoping the hounds he pursued would find use for them. An American rival gathered a scrapbook of scathing clippings, while a French artist got self instruction books. A crusty western merchant and his spinster bride were given two coffins by an undertaker. An Ohio octogenarian wed a much younger wife and received a brass cage to deter her from flights of fancy.
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Bunting
West
Ohio
Chicago Record-Herald
Pirates of Hongkong and the old fashioned bloodthirsty kind
A Harper's Magazine extract by W. J. Aydward warns of real pirates in Hongkong not the smiling thieves on the water front. In twilight a junk seizes a prize near river estuaries, the crew swarms ashore, loots a river steamer, and a churchyard tragedy unfolds as rifles subdue the ship aboard the Sikiang.
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Hongkong
Pearl River
W. J. Ayward
Harper's Magazine
Ancient Greek calendars in ancient Rome and Pompeii tablets
The piece notes that calendars and almanacs for priests were secret until Ennius Flavius, secretary to Appius Claudius, exposed them around 300 B C. Livy records the event. Tablets on festivals, astronomy, and events spread, with examples found in Pompeii. Judge cartoon joke about a table.
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Encius Flavius
Appius Claudius
Livy
Flavius
Forum
Pompeii
A Question of Gifts Mocks Old Friend Jinks
A brief exchange reveals why one person turns on the old friend Lippincott's notes that the motivation is an upcoming marriage next month. The dialogue hints at personal conflict surrounding wedding plans.
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Jinks
Helen Frick Heiress Known for Simplicity and Privacy
The Pittsburg heiress Helen Frick is described as likable and human, with a quiet home life and no society role. A New Idea profile notes her love of shopping, preference for New York-made gowns, and the need to be escorted by plainclothes detectives on shopping trips, which she calls an infringement on her liberty.
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Helen Frick
Pittsburg
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Henry Frick, Jr
Helen
Mrs. Frick
Frick
New York
Europe
Woman in Kansas City Theater Becomes Special Policeman
Miss Lillian Dorao, formerly an Iowa schoolteacher, becomes a special policeman at the Century Theater after proving effective in managing unruly boys. During a nearby fire she orderly cleared the house and halted street traffic, earning the police officer’s commendation.
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Kansas City
Lillian Dorao
Iowa
Century
Contradictory Church Choirs in Village Response
A quirky observation notes two village churches across a street, their congregations answering each other during hymns with the line No Not One. The piece ribbed the unintended musical disharmony and its humorous juxtaposition.
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Lippincott’s
A Vacation Hint for Young Women at Resorts
The notice warns that young girls traveling alone to out of town resorts should be cautious about new acquaintances. If an unknown man shows persistent attention, she should sit near an older woman in the same hotel until the man proves his trustworthiness.
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Frederick R. Toombs
Joseph Medill Patterson
Harriet Ford
Downs
Powell
Edward Dupuy
Birminghan Age-Herald
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