Christmas Gift of Hope Across Central Park West
A narrator recalls a chaotic ride with his mother and father after an accident blocks a hansom. The family shares subtle tension, then kindness as the father helps mother into the cab. They seek solace at the Strathmore and begin to envision a joyful Christmas together.
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Abe
Father
Mother
Will
Nell
Wil
Billie
Central Park West
Strathmore
W. Carey
Rose Marie
Christmas Day Divided Custody Tale From Central Park West
Willette Warrington narrates a Christmas visit split between mother in Central Park West and father in the Fifties. The day includes a brougham ride to the Cordova, shopping with her father, and choosing a gift for mother, ending in a joyful chance meeting with mother in a passing cab.
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Father
Willette Warrington
Mother
Central Park West
Rose Marie
Billie
Cordova
Legislators Take A Circus Break In Ohio Legislature
A Cleveland Leader recounts a moment in the Ohio legislature when a circus visit led to a swift adjournment. The speaker and reporters joined in the fun as members shouted aye and no before marching to the tents.
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America
Cleveland Leeder
Ohio
Prima Donna Dolly Notes Create Uncertain Tone
Dolly-Rather uncertain notes show she strites some and approximates others. Dolly responds with mixed clarity as she edits a performance.
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Dolly
America's Cotton Rival and Nile Irrigation Plan
Sir William Willcocks spoke in Cairo on a ten million cantar cotton crop. He argued rational irrigation and 10,000 acre blocks with pumping stations could raise lower Egypt to 1,600,000 acres for cultivation. He noted Egypt produced about seven cantars per acre in 1907 08 but only about 5 million cantars in 1909 10.
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Sir William Willcocks
Cairo
Sir William
Acre
Nile
Lower
Egypt
California Girls as Athletes at USC
The University of Southern California forms a sports and pastime club to promote athletic activity among women students. It aims to offset neglect of physical welfare from limited intercollegiate events and indoor gym routines, with strong prospects for popularity.
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University of Southern California
Doctor claims rheumatism cure with acetylmethlenedisalicylic acid
The New York Mail notes Dr. Lambert Ott of Philadelphia reports a rheumatism cure using acetylmethlenedisalicylic acid. It questions whether acetylmethlenedisalicylic acid is superior to acetylmethlenetrisalicylic acid while linotyper and proof reader sides diverge in preference.
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Lambert Ott
Philadelphia
New York Mail
None to Send
A fragmentary line mentions borrowing carts pins studs and an odd phrase about ecty hair. No clear event or identifiable persons or organizations are present. The text reads as a stray note or unrelated garbled quotation without a verifiable news item.
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A LA Mode
Prompus
Lila
Jim
House
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