Spooks at Waldorf Exhibit Prompt Silence and Showdown
A New York Society of Independent Artists display shows a rejected painting by Emma Mabel Field of Chicago titled Impressionistic Personality Portrait of Miss Bennett. Directors demand removal citing no permission and spirits. A Field letter vows the work will be exhibited regardless.
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Society of Independent Artists
Antigonish
MacDonalds
Walter Franklin Prince
the Waldorf
New York
Emma Mabel Field
Chicago
Edith Bennett
A. S. Baylinson
Society
New York Times
Bits of Juvenile Wisdom from the New York Mail
A collection of backward quips satirizing politics, religion, and culture. The quotes mock monarchy, polygamy, race, language, and exploration with sharp humor and paradoxical definitions.
First White Man Says He Had Tooth Drawn by Colored Doctor
Dwight Crittenden claims the distinction of being the first white man to have a tooth drawn by a colored doctor of the African Transvaal. His father, a mining engineer in Kimberley, recalls how a molar was extracted during his South Africa boyhood when local aid was scarce. The procedure involved a native dancer’s war dance, engineer’s pincers, and native incense as pain relief, which reportedly intensified the agony.
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Dwight Crittenden
Transvaal
Kimberley
South Africa
Dwight
Bee Census Made Possible by Bureau Device
A hive census was completed using a clever device devised by a Bureau of Entomology employee, enabling counting of bees in the colony. The method provides a practical means to measure hive population and activity.
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The
Bureau of Entomology
A Willing Spirit Helps A Stranded Stranger
An old disabled colored man asked for work at a North Side residence in Indianapolis. The housewife offered breakfast, discovered a canceled check from 1916 in his cup, and he urged her to show it to the master of the house. She accepted the gesture, sending him away contentedly.
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Indianapolis
Seafarers Laugh Over Sea Monster Claim Near Hyannis
Massachusetts scientists chase a western Patagonia plesiosaurus theory to explain a reported sea serpent found dead in Mill Creek near Hyannis in summer 1897. Cape Cod observers claim it resembled a plesiosaur. bones were sent to Woods Hole fisheries station where authorities later declared it a shark.
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Massachusetts
Patagonia
Mill Creek
Hyannis
Cape Cod
United States
Woods Hole
Bavarian burgomaster refuses marriage over cooking skills
Burgomaster Rimmel of Néen Ulm in Bavaria refused to marry a couple saying the bride cannot cook and lacks housekeeping knowledge. He urged maidens to attend a domestic science school and published a notice declaring he will not marry any woman who cannot prove cooking and housekeeping ability.
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Rimmel
Néen-Ulm
Bavaria
England
Use of Cosmetics in China
The article notes rising demand for well advertised cheap cosmetics in China. Chinese women focus on hair, complexion, teeth and nails as native products yield to imported goods, including perfumed waters, face cream, powder, toothpaste, and soaps, while toothbrush use remains common.
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China
Lobster Broiling Mix Up Ends With Sardines Dinner
A humorous tale recalls a wife’s note to her servant to broil a lobster for her husband. The servant mistakenly put the lobster on the gridiron and struggled as the lobster walked off. The man, hungry and irritated, ends up with sardines for dinner.
Fly Paper Prank At Local Grocery Sparks Humorous Escape
In Indianapolis a grocer tricks Mr. Jones to sit on fly paper causing a quick exit as flies cling to his trousers. Jones, fond of loafing at the counter, escapes in his Sunday best after a neighbor woman greeting ends the gag.
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Jones
Mr. Jones
Indianapolis News
The Hilltop Drive Crash Mystery
A detective notes the nursery rhyme tale Jack and Jill and reinterprets it as a car crash on a mountain road. Drivers panic as brakes fail and a passenger is swept downhill while the bus continues, both occupants holding accident policies. The mastermind suggests insurers suspend payments until the driver proves sobriety.
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Jack
Jill
Fishermen Net Submarine Near Hyeres
A Paris desk report says fishermen off Hyeres trapped a submarine in their nets and nearly sank their boat. The submarine surfaced after the crew struggled, then towed the boat into port as the vessel rescued its own crew.
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Hyeres
London Times
Paris
Had a Right to Laugh A Cold Weather Sled Tale
A Chicago Journal reminiscence recalls three years ago when sleighing was good. The narrator describes riding with a brother in a dilapidated sleigh that breaks on a hill, nearly causing disaster as a bob sled team passes close behind. The man in the sled safely delivers him home while his brother arrives later unscathed. He wonders if the other brother laughed at him.
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Chicago Journal
Room for Improvement. New bank president critiques long-serving cashier
Newly elected bank president introduces himself to staff and questions a cashier's long tenure. The cashier's assistant boasts forty years with only one minor error. The president responds, praising the loyalty but urging greater care going forward.
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Wall Street Journal
Notice of Patent Filing in White Water Montana
Emily Kaschay of White Water Montana filed intent to establish three year homestead proof for east half of section 15 township 36 north range 32 east M M. The proof is to be made before N J Brandt U S Commissioner at White Water Montana on October 17 1999. Sheriff notice dated Malta Montana September 25 1922. Department of the Interior Lang Office Glasgow Montana issued September 7 1922.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Glasgow
Mont
Phillip Math
Grove
Montana
M. M
George Greve
U. S
Greve
First National Bank of
Saco
Roland A. Bowers
Malta
Phillips
Con
Nty of
John L. Russell
United States
Lang
Emily Kaschay
White Water
N. J. Brandt
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Keen Butter Safety
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Nosie
Saco Co-operative Assn
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Effie Jordan
North Independent
Sheriff’s Sale
L. R. Wood
Farmers & Merchants State Bank 1i
Federal Reserve Bank Banking House
War Finance Corporation
Gust Dalquist
Gust Dal
Wn. H. Frazier
A. Wagg
M. R. Nelson Td
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Montang. i
Edward Anderson
Martin Martinson
Silas E. Truax
Wm. H. Smith
White, Water, Montana
Register
EAGLE
Pere Tart
Eagle Pencil Company, New
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