Wires and Whispers in a Chicago Office Affair
A Chicago Tribune item recounts a tale of a stenographer in a Woonan Temple setting who spends long hours alone, engaging in playful misuse of a telephone to flirt with coworkers. She calls Drexel with theater tickets, flirts with others, and endangers a fiancé by her social rounds, leaving him puzzled by a distant welcome.
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Chicago
Ele
Rookery
Derrison
Drexel
Lou
Yimi Helen
Linderet
Miss Archer
Sas
Louis
Harrison
Efreles
New York
Hearse Crash disrupts funeral procession in New York
A hearse and twelve carriages in a funeral procession on Thirty-fourth Street near the Forty-second Street ferry collided with an oncoming tram. The hearse overturned, shattering glass as the coffin rolled into the street. Crowds gasped and several women fainted before a second hearse arrived and the procession continued to the cemetery. Driver John Leiter of Hackensack and passenger Thomas Reeves of East Fifty ninth Street were arrested but discharged after explanations. The crash halted traffic for about thirty minutes.
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Colle
Thirty-tones
Treadwas
New York
Jaspers Dowd
Malone ‘Street
Hoboken
Long Island
Columbus Avenue
Stery
John Leiter
Hackensack Rou
Oboken
Leeper Wild Ride as Windmill Rider Tumbles
A bizarre incident in Fruitvale features Alsinus Gustavus Leeper nicknamed Boots riding a windmill fan 40 feet above ground. A shifting wind left him clinging to the blade until neighbors hauled him down. He survives, claiming fame as Fruitvale’s greatest bareback rider. He earlier rescued from a barn collapse, while locals joked over bets on his luck.
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Truitvale
Alsinus Gustavus Leeper
Leeper
Boots
Fruitvale
al. Teeper
Teeper
Fraltxale
Hook and Ladder Company
Mrally
Taeper
Burzes
Mr. Leeper
Min
Mr Leeper
Alsinus Gustavus Taéper
Prustvale
The Wily Boer Trade Across American Seas
A fragmented report details a Boer trader known as L shipping to Germ and North America with stolen or bartered goods. He counterfeits horses and cattle claims, using deceit to push inferior stock as sound. The piece notes collusion across age groups, exposure risk, and a notorious figure in land commissions.
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Jari
Cearge Taey
North American Review
Iscarcely
Free State Volkstagd
London
Sanderneketh
Apting
Leydenberg
First American at Spion Kop Heroism Described
A letter from the war front recounts Corporal Tobin of the American Third or Fifth Artillery as the first to reach the crest at Spion Kop. He reportedly cried to advancing troops that the enemy had fled, inspiring a subsequent advance by allied forces amid heavy action at the hill.
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Ackindiinig
London
Cosyordl
Sildiox
Ceweh Jie
Spion Kop
Preston Witlern
Second Infantry
Fort Thomas
Tigh Wobin
Artivery
Spion
Lieut
Brown
Earthquakes on the Canal Shake Nicaragua Route
The article details volcanic activity around Central America affecting the proposed Nicaragua canal. It lists numerous craters with eruptions in the last two centuries, including Ometepe in 1693, Cosigüilita in 1886, and other vents near Brito and Lake Managua, underscoring seismic risks to the waterway plan.
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Niseragua Canal
Ameren
Ometepe
Chinerater Ja
Chaline
Lake Nicaragua
Onhd Xama
Madera
Cosigulita
Brito
Lake Ma
Nogua
Crito
Vija
Costa Iucy
Boer Laagers In South Afgies Form Defensive Wagons
Instructions describe forming wagon laagers at night when traveling in South Africa. Wagons form a hollow square or oblong defense with wheels lashed together. Each oxen pair occupies about 46 square feet. All people and animals must stay inside before dark to avoid friendly fire. If possible, a shelter trench is dug around the laager for protection.
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Thia
Teachers Plan Cottage Grants for Colorado Chautauqua
The Texas Colorado Chautauqua Association in Galveston on February 17 1900 adopts a plan to unite Texas and Colorado citizens through summer cottages at Boulder Colorado grounds. It offers prizes for cottage construction promotions with free grounds access 1901 1902 and rent free periods through 1918 plus travel tickets to San Antonio teachers who recruit subscribers to the Daily Light.
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Jesus- Colorado Chatauqua ‘Association
Galveston
Texau-Colorado Chautauque Associe- Yon
Cuch Association
Doulder
Colorado
Houlder
Texas
Texan-Colorado Chautauqqua Association
J. L. Long
Pecan
Texas-Colorado
Chautauqua Azadon
J. W. Sreeman
Herretary
N. B
San Antonio
Boulder
Aubiecciber
Bardney Aubsordbers
Bitter & Steele
City Circmators
Daily
I Light
Pilgrim Fathers
America
Ber
Iain
Bhuplus
Lyaching
Bian Wilek
Cuipire
Chatmudua
Shaw
Belton
Coralana
Denison
Denton
Ennis
Hillsboro
Marshall
Mesin
Palestine
Sherwan
Wasxatiecie
Sulphur Springs
Weterford
Tyler
MeKinney
Texarkata
Terrell
Bryan
Beaumont
Houston
Waco
Fort Worth
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Washington D.C
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Saroud Band Byanare
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Safa
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Queen & Crescent
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Hleepers
Shreveport
Chattanooga
Pullman
Buffet
New Orleans
Cincinnati
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Geo
Smith
May
Farr
ACT
Dallas
Orleans
Rss Cos Ae
Fulton
Henry Limburger, Jr
Scleoas
Scholz
W. G Scholz
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Vaedy
Telephone
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Washington
Rey
SOAP
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Caria
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Wraitcale
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Lake Nyassa
Roatan
New South Terminal
Boston
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Wax
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Spion Tau
Axia
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Qaderard
W. G. Wagner
Eresh Rene
San Marcos
Hertzberg
Dewsler
Optician
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Mahncke Hotel
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