Forged Check Reward Sought After Honest Porter
Chicago May 30 a negro library porter William Henry Leighton seeks the man who gave him a worthless fifty dollar check as a reward for his honesty after finding checks securities and cash totaling eighty thousand dollars on the library floor. The check drawn on Merchants Union Trust Philadelphia and signed E Harrison Bowles was deposited at Ninth Ward bank and returned for no account. Library officials say the finder is a wealthy young New Yorker. Modern rooms at Hotel Virginius lowest rates at Eighth and Virginia near Westlake Elliott 03.
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Chicago
William Henry Leighton
Public
Merchants’ Union Trust Company
Philadelphia
E. Harrison Bowles
Ninth Ward
Educates Girls as Home Makers
New Jersey resident Nora Wertheim of Long Branch explains why she fitted up a $3,000 kitchen as a cooking school for her two daughters. She says a girl should be equipped as a first class home maker if she is to be a good wife and that a wife should manage the home efficiently and economically.
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New York
Nora
Jacob Wertheim
Long Branch
N. J
Memphis Bans Latest Rags From Theaters
Memphis officials ban acts and dances named Texas Tommy The Bunny Hug The Turkey Trot The Grissly Bear and the Bronco Hop along with The Blue Mouse and The Girl in the Taxi. The board also recommends curtailing certain features of acts and scenes. Sensual songs and suggestive costumes receive criticism.
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Memphis
Board of Theatrical Censors of
Shade Loses Roll in a Shade Hazed Tale
The text reports a fragmented scene where George W. Shade wakes in room 16 of a Yesterday hotel after registering for room 2. He is unsure how he arrived and what happened to $50 in coin and a $50 check. He seeks police aid as the article hints at a broader murky narrative.
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George W. Shade
Shade
Caruso Performs While Son Watches Nervous Moment
Mimi Caruso watched his father in Covent Garden as the famous tenor sang for the first time in front of his son. The boy, a pupil at an English school, sat in a box and praised the performance afterward. Caruso grew visibly nervous, sending a kiss to the boy, and nearly faltered before continuing.
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London
Mimi Caruso
Covent Garden
Pather
Caruso
Freckle Removal Prescription Promoted by Doctor
A medical promise from a prominent physician claims an ethine based treatment removes freckles and clears complexion. Bartell Drug Co sells it with a money back guarantee, promising visible improvements after initial applications and even vanishing lighter freckles.
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Bartell Drug Co
Consul Dies in Squalid Room in Washington D C
Frank L. McKernan vice consul at Barranquilla Colombia died after days in a squalid apartment as vultures clustered on the walls. His widow and daughter were left destitute after the death, with the State Department offering sympathy but little aid. A steamship line provided free transport home for the body.
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Washington
D. C
Frank L. McKernan
Barranquilla
Colombia
Walla
James T. DuBois
United States
McKernan
State Department
IT WORKS-SOMETIMES Wages debate and tariff ties drawn
A fragmented passage discusses wage cuts and corporate responses, arguing against punitive actions for wage reductions and linking wage policy to tariff advantages. It critiques employers as soulless corporations and notes reader reflection on personal cases amid ongoing investigations and publicity.
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Wilson
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