Barber in Whirlpool of Fear Ends Career After Sighting Blood
Samuel Hull recalls his barbering past and a barber's mental break in Philadelphia when James Robinson attacked William Porter in a chair with a razor. Porter fought to escape the crazed barber as police broke in after ten minutes. Hull, once a barber, speaks on how blood sight triggered a lifechanging fear and quitting the trade.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Hull
William Porter
McKeesport
James Robinson
Porter
Hull
Robinson
Mr. Porter
Ohio
Robber Woman Flees In Auto After Hold Up In Chicago
In Chicago a woman hoodlum used a car to escape after stealing money and jewelry from victim Tony Lenzo under the Rock Island viaduct. Lenzo described the assailant as a handsome young woman in silk who flashed diamonds and a pearl handled revolver before forcing him to surrender cash and a watch. He watched her hop into a taxi and flee, while police disputed claims of female-led crime but noted recent officer killings of robbers.
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Chicago
Tony Lenzo
Bluecoats
Lenzo
Rock Island Railroad
Fifty-first Street
Barber's Dark Turn Averted by Inner Struggle
A barber recounts how thoughts of killing a difficult customer haunted him after a Saturday shift. He nearly harmed the man but resisted, left the trade, and sold the shop to move to Philadelphia, choosing safety over barbering.
Fifty Years Ago In Chappaqua Portraits of Local Life
Westchester Magazine recounts early Chappaqua life with notes on Horace Greeley as first Village Improvement Society president, local tradesmen like Alonzo Delezene and Joshua Baney, and Quaker cider mills. The piece reflects social life, economy, and small-town politics of the era.
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Chappaqua
Horace Greeley
Village Improvement Society
Alonzo Delezene
Joshua Baney
Samuel Allen
Henry Miller
Samuel Haight
Francis M. Carpenter
Carle's Corner
Westchester Magazine
Diplomacy Explained By A Father And Son
A young reader asks the meaning of diplomacy and is told it is doing or saying the right thing at the right time. He then boasts of using diplomacy by rolling Johnny over to his side before castor oil arrived and back again after.
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Johnny
Tiger Terror in Ganjam as Death Toll Rises
The Madras government offers 70 pounds for the tiger blamed for terror in Ganjam villages, said to have killed over 150 persons in three years. Earlier 16 pounds failed to draw hunters, who fear the animal’s haunts.
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Madras
Ganjam
Little German Boy Survives Bullet in Brain in St Louis
Freddy Schaefering, a six year old, survived a bullet lodged in his head after a July 3 1909 accident. Doctors warned of a fatal hole but the boy recovered and returned home at 4124 Hull Place. An earlier operation was stopped when skull opening proved fatal risk.
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Freddy
Hull Place
MISS MORGAN PLANS A NEW WOMAN WORKERS UNION
Miss Anne Morgan daughter of Pierpont Morgan says her New York study of unions shows many female labor groups harm workers. She blames socialism influence and criticizes leaders for abusing their office. She plans to organize women workers on a different basis with the same goals.
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New York
Miss Anne Morgan
Pierpont Morgan
Miss Morgan
The New Neuritis Fashion Explained by Doctors
A physician mocks the craze for neuritis as the new fashionable disease. He notes the term infects society from the dowager duchess of Manchester to political debates and social chatter, predicting neuritis clubs will spread nationwide.
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Duchess of Manchester
Edna May
Biarritz
Lord Curzon
House of Lords
John D
Harry Lehr
John Jacob Astor
Sedalia
Duluth
Remedy to ease coughs and colds with glycerine and pine oil
A simple cure proposed for colds and coughs mixes two ounces glycerine half-ounce Virgin Oil of Pine compound and eight ounces pure whisky. The Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati endorses the Virgin Oil of Pine compound as a genuine preparation.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Doan's Kidney Pills Helped Mrs. Wolf After Distressing Kidney Trouble
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri suffered severe bladder inflammation with back pain scanty frequent urine and fatigue. She used Doan's Kidney Pills and says she was cured after a few boxes and has stayed well since. The ad notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Elizabeth Wolf
W. Morgan St. Tipton
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Her Idea of Discipline in a Cleveland School
A Cleveland Leader Sunday Magazine vignette recalls a Baltimore school scene where a primary teacher disciplines a pupil who laughed in class. The girl or boy explains thinking about something, and the teacher sternly warns not to repeat such behavior.
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Baltimore
The
Cleveland Leader
Reward for Uncurable Catarrh Promoted by Cheney Cure
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It cites F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as trustworthy and notes testimonials, internal use, and a 75 cent price. Pills for constipation are also advertised.
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Hall
Classified Snippets and Advertisements Hit the Page
A mix of medical product ads and quips appears with claims for Castoria and Perry Darts Painkiller and various wry social observations. The page riffs on marriage, jealousy, hotel design, and foolproof cold remedies, all in a late 19th or early 20th century advertising voice.
Pleasant Fig Syrup and Elixir of Senna Ad
A historical advertisement touts Pleasant, refreshing Fig Syrup combined with Senna as wholesome and gentle. It claims simple, natural ingredients from California figs and laxative plants, urging purchase from reputable druggists at fifty cents a bottle with the California Fig Syrup Co. name plainly printed on every package.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
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NHY
St. Louis
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Ant Moran
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Toledo
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Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Druggiata
O. Hatt
All
Hail
Dodds
Putnam
Witte
Cecil French
Wachingtes
G.C
Thompson
Denver
Barteldes Seed Co
Denver, Colo
Aenee Mayer
Mayer
George Washington
Cladingly
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe CO
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Twin Falla Country
Idaho
Sacramento Valley
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