Silk Hats Bandits Rob Restuarant Owner In Chicago
Three highwaymen in silk hats and evening dress abducted Jacob M. Butz, proprietor of a West Madison restaurant, at gunpoint. They drove off in a touring car, robbed him of $83, and left him by a dark alley before speeding away. Buzz escaped with minor injuries as bystanders pursued.
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Chicago
Jacob M. Butz
Buzz
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West
Monroe Street
St Bernard Attacks Three Boys and Wounds Brooklyn Officer
A St Bernard bites three boys and wounds Patrolman John Leary in a 16 minute chase through Beard and Van Brunt streets. The dog injures Leary’s chin leg and hands before bystanders, Andrew Ruhe, and others restrain it with a pitchfork and improvised muzzle rope. The animal is captured and taken to the Pasteur Institute.
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New York
John Leary
Brooklyn
Leary
Beard Street
van Brunt Street
St. Bernard
Edward Hanley
Canalboart
Erie Basin
Daniel Gilbride
Dykman Street
Gilbert Griggin
Andrew Ruhe
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The Value of Play and Self-Revelation in Childhood
The passage argues play reveals a child's capabilities and growth. Through trial and perseverance, the child learns volition, making, and endless contest with material, linking self to humanity and recognizing the forces shaping experience. Froebel framing highlights play as path to identity and belonging.
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Emerson
Froebel
Keep Baby's Skin Clear with Cuticura
Parents are urged to protect infant skin from minor eruptions to prevent chronic rashes and lasting social or health impacts. Regular use of Cuticura Soap plus Cuticura Ointment is promoted, with a free Cuticura Book from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. in Boston.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Unexpected Recommendation at Lord Thurlow’s Door
A poor curate pleads at Ormond Street for a vacant living. The Chancellor dismisses him claiming busyness until the curate states he has no lord to recommend him but the Lord of Hosts. The chancellor grants the living, remarking he has not recalled such a recommendation before.
Tommy Seeks Playmates Beyond His Year
In a Farm Journal vignette Tommy proclaims age determines who he can play with. His father suggests Johnny Jenkins and the Dobbs boy, then Jack Spear and Willie Harlow, but Tommy rejects them for being younger or older by a year. The piece critiques applying strict age limits to friendship.
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Tommy
Farm Journal
Johnny Jenkins
Dobbs
Jack Spear
Willie Harlow
Those Luxuries Needed
The Providence Journal argues that people of small means deserve modest recreations beyond bare necessities as prices rise. Cutting luxuries would make life dreary, the piece contends, stressing moral rights to small comforts amid daily labor.
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Providence Journal
Woman quits coffee after Postum cure in Ohio letter
An Ohio woman describes four years of heart trouble and nervous prostration from coffee. She quits coffee using Postum, reports improved health, steadier nerves, and pain relief, and notes she can do housework again. A magazine advertises the letters as genuine and timely.
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Ohio
Emmett Dalton Defiant Over Parole and Nickel Show
Kansas Governor W R Stubbs warns Ex Bank Robber Emmett Dalton he may return to prison for his nickel show. Dalton retorts he will not be jailed and accuses Stubbs of publicity seeking.
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Kansas
Emmett Dalton
W. R. Stubbs
Dalton defies governor over bank robbery exhibition
In Kansas City a clash erupts as Emmett Dalton presses ahead with moving picture shows and a talk on moral guidance about a bank robbery. Governor Stubbs demands Dalton be jailed, while Dalton coolly dismisses the attack as he recalls his battles against political machines.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Emmett Dalton
Dalton
Stubbs
Dalton and family tour Kansas as outlaw tale captivates crowds
The former bank robber Jim Dalton and his wife visit Kansas towns drawing crowds with stories of the Coffeyville raid. Dalton’s brother Emmett surrendered after being wounded, while Gov. Stubbs says Dalton is on parole and may be recalled to serve his sentence, a claim Dalton disputes.
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Rum
Dalton
Kansas
Coffeyville
Jim Dalton
Emmett
Gov. Stubbs
Wireless telegraphy doubts from a thoughtful thinker
A thoughtful thinker voices skepticism about wireless telegraphy. He argues that if he were away from home and needed funds by telegraph, he would not trust the wireless system, preferring the security of a real wire.
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His Specialty The One He Cant Be Much of an Actor
Dialogue hints at stage fame and billing visibility with two voices debating an actor's renown and presence on bill boards and board bills. The exchange contrasts public recognition and earned credibility in theater.
Jaggers Case Hinted By Sudden Questioning
In a terse exchange a speaker asks about a reported double of Mr. Jaggers, and the reply is a flat denial, suggesting mystery or confusion surrounding the claim. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Helping the Minister and the Deaf Parishioner
A Scotch preacher tells a story of an elderly deaf woman seated at the pulpit foot to hear Sunday sermons. During a Jonah lesson she loudly declares it was a whale that swallowed him, prompting the preacher to hush her and admonish against doubting the minister’s words.
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Biddie
Success Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that cleanses blood and mucous surfaces. Claims a physician pedigree, non quack status, and nationwide testimonials. Produced by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, offered at 75 cents by druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family flues for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druegista
Misty as Model in Quiet Family Moment
A father and child discuss a drawing labeled Misty. The exchange centers on admiring a feminine figure and whether the model resembles a past sitters at Mr Misty’s knee, reflecting a domestic, affectionate scene from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Mamie
Misty
Papa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
What is an ocean and other curiosities in old ads
A compact satirical musing explains an ocean as a body of water, then shifts to a colonial era ad tone. It mentions battleships, disease, and a promotional wink for Pheres’s Pleasant Vellets as a laxative. The text blends humor with period advertising style.
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Johnny
New York Sun
Ir Pheres
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