Turmoil Drives Man to Threaten Fatal Ends
A distraught young man confronts his father’s friend after learning rumors about a romance. The scene ends with him vowing to track a lover to Paris, threatening violence and suicide as he hurls a valise and storms away.
Spring in Paris Haunts a Young Man in a Tangled Chase
A weary narrator watches Paris awaken with spring beauty from a hotel window. He notes the desecrated Tuileries gardens and distant church spires while lamenting a missed boat and the vanished Letty Lane. He waits in the Bearer room, seeking any trace of her as dawn breaks.
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Paris
Tuileries
Letty Lane
St. James
Paris Awakens Hope In Desperate Lover
Blair, a lovestruck youth, roams Paris in search of a celebrated actress who appears to be traveling incognito. After days of fruitless pursuit along the Seine and through cafes, he resolves to change his fate in Paris. He pledges to marry the woman, declaring his plan to turn young love into decisive action.
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Blair
Quais
Seine
Letty Lane Reunites with Dan in Paris Encounter
Dan confronts Letty Lane in a Paris alley after a day of wandering shadows and motor rides. He pleads that she is engaged to him and demands she return with him, while she warns him not to expose her to their boss. The scene ends with their tense stand off and a cliffhanger.
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Letty Lane
Dan
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White Herons At Avis Pond Draw Local Interest
Local naturalists report several white herons establishing headquarters at Avis Pond in Woodstown New Jersey about a mile from town. The birds were first noticed a week ago and are the source of aigrettes. Fear grows that the species could become extinct as hunters kill adults during nesting, starving the young.
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New Jersey
Avis’ Pond
Woodstown
N.J
Ban Placed On Clever Hound At Card Games
In Winsted Connecticut friends of Eugene McCaskey barred his dachshund from attending evenings of cards after the dog learned to detect concealed cards and collect dropped coins. The hound even bit a friend who hid a card. The dog also snatches fishing poles when a bobber sinks.
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Winsted
Conn
Eugene McCaskey
Mr. McCaghey
Squalor in Baby Farms Near Los Angeles
Dr. E R O Sawyer county health officer found twenty baby farms just outside Los Angeles. Homes operated for profit housed foundlings and children of hidden parenthood in repulsive squalor with insanitary conditions. Each farm held three to sixty babies prompting calls for strict county regulations to protect children and public health.
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ER O Sawyer
Board of Supervisors
Sawyer
Dr. Sawyer
Kiss at Aurora Court Smacks Justice in Open Court
An Aurora Justice of the Peace was kissed in open court after he dismissed charges against Frank de Cook, who claimed hard luck and received a dollar. The incident followed de Cook’s peddling without a license arrest and prompted questions about whether the act was a bribe.
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Aurora
Frank de Cook
Thomas Barlow
Pastor to Require Health Certificates for Marriage in Passaic
Rev. Hugh D. Wilson of St. George's Episcopal Church announces he will refuse to marry couples who cannot present certificates of physical and mental health in Passaic New Jersey.
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Passaic, N. J
Hugh D. Wilson
St. George's Episcopal Church
Man Jumps From Sanitarium Window Then Wins Verdict
In a case at the William H. Ross sanitarium Ea ward Gorham leaped from a window during a fit of insanity and was seriously hurt. He later recovered his reason and secured a verdict for six thousand six hundred dollars.
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Eaward Gorham
William H. Ross Sanitarium
Youth who killed father freed after inquest
Chicago report describes 15 year old Peter Scheibler shooting his father after a breakfast quarrel in a troubled home on South Fairfield. The coroner's inquest exonerated Peter for the shooting as witnesses cited the father's violent temper and threats, with the family recounting years of fear.
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Chicago
Charles Scheibler
Scheibler
Peter
Martha
Marie
Louis
Helmia
Helnia
Heroine of HoldUp Tells Vivid Story in Chicago
Beatrice Proulx of 1804 East Fifty–seventh street described confronting a masked robber who held her and Frank Kuipper at the Holland Hotel area. She grabbed the revolver, sparking a struggle on the platform. the bandit fired three times but did not discharge, and he fled as Kuipper sustained facial injuries.
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Chicago
Frank Kuipper
Holland
Beatrice Proulx
East
Fifty-seventh Street
Miss Proulx
Knipper
Mr. Knipper
Realistic play scene leads to damages suit in Columbus
Roy W. Emig of Columbus faces a $100 suit from Bert Kocher actor in Emig's Scalplock of Stony Lonesome. Kocher alleges the production's realism included hair clippers during a whitecapper scene causing a cold and embarrassment among Indiana University student extras.
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Columbus
Ind
Roy W. Emig
Bert Kocher
Whitecapper
Emig
Stony Lonesome
Kocher
Brown County
Indiana “University
Heart Piercing Suicide by Self Made Lance in Germantown
Karl Schneyder a 45 year old instrument maker from Germantown Philadelphia was found dead with a self made steel lance pierced into his heart while listening through a stethoscope. His wife says he suffered a nervous breakdown and overwork is suspected as the cause.
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Philadelphia
Karl Schneyder
Germantown
Mr. Schneyder
Paris Banquet Fracas Over Tip With Old School Mate
President Poincare at a Paris banquet struggled to make a waiter take a tip. Guests looked surprised as he explained the waiter Jacques is an old school mate.
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Paris
Poincare
Jacques
Tip Dispute Sparks Instant Duel Over Hotel Guest’s $2.50
A short note describes an altercation at a hotel dining area over a $2.50 tip left by a guest. The report notes two individuals involved and references a sudden confrontation connected to the gratuity.
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Munich
Xshotel
Enterprising Citizens in Pueblo Fetch New Tokens
Enterprising Pueblo residents gathered to collect new woitglowe key tokens, counting hundreds of items and noting a mix of valued pieces. The encounter highlights a local push for novelty currency and community participation.
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Pueblo
Colo
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