Bandit raids and gun battles dot three states in late December
Reports from Illinois Missouri and Pennsylvania detail a string of violent robberies and encounters. In Smithboro Illinois a pistol duel at Vandalia depot wounded one robber and city marshal Emory Brown. In Camden Point Missouri three robbers escaped after a bank heist with about 4000 dollars, with a lookout ending in a rifle battle and suspects captured near Edgerton Junction. A separate Wilkes-Barre home invasion left Cameron Cool mortally wounded and robbed of 300 dollars.
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Springfield
Smithboro
Emory Brown
Lorento
Greenville
East St. Louis
Elmer Euver
Sorento
Weaver
Marshal Brown
Harry King
Vandalia
King
Vandalla
Camden Point
Bank of
Dearborn
Barhan
Camden Point College
Platte River
Edgerton Junction
Rock Island Railroad
Platte City
Edgerton
Clyde Reed
Bear Edgerton
Wilkesbarre
Cameron Cool
West Pittston
Cool
Murderer Cain Ends Life by Self Inflicted Wound
J C Cain awaiting transfer to Fort Madison for life in prison for the murder of Charles H Morris slashed his throat with a smuggled razor in the county jail. He died after tearing open the wound. Also, University of Missouri president resigns for health reasons. Delta Tau Delta house burns at University of Illinois, Perry Barker rescued.
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Des Moines
J. C. Cain
Fort Madison
Charles H. Morris
Cain
St. Louis
University of Missouri
Columbia
R. H. Jesse
C. B. Faris
Caruthersville
Jesse
Il Health
Champaign
Delta Tau Delta
University of Ilinois
Perry Barker
Rochelle
Til
Fremen
Accident at dove drive ends in nephew's death
In Aiken South Carolina on Friday B F Taylor accidentally shot the top of his nephew's head, killing the 12 year old son of C A Humphry of Atlanta. Taylor then attempted suicide.
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Aiken
8. C
B. F. Taylor
C. A. Humphry
Atlanta
Tyler
New Ways of Cooking Fish in Cheese Sauce and Breadcrumb Bake
The article outlines easy alternatives to frying boiling and baking fish. One method uses a cheese sauce with milk onion mace parsley and cheddar stirred into the fish and served hot. A quicker method bakes white fish in a dish with fried bread crumbs parsley mushrooms butter tomato ketchup and extra bread crumbs for 20 to 30 minutes.
Food for the invalid feeding the convalescent with simple recipes
A guide to serving nourishment to invalids with tray presentation and dainty touches. It offers two simple recipes arrowroot with wine and nutmeg and panada with crackers and raisins. Includes Cheese Crisp directions, serving on a clean tray, flowers for appeal, and toast or rusk as accompaniment.
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Bermuda
Panada
Curtains Makeover and Crafts Ideas from Textbook Kitchen
Old curtains are repaired by trimming tears and mending holes then dyed with ocher powder. A cardboard Maltese cross lamp shade is created with china silt panels and glowing effect. Virginia style sweet potatoes share a creamy seasoned mash, while sugar dusted doughnuts use a bag shake method.
Cheerful English Prints Brighten Bedroom Decor
A matrons chamber and bed attire showcase cheerful English prints in a bedroom set. The ruffled spread shams and curtains reflect a trend in upholstery departments with ready-made up ensembles.
Inns and Hotel From Coaching Days to Modern Stay
The Inns and hotels evolved from cozy coaching era establishments with warm hospitality and fires, revived for cyclists and motorists, to smart modern hotels where guests lose individuality as telegraphs and busy modern life replace old-fashioned leisure.
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Chambers’ Journal
Gum and Thought Time Reformulates Focus
The passage argues that chewing gum hinders hard mental effort while noting possible cooperation with mechanical work or reading without loss of comprehension. It suggests concentration and peak results suffer when gum is chewed during serious cognitive tasks.
Opera Glasses Heirloom Priced At Sixty Thousand
Mr. Singer, famed for sewing machines, paid 60000 for a pair of opera glasses with solid gold lenses. The lenses are superb, but the lyre surrounding them encrusted with diamonds and sapphires explains the high price.
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Singer
Sewing Machine
No Idle Word Thou Speakest But is a Seed Cast Into Eternity
A reflective quotation warns that every spoken word sows a seed in eternity and the recording angel judges all speech as truth. The provenance is a Carlyle invoking caution about language and lasting impact.
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Carlyle
Napoleon’s Alpine Crossing Foreshadowed Greatness
A fragmentary reminiscence notes Napoleon crossing the Alps with a wry remark about future fame as Napoleon the Great. The scene ends with him lighting a Pittsburg stogle and continuing onward.
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Napoleon
Alpe
Napoleon the Great
Pittsburg
Palm Disease Campaign Targets Godavari Palms
The Madras agricultural department launches a wide campaign in the Godavari delta to stamp out a serious palm disease threatening extinction of palmyra and cocoa palm trees and endangering local crops and livelihoods.
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Madras Agricultural Department
Godavari
Left on His Hands and a Queer Ring Exchange
Dialogue fragment shows Lovett and Gabble debating suitability of a ring as a test of strength. Gabble calls it a queer sort of ring, Lovett retorts he tried it on a girl who did not approve.
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Lovett
Old Houses in Nuremberg From Historic Listings
Nuremberg still has over 1 760 houses built before the seventeenth century and 3 537 structures from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as part of its historic housing stock.
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Nuremburg
Nuremberg
Appearances Deceptive Sayings from Uncle Eben
A rural quote shows Uncle Eben remarking that people may seem well dressed yet be broke and have nothing suitable beyond their Sunday clothes, highlighting a common warning about judging by appearances. The line emphasizes honesty about financial hardship disguised by outward attire.
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Uncle Eben
Ana Missile stage dream from a pair of eggs
Two eggs share a dialogue about aging and ambition. The first egg sighs about growing old while the second egg dismisses the worry and declares a plan to go on stage when ready. The exchange highlights youthful aspiration and bold self belief.
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Ana
Oldest coin in British Museum unearthed
A fragmentary report claims the oldest coin in the world is held by the British Museum. Described as gold mixed with silver, it is believed to date to the seventh century BC.
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British Museum
B. C
Immense Grasshoppers and Cairo Cat Refuge Notes
A passage describes the Karoo desert grasshopper as the largest insect found with a wingspan of ten inches. It also notes Cairo maintains an endowment funding a refuge to house and feed homeless cats.
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Karoo Desert
South Africa
Tobacco Plant Flourishes in United States
Tobacco plant has grown larger and more prolific in the United States than in any other country. Also noted are quips on mistaken diagnosis and humorous quotes about sportsmanship, and a fact about seven hundred British subjects born at sea yearly.
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United States
Legends and boasts tie to a south town bridge
A fragmented Chicago Record-Herald item recaps a college town tale about a legendary bridge privilege. The piece mixes a driving anecdote with a comic exchange between Mr. Dubose and Miss Brown, and a pirates quip about marooning a prisoner, ending with an unrelated misfortune at a home copper drop.
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Toross
Mr. Dubose
Miss Brown
Dubose
A Failure That Cost Me Dearly in Summer Plans
A Detroit Free Press quotation reflects on investment outcomes and a daughter's engagement, noting a $300 sum sent last summer and two months without word from the fiancé. The speaker labels that engagement as a failed venture and laments the waiting absence.
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Detroit Free Press
Doing Fairly Well in Waukee Sentinel Joke
A brief humorous exchange about a new cook living with a family. The elder asks how she is adjusting, and the response notes she tolerates the situation overall. She dislikes the automobile and is prone to complaining about the tub material, but otherwise she is acceptable.
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Waukee Sentinel
The Rivals. Mamma says I was born on the high sea
A fragment from the Chicago Record Herald quotes a quip about birthplace with a contrast between sea and flat living, reflecting light prose humor in a gossip page item. The lone line hints at a playful anecdote without broader context or names.
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Rivals
Mamma
High Sea
Chicago
Questions of Honor Exchange Over Name Honor
Louise jokes that Donald asked his father for permission to honor her by taking her name while he humorously notes the bank would honor the name there. The dialogue plays on social expectations and family approval with light irony.
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Donald
Louise
Disintegration of a Romantic Refrain
A playful excerpt reflects a lingering doubt about love between a speaker and a maid. The maid answers with affection, insisting she loves him completely, but the speaker questions if her feelings endure, contemplating the sincerity of the words she spoke.
Mortgage Banter Over Owning A Luxury Car
In a pared dialogue Mrs Carr mocks a husband’s finances, noting his band possesses a fine motor car but suggesting he cannot afford such luxury yet. Mrs Parr retorts that the best he can do is hold the mortgage on the car owned by the other husband.
Definition of a grafter in a quizzical exchange
The quotation explores slang by contrasting a coined term grafter with a riddle about a wife rifling her husband’s pockets while asleep. It features a playful, urbane dialogue drawing on social mores and dame names from Chicago Daily News and Life magazine.
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Willie
Chicago Daily News
A Good Start Is Paraphrased in Courtship Dialogue
A conversational exchange between Doctor and Madam discusses rest and obedience. The doctor praises a good beginning while Madam insists her husband will not listen. Margin Defined, Paps asks about margin as an ever-present lark in time of trouble, per Lite.
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G. H. Hebert
Great Northern Railway
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L. McCutcheon
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S. B. Mahaney
Willow City
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C. W. Beyer
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