Jubilee workshops give Vienna artisans sanitary model dwellings
Vienna opens a $500000 Jubilee workshop and dwelling complex in Margarethen suburb. The seven story steel building houses 150 workshops and 40 small apartments with modern ventilation, electric or gas power, elevators, fire stairs, and abundant lavatories. Rents run 20 to 30 cents per square foot yearly, housing tradesmen who previously lived in damp, unhealthy spaces.
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Vienna
Margerethen
Rich San Franciscoer Marries Sister-in-Law on Honeymoon
Loren Coburn, 84, worth about 13 million, spent his honeymoon day with bride Miss Sarah Upton, sister-in-law. They wed Tuesday. Coburn, a California pioneer, faces land litigation over vast 28 000 acre holdings. Nephews once sought incompetence. guardian appointed later, and Coburn prevailed in court.
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San Francisco
Loren Coburn
Sarah Upton
Coburn
Miss Upton
California
Azro Coburn
Boston
Carl Coburn
Woman Wins Insurance Claim After Buried Body Found
Mrs Jacobiot Schmidt did not defend against Prudential Insurance Company's request for 500 payout on Schmidt's life policy after a corpse found in the river led to a presumed death. Judge directed judgment for full amount. Schmidt had spent 160 on burial. her husband later reappeared. She sues in Philadelphia for reconciliation.
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Must Pay Insurance Bank
Philadelphia
Jacobiot Schmidt
Camden District
Prudential Insurance Company
Schmidt
Jones
Mia Schmidt
Poe
Indignant Maine widow challenges dead husband’s newspaper bill
An elderly widow confronts an editor over a bill sent to her deceased husband for the Citizen newspaper. The editor debates delivery notices, then jokes about printing an asbestos copy to ensure the husband would receive the paper in the afterlife.
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Maine Benna
Frog Faces Snake The Crossing Frog Outwits a Snake
A storyteller from Anson county recalls a road tale in which a frog races along a public road with a stick clenched in its mouth. A black snake circles the amphibian as it keeps facing the snake, using the stick to prevent swallowing. The observer followed until leaving the scene with the frog still alert and facing its foe.
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Anson County
Charlotteville Observer
London’s Cursed Baby: Workhouse Child’s Vile Language
A two year four month old Wickham workhouse infant astonishes staff with a flood of explicit profanity whenever upset. Described as handsome with dark eyes and fair hair, the child’s origins are unknown and his grasp of language bewildering observers. The mystery of how a baby learned such terms remains unsolved.
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London
Wickham
The Duty of Rest and Play in Work Life
Edward Everett Hale argues that rest is as essential as work and must have its proper place. He rejects the notion that rest is inherently suspicious and asserts that both rest and work deserve dignity within their appropriate roles.
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Edward Everett Hale
Farmer Buys Faux Gold Brick In Confederate Money Swap
A farmer purchases a gold brick replica after boasting to townsfolk he could show one, accepting 99 Confederate dollars and a Canada quarter as payment. Ants in Balls notes ant behavior during long intervals, detailing their sham battles with postures and wrestling on the ground.
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Canada
Peseo
Fasting as Cure Receives Medical Backing in London
Upton Sinclair's health search prompts debate in Contemporary Review. Dr Wallace and London physicians endorse fasting as a cure for selected illnesses, citing cases of 15 and six weeks. They warn against dangers for the wealthy and advise cautious, water-only fasting with weight checks and non cold-weather timing.
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London
Upton Sinclair
Contemporary
Review
Wallace
The
Herald of Health
Dr. Ailler
Canada
Embarrassing Exchange In Los Angeles Car Gatecrashes Passenger
W. F. Schultheiss of San Diego found lingerie in a suitcase he opened on a Hollywood car in Los Angeles. The owner of the other bag is believed to be Mrs. J. Wilde, though detectives in Captain Flammer’s office have yet to locate her. Schultheiss fled amid laughter and later sought his own missing suitcase while investigators search for the mysterious woman and the mislaid belongings.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. F. Schulthelsa
San Diego
Hollywood
Schultheiss
Central Police Station
Cubs Sugar Crop Projection Shrinks In Dry Weather
Havana reports the sugar crop has fallen from an optimistic 3,000,000 tons to an expected 1,500,000 tons due to continuing dry conditions. Early plans and large acreage indicated a strong harvest but drought reduced potential yields across many fields.
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Cubs
Havana
Cuba
Tragic risks in historic colonization efforts described
The article recalls failed and deadly transplant attempts from Lapland to Labrador, Roskolniki to Turkmenistan, Jutlanders to Greenland, and other migrations. It notes past hardships, misjudgments, and eventual calamities, with brief mentions of later mixed outcomes and the dangers of isolating frontier settlements.
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Lapland
Labrador
Russia
Canadian
Dom Country
Turkentan
Otray
Laugh Makers Tonic Makers and Qugh Soakers
Fragmentary text suggests discussion of humor devices and sources, with garbled phrases. No clear people, places, dates, or organizations identified. Summary cannot determine concrete event or outcome from the readable portions.
Lincoln Humor Persists In Civil Life, Monitors Quip
Fragmentary text cites Lincoln as a humorist aiding his official duties. It notes amusing tales lift spirits, with quotes from the Christian Science Monitor and a humorous exchange about butter sausage and kerosene. The Courier issues a jab about fine printing.
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Lincoln
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