The Versatile Rogue Macy Lacy Tracy Rohde of Many Names
Frank Macy later known as Frank Lacy and Frank Tracy travels a globe of crime from Chicago to London to Cape Town. A master bunco artist and thief, he stages scams from a widow’s horse to casino bunco, and escapes multiple arrests before a 200 pound theft in Leadenhall Street leads Scotland Yard to capture him.
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HTS
Chicago
Cape Town
New York
London
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Macy
Freeport
Frank Macy
Dobbin
Low
Trafalgar
Wilkie
Frank Lacy
Frank Froest
Scotland Yard
Froest
Low's
Margate
Strand
Lacy
Frank Tracy
Tracy
Leadenhall Street
Scotland
United States
Why Not Noiseless Plates
A bachelor in a boarding house muses on invention of noiseless dinnerware. He argues wooden or papier mache dishes could replace china, reducing racket during kitchen work and possibly lowering breakage costs, while noting effects on household mood and voices.
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China
Kansan Finds New York Leaning Habit Quirky
A visitor from Kansas notes New Yorkers lean constantly in motion and at rest, leaning on counters, bars, chairs, tables, and walls. Shops post warnings to stop leaning, but customers ignore them. In a separate exchange Mrs. Lawson is described as socially out of society for not playing bridge or having had an operation.
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Low's Exchange
London
Kansas
New York
Mrs. Lawson
Final Show Honor Reissued Tickets From 18 Years Ago
Deitrich Weiss of Baltimore kept two tickets from the Two Johns exhibition after missing the event. Last week the box office honored those same tickets for a show of the same name, linking two decades via a single admission.
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Deitrich Weiss
Baltimore
Jones You and the Conservatory Pie Plant Dispute
In a court exchange, One Condition and Jones debate a quarrel over a cook. Jones asserts a condition that Smith could have a conservatory if she agrees to grow a pie plant, as argued by the judge.
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Smith
Speedy Times Speak of Quick Marriages and Writers
A brief chat mentions Miss Tapps and a typewriter expert. A clerk notes a writer who married a wealthy employer in under three months, highlighting swift unions and rapid matches in a snapshot of social chatter.
Cure Reported After Cuticura For Severe Eczema
Miss Barbara Kral of Highlandtown Maryland describes ten months of intense itching and disfigurement from eczema. After specialist care failed she used Cuticura Remedies and, following four or five applications, felt relief from itching and says she is completely cured. January 9 1908.
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Barbara Kral
Highlandtown
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Bole Preps
Boston
Bromine Production Limited to Four States in U S
Bromine, key for medicine photography dyes and metallurgy, is commercially produced only in Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Last year’s output reached 1 879 496 pounds. At home laundering with Defiance Starch offers shirtwaist rigidity and finish without sticking to the fabric.
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Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Folly in a Tense Exchange Between Lovers
The speakers mock their own frenzied romance as they quip about kissing a dog and each other. A sharp, sardonic moment reveals a combustible, fragile relationship and mutual self rebuke. Their exchange underscores the couple’s impulsive and unstable dynamic.
Woman's ills relief herb advertised in drug stores
An aromatic pet herb cure named Gray's Australian Leaf is advertised as a regulator for female weaknesses. It claims to relieve backache kidney bladder and urinary troubles. Available at druggists or by mail for 50 cents with a free sample from Ad Mother Gray Co Roy, N.
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Mother Gray Co
Roy
The New Way and Abreast in a Fractured Topic
Fragmented lines describe a failed romance and social quips across a periodical page. References include She Oh George Abreast and a remark about a fast man not recovering quickly. The text also advertises Souders' products and B W Chowk fixtures.
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Darling
George
Punch
Veritable Compound Claims Cure for Many Ailments
Advertorial style testimonial notes Camden New Jersey residents praising Pinegetable Compound for relief from pain fatigue and female ailments. Included are names and places such as Mrs W P Valentine Camden and others, claiming dramatic improvements and satisfaction with the product.
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George Barton
Freeport, Ill
Botanic Gardens
Plate
England
W. G. Chapman
Market Reports
Cincinnati
B. W. Chowk
Peta
Camden
N.J
Avon
Pinkaith Liham
W. P. Valentine
Cola Avenue
N. J
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