Dry laws across states threaten penalties and jail terms
The text outlines varied penalties for illegal alcohol offenses across states like Nebraska California North Dakota Colorado and Georgia. Consequences range from fines to short and long terms in penitentiaries with escalating penalties for repeat offenses. It mentions corporations facing fines and work on a chain gang in Georgia.
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Nebraska
Calina
Ha’d
Convic
Sahara
North Dakota
Colorado
Georgia
Good Resolutions for a Better Life in 19th Century Tone
A reflective list urges self improvement through patience and honesty in mind and body. It calls for industrious effort, hope, and faith while avoiding hate and envy, speaking well of others, helping the needy, and showing kindness to animals and strangers.
Night life and neighbors stir a bohemian tale in the city
A farmer and wife move to the city for a brief urban stay. They encounter Sven next door and a Bohemian circle that gathers after the theater, singing and socializing into early morning. The piece warns that excessive night life harms civilization and contrasts it with the notion that night should favor study over amusement.
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Sven
Ohio State Journal
United States Takes Lead in Sealing Regulation
The Portland Oregonian notes the US now manages its own seal hunting under long neglected conditions, aided by trade secrets in fur dressing. Alaska’s seal herd is valued around 100,000 dollars with expectations of more than 100,000 added this summer, reducing extinction risk. The piece also mentions a forthcoming comet and quips that a comet has no investor.
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United States
Portland
Oregonian
America
Japanese Buddhist Term Nasorsera Explored in Brief
A fragment discusses a Japanese Buddhist term nasorsera with a note that dictionaries render it as having esoteric meaning. The passage hints at linguistic nuance without providing a full definition or context. It reflects casual commentary on Buddhist vocabulary rather than a complete study.
Red Tape and a Bath in a Cold Weather Officialdom
Fragmentary text describes a bureaucratic scene where travelers must obtain stamped paper and governor's notice, then an examination and a medical ticket process. It mentions officers and noncommissioned officers, and a lengthy approval timeline.
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Cere
le Soins
Woman Takes $68 Weekly Washing Job in Equity Case
Norristown Pennsylvania family wages for laundering jobs become central as Marie Lusson sues neighbor Jodie Swartz over alleged disruption. Plaintiff argues no girl, no noise, no annoyance from a washwoman who handles only five to six washes weekly and claims she avoids detergents.
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Norriatown
Marie Luevon
Mise Cuthbert
Jodie Swartz
Marie Lusson
Ameanduse Keeater Plea to Leave Jail
Ameanduse Keeater seeks a plea to join the Marine Corps after his incarceration while a worker from Sork-Beckere notes his climbing and shooting abilities and other marked accomplishments.
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Ameanduse Keeater
Athan Sen
Out Oak
Public Schools Read Original Literary Talent
Fragmentary report notes Westment MN reading program where public schools showcase original literary talent this afternoon. Details are unclear though expectations focus on student work and local participation.
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Westment
Pala
Chinese plan to rid house of ghosts shocks Beijing
Washington reports a Chinese gentleman Hien Nai Hevan urged the American legation in Peking to remove the roof of the building to banish haunting spirits linked to a Boxer massacre veteran. He argued exposure to air would drive away the ghosts after several days. The Tokyo advert notes the method may reveal foreign methods to China.
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Washington
Peking
Legation
Hien Nai Hevan
Beart
Baa
China
Hin
Im Chia
Tf Congress
Tokyo
Pay Fares After Twenty Years at Tangent Depot
Findlay Ohio report describes Charles F. Smith of the Toledo Bowling Green and South Erie railway recounting two men who returned fifty cents each, claiming they rode with no fare twenty years prior. Dr J P Baker of Associated Charities witnessed the repayment and donation for charity.
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Smith
J. P. Baker
Associated Charities
Prize Dog Saves Master From Fire
A faithful dog barked an alarm when a blaze broke out in a garage, waking the owner and guiding him to safety. Firefighters arrived to extinguish the flames and prevent further damage.
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DOG
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