Train Held Up by Bandit On Missouri Pacific Route
A lone bandit robbed more than 100 passengers aboard Missouri Pacific Train No. 12 from St. Joseph to St. Louis. He took money and watches after entering the Pullman car at Leavenworth Junction, then fled in Kansas City. One man was shot during the hold up. The robber, aided by train staff, demanded calm and disarmed conductors before continuing through the cars.
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Kansas’ City
Miesouri Pacific
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Leavenworth Junction
Leavenworth
Northwestern Junction
Kansas City
Kan
Pullman
May
Kansas ‘City
Compromise Aims At Panama Exposition Plan
Congress will face a three city Panama exposition compromise after Christmas. San Francisco would host the 1915 official exposition opening the canal to world commerce. New Orleans would stage a 1918 lake to gulf project jubilee. Washington would mount a canal completion jubilee and carnival.
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Washington
Congress
White House
San Francisco
New Orleans
Big Christmas Dinner At John F Guy Home
In Wilmington Delaware a large family celebration claimed the title of the eastern shore’s biggest Christmas dinner. John F Guy hosted thirty two children plus numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren around eight large turkeys. His twenty five year young wife organized the up to date feast.
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Wilmington
Del
Chesapeake Bay
Tha
John F. Guy
Delmar
Chilldren
Guy
Russian violinist loses fingers in firecracker blast
Alexander Skibiniski, renowned Russian violinist and professor at Shorter College, suffered the loss of three fingers after a giant firecracker exploded in his hands during his first fireworks experience in Rome Georgia. He has been in the United States since September.
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Rome
Alexander Skibiniski
Shorter College
Skibiniski
Explosion damages Liewellyn Iron Works. police seek clues
An explosion at the Liewellyn Iron Works in Los Angeles partially wrecked the building early Sunday. The blast shattered windows over a block and woke residents two miles away. a night watchman was slightly injured, and police have no clues about the perpetrators.
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Los Angeles
Liewellyn
Why He Laughed At Miss Mattie S Guest
In a late 19th century vignette Miss Mattie hosts a distinguished guest. She instructs Tillie the maid to offer a bath and water, prompting the guest Mr Firman to laugh. Tillie repeats the message exactly, noting the household's polite but pointed hospitality.
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Mattie
Tillie
Where He Was Queer
A humorous anecdote about a new resident and a colored patriarch debating a whitewash job. Ale Hall is praised as a skilled whitewasher yet deemed odd about painting a chicken house, highlighting quirky local wit from Mack’s National Monthly.
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Jacob
Ale Halli
Mack
National Monthly
Self-Made Negro Labeled By City Man
In a public scene a city man applauds and calls a man a self-made negro, signaling racial labeling during a charged moment and drawing attention to language used in the exchange.
Le the Rich Indian and his vast lands of oil and timber
The Indian per capita wealth is about 2130 dollars, Americans about 1300. Indian lands hold strong oil and timber resources, with millions in agricultural value and ranges supporting 560 000 livestock under leases generating over 272000 dollars in revenue.
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United States
Red Man
No Siang for Her In Lynchroom Exchange
A brisk dialogue unfolds in a lynchroom where a young man orders eggs up and mocks slang. A bored waitress and the man clash over language as she chides his “seller” attitude and notes that plain English is used in today’s restaurants.
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Cackies
League of Politeness Formed in Berlin
The League of Politeness has been formed in Berlin to promote better manners among Berliners. Initiated by Fraulein Cecelie Meyer and inspired by a Rome organization, the group adopts the motto Pro gentilessa and will issue a medal to embody courteous conduct. Membership is open to any polite person.
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League of Politeness
Berlin
Frauleit “Cecelie- Meyer
Rome
Country Churchyard Echoes in Gray's Elegy
Those who recall Gray's Elegy find lessons about finitude and memory echoing in the churchyard. The piece links elegiac themes to communal reverence and the quiet passage of time among congregants.
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Gray
Ramadan Traditions Cited In Moslem Devotion
The Christian Herald recounts Ramadan as the month exalted by Moslems when Gabriel delivered the Koran in sections to mankind. It notes Mohammed retreating to Hira for prayer, prophets receiving revelations, and belief that heaven doors stay open while hell is closed and devils are chained.
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Gabriel
Mohammed
Mecca
Hira
Abraham
Moses
Heaven
Hell
Christian Herald
Medical Compromise In Doctor Consultation Deadlock
A patient reports two doctors gave conflicting recommendations after a night consultation. One advised one course, the other suggested something different. After discussion they did not agree and offered final advice.
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Miz Tem
Hard on the Mare and a Curious Cumberland Gap Ride
A bus climbs the Cumberland Gap as the rear door slams repeatedly. Passengers whisper to avoid disturbing a mare aboard, fearing she will react to every door closing and slow their journey. The scene captures a quirky roadside moment from Success Magazine.
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Cumberland Gap
Exaggeration in New York as Bernhardt Enjoys Youth
On arrival in New York Mine Sara Bernhardt laughs at flattery about youth claiming she is a great grandmother and works constantly. She shares a joke on exaggeration while recalling a boulevard nurse remark and notes crowds and accidents in Paris streets. A boy of six asks to wait to see an automobile crash victim but the nurse rushes him on.
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Oregon
Rosenberg
Bavaria
New York Tribune
New York
Sara Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Singing Briefly Disturbs Air Around Performer
A short note states that singing only creates a temporary disturbance in the atmosphere around the singer, with no lasting impact or wider effect described.
Aftershock Night at the Hotel
Mrs Bossim asks her husband about his first thoughts after waking during an earthquake in a hotel room. He recalls the vase striking him, a chair flying toward him, and books and a framed picture hitting him as he leaped to safety. The exchange ends with her continued anger for the evening.
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Mrs. Bossim
Mr. Bossim
Mack
National Monthly
New Process Of Staining Glass
A new staining method for glass windows is described, involving mineral color designs fused into glass by intense firing. The process yields a pebbled surface texture producing soft mellow light. Large windows are built from separately molded panels set in a metal frame.
Our Voices and the Soprano in a Train Car
Excerpt notes a scene on a train at an industrial center where young women sit together and share apples and daguerreotypes after lively discussion. The author contrasts these voices with fearsome temptations and praises sweet tones while insisting on truth.
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St. Anthony
Holmes
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