Covington Rescues Miss Gardner In Bus Crash Rescue
Covington shields Miss Gardner during a February bus crash when a vehicle toppled after striking a pole. Injured but unharmed, he faints beneath the wreck and she remains in his arms as they survive the peril. Gardner returns to Stern & Salzmann, her employer, and the couple's wedding is planned for June.
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Asihie
Cleopatra
Old’ Epton
Wentworth
Covington
Alrily
Epton
Jim Dunkley
Mike & Conquering
Cecil Gardner
Chicago
Trin
Stern & Sulzith
Erin
Missardner
May
Aries
Miss Gardner
Samjile
Bis
Miss
Easig
Essig
Tilton
Avery
Miss. Gardner
Misa Gardner
Stern & Salzmann
Dunkley
Cecil
Eni
Dylek Harpia
Barton Center
Harpi
Dnic-Hess Shay
Miss. Garverard
Piper
Harpla
Alerm Coxington
Gardner
Bean
Sern ‘& Sukenann
Various Views of Charlotte Corday’s Appearance
Contemporaries debate Charlotte Corday’s looks and height. Witnesses cite differing hair colors chestnut blond or ash and vary on beauty and expression. Historical claims mix with inconsistent documents, leaving her appearance a mosaic of opinions.
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Charlotte Corday
Cabares
Ward
Mlle
Corday
Mme. Hauer
Charlott
cWlord
Serenade of a Cold Morning in San Francisco
The speaker pleads for love as fatigue and a cracked voice hinder a serenade. He notes his nine is gone and his overcoat pawned while Cupid stands beside, urging warmth and a blanket to avoid freezing in San Francisco Cull.
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Cupid
San Francisco
Point of View Dialogue About Weighing Words
A short exchange emphasizes careful wording and fair measure. One speaker notes he weighs words, while the other agrees on giving good measure.
Foraging Soldier and the Colonel’s Odd Request
A Pennsylvania regiment story from the Civil War recalls a young man caught with a hind quarters of mutton. The colonel excuses the theft and humorously assigns him to obtain another hind quarter for the mess. The tale ends with a light moral and the colonel’s smile.
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Pennsylvania
New York Times
Dream of the good old times without modern comforts
A poet wakes from a dream of being set back eighty years with no telephone gas or electricity and no plumbing. His wife calms him noting the lack of magazines to publish poems about those times. Judge adds a witty twist about publishing.
Planting and Thieves Tale in Amber Pete Western Town
A tourist on a coach remarks that the settlement harbors many horse thieves. Amber Pete jokes about raising and planting more of them, implying ongoing frontier justice in a Western community as depicted in the Chicago News.
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Amber Pete
Chicago News
Hair Woes Prompt Quick Exchange
In a brief exchange Miss Passay laments her appearance and hair style while Miss Pepprey suggests an exchange to fix it, as quoted by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Miss Passay
Miss Pepprey
Philadelphia Ledger
Perhaps Not in My Class Points From Porcupine
In Brooklyn Life a young bulldog mocks a porcupine challenging to fight. The porcupine calmly accepts saying he can “give you a few points” implying a contest or duel of wits or strength rather than a violent fight.
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Porcupine
Brooklyn
They argue over family diamonds and a bare library
They discuss values beyond appearance. she notes valuable diamonds owned by the ladies of the family, while he criticizes the library shelves as nearly empty. The exchange contrasts material wealth with intellectual or cultural riches in a city setting.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Cause For Action in Detroit Divorce Suit
Brown sues his wife for divorce in Detroit as he cites cause over naming their baby for her first husband. The action reflects a domestic dispute framed around personal and familial ties within a Michigan city.
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Brown
Newpop
Green
Detroit Free Prose
Probate Notice for J B Bixby Estate
Creditors of the estate of J B Bixby deceased will meet the executrix before the county judge of Jefferson Nebraska at the county court room on November 14 1906 at 1 p m to examine adjust and allow claims. Six months from May 14 1906 are allowed to file claims. those not filed by November 14 1906 will be barred. Notice will be published in the Ditties Record for four weeks prior to November 14 1906. C Borie County Judge
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J. B. Bixby
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Said
C. (. Borie
Willems Estate Administratrix Hearing Requested
In Jefferson County Nebraska Anna M Willems petitions to be named administratrix for Otto Willems deceased. A hearing is set for May 28 1906 at 1 PM at the county court in Fairbury. Notice will be published in the Ditter Record for three consecutive weeks. County Judge C C Borie presiding.
Twelve Novels for 150000 Offer From Sun Papers
Fifty leading Sunday newspapers contract to pay 150000 for twelve novels by twelve top authors. Six British and six American writers, including Ina McLaren and Mary E Wilkins, with payments via a New York trust company. The Rock in the Baltic is set for May installments in The Sun days. World-Herald in Nebraska will publish them first.
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America
Ina McLaren
Mary E. Wilkins
Anna Katherine Greene
Burton Harrison
Great Trust Companies
New York
Trust
Palipaper
Robert Barr
Baltic
The
Sunday World-Herald
Nebraska
Sunday World Herald
Address World-Herald
Omaha
Neb
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E. C. Parcells
State of
Otto Willems
Anna M. Willems
Fairbury
Saic County
Ditter Record
C. C. Borie
Ft al
McCall
United States
McCall’s
Queen of Fashion
Orar's
McCall CO
Dr. King
H. Z. Diller
Diller
Diller Brothers
Diller, Neb
Linoguln
ST. Joseph
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Denver
Helena
Butte
Salt Lake
Portland
Points West
Seenon
Canada
A. 1
Watson
L. W Wakeley
Gen
Naha
Nebr
H. Bauguess
Frank Vo Perr
W. T. Jeffryes, M. D
Diller, Nebr
J. BH. Khereh
Main St
Diver
Nene
Townsend
Drs. Folson & Campbell
Court’ St., Beatrice, Neb
J. Monroe Davis
Perenne Shellatty
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Cireaeh Mura & Co
Ciinree
Washington
D.C
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