Abduction Plot by Three Thieves Backfires on Rich Daughter
Jerry Palmer and partners plan an abduction for quick cash, seize a sixteen year old girl, and hold her in a suburban house. The captive taunts them with witty threats, mocks their plan, and laughs off the scheme, ending with the insult that the rich never help the poor.
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Jerry Palmer
Jerry
Mike Donovan
Mike
Beef Trust
Tommy Saunders
Tommy
Birdie
Rich
Fortune
Cully
England
Abraham
Elephants Stir Trouble Aboard A Trading Steamer
A Japan Chronicle recounts a voyage with forty elephants aboard a light anchored steamer. The animals swayed in unison causing violent rolling until attendants halted the dangerous amusement amid shouting and thumping. The tale prompts comparisons to Jules Verne's fiction of ship sinking by such a motion.
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Japan Chronicle
Jules Verne
Japan
Censuses, Cucumber Giants, and Counterfeit Currency
A mix of curiosities and oddities: cler Gymen rank second among inventors while mechanics lead, 1.6 billion people with only three-fifths census counted, Frank Blanchard of Penacook grows a 34 lb cucumber 30 inches long, and a Worcester conductor exposes a counterfeit five dollar bill altered by pasting figures. Also notes Key West 15 million cigars, Porto Rico 40 million, Cuba 25 million cigars in six months.
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Frank Blanchard
Penacook
N. H
Worcester
Mass
Key West
Porto Rico
United States
Cuba
Korea in Crisis Described by Chicago Journal
A Chicago Journal excerpt paints Korea as miserably poor and aristocracy ruled with a luxurious king’s retinue while peasants suffer. It claims justice is bought, officials control offices, taxes are farmed out, and Seoul is desolate. It alleges no religion, disestablished Buddhism, and cruel merchant loans to nobility.
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France
Seoul
Korea
Chicago Journal
Surprising Journeys of Jewish Immigrants to New York
The article notes many Jewish immigrants arrive with no address and expect to find relatives within minutes after landing. It highlights girls surprised by missing cousins at unknown locations like 72 Brooklyn and thousands arriving with decipherable but often useless addresses. The piece praises Yiddish papers for helping locate relatives.
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Mojische Or
Jankel
New York
Brooklyn
Horses and horsemen update from Readville and Columbus
Ed Geers has never driven the Kentucky Futurity winner. Sweet Marie trotted in 2 05 without a pacemaker at Readville. Glenwood M won the $10000 Brewer's stake for 2:19 trotters at Columbus. Jim Gatcomb worked Lizzie A in 1 02 at Syracuse with the last quarter in 23 seconds. Audubon Boy equaled Star Pointer's mile at Readville pacing 1 59 without a pacemaker in front.
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Ed Geers
Sweet Marie
Readville
Glenwood M
Columbus
Jim Gatcomb
Lizzie A
Syracuse
Audubon Boy
Star Pointer
Editorial Flings And War Talk Across Papers
A mosaic of quotes shows mixed views on war and policy. The New York Mail warns of a Russian bear and perfunctory obedience, while the Chicago News notes Japanese war supporters. The Washington Post jokes about turtle classification. the Philadelphia Record critiques high salaries in life insurance.
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New York Mail
Japan
Chicago News
Connecticut
New York Custom House
Washington Post
Hfe i
Philadelphia Record
New York Herald
Hearst Transcontinenta
STAR
Washington, D. C
Jefferson City
Topeka
Kas
Guthrie
United States
The
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Times
Old Fashioned Sayings From An Old Globe Quotation
A quizzical note captures old fashioned proverbs from the Atchison Globe. It recalls a man asking for tobacco and pipe, another selling eggs to buy guilt, and warnings about a asleep foot and brittle bones.
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Atchison Globe
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Beatrice, Neb
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury
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Frank T. Pearce
Dillel
Nebraska
RD Office
Munn Fe Co
Scientific American
Vunn & Co
Sherwin-Williams
Thos. Nelson, Diller
NEBR
Casnowe
Dahlias
Marveline Co
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Uwsiay
Hkling
Great West
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