Rescued by Cooking: Lappen Helps Roxbury Women
Mrs. Cella S. Lappen, probation officer in Roxbury, teaches home cooking and sewing to women on probation. Her program aims to reduce petty crime by improving daily routines, budgeting, and thrift, with extempore cooking lessons and group meetings.
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Boston
Mass
Cella S. Lapa
Roxy District Court
Roxbury
Hess
A. Lappen
New England
Allusband
Lappen
Remy
Potato Tragedy At Noonday Meal Claims Jim McCormick
Reinnati James McCormick, an inward patient at the city hospital, died after choking on a large boiled potato during lunch. He admitted an extraordinary appetite led to the incident, grabbing a potato that lodged in his throat and blocked respiration until doctors intervened.
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Reinnati
James McCormick
Jim
Tobacco for Pupils Sparks Echo School Law Debate
Fragmentary report notes concerns over tobacco use by pupils in Echo. Mentiones actions to round up those staying out of school and enforce the law regulating tobacco. exact details unclear.
Perils of Life in the Tropics in a Borneo Village
In a Borneo village a man and his ten year old son slept under mosquito netting. A snake bit the boy’s head and the python encircled the father as neighbors rescued them. The dead snake measured 16 feet long with puncture wounds around the boy’s head.
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Tropics
Borneo
Hotel Man Has a Conscience Admonishes Itself
A young advertising man staying in a mountain hotel complains of a headache before dinner. The next day the proprietor writes an apology note for serving a regular dinner and includes a quarter as restitution.
Squirtgun for Chickens
Reported invention from Missouri aims to quiet a hen coop by spraying a stupefying dope under a hen’s chin causing the birds to drop and be bagged. Oakland residents note the effect lasts days as remaining fowl are doped and unusable for a period.
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Missouri
Biddy
Oakland
German professor seeks birth ticket on sleeping car
A Berlin professor visiting the country recalls his surprise when the sleeping car porter asks for a berth ticket. He shows passport letter of credit and vaccination certificate, but questions why birth status matters. The porter explains the need to assign upper or lower berth.
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University of Berlin
Ruskin and His Quiet Chess Passion
The article notes John Ruskin’s fondness for chess with letters and visits to Maskelyne and Cooke’s entertainment. It recalls his games against Psycho and other automata, and his pride in defeats of Mephisto during its Crystal Palace run. He served as a vice president of the British Chess Association.
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Ruskin
Maskelyne & Cooke's
Mephisto
Crystal Palace
British Chess Association
Never Too Old in Wales for Childlike Discipline
A Welsh family of three grown nonmarried adults aged 83 83 and 45 lives at home. The father 83 was seen switching his son aged 60 for spilling milk. The article notes the curious practice, suggesting an American would count himself lucky not to be born in Wales.
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Wales
Unclear Exchange Over Shaving Mirror Comment
A puzzling exchange features Larry and Denny debating a man described as wearing shaving and a dramatic mirror reference. The dialogue hints at arrogance and public perception, with a humorous street tone and fragmented phrasing.
Joliet Ordinance for Indiana Street Sidewalk Construction
The Board of Local Improvements of Joliet Illinois submits an ordinance for Portland cement concrete sidewalks on the west side of Indiana Street from Jackson to Chicago and the east side from Jackson to Will, with five foot width six inch thickness, and a special tax levy plan. It details engineering estimates of $1 096.04 total cost, progress approvals, and tax collection to fund the project under local improvement law.
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Board of Local Improvements
Joliet
Llinois
Indiana Street
Jackson Street
Chicago Street
Will Street
Ino. R. Cronin
City of Joliet
Illinois
Ilinois
Todiana Street
City of
Iinois
Joliet City
General Assembly
State of
Joliette
Will County Ilinois
Cde
Clover's Insect Enemies and Remedies by J T Folsom
Dr J T Folsom of the University of Illinois spoke to the 1908 Illinois Farmers Institute on insects injurious to clover and alfalfa. He described the clover leaf weevil the clover louse and the seed midge and seed chalcid and the clover hay worm with recommended controls including early harvesting clipping and burning infested hay. He warned that the clover aphid can devastate crops but rain and natural enemies may limit damage and emphasized cutting early to protect seed yields and prevent carryover to next seasons.
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J. T. Folsom
University of Illinois
Ilinois Farmers’ Institute
Illinois
De-Kalb
Dr King's New Discovery Endorsed By Naples Man
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Dr King s New Discovery saved his life after years of use for coughs colds and throat and lung complaints He says it is a reliable remedy and would not be without a bottle The medicine has stood at the head of throat and lung remedies for forty years as a preventive of pneumonia and healer of weak lungs Sold under guarantee at J D Brown Co s drug store 60c and 1 00 Trial bottle free.
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Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Dr. King
J. D. Brown & Co
Should Kiss Men Carrye She Kisses Every Woman She Meets
A fragmented dialogue note mentions Carrye kissing every woman she meets and Cholly commenting on wastefulness, captured in terse lines.
Joliet Adopts City Ordinance June 1908
Official record notes the Joliet City Council passage of an ordinance by majority vote at a regular meeting on June 8 1908 and its approval by Mayor Cronin on June 11 1908. The document was deposited in the city clerk’s office the same day and published June 19 1908.
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City of
Joliet
Tiinois
Heig
Matt. Berscheid
MO. R. Cronin
Mayer
A. D
Raisins From Pudding Memory Shaped Maine Official
The Maine state superintendent recalls his early schoolday moment when a teacher asked both brothers if they loved her. The brother answered yes while he said no, leaving him to endure the mischief and vow to answer differently in the future.
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Maine
A Statesman Guest and Humble Host
A tale recalls a great statesman staying with a modest host. After a late dinner he bows to guests and magnets the room by noting convenient jugs in bedrooms the remark opens a bridge from daily life to broader, more liberal topics.
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Arthur C. Benson
Putnams
the Reader
Notorious New York Man Sentenced for Bigamy and Drunken Marriages
The court convicted Joe Kohler of New York and sent him to Sing Sing for six years and six months. He admitted drinking caused his actions and four marriages arose from his drunken sprees with four wives testifying against him.
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J. Kohler
Joe Kohler
New York
Sing Sing
Joe
Atung
Sting Sing
Revival of antique figureheads on modern cars draws attention
A Figaro writer notes owners of the era’s latest automobiles revive the old custom of placing figureheads on the fronts of cars. The objects serve as guardians and mascots, often grotesque, with popular designs including a police officer with a watch, a barking car, and a crowing rooster.
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Figaro
The Only Basis of Society and a Native Inspector
A fragment discusses religion as the foundation of moral and social order, stressing belief in a God and a future life as vital to benevolence and social fabric. A brief shift follows, describing an emigrant inspector as perhaps part Indian and Malay, suggesting a mixed heritage with a mocha blend.
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Channing
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Ble
Larry
Denny
England
H. A. Stevens
Ino, Friedrich
Joliet, Ilinois
Herbert Henry Asquith
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Spencer Perceval
Mr. Asquith
Morley
Yorkshire
East Fife
Home Department
Glasgow University
City of London School
Balliol College
Oxford
Clover
Arthur J. Bill
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Cholly
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