Monster arch and sparrow tale at Pittpacreath Street
A Chicago Tribune item recounts a sparrow perched in the carved jaws of a stone monster atop an arch near Pittpacreath Street leading to the University of Chicago. The bird sheltered four eggs as wind and straw wedged inside the creature's mouth, becoming a notable local oddity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aparriwia Satie
Ita
Pittpacreath Street
University of Chicago
George
Chicago Tribune
Franco-Belgian syndicate wins a Serbian gambling concession
Reported in Belgrade the concession for a gambling establishment at Topthidere Park is granted to a Franco-Belgian syndicate despite Servian denials The deal would yield £40 000 yearly and ten percent of profits for eighty years with royal and government support except one minister.
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New Monte Carlo
Servia
Toptchidere Park
Belgrade
Skupatehina
Topthhidere Park
Michel Obrenovitch
Toptebidere
Saved Life by Eating Tail Tale
Workmen repairing a new house at First and Neil avenues uncovered a cat trapped behind plaster. The cat, found alive but with its tail eaten away over three weeks, had survived by consuming its own tail to endure captivity until the wall was opened.
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Neil
Learing
Cocoa Cultivation Shade from Banana and Immortels
A South American traveler notes cocoa trees require strong sun protection. Planters use banana and plantain trees as shade while mature trees are guarded by immortels or the mother of the cocoa, creating a canopy over the plantation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Fragmented clip notes evoke War 4 era stories and reflections
A garbled OCR fragment references three year terms, a boy wounded on a Wisconsin farm near Waionia Milwaukee, and a tale of alternate lives. Mentions Edith Wharton story The Valley of Doctor, and an automobile project described as largest in its class with two medical students aboard.
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Toma
Wis
Joseph
Waionia
Milwaukee
Bentinel
Edith Wharton
Dociman
The gown that doomed a race day wager tale
A New York Sun excerpt tells how a washed out woman wears a luck hoping gown to a race day. The dress becomes a fashion caution as a betting chum and her companion discuss tips and misfortune. The tale ends with a racing result and a shrug at fate.
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Chargem's
Warfeld
Unit
Juno
Sheepshead Bay
Bluex
Wong
New York Sun
Fragmentary Vanity of Antony Text and Palace Scene
Fragmentary OCR passage portrays Antony dying and Cleopatra at the palace. The Nile sounds audible from outside. Cleopatra remains absorbed in a plane drawing while muttering about Antony. The text references a historic gown and ownership.
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Antony
Cleopatra
Nile
Pol
The Boy King and Arctic Wonders Collide in Oddities
A fragmentary narration blends a mythic royal portrait with natural history. The boy king appears in a surreal, dreamlike passage about crowns and courtiers, then shifts to notes from St Nick and Arctic fauna describing seasonal color changes, camouflage, and animal behavior.
Combination Puzzle and Marble Making in a Historic Picture
The article describes a word lock puzzle using letters from a list of rivers and hints that the solution rests under the reader’s eyes. It then explains agate marble production in Thuringia Germany, detailing how stones are shaped and painted to imitate agate marbles and how large alleys are blown in a German town.
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Thuringia
Germany
Jaye
Hilage
Loart
Laisehs
Games of Tag Among Swiss Children
Swiss children play tag games with magical rain charms guarding power. Cross-chase lets a runner switch roles with the catcher, while the charm is tied to objects like iron or shoes. A cap game and a swift game with a pot of gold involve disguises and rhythmic chases, with the catcher earning the pot or becoming the robber.
Circling the Cane in a Suspicious Training Scene
A fragmented instructional passage describes a tester guiding a person to hold a cane and bend over as a safety-avoidance drill. It notes a balance challenge, brief giddiness, and reliance on nearby furniture for support, ending with instructions to raise and blow to trigger a call.
Missing children found after night search on Keon mountain
A report describes two children who wandered from home in Meharma fille area at dusk and were missing overnight. Rescue teams scoured the area as sunset turned to dawn, locating one boy on a mountain slope and noting the harsh air and difficult conditions.
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Hallowe
Keon
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