John Henry on Summer Resorts in Social Glints
A humorous social column lampoons fashionable summer resorts, detailing lavish spending, hotel schemes, and eccentric figures. It follows a Saratoga setback tale, notes about landlords, witty dialogues, and a parade of society names from Cincinnati to Atlantic City and Cape May, with marriages, divorces, and alimony hints threaded through resort life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assy
Saratoga
Mimse
Husbans
Joab
Palmer Ochinago
Ming
Tyen
Plym- Maiti
Plymouth Rock
von Teel
John J
Cincinnati
Cornelius
South Daxota
Hector J. Rooberntk
Atlantic City
Hector
Phyllis Kurdsheimer
Mike Kurdsheimer
Gus Béauhoister
South Newark
Cape May
Gus
Hank
No. Tif Cottage
Dhoes
Hiltheringham Park
Speakeasy Towers
Old Kent Road
Baya Water
Shoreditch
God Save the King
Mercedes Caulifower
Narragansett Pier
Peter Cuckoobird
Mercedes
Jacob Cauliflower
Beet Trust
Butters
Hank Dobbs
Crystaline
Riviera
Hense
James Shine
Shine
Newsport
Clonde Typewriters
Cierdita
Dillingham
Fragmented Whims and Jests From Old Newspapers
A collage of quirky lines and verse snippets from Chicago Chronicle and Milwaukee Sentinel reflects playful banter. It includes stray jokes about hats and gear, a romantic verse about a dewdrop on a red rose, and a humorous exchange about returning goods.
Embarrassing Exchange Cited In Mixed Dialogues
A collage of quotations from Chicago Daily News and Houston Post depicts social mishaps and witty banter. Miss Rose appears pleased, while Miss Sharp speculates about dating, and a minister is mentioned in a humorous anecdote about a kiss and a fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussle
Miss Rose
Miss Sharp
Chicago Daily News
Quotable Fragments of Gossip and Jests Across Papers
An assortment of pithy quotes and clipped anecdotes from various papers. Snippets include a failed flirtation in a dark hallway, misread intentions, and a mirror of social chatter. The collage mentions Miss Swift, a playful deception, and sharp one-liners about writers, humorists, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Swift
Wei
Fragmentary humor and garbled lines from a 19th century snippet
The page fragment shows disjointed quips and misread text about oaths, issuing daily, and a mistaken cake scene. Names and coherent events are largely unreadable, with erratic capitalization and stray dialogue indicating OCR damage rather than coherent reporting.
Fragmented OCR reads like mixed phrases and questions
Readable text shows stray phrases about wagers and inquiries, a barber shop line, a boy asking about a language, and scattered names. The passage resembles a collage of quotes and humorous snippets from a newspaper page with no clear single event or coherent story.
Ute Indians in Wyoming Threaten Douglas Area
A Cheyenne dispatch reports about nine hundred Ute Indians near Douglas on the Platte River behaving violently. They raid cattle and sheep, rob ranches, and refuse to return to White Rock Utah. Led by Mosisko with Begleston and Redcap, the band is armed and short on provisions. Agent Hall plans troop dispatch from Crow Creek and ranchers brace for possible clash as troops approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galt Lake City
Herald
Cheyenne
Wyo
Douglas
Platte River
White Rock
Utah
Mosisko
Begleston
Redcap
Reda
Wyoming
Hall
Department
Crow Creek
Manchuria Strikes Reef At Rabbit Island
The Pacine Mall Steamship Company steamer Manchuria ran aground on a reef near Rabbit Island off Oahu during a heavy rainstorm at about 430 Monday morning. The vessel lay about 300 feet from the shore. Among the passengers are Major General F B Smith, the new governor general of the Philippines, with his wife, and Judge M W Gilbert of the court of first instance of Manila, with his bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Pacine Mall Steam Ship Company
Rabbit Island
Oahu
Tex
Gener Buués FP Smith
The
Phillypines
M. W. Gilbert
Court of First Instances of
Manila
Week's Red Record in St Petersburg Details Toll
The weekly report from St Petersburg cites 50 officials murdered and 43 wounded in Russia proper, 50 bomb depots looted, 2,800 banished from the city, and 750 sent to interior trains. Police are training for rapid response in an unrest factory near St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Oebt
Russia
Petersburg
Gacolt
San Francisco relief committee aids Chile after April fire
Alda Valparaleo and a San Francisco committee of forty appointed by May w Schmile met Monday to arrange relief for San Princisco’s stricken people in Chile. Within fifteen minutes members contributed 2505 dollars. The Canadian Bank of Commerce reportedly wired 10,000 dollars to the Chilean president at the committee’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W Schmile
San Princisco
Bat Princisco
Chile
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Valparaiso Earthquake Not Affect Hartford Firms
Hartford insurers say no British or American home offices expose themselves to Chile quake risk and no earthquake clauses exist in South American policies. Washington dispatch notes transfers of colored troops from Fort Brown Texas to Port Ringgold Texas amid prior unrest. One Twenty second Infantry company moves to Fort Lrawe to guard colored troops while a white company remains at Fort Browne.
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Hartford
Conn
Chile
Connecticut Soupamies
Noot
South America
Mining activity drives Utah copper output growth projections
The Boston News Bureau projects Utah copper production reaching 399 million pounds annually within three years. Sunnyside mine in Roosevelt ships ore to Portland for cyanide processing, while Nevada Northern rail lines extend toward Ely. Salt Lake stock exchange activity totals 146 200 shares worth 109 029 dollars amid rising mining optimism and new plant developments at Garfield and Coram with several properties and companies described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston News Bureau
Utah
Roosevelt
Portland
Salt Lake Mining Exchange
Nevada Northern
Cobre
Southern Pacific
Ely
Nevada
Fairview Mining Company
Balt Lake
Fairview
Warren
Arizona
Yerington Copper Company
Salt Lake City
Alta District
Salt Lake
Gold Mountain District
Charles Shousaard
Guy Lewis
Gillian
Boston Consolidated Company
Garfield
A. J. Bettles
Steel Company
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John Henry
Mugh McHugh
George Y. Hobart
Corneling Sudslifter
Esmeralda Ganderface
Tightfist Ganderface
Esmersida
Peter
Tom
Clara
Chicago Chronicle
Ross
Milwaukee Sentinel
Houston Post
Clarence
Cordelia
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Chicago Record-Herald
Claia
Chessnutt Enquirer
Lee
Pepto
Ty Tatid
di Livanites Sentinel
Bander
Nigel
Aea
Nidmala
Critle
Brooklyn
Chicago
Effie
Jack
Royal Magazine
Cleveland Leutor
Este Fe
Sanurib
Wade
Houston
Anawera
Harber
Sobington Star
Alicia
Cleveland Loader
White Rock Reservation
Manchuria
Alda Valparaleo
Valparaiso
Imines and Mining
Golf Quartz Mining Company
Beowawee
Ogden
Salt Lake Stock Exchange
Sunnyside Mining Company
Thunder Mountain
Eldorado Canyon
W. A. Clarke
Montana
Wall Street
Quaker City
Techatcup
H. A. Kearns
Jenny
Gold Springs
Iron County
W. G. Davison
Itsech
Tdaho
Department of the Interior
Wilfley
Con
Rapit
Balaklala Com Pony
Coram
Cale
Siegel Consolidated Company
Siegel
Emeriora
Tonopah Stock Exchange
Stecke
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