Sandy Bend Justice Reverses Judge Hoke for New Trial
In a satirical county court scene at Sandy Bend, Judge Hoke faces a reversal order. Fong Lee and Poke Smith dispute a laundered shirt leading to a mock trial with comic accusations, a staged verdict, and a public admonition against bias.
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Fong Lee
Poke Smith
Tom
Tom Stokes
Bill Wheeler
Jentee
Tam
Jedge Hoke
Min
Poke
Gunn
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Break in the Engagement Revealed in Balthemoree Dialogue
In a fragment from Balthemore American’s pages, a terse exchange notes mutual disappointment in love and a failed engagement. The speakers acknowledge misperceptions about wealth and romantic intentions, signaling an end to plans between the parties.
Gilos Falls In Effort To Photograph Women’s Game
Chicago News reports Giles Ho attempted a moving picture of women playing a game of chess, but his efforts were overwhelmed by the scene. The incident highlights the challenges faced by early photographers covering women’s sports.
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Gilos
Miles
Giles Ho
Chicago News
Servant Girl Problem Explained at Broadway Night
A fragment describes a group seeking an apartment hotel after a servant mix up involving Josie Bertha Mabel Nell. The scene shifts to a chorus on Broadway where the explanation emerges that kitchen maids Nellie Rovio and others who waited on table are rival skirt dancers.
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Mabel
Nell
Reason's Anoceum
Broadway
Rovio
White Bertha
Mabal
Tntay
Dainty scale weighs the soul of a fly in tiny degrees
A California jeweler, J L Liedler, builds a delicate four million nine hundred thirtieth ounce scale to measure the fly's soul as the difference between living and dead, using a pencil mark as a reference. The device, finer than a watch balance, weighs a pencil mark and a 0.25 inch pencil line to demonstrate the concept.
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California
Ttn
J. L. Liedler
Siimar Eircom
Lfe
Indians and publicity aid to jam on St Croix river
Wise Red Men led by William Hanley drove timber on the St Croix river near Taylor's Falls. A large jam formed as drivers, including about six dozen Indians, kept pace with white men. Hanley mocked a jam break while urging them to put their names in the paper, but the Indians replied that their deaths would not be printed.
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T. C. McClare
Judge Hoke
Randy Bend
Great
United States
Bluffer
Bandy Bend
William Hanley
Hanley
St. Croix
Taylor's Falls
Batt
Durinth News-Tribune
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