Honeymoon in a Box Car Ends With Arrests
A New York couple, Max J. Bender and his wife, were found in a freight box car near Seventy-Fifth Street on the Lake Shore tracks and arrested in St. Paul Minnesota. They claimed marriage in New York a few weeks earlier and said they planned to move to South Dakota to start a home, with no money and no lodging. The wife wore Wan clothes and carried a severed braid in her coat pocket. The pair, both unnamed ages, planned to work to earn money and evade travel as they journeyed toward a new life.
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New York
St. Paul
Minn
South
Dakota
Nan
Max J. Bender
Wan
Lake Shore Road
Seventy-ffth Street
Grand Crossing Staton
Max
Bender
South Dakota
Hallroad
Nurses Entice Doctors To Lavish Evenings
A Chicago hospital story reveals sixteen nursing graduates who stage elaborate social duels with doctors. Miss Sarah Walker sparked a scheme where physicians must escort the nurses on expensive outings, including autos, theater, and carriage rides, with costs ranging from sixty six to seventy dollars per evening. Doctors comply, while the nurses maintain control and cheerfully endure the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francie Wilard Hospital
Lincoln Street
Chiago
Shirt Waist Parade Dances Near Tus ten NY
A dance gathering in Sullivan county near Tus ten NY drew many youths. The event featured a shirt waist dress code and a parade titled the Shirt Waist Parade led by Misa Patterson and Charles Bloomer. Couples performed various dances, using clothesline props to symbolize the wringer and twostep. flirtation pauses caused playful lip contact adjustments before couples resumed dancing. The tune Pop Goes the Weasel closed the event with lively spirit.
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Tusten
Sullivan County
N. Y
Grand Ward
Misa Patterson
Charles Bloomer
Mise Patterson
Sieter-in-law
Willing to Die For Science in Tuberculosis Fight
Frank Merritt a middle aged man volunteered to surrender his body to science to study tuberculosis. After two weeks a physician inoculated him with the germ, and doctors report the disease has begun to take hold. Merritt, impoverished former bookbinder, sought lodging with the Salvation Army in New York and offered his life for humanity. He says death is no burden if it aids humanity and science.
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Frank Merritt
Merritt
Salvation Army
New York
Salvation Arty Hotel
Chatham Squire
C. ©. Carroll
Broadway
Perfect Gentleman Burglar Holds Edgewater Home
Miss Evelyn O Malley, eighteen, hoodwinked a refined thief who entered 187 Magnolia Avenue Chicago Edgewater at an untimely hour. For two hours the burglar ransacked rooms while she remained calm and cooperative, even sharing coffee. He bowed as he left and apologized before fleeing, prompting police to pursue the “gentleman” thief.
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Magnolia Avenue
Edgewater
Chicago
Evelyn O'Malley
Miss O'Malley
Helen
Dog Lands Large Pickerel
A tale from Towa about a pet dog named Bernard who hunted a large pickerel near a pond. The dog dived, tangled with a white-tailed lure, and surfaced exhausted as onlookers feared a bite or a snapping turtle. The dramatic moment ends with the dog landing the fish and spectators amazed.
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Towa
Clive Pinan
Thy Kimball& Dyraphe
Bernard Dog
Woman Beast Mauls Child in Boston Leopard Attack
A Bengal leopard in a Barnum and Bailey exhibit mauled fifteen year old Melon Torry in a Boston rail yard. The animal clamped the girl’s right arm above the wrist and shook, drawing blood as crowds shouted for help. Trainers used a iron bar to subdue the creature, after which the girl was taken to a private care facility awaiting an ambulance.
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Femme Leopard
Boston
Melon
Torry Offetyidere
Barnum & Halley
Helen Terry
Cdge
Helen
Huge Snake Kills Man in Circus Exhibit
Charles Coan a 27 year old traveling salesman from Lexington Kentucky died at Deaconess hospital Lola ville after a rattlesnake bite at a cigar store in a west locale. He displayed the snake to onlookers then attempted to remove the reptile after a fresh bite. He was a Yale graduate and is survived by a widow and three children.
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Charles Coan
Lexington, Ky
Reptile
Charmer
American Lawhook Company
Lexington
Deaconess Hospital
Lolaville
Conn
Focal Cigar
Omin
Youn
Elril
Arkona
Conwy
Agate
Coun
Kidnaped by His Chum in Swamp Ordeal
A ten year old Jamaica boy kidnaped a ten year old companion in a swamp near the Merrick road. The victim was stripped, chained by the ankle, bound hands, and beaten by the older boy Charles Morgenthaler aged ten. He escaped after hours of exposure and in a weakened, near-hynterien condition. The assailant led the other boy from church, coerced him into stripping, then assaulted him before tying him to a tree with a dog chain. The father found the victim and took him home.
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Charles Morgenthaler
Jamaica
Morgvithaler
Sinny Street
Jamulen
Charlie
Bin
Merrick Road
Theo
Charle
Local ads tout cheap homes and fast cash offers
In a jumble of clipped phrases and odd spellings, an array of ads promise quick cash for books, magazines, and papers while offering real estate loans, sales, and exchanges. Calls to various city numbers invite readers to contact Brent Best Photos and Clark Real Static for loans, purchases, and listings.
Modern Dentistry Promises Care With Moderate Charges
Manufacturer of carbonated beverages and mineral waters advertises thorough dental exams to detect hidden tooth decay and cave-ins. The notice urges readers to have teeth surveyed, warning cavities may exist unseen.
Marion Grocery Ad Promises Old Fashioned Flavors
Bunch of names and brands for groceries and coffee appear in a dated ad. It promotes imperial coffee and various merchants, inviting readers to try apple butter and a Marion brand product. The ad ends with a cold remedy claim for quick relief and a guarantee.
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Raucrety Ae
Imperial Coffee & Grocery Co
Kilnefelter
H. B. Krause
H. C Laffler
J. ¥. Lindsay
O. N. Lewis
Marlon Grocery Co
Wingo
P. Zachman
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Chicago Hospital
Sarah Walker
Srie
Cliss
Stong
Fair Maiden
Ehort
Girl
Windy City
Bacilli
Mins O'Malley
Misa O'Malley
Mine O'Malley
Big St. Bernard's Tall
Leopard
Circus Beast
Brute
Brent
Brest
Clark
Ouupany
State Street
Star Bottling Works
Seltear
Biphos
J. R. Smith, Prop
R. P. Pray
Union Street
Frederic Berryman
Studio 400 E
Church Cor
Miss Adam, Bowen
Marion Preserving OO
Bevarove
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