Brooklyn man dislocates jaw during mischief and courtship
A jumble of snippets notes social jests and local color. A Brooklyn man dislocated his lower jaw while vacating a scene. A Brooklyn judge decides that front step courtship is legal and lovers should seize the moment. Other items include a long marriage to a deceased wife’s granddaughter, aging, and a 102 year old Rhode Island resident's long residence.
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Miss Thlem For
Brooklyn
Vachine
Clara
Pye
Charles Menges
Stevensyville
Montana
Mary Dissler
Reading
Natural History Snippets and Oddities from the Era
A collage of curiosities notes ducks consumed by Chinese, a kite flight limit, and coal tar colors. It reports a 300 pound sea turtle hauled by Capt. Charles Lord southeast of South Shore light, a Newark dog reacting to trolley cars, and the trickery of misrepresented Mocha coffee with fake berries shipped through famed ports.
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Portland
Charles Lord
South Shore Light
Newark
N. J
United States
Brazil
Lords of Creation in a Fragmented Voice
A fragmented OCR passage offers aphorisms on language, wealth, and energy, mingling terse maxims with snippets about Hawaii voters, a French cabinet’s age, and a brief line about Jaquero Romano. The text reads like an excerpt from a satirical or editorial piece, with ellipses and misspellings.
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Hawaii
Ghostly meeting on foggy dock with Capt Steve Grummond
Detroit Journal recalls Capt. Steve Grummond once seeking to console a widow after learning Baxter the wood dock owner had died. In fog a spectral figure in the Corona dock pile revealed Baxter alive, collapsing Grummond in fright before the truth emerged.
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Great Lakes
Buffalo
Teuluth
Steve
Detroit Journal
Sarnia
Corona
Baxter
Wooey
New Orleans Crime and Accidents Reported
A stream of New Orleans incidents includes a man leaping into the river from Thatia street, multiple near falls and injuries on Decatur and Magazine streets, a 9 year old hit by a horse, and a bicycle accident injuring Mrs O Conner. Indictments include Pascal Fednerio for shooting Paul Curado and Louis Buscoe for criminal assault. A ferryboat accident, a bridge under construction, and burglaries at Crescent City Credit Clothing Club are noted along with several arrests and minor injuries from street fights and assaults.
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New Orleans
Thatia Street
M. A. Pavarest
Annunciation Street
Pascal Fednerio
Paul Curado
Alexandria
William E. Lawrence
Algiers
Vincent Goneha
Decatur Street
Decatur
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O'Conner
Pravktin
Abrs. McManus
Royal Street
Emma
Louis Buscoe
Vermillion River
Abbeville
Mike Tillman
Ege Bend
Ida Legarde
Magazine Street
John Davis
Carrolton
Frank Bonig
Cambronne Street
First Visit to America Comment on Heat Deaths
Mr. T K Date, a Japanese visitor, notes Washington heat deaths are rare in Tokyo due to lighter clothing and temperate habits. He contrasts Japanese summers with three months of hot weather and explains rice beer is milder and diet is less meat-centric.
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T. K. Date
Tokyo
Washington
Japan
United States
Washingston Post
A Witty Prelate and the Parson’s Hat Tale
Arch bishop Ryan, famed for wit, grants a priest a health related vacation then playfully suggests trying the air of the parish. A silk hat from before the war prompts a remark about lineage, the hat’s owner replying it belonged to his father who fell in the rising of '48, a quip the prelate sharpens.
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Ryan
Parisians Plagued by Recurrent Suicide Craze
A Parisian wave of personal crisis reports resumes with a woman ascending the Notre Dame platform, stepping onto the parapet and leaping to her death. The act mirrors past incidents at iconic monuments such as the Vendome and Bastille columns, with death reported as instantaneous.
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Notre Dame
X Rays Proved Him Sane in Hamburg Case
A Hamburg man’s sanity was affirmed by Roentgen rays after he claimed ten years ago a bullet lay in his head from an attempted suicide. He then suffered from headaches and other ailments consistent with the supposed injury.
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Hamburg
Roentgen Raya
Hand Book for Women Free by Dr Hartman
A brief notice describes Dr Hartman as author of a light book on diseases peculiar to women, collectively termed female diseases, highlighting its aim to inform women about these conditions.
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Hartman
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