Cork Safe Tale of a Dutch Mechanic and Baggs the Swindler
A New Orleans Times-Democrat account recounts a folding cork safe built by a Dutch mechanic for con man Dr. Baggs. The device, six feet tall when opened, fit in a suitcase and fooled victims by transforming an ordinary office into a sleeping apartment, hiding the safe within its disguised form.
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New Orleane Times-Democrat
Dr. Baggs
Denver
Salt Lake
Frisco
Baggs
San Francisco
Reflections of an Artist on Taste and Collecting
A Washington Star interview captures an art connoisseur advising buyers to trust personal taste. He argues many flawed pictures teach collectors by daily viewing, noting confident buyers often build notable collections regardless of initial impression or external opinion.
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Washington Star
Exhibit by the Negro at Paris Exposition
Under U S government auspices a distinctive Negro exhibit will appear in Paris. Thomas J Calloway of Washington will prepare it with limited space in the United States exhibit In soriol ogy. It aims to show civilized Christianized people of African descent possess vast educational privileges and property worth perhaps a half billion dollars. It notes Black Americans are owners and workers in diverse industries, promoting a wiser African policy for Europe. Leading Negro institutions are coordinating creditable exhibits with more than a dozen features underway and New England states pledging support.
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United States
Thomas J. Calloway
Washington
America
Europe
New England
The Jolly Harbor Seals Watch For The Four O Clock Whistle
At the New York aquarium the smallest harbor seal, the one with the black coat, sits by the clock and seems to wait for the four o clock whistle. The whistle signals feeding time as crowds depart and the seals dash about the pool and leap toward the keeper with food.
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Aquarium
New York Sun
Uganda wife case stirs family feud over son and cattle
A Ugandan woman with three husbands and a son faced a court decision on custody of the boy and ownership of ten cattle after the boy chose the first husband. The judge ruled the boy live with the first husband, awarding half the cattle to him and keeping the rest with the third husband. The text also notes dramatic increases in shell fragmentation and other wartime science observations.
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Uganda
Blackwood
No. 3
Africa
J. D. Rees
Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
Official Baths in Capitol Draw Local Criticism
An amusing account notes congressional bathrooms in the Capitol basement, where lawmakers bathe at government expense, with attendants and barber services, while hotels charged for similar facilities. It also references a Hindu Home vignette and describes armored trains with fortified sides and weapon ports used in campaigns.
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Congressional
Uncle Sam
Congress
Washington Star
Senate
House
Graveyard promoter in Missouri described as enterprising dealer
An Eastern observer cites a Pemiscot County man who opened a tombstone factory and later bought a cemetery to flood the market with grave plots. He repeated the scheme in nearby towns, marking every grave with his goods and expanding his cemetery empire before moving on to start new sites.
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New York
Sun
Pemiscot County
Missouri
Wall Street
Wilbur F. Storey
An & Graveyard Promoter
Nightkey misadventure echoes in Brooklyn home
A Brooklyn couple gained local notoriety after two incidents in which they tried to enter homes without keys. First, the husband broke a window to reach his wife when they forgot their nightkey. Later he attempted entry again using a borrowed implement, forcing doors and finding neighbors and his wife inside together. A Christmas gift of nightkeys ended the tale.
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Brooklyn
New York Sun
Almort
Odd Calendars and Ethnographic Notes Across Europe
The piece surveys calendars abroad, noting Russia and China for large and ahead calendars while Britain’s 1751 calendar reform caused public protests over lost days. It then reports on a British Association talk by Mr Gray comparing East Aberdeenshire hair and eye color with Schleswig Holstein Lueneberg and Mecklenburg Schwerin, showing Germans skewing lighter north to south while Scotland remains darker overall.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mars
Scotland
British Association
Gray
East
Aberdeenshire
Schleswig-Solstein
Lueneberg
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Seance tale at Wichita ends with ghostly quip
In early Wichita a spiritualist seance drew a rowdy boy who, after seeking drinks, called for a drowned man. A shadowy figure appeared and when asked if it burned, the ghost replied that it did not, claiming it had not dried out yet.
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Wichita
Noah
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