Oddities and Victuals from a Night News Page
A jumble of quips on medicine, poems, and trivia. It mentions a French submarine, a Chicago insurance loss, and a Bowling Green man fined for kissing another man. Also notes on tomato plans, gunpowder, Heaven for pets, and a Philadelphia girl killing a mad dog with a golf stick.
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Bowling Green
Ohio State Journal
Philadelphia
Princess barred from hotel over snakes in room at Coney Island
A princess arriving in the United States was refused lodging at a Coney Island hotel after keeping snakes in her room. The incident sparked commentary asserting that visiting royalty must observe proprieties and cultural norms.
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Coney Island
The Pawnbroker's Window and the Lulu Portrait Tragedy
A reporter witnesses a desperate man smash a pawnbroker window for a cameo brooch bearing his dead daughter's portrait. He dies from blood loss after a police capture, while the brooch is found to contain the child's image. The tale centers on the husband's act, the missing wife, and a vanished tale that never reaches print.
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Satan
Eve T
Lala
Lulu
Yender
Nite Child
Tulee
Walim
Ted
Alandsman
Leutenant
His Defense The Count and the Heiress in Courtroom Exchange
A fragmented dialogue shows a Count denying mercenary motives while an Heiress contends her creditors are pressing. The exchange hints at financial strain and social tensions surrounding debt and justice.
Unclear fragmentary note on travel and conflict
Fragmentary text mentions travel and a gun wage dispute with missing names and places. The passage references a person asking about return home from Rugppe and a claim about a wife. Detailing is insufficient for full factual summary.
Tales and Tricks from the Brook and Beyond
A miscellany of light nature notes and childish puzzles including a brook tale about a miller and fisher, outdoor games with Turkish and Greek captains, practical jokes with a toasted cheese box for rats, and short anecdotes on flittermice and Jack origins.
Wise Donkey Teaches Farmer About Apples
A hungry donkey entices a farmer to open the orchard gate and sample the best fruit. After the donkey wrecks a tree, the farmer beats him but later learns the donkey catalyzed a richer harvest, as the ruined tree bears double the apples and larger fruit the following year.
Hobble Hoop Race From the Spectator’s Point of View
A humorous account describes a hobble hoop race where competitors wear hoops strapped to ankles inside a barrel hoop. Racers crawl along a 60 foot course with hands inside the hoop and feet restricted, producing slow but comical progress and bow-legged antics.
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New York Globe
Toledo Blade
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Mare
Toledo
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Mars
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Rugppe
Godfrey Lagden
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Jack
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