Japanese count wins Bryan household heart in Lincoln home
A 19 year old Japanese nobleman named Count It... arrives at Col. Bryan's Lincoln residence seeking a guardian role. He serves in the Bryan household, handles chores, reads aloud, and adapts quickly to American life while Col Bryan and Mrs. Bryan share a cautious welcome amid domestic curiosity. The curious tale unfolds with the youth’s earnest desire to learn and adapt.
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Lincoln
Net
Bryan
Otter
Itv
Col Bryan
Ttsu
Japan
Iten
Sakura
United States
Col. Bryan
Iteg
Mra. Bryan
Tina
Mra Bryam
Tien
Furth
Bryan family plans and Sten’s future education discussed
The text describes Col. Bryan and his wife seeking a plan to remove Sten without offense while friends aim to ensure he learns about America and its institutions. It mentions placing him in a university, probably Illinois at Champaign Urbana.
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Mr. Bryan
Col. Bryan
Sten
Jad
America
Illinois
Champalen
Scotch Whisky Panic Amid Pattison Directors Meeting
London reports a whisky shares panic as Pattison's bonded warehouse assets in Leith exceed £150,000. Directors meet with British Linen and Clydesdale banks as creditors seek time to hold bills. Pattison's capital tied to Scotch whisky totals about $50,000,000 with 128,000,000 gallons in distillers hands previously. An accountant prepares a full statement to shape the firm’s uncertain future.
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Pattison
London
Leith
Glasgow
British Linen Bank
Clydesdare Bank
Axnata
Fleeing from Dawson Exiles Head for Yukon Pass
A TALE OF KLONDIKE FRY. John Halverson reports a mass exodus from Dawson City toward Skaguay as nearly 1,000 men and about 75 women trudge the Yukon with scant provisions. Supplies are tight, men fear death or starvation on the trail, and Skaguay remains a distant bleak goal in a winter of severe hardship.
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Tacoma
Wai
Rosalie
Dawson City
John Halverson
Yukon
Dawson
Chilkoot
Cardinal Satolli letter to Rev Father Malone in Brooklyn
In New York on December 14 Cardinal Satolli secretary to the pope sent a letter to Father Malone rector of SS Peter and Pauls in eastern Brooklyn. The note mentions a Vatican gift of a rare Dante manuscript and a forthcoming image of the Roman school to honor Malone. It also expresses thanks to a generous lady who aided the library’s building and wishes a merry Christmas.
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Cardinal Satolli
Father Malone
New York
State University
SS. Peter and Paul's Hn
Brooklyn
Rome
NCIS
Cardinal 3Atolle
McCadden Memorial Institute
Paren House
Peter and Paul's
Fragmented Notice About Buffalo Carcasses and Construction
Fragmentary OCR text reports unidentified carcasses in Buffalo area and references Crswrey Construction Co and subunnement work. Details are unclear due to garbled wording. no clear dates or outcomes available.
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Crswrey Construction
City Flood Devastates Brooklyn Dwellings and Business
A four foot water main burst at Central Avenue and Covent Street in east New York flooding Central Avenue and nearby blocks. Thousands of barrels of water from Ridgewood reservoir tumbled down streets, undermining brick buildings and cutting power. Dozens displaced, shops wrecked, and public school No. 8 flooded with likely closures. casualties largely unreported amid rescue efforts and widespread damage.
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New York
Central Avenue
Covent Street
Brooklyn
Ridgewood
Coney
Bremen
Cornelia Street
Evergreven
Westeen
Covant Street
Carh
Nagata
Moon
Covent Sireet
Bellamy Colony Fails In Collapse Of Socialist Dream
Dec. 14 report from Victoria details the collapse of the Bellamy colony in British Columbia. The cooperative experiment, funded by a $100,000 stock infusion, failed as wages proved unsustainable and workers refused to perform, leading to disputes, mismanagement, and withdrawal of investors. Comissioners struggled to administer justice, and most settlers left, taking little or nothing of their shares.
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Victoria
4. C
Uns C
Dream Lewis
Te Netin Gand
Vancouver
Columbia
Bellamy
Coltory
Childrore Sawuillia
Toloth
Ted
Dickeringa
Jaslouales
Justics
Jounetary
Nervous Women and Monthly Illnesses Question Airs Concerns
A fragment discusses women’s nervousness around monthly sickness, asking if readers feel screaming impulses, are easily irritated, and suffer the blues, hinting at a public health or social concern related to women’s health and mood changes.
Tiny New York Baby Mildred Rixon Reaches One Pound Four
A four week old Brooklyn girl born weighing one pound gains ounces with tender care. Doctors report healthy organs and potential for normal growth. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rixon of 1685 Dean Street, Brooklyn, share pride amid neighborhood attention.
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Mildred
New York
Aease
Misa Mildred Rixon
Bolt
Louis Nichols
Bedford See
Rixon
Volunteers of America plan Christmas dinner for 15000 in Chicago
Volunteers of America announce a Christmas Day meal for 15 000 Chicago poor at the Waverly theater 455 West Madison from 10 a m to 5 p m Brigadier General E Fielding estimates food needs including 5000 loaves 2000 pies 1000 turkeys 1000 pounds meat 500 pounds butter 400 pounds coffee 100 pounds tea 500 gallons milk 100 barrels potatoes and 2 barrels pickles with babies crackers and cakes also collected from charities An evening Christmas tree will deliver candy popcorn dolls and toys to children and boxes of goodies to those unable to attend.
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Chicago
Volunteers of America
Waverley Theater
West
Madison Street
E. Fielding
Fielding
Uniform Change and Structure Shift for Volunteers of America New York
The second annual meeting of the Volunteers of America New York ordered women members to swap cadet dill uniforms for cadet grey with a white waist in warm weather. A smaller bonnet top and rolled buckled band distinguishs the bonnet from the Salvation Army. Booth is renamed General, aligning with the military style. Treasury reports a cash balance of 549 dollars. general work receipts total 15,226.54 dollars and social or prison work receipts 7104 dollars. Each post gains the right to send a lay delegate to the council.
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Volunteers of America
New York
Erand Feid
Salvation Army
Booth
Treasury
Meid Council
Man Tracks Lost Klondike Dog Through Indiana Towns
An Indiana farmer, Mr Zell, says his St Bernard Klondike dog and stocking some items disappeared with his family last February after leaving for the Klondike. Rumors place the dog seen in Dawson City and back near his old neighborhood. Neighbors believe it is the same animal as the shy, wandering pet continues to elude capture while Mr Zell plans to travel before verification.
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Indianapon
Zell
Dareson City
Marquette Plans Ice Palace Like Montreal Attraction
In Marquette Michigan a winter icon may mirror Montreal's ice palace. The project aims for a late January public opening with rail excursions and a rink planned beside snowy venues. Construction may use eight to twelve inch ice and resemble the Montreal palace in scale.
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Montreal
Michigan City
Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Canada
Lake Superior
Pera
Joe Rink
Robbery at Rossburg Station by Masked Men
Two masked men entered the Rossburg railroad station, one with a Winchester and the other with a revolver. When William Williams hesitated, the revolver misfired and the robbers forced the safe to open, then fled after rifling the till. the amount stolen is not yet known.
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Rossburs
Wash
Williams
Wiliams
Hus
Willems
Lawsuits Begun Over Sinking of Atlantic Liner La Bourguene
In Chicago a US district court hearing Admiralty suits against Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, owner of the ill fated La Bourguene, which sank off Sable Island after a collision with the Cromartyshire. Each case seeks $50,000 damages. Plaintiffs include Randall and Osgood estate administrators and Dell Angelica executrix. Plaintiffs allege French liner officers violated standard sea rules and failed to protect passengers.
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Chicago
Ad— Mitrally
United States District Court
la Compagne Generale Transatlantic
Sable Island
Cromartyshire
Charles L. Randall
Edwin R Randall
Edwin I. Osgood
Edwin H. Osgood
Lissle A. Osevod
Kittle G. Truax
Hattle M Tower
Theresa Dell Angelica
St Louis
Cherubino Dell Angelica
Sults
Admiralty
Lnet
May Irwin Snubs Copycat Letter Style
New York December 1 May Irwin who loves individuality scorns readers who imitate others. She received a formal congratulatory letter and, after her business agent William D Andreas proved it copied from a guide on "The Art of Corresponding," she mocked it by stamping her name and note across the bottom.
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Hill
New York
Irwin
William D. Andreas
Andreas
Only Nun in U S as Postmistress Serves St Joseph NY
The postmaster general issued the last commission for a postmistress to M. Polycarpe Staigie of the Order of St Domini. Sister Polycarpa, said to be the only nun in the United States holding such an office, presides over St Joseph's in Sullivan County New York, where the order built a sanitarium last summer. A Brooklyn native, she entered the order's sisterhood and ran a prominent orphan asylum before ill health led her to Sullivan County sixty years ago, where she planned St.
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United States
New York
M. Polycarpe Staigie
Order of St. Domini
St Joseph's
Sullivan County
N. Y
Polycarpa
Brooklyn
Atlanta janitorial row shocks officials over appointee
In Atlanta on December 14, officials questioned Internal Hevenus Collector Rucker for appointing W. P. Payne a white Democrat as janitor of the custom house, replacing a prior appointee amid claims of improper conduct and political maneuvering. The case involves accusations of coercion and party opposition with lingering controversy over the chancery of the position.
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Atlanta
Hevenus
Rucker
W. P. Payne
Custom House
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