Love and Murder Ends Tragic Yorke Affair in Philadelphia
James P. Gentry, comedian with Collier's Back Number, shot Madge Yorke a soprano with the Baggage Check company at Zeiss hotel Philadelphia after a jealous dispute. Yorke died at Pennsylvania hospital. Gentry fled but was arrested and faces murder trial.
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Adge Yorke
Zeiss
Philadelphia
Jas. P. Gentry
Collier’s
Chester
Miss Yorke
Yorke
New York City
Gentry
The
James P. Gentry
Lida Clark
Miss Clarke
Pennsylvania Hospital
Dietrich
Charles T. Blaney
Cooper
Richmond
Madge Yorke
New Yo: Casino Opera Company
Natural Gas
Foss and Hoss
Baggage Check Company
New York
W. F. Crossley
Wille Collier
Broadway
Joe Coyn
Rush City Company
Heiress Ida Barnekow Wins Million Dollar Title in New York
Lieut J M Brunson of the California National Guard marries Ida Baroness von Barnekow, heiress to a title and a Baltic estate valued over a million dollars. The couple, long friends from San Francisco, left for Germany after their quiet New York wedding voyage aboard a Hamburg American packet. The baronial estate includes the island of Rugen and a Berlin residence, with ties to Count von Moltke.
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J. M. Brunson
California National Guard
Ida
Baroness von Barnekow
New York
San Francisco
Joseph Green
Martin Brunson
Pacific Ocean
National Guard
Mission Dolores
Robinson
America
Green
Germany
State University
Rugen
Baltic Sea
Berlin
Pacific Coast
von Barnekow
Count von Moltke
Pitcher Eiteljorg Linked to Terre Haute Club Next Season
Reports indicate pitcher Eiteljorg may join Terre Haute for the next season, signaling a potential roster change and renewed competition in the league. The move would impact team depth and pitching staff planning for season.
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Eiteljorg
The
Terre Hautes
Trilby Clash Overshadows Comrade Status in Unknown Space
A dramatic, satirical verse segment from the Chicago Record depicts two hungry figures meeting in a nebulous space. One declares Trilby is their name and demands space among modern comic characters like Annie Rooney Daisy and Sweet Marie, challenging an older presence.
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Annie Rooney
Daisy
Marie
Emancipated Hen and Salty Sailors Parody Hard Times
A humorous crude exchange features an emancipated hen and a roving crew lampooning domestic toil and maritime bluster. The characters Ferdinand O Flarity Sally Silvester and Truth exchange nautical banter about winds sails and towage to Murphy's saloon in a lighthearted cartoonish dialogue.
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Ferdinand
Sally
Murphy's Saloon
Sally Silvester
Ferdinand O
Sound Proof Asylums and School Age Policy Gag
A satirical dialogue mocks social plans including government built sound proof asylums for babies until school age and other reform ideas. The snippets reference figures and publications like New York Weekly and Good News with playful exchanges about heredity, emanci pated women, and door signs.
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Theformer
New York Weekly
Difficult World Dialogue Between Bobby And Tottie
A fragment shows Bobby and Tottie discussing misadventures in a difficult world. Bobby laments his mother forcing him to eat foods he dislikes and refuses pudding claiming to care for him, while seeking freedom from parental demands.
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Bobby
Tottie
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Nervousness Cure
An advertisement explains that weak nerves stem from poor blood nourishment and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies and enriches the blood. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Brappoox of Williamsport Pennsylvania praising improved sleep and heart trouble relief after using the remedy.
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Hood
Brappoox
Erie Av
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
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Heredity
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Liza
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Basu
Pe Sao
Bow
Aermotor Co
Chicage
W.L. Douglas
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Colchester Rubber CO
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Ely
Joseph Stewart
Grand Avenue
Brooklyn
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New Yor
Racinea, Wis
Hamlin’s
Earth
Walter Baker & CO
Europe and
Amer
Er Ben
Dorchester, Mass
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Formple Package
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Chicago HO
Halsted ST
Wrecking CO
North Union Stock Yards
Atn Internally
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