Comedians Trick Escapes Arrest and Debt Paid
The tale recalls Joe Haines, a Charles II era comedian known as Count Haines, who fooled bailiffs by appealing to a bishop relative. He claimed the bishop would settle the debt and charges, prompting the two bailiffs to meet the bishop. The bishop pledged to aid, but the next day, after summons to his lordship, the bailiffs received full payment from the bishop, honoring his impromptu promise.
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Joe Haines
Charles II
Count’ Haines
Joe
Joe Staines
Bulgaria and its peculiar people in a contrast study
The piece surveys Bulgarian peasants and officials, noting rural life, language quirks, and lingering Turkish influence in Sofia. It describes deputies in the sobranje paid in silver coins, and adds a brief note on Hawk & Martin moving to 27 Maiden Lane and an advertising jab for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
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Bulgaria
Ile
Christian Sofia
Britain
Thames
France
Pranks of Cupid Among Celebrated Men and Servants
A digressive note on famous men who married their domestic servants. Sir Henry Parkes, Peter the Great, William Cobbett, and Wordsworth appear in anecdotes about marriage to maids, including Parkes marrying his cook and Cobbett waiting years to wed. The piece critiques romantic impulse with period gossip and literary aside.
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Sir Henry Parkes
New South Wales
Sir Henry
Parkes
Peter the Great
Prince Menshikoff
Martha
Marienburg
Russia
Bauer
William Cobbett
Cobbett
Horse Tales and Witty Snippets From Nightly Pages
A collage of short humorous pieces and anecdotes from Yearson's Weekly and other periodicals. It includes a little girl describing a horse with watery eyes, a country estate stumble involving a near fall into a river, old jokes about experience as a teacher, and quips about luck and misfortune.
Douglas Lacey Company Eyes Oil Prospect in Arizona
Pick and Drill Mines and Smelter plans expand to oil prospecting in Lone some valley Arizona after favorable reports. Manhattan Oil Company organized under Douglass, Lacey & Co. to operate. First well to be drilled within three weeks with $25 000 to $40 000 budget. two or more wells planned if needed.
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Valverde
Douglas Lacey Company
Arizona
Lonesome Valley
Douglass, Lacey & Co
Manhattan Oil Company
Los Angeles
Russell
Spencer
Prescott Journal Miner
City Council Concludes Special Sewer and Park Plans
The City Council met with Mayor Schumacher and all councilmen present to hear the sewer assessment report and approve assessments for Pennington Alameda and Messilla streets. They authorized pipe purchases and extensions on Toole and Stone avenues and designated a site behind the depot for a fire substation. A parks committee will select two blocks for parks and beautify the Carnegie Library area.
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Schumacher
Messrs Russel, Reid
Anderson
Pennington
Alameda
Messilla
Messila Street
Congress Street
Water Committee
Russell
Messrs. Russell
Reid and Anderson
Carnegie Free Library
Classified Ads Help You Locate the Right Person
Classified ads offer a quick way to find a desired person with listings that reach local readers. The section highlights contact options and practical steps to place a notice or respond to a SEEKER.
Ranch to ship 3000 Western horses to South Africa for British army
Herds of cayuses from intermountain states will be sent to Britain’s force in South Africa. Agents of the British army have been buying and corralling the animals in several western cities. The Medicine Brief lists fruits by medical use, detailing laxatives, astringents, diuretics and other properties. Stops the cough and works off the cold.
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Philadelphia
Tall S. Hill St
G.f.theel
G. F. Theel
Wingeles
Los Angeles
Cal
South Africa
Grand Junction Cole
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Publishers Rrrill Company
Irianapolis
THE
Hawk & Martin
Dr. Hay
Maiden Lane
Cupid
Southey
Wordsworth
Harold 8. Scott
Atlantic
Rilston Hall
Tom
Ben Jonson
Grumpy
Bachelor
Kowter
Windom
Ciry
SSS
JSS
Deutscher Arzt
Prof
Theel
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
New York
Equitable
Francis W. Jackson
H.R. Coursmen
A. W. Maine
Wales
New Assurance
New York Insurance Department
J. G. van Cisse
R.G. Hann
Wa. A. Wheelock
W. P. Snyper
C. Lepyard Blair
C. B. Alexander
Geo. H. Sovire
Board of Directors
James W. AL Gage E. Tarbell
William Alexander
James B. Loring
Xander
James H. Hyde
George T. Wilson
William H. McIntyre
Thomas TD. Jordan
Sidney D. Ripley
Edward W. Lambert
Edward Curtis
Louis Fitzgeral Chauncey M
WM. A. Wheelock
Henry G. Marqu
Cornelius N. Eli
CB. Alexander
V.P Snyder
Samuel M. Inmann
John A Stewart
A.J Cassatt
Robt T Lincoln
J.J. Astor
Gage FE. Tarbell
Marvin Hughitt
Wm.h McIntyre
M. Hartley Dodge
Brayton Ives
Alanson Trabe, SR
J. W. Alexander
J Levi P. Morton
WM A. Tower
K. O. Milla
Geo. J. Coild
M. E. Ingalla
Y, Hyde
Jacob H. Schiff
James J. Hill
Chris Smith
Henry C. Frick
WM Alexander John J. McCook
H.C. Haarbtck
David H. Moffa
Sidney D.riple
John Sloane
A. H.&raiman
Alfred G Vanderbilt T
Jefferson Coolidge
August Belmont
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A Ard Blair
WM. H. Baldwinj
Thomas S. Young
Joseph T. Low
Walter N. Parkhurst
New Mexico and Arizona
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tucson
Room
Hotel Orndorff
Yuma County
Rockland Canal CO
R. S. Patterson
Yuma, Ariz
Hoois and Horns Ranch and Range
de Hay & Witter
East
H. L. Rigg
Chas. A. Stevens & Bros
Chicago
Ill
Teleprome
Opera Hous
A. V. Grossetta
Mgr
Dave B. Lewis
Josh
Spruce
Hayseed Band
Grand Operatic Orchestra
Kimball & Francis
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