Burglary Attack Shocks Chicago Woman at Home
Florence McMeekin a young Chicago saleswoman woke to a burglar on her bed he threatened kill you if you scream and tried to kiss her She chased the intruder through the house while her brothers aided by dawn light and finally the thief vanished after escaping down Peoria street The intruder took twenty dollars and jewelry before fleeing.
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Florence McMeekin
Chicago
Mo Meekin
Miss McMeekin
Peoria Street
Jackson Boulevard
Miss Florence
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Susceptibility to Drafts and Capillary Circulation
A reader explains why people react differently to drafts. Those with strong capillary circulation and vitality resist chill, while feeble pulses and oily diets may slow surface circulation, causing skin to chill easily. The note ends with a recipe for home glove cleaning powder.
Curious kitchen scam and streetcar chat recital
A Boston Transcript note recalls a Mrs F selling buckwheat by a peck, the man insisting a bushel needs four pecks. A Boston Globe quip has a flirtatious exchange in French. A Chicago Tribune vignette has a long nosed passenger questioning a man about wages and railway travel on a streetcar, ending with a wry pay quote.
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Crimes Among the English Clergy List of Indictments
A fragment from Truth prints a tally of clergy misdeeds for the year including breaches of promise, cruelty to animals, bank rupts, elopements, drunkenness, assaults and various other charges totaling numerous cases in the British church.
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