Up to Date Detective Burlesque From Mount Shasta Tale
A comic pastiche of Doyle style by James Richardson Jr from Cabanne, Mo, recounts Dr. Hotson and amateur sleuth Mr. Homes solving a mock Taunton murder. They ride a red ground-penetrating machine to hell, catch the devil, and end with a farcical jailbreak and a mythic Mount Shasta origin.
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Conan Doyle
James Richardson, Jr
Cabanne
Concord
Mass
John Hotson
New York
James Blake
Taunton
Indy
Slimciet
James Blaks
Mr. Padlock Homes
Faker Street
Homes
Homoes
Metropolis
Hades
Jimmy Blake
Blake
Secretary of State
Apollyon
Cycone
United States
Straightway
Horses
Charlestown
Stuart
Hotson
Mount Shasta
Dr. Hotson
Mr. Homes
Hotsen
Trilby
New Woman Runs Shoedressing Parlor on Dearborn Street
Miss M Edison opens a unique Chicago shoedressing parlor on Dearborn Street offering shine oil and varnish services to both women and men. She employs eight workers, rents a $75 monthly space, and promotes a clean safe environment where women may access grooming without discomfort.
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Dearborn Street
Chicago
California
Thad
Adams Street
Dice for Bibles at St Ives Sunday school
In Huntingdonshire, St Ives Sunday school children gathered in the church to roll dice for Bibles under a rector and churchwarden. An ancient bequest requires 815 yearly for 12 Bibles to the three top throwers, while the rector earns 2.50 for a special sermon. The dice game was held on the communion table, a part of the ceremony since abandoned.
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St. Ives
Huntingdonshire
Legendary American Burglar Shinburn Arrested in New York
Ian Shinburn, a German educated criminal known for decades of bank break ins and safes, was captured in New York City in connection with the Middleburg First National Bank robbery. Once a renowned expert, he exploited safes and locks, built a fortune through crime, and later faced repeated prison escapes and a long chase by authorities.
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Ian Shinburn
New York
Ina
First National Tank
Middleburg
N. Y
Shinbura
United States
Shinburnm
Shinburn Nisle
Shisharn
Lilly Safe Company
Ordinery Lilly
Shinburn
Bolgzium
Ft Crimizal
Ibis
Shinburt
Walpole Sasings Bank
Welpole
N. H
Bar Retbery
Goncord
Lehigh and Wilkeskarre Coal Company
Whitehawes
Vyaart
Cadiz
Ocean Bank
John 3S. Young
Shinborn
New Hampshire
Northampton
Manhattan
First National Bank of
Desperate chase ends in Chicago with Briscoe shot
The pursuit of Pat Crowe after a 1891 diamond theft leads to Patrolman Emmet Briscoe being shot in the chest. Briscoe survives and returns to duty, while Crowe is cornered by a crowd and captured by Officer Noren after a dramatic alley pursuit through Chicago.
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Briscoe
Pat Crowe
Illinois State Prison
Altgeld
Chicago
Crowe
Isaac Linville
Tak
Emmet Briscoe
Adams
Monroe
State Street
State
Juan
Gatas
Officer Briscoe
Pullman
Syhen
Kate
Noren
Siriscoe
Sit
Pat Crewe
Highwayman Arrests In Calas Spanish Girl Involved
Nora Bilaerata a Spanish girl was arrested at Les Gates Cal charged with highway robbery. Fred Hanger the victim recounts a buggy hold up near Heater ranch on the Santa Cruz road as a woman leapt from the vehicle and robbed him. The hearing and witness statements follow with Denials of force. A sea serpent surfaced in Lake Michigan near Traverse City with mixed witness reports and dramatic shots from local residents.
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Nora Bilaerata
Les Gates
Cal
Fred. Hanger
Santa Cruz Road
Aoman
San Francisco Examiner
Lake Michigan
Traverse City
Frank Durfee
Weimar School Rejects Berlin Model Amid Modesty Backlash
The director of the School of Fine Arts at Weimar tried to Trilbyize by adding a female Berlin model but faced strong local opposition to the change. The move sparked a debate on propriety and artistic experimentation within the institution.
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School of Fine Arts At
Weimar
Berlin
Tionesta Valley R R Time Table Takes Effect May First
Train schedule from Sheffield and Howland with multiple numbers and stops shows southward lines, times and connections. Names such as Barnes Brookston and Howland appear with arrival and departure times. includes junctions Sheffield Junction and Sheffield. Incomplete OCR yields several garbled times and misspellings. Jerry Crary, Supt. signs off.
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Sheffield
Gilson
Barnes
Hovers
Donaldson
Marnt
Hammonds
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
Garnes
Shefield Junction
Howlard
Rand
Po&w
Jerry Crary
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Sherlock Holmes
Conan ‘Dopfle
Max Shinburn
Anemiats Highwayman
Mas. Witna
Stockton
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Fenner
Theel
Arch St
Philadelphia
America
Evtys
Duddin's EU
Lbry Arch Street
Birror
Nerve Seed CO
Masonic Temple
Chicago TV
Warren
Siegfried & Co
Gav. F
Chichester
Caichester
Nik
Emicel Co
Madiaon
Kinzus
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Irvinton
Tidioute
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Buffalo Express
W. S. Lefard
R. Bell
J. A. Fellows
Exchange St
Buffalo, N
M. Waters
HE. T. Hazeltine
D._L. Gerounp
L.W. Dennison
Ass’t
E.T. Hazeltine
John M. Siegfried
O. FP. Hoffman
P. J. Bayer
G A. Cornen
LW. Depareens Jas
Q. Parmlee
E.W. Parshal
Erie Lines
Jamestown
Pittsburg & Cleveland
Cincinnati
Boston
Chautauqua Express
Buffa
Nea Fen
Ave Arene
D. 1
Ropeers
Pas
F W. Boselme
Cleveland
Tionesta Valley
R.R
Hward
Shefeia Jumelson
Mes
JD Eoror
P.m
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pitesburgh Railroad
Brrb CO
Ul. W
Albury
Saenetaewiebees
Syracuse
Rochester
Sagara
Lily Dale
Sinclairville
Boss Ih
Falconer
Ate Jamestorm
Street Cass
Jaamestown
Evans “Rooner Junction
I Leo US
Frewsburg
Pittsfield
Newton
Setkiniz
Titusville
Pittsburg
Lana 4
Oundey Trairs
Laure
Fourth Streets
Kepcham
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & E. Division
Shofield
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Washington
Pullmar
Erie
Williamsport
Kane
Renovo
Ridgway
Verey
M. Prevost
J.B
Lerrarp Ticke
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