The Chef Lenox Wins Over Impossible Dinner Plans
Mrs Botsford seeks a standout cook for Edward Botsford’s visit but hires Marguerite Lenox after a nervous run of choices. Lenox secretly falls for cooking and returns to manage the kitchen, promising to deliver a flawless breakfast and a bright performance for the family gathering.
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Jolin
Mr. Botsford
Mrs. Botsford
John
Ward
M. Lehknocks
Julia
Edward
Sarah
Ashe
Reward for Stopping Runaway Horse in Philadelphia
Alfred Birbeck risked his wife as he halted a runaway horse in Philadelphia after the owner was thrown from a carriage. The horse then threatened oncoming cars until Birbeck intervened. The owner handed Birbeck a five cent piece as a reward from his wallet.
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Alfred Birbeck
Philadelphia
Birbeck
Sunshine in Disease
The sun bath is useful in almost every form of disease without acute fever. It is especially valuable in neurasthenia, all forms of dyspepsia, rheumatism, diabetes, gout, skin disease and chronic maladies. Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis News
Ostrich Black Diamond Delights Delaware Track Fans
A trotting ostrich named Black Diamond valued at 5000 and driven by W. W. Ford astonishes Delaware crowds at Smyrna Dover Milford delivering 2 40 exhibition miles. The bird drew the wagon at baseball parks boosting Dover receipts while Ford handles reins and throat latch with no bit.
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Goera
Delaware
W. W. Ford
Florida
New York Exchange
Smyrna
Dover
Milford
Mr. Ford
Ford
Sleep and self control in busy modern life
The speaker argues that scholars and professionals, like anxious housewives, carry cares to bed and suffer insomnia. Normal sleep should be a physiological rest, with brain energy diminishing at night. He urges daytime micro-naps and a daily 20 minute quiet period to relax, reduce neurasthenia, and improve family life.
Washing by Bicycle In Edinburgh Virginia
A resident of Edinburgh Virginia attaches a bicycle to a rotary washing machine. His wife owns a rotary machine and the bicycle is fixed to it. He pedals on his stationary wheel with soap and water for about an hour to finish the family washing.
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Edinburgh
French millionaires in francs die in France last year
A report notes 497 individuals described as millionaires in francs died in France during the previous year. The term reflects wealth in francs, not current dollars, with 1,000,000 francs equaling about $200,000 at historical exchange rates.
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France
Great Water Drinkers
An average sized oak, during Svemonthe season, may drink about 223 tons of water from the soil each year. The estimate highlights how much moisture trees pull from the ground in a single year.
Inexpensive Luxury at Country Tavern Kathi
Landlord guides a guest to room 71 and explains there are only two rooms numbered 71 and 42. The guest expresses disbelief at the count, while the landlord clarifies the numbering as a humorous detail from Fliegende Blaetter.
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Kathi
Actors Must Be Fighters Boosts West Side Gym
A retired actor opened a West Side gym six months ago catering to actors. Nearly 100 members join, with boxing, wrestling, and fencing taught by expert instructors. A plan for a dramatic villain role led to a trial with a professional fighter, who praised the actor’s performance and anticipated further improvement.
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New York Sun
Duglist
Everlasting Light Discovered in London Inventor Claims Perpetual Glow
London inventor Magrady developed a 36 candle power light that never goes out. While experimenting with photographic chemicals he noticed a glow inside a small globe and perfected it by sealing in airtight glass. He aims to manufacture cases and seeks patent protection, asserting the light remains brilliant as long as the glass remains intact.
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London
Magrady
Herald
Men of soda fountains show seasonal labor blues
A Brooklyn Eagle piece surveys soda fountain workers in Greater New York, noting the five month season, wages from 12 to 20 dollars a week, and the hardship of winter layoffs. It details the bottling, washing, filling, and labeling process, the safety risks, and the casual attire of workers, many from the bottom laboring classes.
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Pirdie
Brooklyn Eagle
New York
Reading maid Laura wins a pretentious ring
A Reading Pennsylvania maid named Laura, famed for loving finery, finally gets a showy ring after persistent pleas. A bystander later notes the ring and asks if it is a diamond, to which Laura replies it cost 75 cents, revealing the humorous contrast.
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Laura
Nickle Plate Route Offers Daily Express Trains Eastward
Bates Lower and Service Equal the Best to All Points East via the Nickel Plate Road with three through express trains daily. Modern coaches dining and sleeping cars between Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and intermediate stations. Dining car meals 36 cents to $1.00. waiter service in coaches. special attention to ladies and children. no excess fares. Stopovers at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake. Trains depart from La Salle Street station Chicago. Regional excursion rates advertised for Sept. Oct. 1901 to Arkansas Indian Territory Louisiana and Texas. inquiries to J Y Calahan KC General Agent. Liberal quote from Cicero.
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Bates
Nickel Plate Road
Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Lgcarte
Niagara Falls
Chanteuqua Lake
New la Salle Street
Chicago
J. Y, Calahan
Gen
Adams St
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Lieutenant Warren
Lieut. George G. Warren of No. Chemical Washington D C testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills helped him after kidney strain from lifting. He claims lifting capacity increased six hundred pounds with no return of trouble after five to six years of suffering, and that other remedies failed. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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George G. Warren
Washington, D. C
Dean
Weenta Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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