Schoolgirl Heroine Saves Pupils During Storm
Miss Freeman, a Mina Valley Nebraska teacher, tied the children with a twine approach to safety as the storm battered the school. She guided them a mile through wind and frost to the nearest shelter, while keeping them calm and urging endurance. A fund-raising committee in the city plans a gold medal presentation for her bravery.
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Coma Jetter
Minnie
Mina Valley
Neb
Cankie Gibbon
Lange
York College
Wseity
Omaha Busiies
The Dignity of the Check Book
A vivid observation on checks as symbols of wealth and power. The piece notes how checks imply access to funds, the thrill of bank interactions, and the ease of circulating payment even without deposits. It references street sellers in New York and the bank teller encounter as theater for the user.
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New York
Fost
The Jokers Budget and Late Night Dance Mix
A fragment lists varied items from a budget titled The Jokers Budget to late night events including a dance and a horse car. It hints at a chaotic sequence of notes with references to George and a violent interference theme.
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George
Bank Note Prank at the Bank of England and other jests
A comic slice shows Wash Connor tricking London bankers with a Bank of England note he refuses to indorse, threatening protest as officials panic. The piece shifts to brisk vignettes including a domestic moment about a late visitor and a final chiding reminder of family prayers before breakfast.
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Wash Connor
Gould
Chicago
Wall Street
Connor
London
Bank of England
Removing the Ring by a Broadway Jeweler
An elderly woman asks a Broadway jeweler to saw off her swollen wedding ring without cutting it. He uses elastic rubber banding to push tissue down until the ring slips free, charging one dollar for the skilled service. The woman thanks him as she leaves.
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Broadway
Sean
Scientific Americar
Drank and in Luck. A Portland tale on a drunken fall
The Portland Pree reports a drunken man on a Boston bound Eastern road train near Greenland who leapt from a car at forty miles per hour. Benjamin F. Chadbourne of Biddeford and General Mattocks of Portland witnessed the fall. The train stopped at Hampton to recover the man who lay upright in a ditch, then boarded the baggage car as the conductor ordered his removal. The injured passenger appeared to recover after being moved.
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Portland
Benjamin F. Chadbourne
Freshmen President Kidnapped by Sophomores at Cornell
Ithaca dispatch reports a midnight raid by seniors and sophomores abducting Freshmen President Davis. He was blindfolded and driven around town, later escaped from a second story window with minor injuries and rejoined Freshman supporters. Freshmen and Sophomores set to clash again at next week’s banquets.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Davis
Geneva Street
Calendar predictions and celestial events for the year
The article lists leap year details including Washingtons Birthday and Memorial Day on Wednesdays and a June 17 Sunday holiday. It notes eclipses on July 22 and 23, three partial eclipses Feb 11 July 9 and Aug 7, and best viewing locations. It forecasts planetary visibility and a Presidential election on Tuesday Nov 6.
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Washington
Banker Hill
Tuesay
Indian
South Pacific
Arctic
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Paper Message on a Fly in a 1851 Fortress Casemate
Doctor Melnikoff recalls finding a folded scrap of cigarette paper attached to a blue fly that entered his fortress casemate in 1851. The note bore a man's name and hinted a prisoner hoped to signal friends, as the fly was released back to the corridor with a blessing крипС Богом.
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Doctor Melnikoff
George Kenman
Ss’ Bogom
The Iron Egg and the Hidden Treasure
An old Berlin Museum tale tells how a prince sent an iron egg as a gift to a princess. She discarded it, revealing a silver lining that hid a golden yolk a ruby crown a diamond ring and a final revelation proving affection through a priceless chain of treasures.
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Berlin
Estate of Capt. Farren Leaves Far-Reaching Provisions
The late Capt. William Farren of Fairhaven Conn left an estate valued at 3300 000. He willed the bulk to his adopted daughter Miss Sophia Farren on condition she remains unmarried. If she marries her portion will be an annual income of 22300. She faces a peculiar and unpleasant predicament due to the clause and her youth and beauty.
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William Farren
Fairhaven
Conn
Miss Sophia Farren
Miss Farren
Paper board doors gain use in place of wood
Doors formed from two thick stamped paper boards are glazed together with glue and pot ash and rolled through rollers. They resist shrinking swelling cracking or warping and are water proof for mixtures, offering a weatherproof alternative to wood.
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Wpeemarm
Sis
Col. Blood
Jones
Bill
Skinner & Co
Hall Boy
Elisha
Puck
Mr. Twimsy
Gladys
Ernest
Mamma
Harper's Magazine
Chile
SALON
Miss Petroleum
Madame Recamieer
Mrs. Petroleum
Mr. Petroleum
Jack
John Smith
Pugville
Smith
Harley's Bazar
Philadelphia Record
Tre
Cook
Madame
Donnerwetter
Jackanapes
California
Detroit Free Press
United States
C. B
Cc. B
Madame de Polonaise
Omaha
David
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