London Heiress Stipulated Heir Prizes Love Test
Archibald Terhune, a young London bachelor, learns he stands to inherit Aunt Georgiana’s fortune if he marries within a set time. He pursues Agatha Sixth while others vie for his attention, including Leslie Freer. Torn by competing romances, Terhune faces a race to seal engagement before the deadline.
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Archibald Terhune
London
Georgiana
Castle Wyckoff
Vincent
Ra. Weshune
Wim
Castis
Archie
Agatha
Agatha H
Agatha Sixth
Terhune
Leslie Freer
Berne
Sone
Satha Jrirst
Trange
Oman
Vincents
Otto Agatha
Agatha Vincent
Solicitor Burns
Terk
Soldy Barns
Foe Barnes
Vincent’s
Murray Brancepeth
Acatha
Ferhune
Barnes
Brance
Beth
Brancepeth
Chiltern
Agatha Fourth
Dearest
Myself
Elopement Sparks House Party Romance Finale
The Chilterns and Brancepeths navigate a tangled set of elopements and betrothals during a sunlit luncheon. Agatha First, Agatha Fourth, and Agatha Sixth clash with Brancepeth as Terhune and Miss Endicott draw closer, while old loyalties and plans collide in a melodramatic, affectionate conclusion.
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Mpor Acatha Endicott
Chiltern House
Chiltern
Brancepeth
Wyckhoff Castle
Agatha First
Brance
Mr. Chil@erm
Terhune
Mrs. Chiltern
Arch
Jase
Bhancepeth
Agatha
George
Murray
Margarea
Vincent
Fle
Bruncepeth
Dearest
Solicitor Barnes
Chilterns
Miss Endicott
Georgy
Agatha Fourth
Barnes
Old Chiltern
Success Turns Many Heads
The piece critiques self inflated pride after a brief success. It argues big egos distort future effort, urging humility and focus on what lies ahead rather than past achievements. It stresses that a man should concentrate on future tasks, not lingering on former glory.
Pie Window Ad Teases Boston Diners For Boarders
A Boston kitchen window displays pies with rich juice and flaky crust as an advertising ploy. Curious residents ask about boarding, and the owner replies that the pies are made by a friend on the next street, who then takes boarders.
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Boston
Boston Herald
Origin of Nuptial Kiss Reveals Sacred Prewedding Pledge
The nuptial kiss traces to the espousals in medieval and some Jewish customs. Couples met before witnesses days or weeks before marriage, where a ring was often given, or, if funds failed, a kiss served as a binding pledge before man and God.
Radium Factory Erected in Limehouse for Commercial Production
Sir William Ramsay announced a Limehouse radium factory, run by St Ives consolidated mines, has produced 550 milligrams of radium and plans to market it in Britain. Director Arthur Schi% expected sales at £10,000 to £20,000 while Oliver Ramsay described rapid Limehouse processing converting pitchblende ore to radium bromide.
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London
William Ramsay
Thomas , Street
Limehouse
St. Ives Consolidated Mines
William
Trenwith
Arthur Schi
Great Britain
Sir William
Mme. Curie
Cornwall
Austria
Record beans bring 15000 dollars in New York
A New York bonding company paid 15000 for thirty barrels of Boston beans to United States Commissioner Shields to satisfy the forfeited bail of J Ehrgott, a former bean dealer indicted in 1902 for smuggling beans from Canada. Ehrgott posted 16000 cash bail then fled. bonds were forfeited.
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New York
Boston
United States
Shields
Ehrgott
Radium Purchase Funds Cancer Research in London
Sir Ernest Cassel bought a gramme of radium from the Austrian works at Joachimstal for cancer cure experiments. The British Radium Institute paid $72,000 for the element, marking a substantial investment in early medical research.
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London
Ernest Caassel
Joachimathal
Talking Box Is Arrested In Dutch Court Delden Case
In Delden near The Hague a card game dispute led to trial. An outsider played a gramophone recording of the quarrel proving the accuser’s tale and the defendant’s defense was questioned. The magistrate swiftly rendered a decision after hearing the evidence.
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The
Hague
Delden
Muistrate
Allence
Doctor to Best Pie Maker in Oak Park
Chicago doctor Silas JH McDonald of 426 South Grove Avenue is Oak Park’s star pumpkin pie maker. His recipe, from Wuclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal church cookbook, credits his wife’s plan and his mother’s pumpkin pie. The directions list stewed pumpkin milk salt molasses ginger and nutmeg baked in a moderate oven.
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Chicago
Silas JH. McDonald
South Grove Avenue
Oak Park
Wuclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Hamburg American to ship wild animals direct to New York
The Hamburg American liner Carl Woermann will start direct U S Africa service, carrying live animals to New York. Rates vary by animal size from 25 for ostriches to 250 for an adult elephant, with crate transport and crew care provided but no guarantee of alive delivery. Passenger cuisine is "Dutch treat" and medical attendants apply to animals if needed.
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New York
Roosevelt
Africa
Carl Woermann
United States
Hamburg
Liverpool
Hamburg-American Ine
Hne
Harburg
Qaarl Woermann
Noiseless Town Decree Targets City Noise
Police Commissioner Cropsey orders New York to become a noiseless town. Police to curb noisy flat wheeled trolley cars and new fangled auto horns as disturb ers of the city’s peace.
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New York
Cropsey
Funny Story Breaks Jaw in Kalamazoo
A. S. Roebuck in Kalamazoo Michigan fractured his jaw after his wife told a funny story. A physician was summoned and it took two hours to set the jaw. Mrs. Roebuck refuses to reveal the story that caused the injury.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
A. S. Roebuck
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