Smugglers Island Rescue on a Seaside Mission
Nan, tempted by a revenue officer and men smugglers, is abducted to a smuggling launch. Joe, driven by love and courage, presses a rescue as Nan uses quick wits and a pitcher to fend off captors. The pursuit ends with Nan and Joe finding each other aboard the revenue launch.
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Nan
Jerry
Miss Nan
Buuggiers’ Island
Nep
Ile
Joe
Miss Nant
Tar
Willie
Not Such A Bad Old World In The End
A Philadelphia businessman shares a street scene of charity as a man helps a wounded boy with a leg brace. The gesture, spoken in broken Italian, underscores humanity's readiness to aid strangers, from war to peacetime, proving the world remains decent despite flaws.
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Philadelphia
Burlington
Sudden Death of Swimmers May Tied to Ear Cold Theory
The Medical Record cites Doctor Guettich's Berlin Otological society address proposing that cold water entering the ear irritates the inner ear labyrinth. This irritation could trigger sudden paralysis like a knockout, leading to drowning if help is not available. The risk mainly affects those with perforated eardrums, though some children with large perforations swim without issue.
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Guettich
Berlin Otological Society
Arbitration Court In Spain A Civil Dispute Forum
The arbi tration court is described as Spain’s most unique civil dispute method. All contentions can be referred to arbitration by agreement, except political civil rights or state concerns. Arbitrators are lawyers with 25+ years, sometimes lay amici compone tores. Appeal lies to the territorial appeal court. Method has proven successful and widely used.
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Spain
Thomas W. Palmer, Jr
Lawyers’ Magazine
Arbitration Court
Hum
Territorial
Boston’s stay-away-from-church champion touted in claim
The piece notes Boston’s craze for championships from professional baseball to Harvard football and compares it to the so called stay away from church champion. It jokes that Boston has little church attendance and that New York and Chicago have not joined the competition, per the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Boston
Harvard
City of Beans and
Biology
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ledger
Russia's Submarines Progress Noted in War Report
In Colier's Weekly Norman Degpor ty notes that Russia contracted for 138 large Bubnoff submarines of 600 tons each within 18 months. Designed for the Baltic, these vessels are all completed and likely to soon be in action as the war advances.
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Russia
Baltic
Norman Degpor
Ty. Coilier
Austrailian Sheepdog Trials Raise National Sport Tenor
Sheepdog trials in Australia attract the highest local excitement at agricultural shows and national competitions. Australians pioneered the Maltese cross cross—an eight eightfoot hurdle layout shaping a cross—testing dogs as sheep are guided through narrow passages. Australian sheepdogs are small yet swift, outperforming many humans in gathering, counting, and sorting vast Merino flocks on stations.
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Australia
Swan
Floating signaling device for submerged vessels proposed
A Scientific American description details a floating device operable from inside a submerged vessel, enabling liberation of the device, carrying multiple signals, and allowing communication with inmates. It also describes supplying atmospheric air to the submarine and mechanisms for elevating or aiding its ascent.
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Scientific American
Plant Pathology Emerges as Plant Disease Saving Science
The article describes plant pathology as a budding science for plants similar to medicine for humans. It notes yearly losses from plant diseases, cites $10,000,000 from bitter rot in apples, and highlights spray methods saving 90 percent of peach yellow losses. It also mentions oatsmut fears fading and grain rust behavior across hosts.
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Reynolds
Two Frenchmen in Paris discuss victory bulletins
In a Paris safe two Frenchmen chat. They remark that two days have passed without news of a victory an odd scandal. They note the sporadic bulletins and suggest there cannot be many Prupsiang left, reflecting wartime chatter and irony.
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Paris
TWO NOVEL CROWNS Eleonora Duse and the Queen of Beauty
A French journalist recounts Eleonora Duse evading admirers in a private garden then being discovered by tourists who homage her, while a similar tale tells of the three Miss Gunnings in London. Crowds mob famous beauties, and small acts of chance spark public adulation.
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Eleonora, Duse
Miss Gunnings
London
Vest Pocket Water Cycle Invented For Water Travel
A 23 pound catamaran style water craft folds into a compact form. It features two rubber pontoons, a light metal frame, and a hand crank powered propeller with a step up mechanism. The driving seat also steers via a connected rudder for control on the water.
Oil Lamps in London Street Light Night History
Oil lamps lit London streets from 1681 onward with gas only a century and more later. The note contrasts early illumination with later gas lighting and hints at urban lighting evolution.
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London
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