The Romance of A Ring Unfolds at the Public Library
John Bouroughs a broker with a love for literature borrows a ring from a library lavatory desk by mistake. He spots Miss Ferris in the reading room and discovers the ring belongs to Phyllis Lane. He returns it to her, learns she is Miss Ferris, and they forge a new connection as Bouroughs offers library companionship.
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Owen Meredith
John Bouroughs
Tegwarly
Crerator Public Library
Wabash Avenue
John
Ike
Miss Lane
Dick Lyden
Miss Ferris
Chicago Tribune
Helmetta Snuff Town Passes To Trust After Stamp Transfer
The Helme family business founded Helmetta New Jersey as a snuff town. After 144 revenue stamps appeared on the deed, the American Snuff Trust acquired the town for a nominal one dollar, ending centuries of Helme family prosperity and 25 years of factory work for residents.
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San Curnpany
Helmetta
N. J
New York Journal
George W. Helme Company
Helme
Etta Helme
John W. Hersbert
Helmes
American Snuff Trust
Hermes
New Brunswick
Moro's Brilliant Trousers
A Philippine Letter praises Moro's trousers, noting they are silk and vividly colored with greens and reds. The fit is described as exacting, with shade of brown making the trousers nearly invisible.
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Moro
Prisoner Reads All Books In Library Bluff
A British officer stationed at Pretoria complains in a letter to his sister that the prison library is exhausted. The censor marks the line as a lie, noting the library actually holds 20 741 volumes. The claim is revealed as a morale-boosting fabrication from the prison.
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Pretoria
Loudon
Far Rockaway Accidents Slow Rail Track Obstruction Case
Citizens from Far Rockaway speed from Brooklyn seeking a Supreme Court injunction to block Long Island Railroad tracks. An accident on the road ahead halted travel and the obstruction persisted until the tracks were laid.
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Far Rockaway
Brooklyn
Long Island Railroad
Supreme Court
A Wife but Plays With Dolls in Pottsville Tale
A 14 year old Pottsville bride, Mrs. Alverdie R Snellenberger, sits with dolls on a rustic bench near her mother's house while on a brief honeymoon before moving to a shared home with Horace W Snellenberger, 22. The union shocked locals as he had shown attention to the girl prior. The report ends with a note about a watch valued at 600 francs submitted to special agents and not reclaimed.
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Pottsown
Alverdie R. Snellenberger
Horace W. Snellenberger
Snellenberger
Pottstown
Department of the Interior
Harwood Hull
Pocahontas In Kitchen And The Servant System
Riverside Cal correspondence reports on native servant girls placed in families, their improved status and gratitude for kindness, plus anecdotes on temper, a ghostly Hamlet reference, and a note on temperaments. Also coverage of a Buffalo Supreme Court injunction against Dr Clark's Foot Powder and trade-mark disputes with Dr. Clark's and Foot-Mase claims.
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Lee Chow
Wilsbury
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Sisinina
Laveblin
Buffalo
Paul B. Brudgen
Dr. Clark
Brooklyn
Tirad
Alien
Olmsted
le Roy
Courage in Love Sparks Impromptu Marriage Then Separation Follows
The article recounts Horace and Alverdle, both earnest in affection, marrying despite Mrs. Snell's objection to the young bride. Bhellenberger, a farm hand near Pottstown, cannot take the girl home immediately, leaving her to live with her parents until a place is found. The bride, though 14 and appearing younger, is content loving her husband.
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Horace
Alverdle
Jacob Snell
Bhellenberger
Pottstown
Beri Beri Declines in Japanese Navy Diet Reform
Dr Tatsusabaro Yabe, head of the Medical department of the Japanese navy, cites Archives du Mede cine Navale showing karike beriberi nearly vanished from his service. Before 1884 up to 40 percent of men were affected in summer, then Kanehiro Takaki proposed rice diet with pearl barley. From 1885 to 1895 only three fatalities occurred, all during the China war when rice supply failed.
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Tatsusabaro Yabe
Archives du Medecine Navale
M. Kanehiro Takaki
Pekin Police and Beggar Bands Alarm Pekin Streets
Pekin policemen use small drums and pigeons wear whistles to announce their patrols and deter criminals. Beggars form organized groups with a ruler, exploiting merchants with threats of self harm or death for extortion, causing officials to confront threats and potential property loss.
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Pekin
Morley's Worth and Holy Cross Leadership Change
Morley's Wonderful Eight touted as a multipurpose remedy with a 25 cent price and testimonials from Dr. T. E. Barnhart of Claiborne Parish Georgia praising its relief of pleurisy and pneumonia. Separately, a Notre Dame alumni reshuffle sees Rev James A Burns moved from the community house to Holy Cross College in Washington connected to the Catholic University of America, noted as a promising step for Catholic education.
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Morley
T. E. Barnhart
Claiborne Parish
Budha
Congregation of the Holy Cross
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
James A. Burns
Community House
Holy Cross College
Washington
Catholic University of America
Father Burns
Notre Dame
Harvard
Johns Hopking
Catholic Educators of America
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Tomas
Phyllis Lane
Tobacco Trust
New York
Leslie
Pocahontas
Snays
Riverside Cal
Philadelpha Vimes
Svri
Ladies’ Home Journal
the Rev. C. 1
Brady
Hamlet
Aquila
United States
Linay
Paris
Iha
Mr. Brady
Lai
Freeland
Crosco
Lown
D. C
O‘farrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
Cuassus
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
W.H. Copeland
Copeland
State Street
Chicago
Illinois
U. S
Rit
Tata
Dru
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