A Family Plot by Conan Doyle novel excerpt
Ida and Clara Westmacott plot to reform their father Doctor Walker through Mrs. Westmacott teachings. The sisters experiment with chemistry and smoking then declare plans to pursue female professions while the doctor protests and tries to regain control. Clara vows to become a pilot and Ida continues rebellious schemes amid domestic chaos.
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Sttle
Doctor Walker
Ida
Clara
London
Jane
Yda
Westmacott
Enjoyment in the Army Frontline Enlists in Sports and Discipline
An enlisted man on the frontier enjoys hunting and fishing, regular meals and sleep, and training that builds strength and posture. Post facilities include billiards, a reading room, libraries, a post school, and quality clothing. Drunkenness is curtailed by strict rules and dishonorable discharge after five courts martial convictions. Reading and writing proficiency among ranks is noted.
Facsimile St Louis Ship Proposed for Lake Exhibition
A London firm Herbert Saunders & Co. offers to build a lake facsimile of the transatlantic steamship St Louis as an elegant restaurant vessel with access from shore by gangways. The plan mirrors Antwerp exhibit. Henry G Kittredge meets Atlanta officials to arrange the Massachusetts display and select site.
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Herbert Saunders & Co
London
St. Louis
Henry G. Kittredge
Massachusetts Commission
Atlanta
Massachusetts
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Southerner's Bravery From Civil War Era San Francisco
City Attorney Creswell recalls Charlie Fairfax a Virginian and Confederate sympathizer as a man of courage honesty and courtesy. He recounts Fairfax in Sacramento defending himself when rival Whitcomb Lee attacked with a sword cane Fairfax seized the blade disarmed him and then drew a revolver warning Lee to sheath the sword while vowing not to allow a widow and children to be left fatherless.
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California
Charlie Fairfax
Lord Fairfax
Creswell
Supreme Court
Sacramento
Whitcomb Lee
Fairfax
Lee
San Francisco Post
The Boy Who Always Seeks to Do His Best
An extended juvenile piece extols boys who strive for virtue and future leadership. It cites figures like Raleigh and Adams and shares a New England farmer tale where a son excels as a hen raiser, highlighting family pride and practical success over expected careers.
Discovery and the value of self guided learning
The author argues that discovery builds true knowledge rather than rote familiarity. It emphasizes children and adults must uncover meanings themselves, not rely on preexisting dictionaries or others. The piece urges leading learners to discover rather than accept established definitions.
Make Your Own Perfumes for Scented Powders and Drawers
A Victorian style guide offers three perfumed mixes for sachets and boxes. Rose Mix blends corn starch orris powder and attar of roses. Violet Mix uses orris powder bergamot and ambergris. Bureau Drawers mix dried rose leaves lavender and spices with oak shavings to prevent musty odors.
Columbus Composition Turns Mixed History Into a Mock
An Ohio schoolmistress presents a boy’s Columbus essay with mixed facts from Genoa birth to Brooklyn bread loaves. The piece oddly claims Columbus was born Friday October 12 1435 and ends with a woman marrying him after his supposed ascent to genius.
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Ohio
Columbus
Genoa
Italy
Brooklyn
New York
The Glasses Debate in a Factory Eye Injury Case
A workman injured by a hammer sues for damages. The factory owner hires an oculist who uses a green ink on a black card to test vision. Spectacles with red right lens and clear left lens reveal the left eye’s status by reading a green sentence on black, showing the left eye was uninjured.
The Boy's Best Friend and Revered Mothers
The passage extols the mothers of notable figures. It cites the Wesleys' mother shaping Methodism from childhood prayers. It notes Wordsworth Milton and Mohammed revered their mothers, highlighting motherly influence on religious and literary life.
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John
Charles Wesley
Wordsworth
Milton
Mohammed
Clever Dog Responds to Cow in Potatoes Joke
A shepherd tests his dog by saying the cow is in the potatoes. The dog springs through the window to view the potato field and locates the cow. After repeating the gag twice, the third time the dog wags his tail and seems to scold the master before returning to his corner and sleep.
Dinner wine advice from a waiter in To-day
Jerome K Jerome recalls a dinner where the head waiter advises a champagne start followed by mid range wines and a modest final bottle. The waiter says guests notice no difference after two glasses and that the plan is a common practice.
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Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome
A Legend of February's Days and Myths
A French tale column recounts legends about February having twenty eight days. An old woman with a flock mocks February, which then creates a leap year by stealing a cold day from March. A Norman legend says February lost a day in a domino game with January and March. An Egyptian myth features February’s god forfeiting days to the moon.
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Egypt
Forests Whittled Away by Pencil Demand
A German pencil firm orders a large quantity of California sequoia timber as cedar forests in Europe dwindle. Sequoias, the big trees, are now prized for pencil lead wood, raising concerns that historic giants are being sacrificed for lead pencil shavings.
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Europe
California
An English Schoolboy’s Answer
An intelligent pupil at a national school in a large English town was asked by the commissioner about effects of heat and cold. He answered heat expands and cold contracts. The examiner prompted for an example, and the boy replied that midsummer days are longest and winter days shortest.
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England
Caring for Dogs with Gentle Hygiene and Friar's Balsam
The guidance recommends washing a dog at most weekly and brushing daily. If a dog returns home scratched, wash wounds with warm water and apply Friar's balsam daily. The remedy, once used by monks for people and animals, is sold by druggists in small quantities and is not a patent medicine.
Arctic explorers named safest men in the world
A Detroit Free Press quote extols Arctic explorers as the safest men to trust in danger saying they remain cool during the greatest peril.
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Detroit Free Press
Angel of Loss Walks Across the World
Poetic tribute reflects on bereavement and memory as loved ones are borne away in silent grace. The verse contrasts the earthbound absence with an angelic figure who takes cherished things, leaving the living to name them dead.
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Harvey
Manchester seeks direct fruit trade link with Sicily
Manchester aims to bolster the canal economy by establishing a direct fruit trade route with Sicily. Local officials say the initiative could boost commerce and provide a steady flow of Sicilian produce to English markets.
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Manchester
England
Sicily
Forged a Patent Case Involving Chicago Land Trust
Captain Porter of the U S secret service arrested Captain George W Streeter and three associates along with Jacob Nine on charges of forging a government patent to 186 acres of Lake Michigan shore land. Detwiler testified he received the patent from Streeter to compile titles and alerted Washington after finding it forged.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Porter
United States Secret Service
George W. Streeter
Charles A. Applegate
William H. Cox
Jacob Nine
Lake Michigan
George E. Detwiler
Cleveland
Hoke Smith
S. W. Lamoreaux
Streeter
Washington
Cox
Nine
Agricultural Department Reports Crop Prospects Improve Slightly
August 12 report from the Agricultural Department statistician shows a July gain of about 3 points in overall crop conditions, with state figures including Ohio 89 Kentucky 113 Indiana 100 Illinois 106 Iowa 107 Missouri 115 Kansas 90 Nebraska 76 and others. spring wheat down 6.3 from June, oats up 1.3, and Irish potatoes down nearly four points from July.
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Agricultural Department
Wasatxeton
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Mississippi
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
California
Fighting Anthrax Threat Prompts New Jersey Health Action
Trexton New Jersey August 13 extraordinary efforts by the State Board of Health to stamp out an anthrax epidemic spreading among cattle horses and mules in the northern part of the state. Despite measures daily deaths occur on highways and fields and all milk from the infected districts is being removed from the state. Extra specialists and inspectors will be commissioned this week.
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Trexton
N. J
State Board of Health
Taylor case ends with hanging for Meeks family murder
In Carrot Ton Missouri Judge Rucker overruled a new trial motion in the Taylor murder case and sentenced the condemned men to be hanged on Friday October 4. Both defendants protested their innocence.
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Carrot.ton
Rucker
Taylor
Meeks
Patent grants and notices from Des Moines in August
Iowa patent office report notes a copyright granted to S. Miller of Des Moines for an illustrated catalogue on Columbian Art Ribbon Work. Robert Fullerton of Des Moines receives a patent for a cup cover with a dial and pivoted pointers to prevent improper medicine dosing. Nine Iowa inventors issued patents for the week ending August 6. Free information on obtaining valuing and selling patents available. Printed drawings and specifications of any US patent offered for 25 cents. Twos. G axp J. Ralph Orwig. Solicitors of Patents.
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Des Moines
Miller
Robert Fullerton
United States
G. Axp J. Ralph Orwig
Solicitors of Patents
Where He Would Be Alone Prohibition Lecture in Kentucky
A man longing for solitude finds a practical way to escape humanity by suggesting he go to Kentucky to lecture on prohibition. The exchange contrasts sentiment with pragmatic action as a remedy for unrest.
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Kentucky
Railway Collision Leaves Man Hurt in Tunnel Misstory
Dialogue notes a railway accident with a man injured after a tunnel encounter. A reporter records a terse exchange about cause and social missteps. The fragment hints at a collision and a romantic blunder as casual dialogue in a dramatic scene.
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Clare
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Master Mariner's Handbook
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Raleigh
John Quincy Adams
Gounod
Goethe
Chopin
Spohr
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New England
Sconset Academy
Mebbe
Allus
New Jersey Board of Health
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