Antiques and Cats Aileen Castle Ventures in Philanthropy
In a comic tale, Paris-tinged whimsy collides with small town life as Aileen Castle, angered by her father’s antiquing, opens a cat home with funds from her own pocket. Lawyer Mr. Winwood pursues romance, chats of theater and books, and a growing affection for the footlights amid cats and curiosity.
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Aileen Castle
Roseland Avenue
Mr. Castle
Ailgen Castle
Aileen
Massachusetts
Cline Winwood
Winwood
Connecticut
Miss Castle
Mr. Winwood
Paris
London
Chinese Would Trust Wife on Oriental Tour
A globe trotter and John Chinaman share a playful exchange at packing time aboard a steamer. The Chinese man declares his wife remains Chinese and loyal as he plans a journey back to Canton with his little boy, while a Manhattan girl jokes about potential romantic rivalries.
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Globe Trotter
John Chinaman
John
China
Canton
Manhattan
Not a Fashion Plate Says Youth and Father
A sporty youth tells a conservative father that his clothes are out of style. The father, replying, jokes that he pays the tailor extra to keep them that way.
Orion fires ten 13.5 inch guns in bold test voyage
Portsmouth reports the Orion dreadnought fires all ten 13.5 inch guns simultaneously off Owers lightship, demonstrating a new era in naval power. The hull remains intact though glass skylights fracture and house windows shake from the blast. The test confirms greater gun weight and recoil but no hull damage.
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Portsmouth
Orion
United States
Owers
Dover
Calais
Selsy Bill
Southsea
Knee breeches are coming to men's fashion says Paris expert
Los Angeles reports Louis Bourque, a Paris sartorial expert, predicts knee breeches and silk hose will reappear within ten years. He notes men already wear narrower trousers and expect revival of colonial era styles, praising lace shirts and buckled shoes over current loose outfits.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Bourque
Paris
Louis of France
United States
Prominent Rochester Businessman dies suddenly in car
Charles W. McBride, a leading Rochester businessman, died suddenly while seated in a new automobile he had just purchased. The excitement of handling the car for the first time is believed to have affected his heart.
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Joy
New Yorker
Rochester
N. Y
Charles W. McBride
Wine Aids Chickens in French Experiment
In France M Joubert tests daily wine for hens to boost egg production. A glass of wine per hen increases October through January yields, with potential for vin ordinaire to expand sales and aid wine growers. Pulitzer estate worth about 20 million funds widow and children, newspapers left to trustees.
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Paris
France
M. Joubert
Fountainebleau
Eges
Pulitzer
New York
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
St. Louis Poat Dispatch
Strong drink condemned by geniuses in sober verdicts
A Cumberland Presbyterian essay cites Edison and numerous writers and scientists who abstain or condemn alcohol as harmful to intellectual effort. The piece argues the day is near when alcohol will be seen as valueless for creativity and detracts from production across arts and sciences.
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T. Darlap Allen
Cumberland Presbyterian
Thomas A. Edison
Mistral
Jules Claretie
Pierre Loti
Paul Bourget
Jules Lemaitre
George Bernard Shaw
George Meredith
Alfred Russell Wallace
William Huggins
John Gorst
Vincent d’Indy
Alcohol Hurts the Memory Says Medical Writer
A medical writer in the Journal of Inebriety argues that regular beer drinking impairs memory and the retention of new ideas. The piece cites a study where abstainers produced precise reports while moderate drinkers offered imperfect ones, suggesting memory lapses from alcohol.
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Journal of Inebriety
Provident Life Society Health Bulletin Attacks Alcohol Use
The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York issued a health bulletin to policy holders debunking popular fallacies about drinking. The Sunday School Times published the medical director’s article sharing scientific and economic reasons to condemn alcoholic indulgence.
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Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of
New York
Sunday School Times
Proper Living Evangelist Sermon Call to Salvation
Evangelist J. W. Chapman of Buffalo urges that religion begins with being born again before adopting social virtues. He stresses that good behavior in family, business, and social life follows the spiritual renewal, and calls readers to sign and put themselves on record for salvation.
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Rey, J. W. Chapman
Evangelist
Buffalo, N
Cure Melancholy by Madness Quote
A quoted reflection by Charron warns that wise men mix mirth with cares to cope, but resorting to intoxication to cure melancholy is madness. The line frames a moral on temperance and mind health.
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Charron
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Dublin
Che
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