Lady of the Lilies and a Gardener’s Secret
Aileen Clinton, admired by many in Liynwood society, shelters a quiet romance with Hugh McDonnel the gardener. When a hidden past surfaces through a love triangle, Hugh’s noble sacrifice and a revelation drive a bittersweet ending as old flames reemerge and resolve in the conservatory moonlight.
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Aileen Clinton
Liynwood
Miss Clinton
St. James's
Lloyd Coverly
Hugh
Hugh McDonnel
Mwan
Aileen
Jeff
Jett
Coverly Home
Burt
Jean McVey
Jef
How a Bell Is Tuned
A bell achieves a beautiful tone after casting and logging. Tuning reshapes the metal by shaving thin bits to align five harmonic notes for harmony, done by an expert as easily as adjusting piano chords. If overdone, the tuner restarts from the first tone and reshaves until the fifth tone harmonizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belenti
Radium Factory Erected in Limehouse England for Commercial Production
Sir William Ramsay announced radium production at the Limehouse factory run by St Ives consolidated mines. Since starting, 6500 milligrams of 10 percent radium, about 560 milligrams pure, have been produced and placed for sale in Britain, with plans to market within days. Process faster than continental methods, yields a gram per month as the facility scales up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir William Ramsay
Thomas Street
Limehouse
St. Ives
William
Trenwith
Arthur Schiff
William Ramsay
Sir Wiliam
Als
Sir Willam
Plichblend
Cornwall
Austria
Great Britain
Sir William
Mme. Curie
Beane at $500 a Barrel in New York Beans Bond
New York bond company pays 15000 dollars for thirty barrels of Beane beans to settle the forfeited bail of J F Ehrgott in a 1902 smuggling case. Ehrgott faced 92.80 duty on beans imported from Canada and fled the country after posting 16000 in cash. The bond remains forfeited as he never returned.
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New York
Boston
United States
Shields
J. F. Ehrgott
Ehrgott
Canada
Ebrgott
Cassel Buys Radium Gramme for Cancer Cure Study
Sir Ernest Cassel purchased a gramme of radium from the Austrian works at Joachimsthal for cancer cure experiments by the British Radium Institute, paying 72 000 dollars. The purchase supports research efforts in radiotherapy and medical science.
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London
Ernest Cassel
Joachimsthal
Talking Box Shows Truth In Dutch Courtroom
In Thelden near The Hague a card room brawl case ends with an outsider proving the dispute via a gramophone. His records reproduce the quarrel, oaths, and scuffle, leaving the magistrate to reach a swift decision in the old Dutch village.
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Hague
Thelden
Doctor Is Best Pie Maker in Oak Park
Chicago physician Dr Silas E McDonald of 425 South Grove Avenue earns top prize in Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal church cook book for pumpkin pie. He notes his mother and wife influenced the recipe and shares the method: stewed pumpkin strained, milk to moisten, salt, molasses, ginger, nutmeg, baked in a moderate oven.
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Chicago
Silas E. McDonald
South Grove Avenue
Oak Park
Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Hamburg American liner to offer direct Africa US animal transport
The Hamburg American Line plans direct U S West Africa service aboard the Carl Woermann to move wild animals to New York. Rates crown small wildlife at 25 and a giraffe or elephant up to 200, with crate housing and self catered meals. The voyage includes live animal transport risk and varied crate accommodations.
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New York
Roosevelt
Africa
Carl Weermann
United States
Hamburg
Liverpool
Hamburg-American Iine
Abova
American Line
Carl Woermann
West African
Tropics
Noiseless New York Ordered to Silence City Noise
Police Commissioner Gropsey issues order for a noiseless New York. City to hush flat wheeled trolley cars and new fangled auto horns and other disturb ers of the peace as part of a campaign to curb urban noise.
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New York
Gropsey
Funny Story Breaks Jaw In Kalamazoo Catchy Tale
In Kalamazoo Michigan a husband suffered a broken jaw after his wife reportedly told a funny story. A physician arrived two hours later and the jaw was set. Mrs Roebuck refused to reveal the story that caused the injury.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
U. S. Roebuck
Advice to John on improving marriage and home life
A satirical marital letter advises John to stop nitpicking his wife and to win her affection with gallantry and planning. It proposes a staged, exaggerated charm offensive at home, including a staged note to his wife and a social dinner with friends to demonstrate a well ordered house and thoughtful manners.
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John
Trix
Jack
Tompkinses
A Safe Bet
A small boy returns home claiming a section bet with Johnnie Morris, declaring he bet a nickel on Tarding. His father quizzes him, and the boy admits he lost but won’t pay until Johnnie asks, knowing he’ll get cursed out if he does.
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Johnnie Morris
Johnnie
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Edith Gray
Associated Literary Press
Lloyd
Scotchman
Sir Hugh
Jon
South Pole
Antarctic
Shiras
England
Gramme
Talking Box
Hamburg-American Lines
John Ieee
Eerie Eee
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