Pine Logs Float Down Saco River in Maine
The Saco River in Maine annually floats more pine logs than any other stream, a trend continuing for years. Despite pine scarcity, log cruisers still find timber upriver in New Hampshire and White Mountains regions. Last season the Saco carried about 15 million feet of pine along with spruce and hemlock to its mouth for processing.
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Saco
Maine
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Kate Douglas Wiggin
New England
German Housewives give rewards to maids for faithful service
In New York the German Housewives' society honored 40 maids with premiums for long service at its annual meeting. President and managing director Mrs. Theresa C. Schmidt described the group as an employment aid that rewards steadiness with gold bee brooches and ongoing prizes. Rose Hahn, 12 years with one employer, now earns $50 monthly, illustrating the program's impact.
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New York
German Housewives’ Society
Hausfrauen Verein
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Daughters of the Revolution
Theresa C. Schmidt
Rose Hahn
New Yorker Completes Remarkable Canoe Down Mississippi to New Orleans
Ben Gissel of New York finished a famed canoe journey from near the river’s source to Crescent City in 50 days. He left Minneapolis August 23 with a 17 foot craft carrying over 110 pounds of gear and weighed 145 pounds. He reports friendly reception in towns and plantations along the way, with one incident in Donaldsonville October 4 when a sheriff tried to arrest him as a dangerous character during a show window inspection.
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New Orleans
Ben Gissel
New York
Mississippi
Crescent City
Father of Waters
Gissel
Minneapolis
Minn
Donaldsonville
Entangled Heiress Plot Skews with Agathas at Wyckhoff Castle
In England, Lord Wilfred Vincent and Archibald Terhune pursue love and wealth amid a peculiar Agatha Wyckhoff riddle. Vincent courts several heiresses while a servant’s secretary sparks tension. A shocking confession reveals the real Agatha loves Vincent, who rejects her for genuine feeling, risking a fortune.
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Wilfred Vincent
Archibald Terhune
England
Agatha Wyckhoff
Wyckhoff Castle
Agatha
Wye
Vincent
Chopin
Archibald
Miss Marsh
Agathas
Arch
Loud Socks Expel Boy Pupil At Middletown High
Augustus Marsh, a Middletown high school tackle, wore Nile green socks with vivid red embroidery that drowned school noises. The boy rolled his trousers to display them, provoking a reprimand from a teacher and an indefinite suspension from Principal C. H. Woolsey.
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Middletown
Conn
Augustus Marsh
Middletown High School
Augustus
C. H. Woolsey
Dog Custodian of Jewels at the Plaza Hotel
In New York, a Boston bulldog named Captain carries a Russian leather jewel case containing gems worth thousands for Mrs. Benjamin B. Kirkland of Philadelphia. The dog, escorted by a maid, retrieves the jewels from the hotel office and delivers them to Mrs. Kirkland for her dinner wear, traveling directly between office and her apartment.
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New York
Plaza
Boston
Benjamin B. Kirkland
Philadelphia
Will Care for Lepers Philadelphia Heroic Move
Sister Marcella, longtime head nurse in St. Joseph's hospital accident department, leaves Philadelphia to work with lepers in New Orleans. Under Emmitsburg Sisters of Charity auspices a leper colony operates there with 86 patients cared for by six sisters and chaplain Rev A V Keenana. The dangerous mission requires constant contact with outcast lepers, often ending in infection and death.
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Philadelphia
Marcella
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New Orleans
Sisters of Charity
Emmitsburg
Mother Margaret
Order of the Order
A. V. Keenana
Louisiana
Street Swallows a Horse in Del Junction Street
Del Johnson, a D S Marvel liveryman, reported an “earthquake” as a street subsidence swallowed a horse he was driving. A water main burst beneath the road washing away soil, causing the vehicle to drop into a several foot deep hole. A derrick hoisted the trapped horse after two hours of effort.
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John Johnson
D. S. Marvel
Health and optimism drive success across ages and professions
A Century reflection notes average ages of mastery across fields from workers to thinkers and thinkers mature later. Health and optimism are marked as the duo behind success, with thinking noting later peak maturity and health plus optimism as secret drivers of achievement.
Bernhardt Wig Delights Paris In Courtesan of Corinth
Paris correspondent reports Sarah Bernhardt’s Eleonore wore a London wig crafted by a top maker who traveled to Paris for fitting. He charged 1,600 marks, a sum the actress justified by the final effect, which made her appear more feminine or subtly younger to the audience.
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Bernhardt
Hired Help in Argentina Capital Sees Low Wages
Report on male servants in the Argentine capital earning 66 cents to 2 20 per day while female help receive 40 cents to a full day wage. Local merchants and residents discuss living costs and labor standards affecting households.
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Argentina
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Tariq Shao Yi
China
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Weil Wal
Can Bell Aleshire Wilson
A. C. McClurg & Co
Wyckhoff
Wilfred
Agatha Fifth
Utopia
Eden
Bull
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