Wyckhoff Affair Unfolds With Vincent and Miss Marsh
In England Lord Wilfred Vincent and Terhune pursue recreation after missing a train. They encounter the wealthy Agatha Wyckhoff and her entourage, including Miss Marsh the secretary. A late night confrontation reveals romantic entanglements as Vincent fears a possible heiress match while Miss Marsh asserts independence.
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Lord Wilfred Vincent
Archibald ‘Arhune
England
Agatha Wycithofff
Agatha Wyckhoffs
Sopfather
Madern
Agatha
Wye
Myland
Armistead
Terhune
Erhune
Wyckhoff
Hichs
Vincent
Tha
Agatha Fifthater
Miss Marsh
Admires Nerve Of Fair Bex In Bill Change Tale
A gray headed man admires a woman’s nerve when she asks for change. He recalls his wife changing tens into smaller denominations from diverse shops without buying a thing. He contrasts her calm with men who buy to justify a request and calls male thrift less brave than that of women.
Water as a Headache Cure
A bright looking man claims washing the face with cold water is the best headache cure. He says it opens pores, stimulates circulation, and cools a hot throbbing head. He emphasizes cleansing the face amid dusty streets and smoky air, and praises soap and water.
New Nurses in Navy Begin Naval Medical School Training
Nineteen young women at the Naval Medical School Washington are progressing in the new navy nurse corps program. After six months they will graduate and be ready for positions in naval hospitals, hospital ships, or other posts designated by the surgeon general. Applicants must have two years of prior nursing training. The program faced early resistance but was defended by Surgeon General Rixey, leading to congressional approval and funding. Miss Esther V. Hasson leads the corps as superintendent. Graduates may serve in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii, or other U S naval postings.
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Washington
Naval Medical School
Nurse Corps of the Navy
Surgeon General of the Navy
Navy Nurse Corps
Navy
Rixey
Esther V. Hasson
New Haven Hospital
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaii
United States
Three Words Worth $3,000,000 in St Louis
Mrs. Sue Mclure Clark died of pneumonia and inspired instant fortune by insisting on keeping stock certificates worth a fortune. Her husband Charles Clark rose to wealth after missing a sale would have wiped out the value, aided by her line Let’s keep them. The couple’s sons, Charles McLure Clark and Vaughn Clark, are noted brokers.
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St. Louis
Sue Mclure Clark
Charles Clark
Charles McLure Clark
Vaughn Clark
New York
Thirteen Thousand Dollars Found Buried in Jackson Yard
Joe Riottie, one of two brothers and a sister who own a Jackson store and home, uncovered a tin can containing thirteen thousand dollars in gold coins buried in the back yard while digging to plant a peach tree. Riottie offered no theory of the money’s origin, though he suspects forebears who once owned the property may have buried it.
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Lord Wilfred
Wilfred
Terhune
Vincent
Edmund
Foreign Office
Jackson
Miss
Joe Riottie
Riottie
Amundsen Polar Basin Drift Plan Outlined
Dr Fritjof Nansen lectures note Amundsen’s 1910 Fram expedition to drift over the polar basin for four to five years. The plan uses the Fram, sails from Norway to San Francisco, then Point Barrow, entering compact ice to conduct oceanographic studies, bottom and water temperature samples, and currents measurements to solve polar region mysteries.
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Christiania
Fritjof Nansen
Geological Society
London
Arctic
Polar
Fram
Capt. Amundsen
Geographical Society
Amundsen
Ekborn
North Pole
Polar Basin
Pram
Norway
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Point’ Barrow
Point Barrow
Indians Trap Turtles in Winona Minn Fur Trade Boosts
Indians around Winona Minnesota trap mud turtles this winter seeking a market in the east where good prices are paid. Trapping musk rats beaver and other furs is not as strong as in prior years but the turtle trade adds to their income.
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Winona
Minn
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Agatha Fourth
Reall Agiatha Gatha
Edith
Huntington
Weil Walters
Frey
Cambell
Aleshire
A. O. McClurg & Co
Bex
Lille
France
Isobris
Walden Fawcett
Prince Tsai Fu
America
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