Sundial Love Ends Fortune's Empty Palace
A Martins family with patent medicine wealth lives in a gleaming bungalow with a terraced garden and a sundial that keeps Angela and John West’s late courtship secret. Angela longs for a simple rural life and true love, while her father plans a rich marriage for her. A letter to John triggers a moral reckoning, leading the family to abandon luxury and return to their old farm for genuine happiness.
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Angela
John West
John
Mrs. Martin
Gray
Chure
Martin
Jobn West
Hyme
Dress for women airshippers in early balloon era
Advice from Judge's Library on female balloonists attire advocates aeroplain dress plain clothing. Hats should include flowers to aid ascent, paper flowers only on the breast, balloon sleeves on the dress, avoid long hatpins due to lightning risk, and secure hats with clothespins.
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Judge's Library
Treasure Trove Hidden in New Jersey House
Patrick Kerwick of Trenton found a century old stash while repairing a floor. Mice had chewed the bills but the $100 note remained recognizable. The money’s origin is unclear, speculated to belong to a distrusting owner who died without revealing the hidden treasure.
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Patrick Kerwick
Trenton
N. J
Kerwick
Germ discovery hailed as possible poliomyelitis cause
Dr Samuel Dixon notes a unique organism found in blood of acute poliomyelitis cases and experimentally infected monkeys, absent in normal subjects. Kansas officials, led by Dr Crumbine, monitor tests amid Kansas polio epidemics with rising cases and deaths. Cultures show organism increasing after inoculation, but isolation and cure remain uncertain.
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Topeka
Kan
J. Crumbine
Kansas Board of Health
Samuel Dixon
Pennsylvania Board of Health
Nixon
Kansas
Dixon
Crumbine
State Board of Health
University Medical School
Long Kiss Causes Trouble Aboard Caronia
On a Caronia voyage a farewell scene ends with Mrs Odie Baaken pleading to be ashore after promising to meet John for lunch. She hails from Montclair New Jersey and clings to the ship as tugs strain and the liner begins its voyage.
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New York
Eda
Odie
Caronia
Earth
John
Odie Baaken
Pleasant Way
Montclair
N. J
Dda Solander
Ashland Hall
Basten
John H
Distressed Passenger Rescued From Liner by Rope Ladder
Mrs Baaken of Montclair clambered down a swaying rope ladder from the bow as Nichols finished turning the liner and the Caronia's captain urged her toward shore. Passengers cheered the daring exit amid the sea voyage drama.
New England Egg-Eating Champion Wins $50 Bet
Brockton Massachusetts George Ward a trolley conductor on the Old Colony line claimed victory in a fried eggs contest eating eighteen eggs in fourteen minutes securing a $50 stake. He followed with six more eggs a pound of cheese and tea as he walked home after the win.
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Brockton
Mass
George Ward
New England
Ward
Main Street
Old Colony
Many Tramps in New York Count Doubling in Vagrancy
New York city shelters report 16000 homeless in April versus 7750 in April 1910, surpassing 1907 April records. Charity officials say the rise is nationwide, urging farm colonies to employ itinerant labor and offset maintenance costs.
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New York
Charity Organization Society
Blatchley
Practical Fashions Jacket Pattern Description
The illustration features a short jacket with a panel front and back, long seams joining side bodies, a low side closing, and a shawl collar to the closing point. Sleeves are simple. Fabrics include pongee satin linen and more. Pattern 5442 sizes 32 to 42 tides. Medium size needs 2 1/2 yards of 50 inch material and 1/2 yard of 24 inch satin. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
Boy's Suit Pattern for Ages Two to Six Years
Advertisement describes a boy's suit with a large sailor collar, bishop sleeves with cuffs, and trousers without a fly. Front panel features box plaits, back mirrors the design, neck can be kept high or cut slightly lower. Pattern 4887 offered in serge and wash fabrics, sizes 2 4 6 years, mid size needs 2 1/2 yards of 27 inch material. provide name, address, size, and pattern number. Street and no state.
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Pattern Department
A Gatching Time in Jiggleton Tale Fragments
A Browning's Magazine humorous fragment recalls a weekend tale in Jiggleton. A man away for the weekend reports a brook trout, his daughter contracts measles, his son is struck out six times in a ball game, and the narrator catches a cold watching the game before returning to town.
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Browning
Escaped Death Thirteen Times in Remarkable Life
John H. Rice of North Hempstead L. I. recounts thirteen near death incidents including a train injury, a gun accident that cost an eye, a fall that severed an arm, and multiple drownings. He says he feels lucky.
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John H. Rice
North Hempstead
L. L
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