Duke's Bubble Mystery Ends With Found Ruby Pin
Dorothy and Mabel solve a family puzzle after discovering Cousin Gladys's ruby pin hidden by a window curtain. A bubble play day with Duke leads to the pin’s recovery and a wedding invitation for the two girls and Duke to visit the city as bridesmaids.
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Dorothy
Mabel
Mamma
Gladys
Maria
John
Duke
Topsy
Dot
Harold
Mab
Dukey
Mabel Elvise Fletcher
Nancy Scott
Washington Star
CATCHING THE MICE Puzzle Teaser With Cats and Mice
In a circle a cat must count mice by rounds to eat every thirteenth mouse and leave the white mouse last. The mice propose a starting point so the white mouse is final. The second puzzle asks the smallest count round a circle starting at the white mouse with that mouse still eaten last.
Handy cabinet for shoes from grocer boxes
The article outlines a shoe cabinet made from oblong boxes obtained from the grocer, sized to fit shoes neatly. Boxes are fastened with partitions, cracks filled with putty, and painted black for a neat look. Optional dust flaps on the front guard contents.
A Clever Trick With Knives and a Thousand Mark
A playful riddle explains borrowing two knives and asking friends to add them to create a thousand. The trick hinges on the Roman numeral M formed by arranging two knives to resemble the character M, representing one thousand.
Modest Flower Sparks Neighbor Debate Over Nerve
A brief note suggests a resident's seemingly modest demeanor masks bold nerve, sparking neighborly discussion about behavior and boundaries. The excerpt hints at social tension without detailing events or names.
New Harbor Lights A radical underwater beacon plan
The Aluminating Engineer promotes placing electric lights underwater to mark channels with illuminated surface spots. Led by Leon Dion of Wilkes Barre, Pa, this cable lamp system uses buoyant lamps and shore power to create parallel light beams, preserving a still water corridor for navigation and potentially replacing traditional lighthouses.
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Leon Dion
Wilkesbarre
Insulated Screwdriver Averts Electric Shock Risk
A Connecticut man has invented and patented an insulated screwdriver to prevent electric shocks. The nonconducting handle encases the metal shank to near the tip, allowing safe grasping and operation when working near live wires.
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Connecticut
How eels breed the centuries old question solved
The article recounts the discovery of eel reproduction from Aristotle to Grassi and Calandruccio. It explains leptocephalids becoming young eels, eels migrating from ponds to rivers and sea to spawn about 560 fathoms deep, with silvery skins and enlarging eyes as they mature.
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Brittany
Electric shock saves Trenton chief from fatal wire fall
Assistant Chief James W. Bennett of Trenton New Jersey narrowly escaped death when an overhead electric wire struck him during a fire. He described a pulse of shocks, inability to breathe, and a crushing sensation before bystanders helped him as the wire rolled off his body.
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James W. Bennett
Trenton
N. J
Herald
Bennett
Electrical bell piano among queer recent instrument adds
A Chicago man invents an electrically operated bell piano. Its keyboard resembles a piano but the hammers strike bells mounted above the instrument. Hammers are moved by magnets controlled by the key board, not by direct attachment.
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Chicago
Lightning Strike Tells Of Creighton Visitant’s Witness
In July William F. Rigge of Creighton University observed a bolt strike a cottonwood tree about a quarter mile away. A white shaft 400 to 500 feet tall and 8 to 12 inches in diameter stood between two diverging trunks for about two seconds with a red-tinged base. Bark peeled from one trunk in a six inch by two yard ribbon shape and the other trunk bore two furrows about ten feet above the ground as if plowed by steel. No fire was visible.
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William F. Rigge
Creighton University
Wireless Telephony Achieves 50 Mile Berlin Link
A German experiment reports successful wireless telephony over more than 50 miles between two Berlin stations. It uses continuous waves generated by an arc rather than sparks and features a photographic recording ribbon that prints signals even when the audio is too weak to hear.
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Germany
Berlin
Turbines for Jay Ships Fit to Power New Battles
Two of the new Japanese battle ships will be equipped with American turbine engines. Estados from the United States will supply the turbines for the vessels, reflecting continuing postwar industrial exchanges and alliance ties.
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Jay
Radium Action on Glass Porcelain and Paper
Radium acts upon the chemical constituents of glass porcelain and paper imparting a violet tinge changes white phosphorus to yellow oxygen to ozone affects photograph plates and produces many other curious chemical changes.
Chicago Athletic Board votes for seven games
The University of Chicago board of physical culture and athletics approved a seven game schedule for next fall with a six game limit for Chicago and five games for the other big eight schools. The action follows coach Stagg's wishes and offsets a prior push for a shorter season. Eastern dates likely with Cornell. Minnesota, Wisconsin on the slate. Indiana, Purdue and Illinois expected for others. The six game cap could be rescinded after the season under review. Wisconsin and Northwestern oppose five games but may still play fewer than the limit this year.
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University of Chicago Board of Physical Culture and Athletics
Maroons
Maroon Board
Chicago
Stagg
University of Chicago
Alonzo K. Parker
Cornell
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Purdue
Illinois
Maroon
Michigan
Parker
Northwestern
Lkely
Kling Seen as Top Catcher Sparks Blunt Debate
Kid Nichols praised Johnny Kling as the greatest catcher ever, prompting Hugh Jennings to declare four rivals superior. Jennings cited Charlie Bennett Buck Ewing Duke Farrell and William Robinson, noting Kling’s modern edge but acknowledging era differences. Cub fans back Kling as the most valuable, clever and consistent defender on the team.
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Nichols
Johnny Kling
Chicago
Hugh Jennings
Kling
Johnny
Jennings
Charlie Bennett
Buck” Ewing
Duke” Farrell
William Robinson
Cub
Sandow Mertes Engaged to Manage Denver Baseball Team
“Sandow” Mertes accepted a managerial post with the Denver club of the Western league for the coming season. He held a nonreserve contract with Minneapolis last season and is free to take the Denver offer.
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Sandow
Mertes
Denvers
Sandow” Mertes
Denver
Minneapolis
Dexter to Manage Des Moines
Des Moines Western league club president J. F. Higgins signed Chicago ball player Charlie Dexter to manage the Des Moines team. Dexter succeeds Mike Kelley, who will manage the Toronto Eastern league club.
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J. F. Higgins
Des Moines
Charlie Dexter
Dexter
Mike Kelley
Toronto
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Chicago Athletic Board
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