O Reillys Hopes to Find Rosa Die in Cuban Peril
Don Esteban Varona hides wealth and a treasure map as he and a confidant die leaving Rosa Varona to a desperate search. Donna Isabel dies in a sleepwalk fall. Rosa and Esteban flee Cuba with O Reilly racing from New York after Rosa’s peril letter. Pancho Cueto betrays them and Colonel Cubo closes in before Esteban returns to save Rosa.
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Esteban Varona
Donna Isabel
Varona
Esteban
Rosa
Johnny O'Reilly
O'Reilly
New York
Cuba
Pancho Cueto
Varona Estates
Cubo
Midnight Arrest and Escape in Cuban Uprising
O'Reilly is warned by a Cuban ally to beware a midnight arrest as tensions rise in Puerto Principe. He is seized with Branch, questioned, and spared only to be warned by General Antuna that his stay endangers him. Antuna promises vigilance and escorts him to safety as Cuba reels from Weyler era orders and looming clashes.
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Senor
O'Reilly
Manin
Government
Leslie Branch
Johnnie
Branch
O’reilly
General Antuna
United States
Spain
Neuvitas
Cuba
Antuna
Puerto Principe
Esteban Plot Against Pancho Cueto Escalates in San Juan
Esteban gathers dynamite cap fuse and kerosene to lead followers against Pancho Cueto in the San Juan area. La Joya remained tenanted as the evening began when the rightful owner returned to the house and some outbuildings.
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Esteban
Pancho Cueto
San Juan
la Joya
Rosa and Companions Face Starvation in Refugee Camp
Rosa and her faithful companions endure starvation as they obey a Spanish concentration order. They remain ignorant of harsher privations awaiting them in the terrible refugee camp. Don’t miss the next installment.
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Rosa
How to live longer and the doctor’s alarm
An American Magazine piece recounts a man who believed he was well until a doctor found thickening arteries. He describes Pipestem arteries and circulation problems stressing the kidneys, with constipation and a potential dental abscess adding to the body’s burden.
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O. K
Great Apple Industry Growth Cited in Historic Data
The piece notes the U S apple industry reaching 60 million barrels in 1916, declining to 28 million in 1911, then rising to 40 million in 1912, with a continuous post 1912 increase as universal demand grew. It links fruit to health and heritage in a Christian Herald style.
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United States
Christian Herald
Cant You Play A Different Tune At The Wedding
A widow planning another marriage lecture to the organist asks for variety. he apologetically offers a different piece. As the wedding procession advances the church rings with the familiar tune Over and Over Again, per the judge’s line.
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Lohengrin
The Oriole Family’s Summer Visit to Jean
A family of orioles plans a first long trip north for the summer, stopping at a white house where Jean, a girl who reads and writes stories, awaits. They promise concerts and share bread crumbs as thanks for past visits. The birds describe their biannual migration between warm summers and cold winters.
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Mrs. Oriole
Mr. Oriole
Mother Oriole
Daddy Oriole
Autumn
Winter
Yonder
White House
Jean
Orioles
Getting Rid of Him
A short dialogue shows a child named Jim coming home from school early after a teacher says she is sick. The boy explains he was sent home alone while others stayed at school. The exchange hints at a protective or dismissive household response to the teacher’s claim.
Father and son dispute echoes through family tale
A humorous exchange questions whether lineage shapes honesty as a father proclaims never lying while a grandson suggests generational deafness and memory, highlighting a family dynamic centered on truth and perception.
Put curb on Mississippi carpets to save Memphis river bed
The Mississippi River, long favored by the nation, is being carpeted with willow branches to prevent the river from cutting a new channel that could strand Memphis. Carpets, up to a mile long and 200 feet wide, are weighted with stone and pinned by piles to hold the bed in place and stop erosion.
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Mississippi
Uncle Sam
Memphis
Tenn
Women Hospital Unit Denied by U S War Department
The National Woman Suffrage Association offered a women staffed hospital unit to the United States but was declined due to political or legal barriers to women in service. France accepted the unit with gratitude and assigned it to duty. A woman doctor later becoming a major in the American army gives hope.
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Great Women’s Organization
United States
Fittsburgh Dispatch
Sam
National Woman Suffrage Association
France
New Artificial Leather Developments and Uses
A recent artificial leather uses cotton fabric as the main base, about three quarters of the finished weight. It is treated with a paste containing nitrocellulose oil and lead coloring, finished with a celluloid layer, and pressed to imitate grain. It costs about one third of genuine leather and suits trunks, handbags, upholstery, and automotive interiors, but shoe uppers remain under development with no clear advances yet.
British motion pictures tour to showcase industries abroad
The British motion picture exhibition group plans a world tour to 85 major cities in western Europe, the Americas, and dominions. Screens will display British-made goods and manufacturing, organized with British chambers of commerce and allied dominions. Industry representatives may invite firms to present films of their processes.
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Europe
North
South America
British Dominions
British Chambers of Commerce
Dominions
Scientific American
Ninety-Five-Year-Old Laborer Returns to Work at Lumber Firm
A 95 year old Maine man, after a spring fall and recovery with his son, resumed active labor as a lawyer for a lumber company. He has one son called the baby of the family, who just turned 72.
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Maine
Busai
Capper
Air affects photographic solutions and bottle handling
Photographers keep solutions in multiple small bottles to limit air exposure. Each opening lets fresh air in and changes the solution, so smaller bottles are preferred to minimize waste once a bottle is opened.
Origin of Measurements and the Ell Name
The text explains the origin of the ell as an arm based measure tied to Henry I and notes common phrases like hop and jump, stone’s throw, and bowshot reflecting early body based units and uses. It highlights how body parts shaped early measurement concepts and everyday language.
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Henry
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