The Tolland Family Trial and a Wedding Bond
Orin Tolland faces ruin but is saved by Clayton Taft offering a loan to tide him over. Taft plans to woo Katy, but Katy agrees to marry Richard Rostwith instead after a hidden secret becomes public. Six months later Rostwith marries Katy, joining the prospering family business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Orin K. Tolland
Katy
Orin
Clayton Taft
Clayton
Mr. Tolland
Sens
Taft
Richard Rostwith
Katy Dids
Jennie Mansfield
Jennie
Richard Bostwick
Orin Tolland
First U S hiker tale book marks Vaca journey to California
Pomona college library adds a rare volume detailing Cabeca de Vaca's early 16th century trek from Florida to Texas and California. The narrative covers his shipwreck, survival, disguise as a healer, later governance roles in the Rio de la Plata region, and eventual exile to Africa. Two original editions of the work survive in New York Public Library and the British Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
Cal
North America
William S. Mason
Pomona College Library
Cabeca de Vaca
United States
River Plata
South America
Vaca
Spain
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
California
Mexico City
Rio de la Plata
Africa
New York Public Library
British Museum
London
Long trip plan as teenager starts worldwide journey
Richard A. Granville, eighteen, sets out with one dollar to travel around the world and earn his way. He aims to rely on his own efforts to fund the journey and hopes to return with stories of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Granville
Centenarians Seen as Common by 2026 in Britain
Sir Kingsley Wood, parliamentary secretary to the British Ministry of Health, predicts that by 2026 centenarians will be active in business and social life. He says life expectancy could reach 100, making 75 seem young, and urges MPs to exercise more to curb suspensions and outbursts in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kingsley Wood
Ministry of Health
Kingsley
House of Commons
New Painfree childbirth method touted by doctor
Dr James T Gwathmey of New York announced at the state medical society convention a method claimed to render childbirth painless without nausea. He described three injections two magnesium sulfate and one mixture with morphine and quinine, saying the approach eliminates pain and lowers danger compared with twilight sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James T. Gwathmey
Doctor Gwathmey
Medical Society of
New York State
Gwathmey
Paris Fashions Echo Arms Concealment at Grand Opening
Paris trends show arms concealed as much as revealed matching the latest modes. At Longchamps race track grand opening spectators note designers reuse fabric lines where the skirt fabric is extended into the frock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Longchamps
_insures Road Roller In Revere Mass
Insures Road Roller in Revere Massachusetts against fire and theft after its disappearance for four days last year. The city named for Paul Revere takes precautions following the missing machine incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revere
Mass
Paul Revere
Polar Expeditions Worth While Yet Fully Justified
New York reports justify three American Arctic expeditions led by Robert Anderson Pope to seek a vast northern land beyond Alaska and Siberia, possibly a new polar continent. Lieutenants Wade and Ogden command the crews, with supporting findings from geological and biogeographical observations, tidal data, and ice conditions suggesting a substantial landmass and a relatively enclosed Beaufort Sea region.
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New York
Robert Anderson’ Pope
Leigh Wade
H. BH. Ogden
United States
Alaska
Siberia
National Geographic Society
Alaskan
Siberian
Pope
Pole
Spitzbergen
Franz Joseph Land
BE. W. Nelson
Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Hooker
Corwin
Wrangell Island
John Keenan
Troy
N. Y
Beautiful
Peary
Grant Land
Crocker
Scientist Makes Moving Glass Eyes in Jena
Berlin reports Dr. Carl Mueller of Jena has fitted flexible glass eyes controlled by optic muscles. In about 80 to 90 percent of cases, movement is achieved by grafting connective tissue from animals to the glass eye, depending on socket condition after eye loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Carl Mueller
Jena
Mueller
Name change marks new American citizen in New Haven
Emanuel Hash eesh would become one of Uncle Sam's citizens under the name Emanuel H. Adil, which he explains in Syriac means justice, in New Haven, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Emanuel Hasheesh
Uncle Sam
Emanuel H. Adil
France’s war toll compared to population figures
Paris statistician M Cadoux presents stark wartime losses in France. He notes 1,803,000 dead from 8,355,000 mobilized, equals one sixth of the mobilized and one twentieth of the population. He contrasts these figures with other nations and highlights drastic demographic decline since 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
M. Gaston Cadoux
Paris Statistical Society
San Francisco
New York
M. Cadoux
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
United States
Records Show German Soldiers Were Sold
Investigation into how Germany's former royal houses amassed fortunes reveals princes sold thousands of subjects to Britain for army service against the Americans and others. Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Braunschweig sent about 4,300 men at 88 dollars each with 22 dollars per head for each killed. Landgrave Frederick of Hesse sold 12,000 Hessians at 75 dollars each with a 500,000 dollar annual rental. A Hessen-Cassel letter to a commander notes losses from Trenton and dissatisfaction with the English minister's payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Republic
England
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of
Braunschweig
Landgrave
Frederick of Hesse
Hessen-Cassel
Baron Hohendorf
American
Trenton
London
Mindorf
Tukyo Girls Object at Marriage Customs
The modern Japanese girl surveyed at a girls high school opposes arranged marriages. Fifty-three girls worry about marrying strangers, sixteen oppose ignoring the sentiments of the bride, and ten dislike go-betweens. Government officials top their preferred husbands, followed by businessmen, educators, farmers, physicians, and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Third Set of Teeth Cushing Minister Adds More Molars
Cushing Oklahoma Rev D A Mc Lauray pioneer minister grows a third set of teeth. He now has eight new molars with others sprouting. They are not as large as his second set but will serve practical use and will lead to a large dentist’s bill for a new set, he says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushing, Okla
D. A. McLaury
Cushing
Fast 100 Days Challenge for World Fast Championship
Oklahoma City farmer Frank Wolfe aims to fast 100 days to shed weight and contend with Berlin’s Mr. Jolly for the world fast championship. Jolly has already endured forty four days of fasting as part of the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Frank Wolfe
Mr.Jolly
Berlin
Jolly
Food Elements Made in Laboratory Possibility Explored
The Saturday Evening Post quotes Lloyd W. Parsons noting five vital food factors salts fats carbohydrates proteins vitamins. Modern lab production may replicate the first three, with optimism about the fifth, as Berthelot's experiments suggest plant growth stems from light rather than heat and could render daily diet constituents cheaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd W. Parsons
Saturday Evening Post
Berthelot
First Use of Skates Credited to Norseman
The Toledo Blade recounts early ice skating origins noting bone skates tied with straps and the shift to iron. It questions how a Norseman conceived skating and kept balance amid doubt, with remarks on Dutch influence and Britain adopting golf and yachting.
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Europe
Schaats
Britain
Land Named Rupert's Land Tied to Hudson Bay Region
The territory known as Rupert's Land covered lands around Hudson Bay and was loosely named for Prince Rupert, first Hudson's Bay Company governor. Granted by Charles II, the area was surrendered by the company in 1869 and title passed to Great Britain, then to Canada in 1870 as part of the Northwest.
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Rupert
Northwest
Hudson Bay
Prince Rupert
Hudson’s Bay Company
Charles II of
England
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Rupert's Land
Northwest Territory
First Canning in Maryland by Thomas Kensett
The Canning Trade notes a likely first Maryland canning by Thomas Kensett between 1820 and 1830 with definite evidence of canned oysters in Baltimore in 1841. Earlier preservation by William Underwood in glass jars at Boston around 1820 is mentioned. These two men are credited with introducing canning to America from Europe, though exact start dates remain uncertain.
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Maryland
Thomas Kensett
Baltimore City
William Underwood
Boston
America
France
England
Washington Star
Witch Doctors Honored In East Africa
The article discusses witch doctors as honored figures in East Africa. It notes their thriving lucrative business in charms, psatrological readings, and written incantations. It claims civilizations once gained priceless information on curative drugs and poisons from these practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Africa
Gold Dust Reclaimed From Buffing Waste Across Industry
Jewelry makers recover gold from dust produced by polishing wheels. Dust contaminates machine covers and surrounding areas, then is treated with acid to reclaim value. A midwestern firm reportedly saves about $6000 yearly through this reclaiming process across the industry.
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H. Irving King
U. S
de Vaca
R. A. Harris
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Point Barrow
Santa Claus
Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Retail Merchants’ Association
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Jolly Saint m
Ins
Toledo, Ohio
Ruby Brandon
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ew Morrison
Chicago
The
Morrison
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