Conscience and Wealth Test Love in Early 20th Century Tale
Masie Carter, a shopgirl, loves Clarence Remington who pretends to lose his fortune to test her New England conscience. The aunt counsels deception, but Masie overhears shoppers and learns Clarence is still rich. She decides to marry only if love guides them, and Clarence proposes, both absolving their doubts.
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Clarence
Clarence Remington
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New England
Masle
Hopkinton
Blackhead
Musie
New York
Plymouth Rock
Down East
Boston
Algiers
Foreign Legion
Sahara
Cotton Mather
Jonathan Edwards
Hoboken
Amber Found in Old Tombs at Cervetri and Trade Links
The text describes amber from Jutland and Ascania used in ancient adornments and talismans. It traces amber trade from Liguria to Thrace, fueling bronze and gold finds in Scandinavia. By the sixth century B.C. the Etruscans entered the market, with Cervetri tombs yielding amber exchange for bronze wares and shaping Etruscan design in Copenhagen museum pieces.
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Ascania
Liguria
Thrace
Scandinavia
Cervetri
Copenhagen Museum
Detroit News
Early Music Notation Evolution From Letters to Stave
The article traces the history of musical notation from ancient alphabetic symbols through Greek and Roman letters to a system of lines and marks. It notes the shift in the Eighth and Eleventh centuries toward staff notation and credits Guido d Arezzo with its prototype invention, while white notes appearing by the late Fourteenth century are linked to France.
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Guido d'Arezzo
France
First Ocean Steamship Royal William Sets Atlantic Milestone
The Royal William, the first steam powered Atlantic crossing vessel, built in 1830 31 at Quebec, sailed from Quebec to Gravesend in 1833 after fitting in Montreal. It traded Halifax Quebec Boston before August voyage via Pictou for coal and repairs. The Quebec Gravesend crossing took 17 days to a month or more.
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Quebec
Montreal
Halifax
N. S
Boston
Gravesend
London
Pictou
Detroit News
Gray Hair Superintendent Quips On Age At Rotary
Terre Haute school superintendent James Tilley, noted for gray hair, jokes that his locks turned gray after reaching the gray matter. Rotary members teased him about aging, but he explains his hair grew to gray matter then turned gray. The room falls silent at the explanation.
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James Tilley
Terre Haute
Rotary Club
Indianapolis News
Practical Miracle Told By Sunday School Child
A Boston Globe quip recalls a Sunday school scene where a teacher explains Jesus feeding the 5 000 with five loaves and two fishes. A pupil says her mother would have known what to do and would have baked biscuits to feed everyone.
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Jesus
Boston Globe
Spring Frock and Millinery Styles Warm Up Wardrobes
Fashion notes describe morning frocks in cotton linen and light wool with straightlines for spring and summer. Millinery features new silk and ribbon hats, including a tricorn on a cloche base and several two material designs with floral embroidery and crossbar flannel dresses. Julia Bottomley reports stylish, youthful, ready-to-wear trends ahead of Easter bustle.
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Julia Bottomley
Old Theater Hewn From Rocky Soil of Neopolis
Martha Haile Shackford notes in the North American Review on the ancient Greek theater carved in Neopolis rock, enduring for over twenty two centuries. She reflects on Aeschylus Pindar Plato and the ocritus linking Greek drama to human inquiry and happiness.
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Neopolis
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Pindar
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Plato Theocritus
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Egypt
Martha Haile Shackford
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North American Review
Method for Purifying Argon From Air
The atmosphere holds much argon but isolation is hard. A new apparatus removes nitrogen with liquid air, leaving a liquid of oxygen and argon. Burning this mix with hydrogen yields argon gas, producing mixtures 75 to 80 percent argon with 1 to 2 percent nitrogen and remaining oxygen.
The Colonel With Old School Aristocrat Vibe
A small-town colonial figure stays at a hotel during a three day visit. He projects ownership and wealth but leaves no tips to staff, sparking suspicion that he is not what he seems. A hotel boy, George, quips about tipping and change.
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George
Harold and Jack Enjoy Quiet Tea Visit
Harold invited Jack to tea but Jack had a cold. They played hide and seek while Harold waited to sniff out his brother. Father asked if they were playing and Harold replied he was not hunting but reading a comic paper.
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Harold
Jack
Father
Sammy’s polite reply to bread and jam request
While visiting a neighbor Had More of Them Little, Sam thanks the hostess for bread and butter. She praises his politeness, then he jokes that jam would make him say thank you again.
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Sam
Sammy
Irishman returns with injuries after night with Tim Sullivan
A man comes home battered and accuses Tim Sullivan of delivering the beating. His wife rebukes the drunkard yet allows the remark to pause, saying not to speak ill of the dead as recounted in a Boys' Magazine vignette.
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Tim Sullivan
Tim
Nuff
Boys’ Magazine
Inventor Patents Convertible Stepladder
An engineer has developed a stepladder that can convert into a straight ladder by aligning and fastening sections. The device promises adaptable height and compact storage for various tasks.
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Antilinoss
Cheyenne Indians Face Trial by Death in Ancient Custom
In Montana the Cheyenne Head Chief and Young Mule were pressured to surrender for a boy’s murder. A pre arranged duel at the agency led to Young Mule’s death and Head Chief’s narrow escape though later revealed Young Mule acted out of mistaken honor.
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Mule
Deer Reservation
Montana
Hugh Boyle
Young Mule
Anan
Agency
The Oath of a Ranger Ack in the Days of Arizona Cowboys
Two Arizona Rangers Bill Smith and Carlos Tafolla partner to pursue bandits in the White Mountains. They confront outlaws after pledging the Ranger oath. Tafolla and Smith engage. Tafolla dies when Smith shoots him after trying to arrest the man. Weeks later Captain Mman receives word of their action.
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Carlos Tafolla
Territ Tafolla
Burton
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Anoth
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Arizona
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Tafella
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