Lulu Bett in Savannah Songs and House Party Tangle
In a social gathering with the Deacons, Lulu Bett reveals hidden pains while Di schemes for attention. Cornish, a shy law student, plans music and future plans, as Ina and Dwight debate Di’s prospects and Lulu clings to a photograph of Ninian amid flirtations and quiet tensions. The night ends with Lulu’s plea for work and Dwight caring for Grandma Gates, foreshadowing continued strain.
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Ride Aulous
Ina
Bobby Larkin
Cornish
Lulu
Piay
Dwight
Lulu Bete
Warbleton
Savannah
Georgia
Mauntain
Tno
Croquet
Ian
Lula
Mrs. Bett
Jenny Plow
Bobby
Jim
Dwight Herbert
Herbert
Inn
Clols
Ang di
Dwigh
Aying
Grandma Gates
Vegetable Glow Worms Illuminate Swedish Mines
Scientist Ehrman describes vegetable glow worms observed gleaming on walls and crevices of Swedish mines. Phipson notes English coal mines emit enough light from this cryptogism to read ordinary print, aiding miners in Bohela caves.
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Ehrman
Bohela
Phipson
Eable
Dangers of Deep Sea Divers Highlighted by Captain
Captain Lawson Smith describes risks for divers including air bubble embolism from rising too quickly. He warns of sharks disguising air by bubbles, blanket fish and octopus threats, and notes a diving suit with surface telephone. Divers seldom exceed 200 feet and stay under ten minutes.
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Lawson Smith
Captain Smith
Public figures and the telephone aversion tale
A Manchester Guardian item notes that even leaders resist the phone. It recounts Mr Balfour admitting he has been speaking into the wrong end for two minutes, echoing Lloyd George’s known stance against telephones.
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Lloyd George
Balfour
Manchester Guardian
Thread of Discourse Comes to Life as Recording Thread
The Christian Science Monitor notes a Swiss inventor claims a cellulose thread can record speech and replay dictated messages. If real, pocketable spools could replace written brevity and store business letters, with potential for amusement as operas fit on a single spool.
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Christian Science Monitor
Snake brood at Bruce Museum sparks curiosity
At the Bruce Museum of Natural History in Greenwich Gonn a gurter snake brood drew attention as a presumed mother and her offspring emerged on August 15 and again five days later. Eighty tiny snakes appeared first then 83 more joined the brood and though one died the rest show signs of growing toward adulthood as the mother calmed and covered by her offspring.
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Bruce Museum of Natural History
Greenwich
Gonn
Fiyea
Napoleon's Last Pet Turtle Dies at St Helena
A St Helena report notes the death of the last survivor of Napoleon's exile era, a giant turtle. The reptile, nearly a century old when acquired as a pet, outlived Napoleon by 101 years.
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Napoleon
St. Helena
Christmas school program thrills parents with Santa visit
Children staged a holiday performance full of music and recitations. A playful angel and a flawless costume show delighted the audience. Santa Claus arrived amid wind and snow, delivering candy and small toys to every child before leaving with his reindeer in the snowy night.
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Santa Claus
Santa Claua
Santa
Boy Writes Assignment While Mounted on Horse
A country farmer discovers his son Eddie in the stable with a notebook and pencil, sitting astride a horse and claiming he is writing a composition. The farmer asks why he does not write in the library, and Eddie explains the teacher instructed to write a composition on a horse.
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Eddie
Doctor Ordered Woman Obeyed in Chicago Ad
A Chicago woman, Mrs. Adrith Tomsheck, praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after her doctor prescribed it to help her recovery post childbirth. She reports regained health, nervousness relief, and recommends the remedy to friends.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Thingworld
Adrith Tomsheck
Wabash Ave
Illinois
Mia
Tomsheck
Not by Name. Stern parent to flapper on Sunday jazz
A tense exchange between a stern parent and a flapper over Sunday jazz, referencing modern music and the old moral code. The daughter counters with a witty reply about whistling the first bars to follow along in the era of new rhythms.
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Stern
Atlanta Constitution
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Luluy
Gulu
Sing
Baird
Dove
Tna
Earth
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Mocking Bard
Dwight Inslated
Lydia E.pinkham
Lathrop
Haarlem
Folland
Pera
Hellig- Ellis
Memphis
Tenn
Eastern Advertising Distributors
Saratoga Gt
Baltimore
Idlaia Pai Rectan
Boone Rae As
Florida
Lola Ewers
Crescent City
Fla
Cc. A. Mosso Laboratories
Gilad
Wita
Boston Transcript
Gilford
Castoria
Fletcher
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