Millionaire Reporter’s Son in Baltimore Divorce Scandal
Frank Snowden Ridgely Brown, son of Maryland’s former governor, rose from Baltimore American reporter to a high living Baltimore socialite. His wife accuses him of nightly orgies cruelty and infidelity, and seeks $100,000 in heart balm as he faces divorce and a future of wealth from his father’s fortune.
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Frank Snowden Ridgely Brown
Maryland
York
Sunday World
Brandy
Srrank
Nailonaire
Baltimore
Frank
May Brown
Gordon Hughes
New York
Alfred Dietrich
Benchley
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Europe
The
Baltimore American
G. A. R. Post
Brown
Mabel Michael
Michaels
Mabel
Mr. Warren
West Ninety-fourth Street
Lester Bresee
Lester
Chum
Tomobile
Mrs. Brown
Maryland Courts
Browns
George Fawcett
Gov. Brown
Use of the Eyes in Reading
The Optical Journal reports readers move the eyes in a series of half inch jumps while reading. Reading occurs more by words than letters, with eyes not directly fixating every word.
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Optical Journal
Bees and the mystery of their homeward path
Paris scientist Gaston Bonnier argues bees navigate by a directive sense not relying on sight or smell. He notes bees return even with eyes and antennae removed and can distinguish two directions from the hive using marked syrup sources at 600 feet.
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Gaston Bonnier
Paris
Langstroth
Dadant
M. Bonnier
Diamond thief sought after long haired suspect
A western city jeweler reported a major diamond robbery to police. He named a man he knew for 25 years as a possible, though unproven, suspect. The chief wired other cities to arrest a tall man with a close cropped head and white upper lip. A Missouri town answered that they had recovered the goods and held the suspect.
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Missouri
Heroism of Magay Moros in Cholera Voyage
Mindanao Herald praises Magay Moros who sailed for Santa Cruz with cholera aboard to avoid infecting others. They left home and medical aid, with dead in boats, showing selfless sacrifice. Calls for gold medals in their language to honor their conduct and cites 1902 epidemic lessons.
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Santa Cruz
Mindanao
Habit governs fate in James's Psychology analysis
The article praises William James's view of habit's moral and educational weight. It recalls his claim that small acts of virtue or vice leave lasting marks, and that even when a character like Rip Van Winkle excuses a lapse, the body records the action at the molecular level for future temptation.
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William James
Rip van Winkle
Jefferson
By Mail Burglar Sentenced to Six Years Hard Labor
A court imposes six years hard labor by mail related to a burglary. The prisoner asks to learn a trade by correspondence, seeking permission before serving the sentence.
Engagement Triumph After Two Refusals
A couple's engagement progresses after she initially refused twice. He proposed again and she finally accepted, marking a decisive turn in their relationship and future plans.
A City Clerk’s Grand Garden Revealed
Five colleagues seeking the clerk’s famed garden visited on a Saturday afternoon and found only a small rear yard twelve by ten feet. The clerk boasted the garden’s vastness by pointing to the height of the plants reaching toward the sky.
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Chicago Daily Socialist
The Duke Tells of a Grim Day with the Heiress
The Old Man grins as the heiress questions the Duke about his father. He recalls a moment in the father’s office with a smiling painting. The dialogue hints at pressure and a hidden story behind the painting.
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Bunker Hilt
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Ohloago
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