Howard Jeffries and the murder of Robert Underwood
Howard Jeffries, son of banker Howard Jeffries, becomes entangled with Robert Underwood and a scheming circle at an apartment. Capt. Clinton subjects Howard to the third degree while a murder unfolds and the coroner prepares to take action as Howard pleads innocence and seeks legal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Howard
Sand Howard
Annie
Alicia
Astraria
Underwood
Mrs. Jeffries
Oward
Colossus
Maloney
Clinton
Capt. Clinton
Capt
Cap
Maloéy
Feller
Profitable Glass Eye Fraud Story
A New York Sun anecdote describes a city salesman noting a man who profits from a glass eye by stashing small diamonds in the eye cavity. He travels to Europe thrice yearly for business and trades jewels, escaping customs duties and inspectors who cannot inspect eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York Sun
A Chance In Any Cause
Dialogue from Smart Set features Muriel and Malcolm discussing marriage as a lottery. Muriel hints at possible unsuitability for marriage while Malcolm compares it to a raffle where one wins and others lose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel
Malcolm
Gods Pity For The Heathen Sunday School Lesson
A 1911 Sunday school commentary outlines Jonah's call to Nineveh, Jonah's flight, and the subsequent divine intervention. It notes Jonah's historical setting under Jeroboam II, the voyage to Tarshish, the great fish, and the gourd, worm, and wind parables. The piece emphasizes God's universal pity and the need to teach all nations.
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Jonah
Jeroboam I
Israel
Beecher
Hastings
Amos
Hosea
Gath-hepher
Nazareth
Galilee
Mediterranean Sea
Joppa
Nineveh
Jeroboam II
Mediterranenrt
Euphrates
Assyria
Ramman-niari
Damascus
Jeroboam
Syria
Zebulon
Sarepta
Elijah
Elisha
Jehu
Nehemiah
Jeremiah
Zephaniah Haggai
Micah
Paul
Christ
Tarsus
Tartessus
Guadalquivir
Spain
Mediterranean
Jehovah
Jordan Valley
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Credited
A Waurika Oklahoma testimonial tells of seven years of female troubles and sleeplessness ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and seeking Mrs Pinkham's advice. Another Massachusetts reader credits the tonic with restoring health from nervous, run down condition. The ads claim relief from inflammation ulceration displacement fibroid tumors irregularities backache and bearing down and nervous prostration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waurika
Okla
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Janette Bates
Huntington
Mass
Labrador's Future Bright, Says Dr Grenfall
Dr Grenfall of Labrador, titled the Cinderella of British possessions, predicts a brilliant future for the snowy country. He has lived there twenty years and foresees population growth rivaling Norway, deeming Labrador better than Iceland and preferable to Lapland Siberia and Northern Alaska.
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Labrador
Grenfall
Norway
Iceland
Lapland
Siberia
Alaska
Odd Ballads of a Springtime Merchant
An old woman describes a man’s livelihood in whimsical terms. He sells rabbit feet for watch charms and to stave off hoodoos and does well with rattlesnake rattles, but his biggest sales come from selling young mockingbirds and praying for rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maloney
Howard
Caytain
Cry for Universal Independence Echoes Loudly
One of the loudest cries today is for universal independence, as voiced by Mrs. H. R. Haweis, among other prominent advocates. The remark frames a broad demand sweeping political and social reform across nations and communities.
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H. R. Haweis
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Narrative OF
Metropolitan Lite
Ycharles Klein Arthur
Ray W
G.W. Dillingham
Compan
Lydia
New York
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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