Wealth and deceit in the Burt affair revealed
A London financier Mr Burt’s private papers are stolen via a drawer key duplicating scheme. His daughter Trixie and her lover Hertram Selwyn used thought reading and a clock camera to capture the crime and expose the plan. The case ends with forgiveness and a sly family confession.
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Mr. Burt
Paraffin Trust
Cannon Street
Plymptons
Burt Wade
Timast
Trix
Burt
Hertram Salvyn
Trixie
Selwyn
Burt & Co
Sydenham
Zambra
Dean Papa
Trixie Burt
The Bamboo Roo and a Millionaire’s Secret Code
John Burt, a wealthy oil investor in Asia Minor ventures in Turkish oil shares and fears private information leaks. He suspects a chapel court clique is front running his trades using a stolen code and cipher messages. Zam bra investigates how the secret key and coded mails are accessed, seeking the source of the breach.
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Zoombra
Burt
Queen Victoria Street
Mr. Zambra
Tmce
John Burt
Milliconaire
Convansaries
Mit
Turkey
Stock Exchange
Chapel Court
Mr. Burt
Lalove
Dutch Marriage Cake Test in Hol land Customs
A Dutch suitor in Hol land expresses love by presenting a seed cake wrapped in paper. If the bride eats the cake in the living room, the courtship is approved. if left untouched, the lover seeks another match. Sometimes she teases him before eating. The secret of refusal stays within the family.
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Holland
South Africa
Bedbugs Suspected as Tuberculosis Carriers
A Paris report notes an eight year old boy who developed pulmonary tuberculosis eighteen months after his brother died of TB. Bedbug bites were found on the patient and the house was infested. Tests showed 60 percent of crushed bedbugs contained tubercular bacilli and three guinea pigs injected with the pulp died of tuberculosis.
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Dewevre
Paris
Aluminium Microscope and metal use gains
The aluminium microscope weighs 2 pounds 104 ounces, much lighter than brass models at 71 pounds 13 ounces. Brass screws, steel Campbell fine adjustment, and German silver nose piece accompany the design. This establishes aluminium as feasible and advisable for scientific instruments, promising lighter, cheaper expedition gear.
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Campbell
J. Louis Republic
Kangaroos and Egg Witchery in Western Notes
Readers recall folk beliefs about spoons through egg shells to ward off witches and hear France shares a similar tale of witchcraft lore. Western papers debate introducing kangaroos for flesh fur and footpower, with ostrich success cited and Robert C. Auld credited as first proposer.
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France
Philadelphia Press
Robert C. Auld
California
Exchange
Who the Strangers Are In New York Fashion Clue
The New York Herald reports a green goods man flooded Iowa and Indiana with a circular instructing men to wear a silk hat and sack coat to be recognized in New York. Several men wore that exact outfit last week, signaling response to the warning.
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Iowa
Indiana
New York
Chicago
Windy City
New York Herald
Prince of Wales Norwich gates at Sandringham praised
The gates of wrought iron from Norwich at Sandringham are hailed as the finest in the kingdom. Elaborately crafted into flowers vines and sprays the work took nearly a year and cost about £2000. The Norfolk firm won a prize medal and presented the gates to the prince per London Tit-Bits.
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Norwich Gates
Sandringham
Norfolk
Be Strong in God's Work Sermon Emphasizes Spiritual Power
A Christian Endeavor sermon frames strength for God's work around divine power and proper use. It cites Haggai’s command to Zerubbabel and Joshua to be strong and work, urging faith to overcome fear, opposition, and discouragement. It urges reliance on God’s presence and grace to endure trials joyfully and to grow spiritually.
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Zerubbabel
Joshua
Cyrus
Babylon
Temple
God
Paul
What Christian Endeavor Means
Amos R. Wells argues that Christian Endeavor has quickened hundreds of thousands of young Christians and will shape the church of the next decade. He says it awakens Christendom, binds it in love, and fuels zeal for missions with vast funds and many workers for hard service worldwide.
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Amos R. Wells
Harvest Time Reflections On Spiritual Harvest
A Sunday School Times meditation by Mr. M. F. Batts questions the soul's fruits of patience love and charity as true harvests beyond outward life. It contrasts earthly nourishment with the kernel of divine yearnings and assesses whether inner deeds match spiritual teaching.
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Mr. M. F. Batts
Sunday School Times
The Christian Endeavor Movement Prayer Meeting Emphasis
The Christian Endeavor Movement centers on prayer teaching, with many meetings and committees, but only the prayer meeting and its essential committee work sustain the movement. Prayer begins, continues, and in a sense completes the movement, per Exchange.
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Christian Endeavor Movement
Epworth League Notes and Local League Growth
Epworth League notes report growth across districts with Boston shedding light on a 4000+ member district and three annual convention highlights at St John’s church. Maine shows 23 chapters 1162 members and Biddeford junior league at 100. Maryland reports encouraging progress and the new general secretary Rev Edwin A el Jenny. Jenny is named in a separate vignette about a daughter’s washing scene and an upcoming engagement.
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Epworth League
Boston
St. John's Church
South Boston
Clucis
Academy
Harvey
Maine
Portland
Biddeford
Maryland
Edwin A. el
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Omaha World-Herald
J.M. Braven
Aibrrsboro
Shafaju
W. W. Tunis & Bro, Lumber Company
Tunis Mills
Mds
RS. Fountain
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber CO
Baltimore Coal Tar and Manufacturing Company
W. Capen Strret
Baltimore, MD
J.H. Medatiry
KR. Mevalry
J. H. Medairy
North Howard Street
Baltimore
Chapel District
W. A. Walls
Lewistown
Beaven, Broxsom & Co.,, —General
Camden ST
Corn and Flou Exchange
Provident Life Association
Liberty St
Businss
GEO. Stinson & CO
Portland, Maine
Wooldridge Fertilizer CO
Buchanan’s Wharf
Ida Waugh
Demarcat
Family
Percy Moran
Maud Humphrey
Sonia Deschamps
White House
Harrison
Demorest
Demorest's
A.C. Yates & CO
13Th and
Chestnut Sts
Philadelphia
Meredith's Barber Shop
Brick Hotel
Denton, Md
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Enming
Christian Endeavor
Jenny
Mrs. Wilson
Miss Jenny
McGarrigan
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