Mount Pelee ascent ends in peril for Constable
Constable pushes toward the volcanic summit with Lara’s fate unsettled and Breen awaiting. Amid ash, heat, and cannoning rock, he climbs to the crater edge, hearing his name fall on the wind as danger and fate close in.
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Old Vican Tay
Lara
Hotel Des Palms
Morne Rouge
Constable
Atlantic
Ajoupa Houillion
Falaise
Martinique
Poles of the Earth and Earth’s Oblate Shape
The earth’s rotation causes centrifugal force, bulging the equator and flattening the poles. This yields an oblate spheroid with the polar axis about twenty six and a half miles shorter than the equatorial diameter.
Right Qualities Prompt Mrs Hix and June Comment
A satirical note from Emith's Weekly quotes a reader pair debating women’s behavior. Mrs Hix and Mrs Dix are contrasted with comments on masculinity and fussiness over aches or pains, reflecting gender norms of the period.
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Inek
Mrs. Hix
June
Mrs. Dix
Emith's
Blacksnake's Big Appetite In East Alton Bridge Encounter
Alton man on Wood River road near East Alton shoots a nine foot blacksnake believed to be a man eating hoax creature. After killing it he opens the carcass to reveal turtle shells frogs sparrows woodpeckers beefsteak bone German newspaper clippings and raspberries stuffed inside, reversing the order of contents.
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Alton
St. Louuis Post-Dispatch
al Borden
Dr. Pallous
Wood River
East Alton
Swan
Art
Science
Americus Alipperinus Niger
Spiritualist belief and testamentary capacity in old court rulings
The Michigan Supreme Court in O'Dell vs Gott holds that belief in spiritualism alone is not insanity evidence, but persistent fixation undermining testamentary capacity can void a will. The Massachusetts and New York decisions touch on bankruptcy, nursing claims, and a constitutional challenge to prohibiting female employment in factories at night. The New York Court of Appeals upholds striking down the ban as infringing the right to contract, noting state welfare arguments do not justify arbitrary limits on work for adult women.
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Lara
Constable
Mrs. Stansbury
Poleo
Sam
Joey
Sonbody
Breen
Michigan Supreme Court
O'Dell
Massachusetts Supreme Jidiehu Court
Sibley
Naeson
Northeastern Reporter
New York
People
Va. Williams
Court of Special Sessions
City of New York
Court of Appeals
Prain
Boston Globe
Truth and Quality Laxative Promoted by Reliable Syrup
Advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe gentle laxative. It claims cleansing and relief without debility or dosage increases, noting physicians approve its constituent parts. Promotes genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Ad Verses and Notes Run Through a Humorous Clip
A collage of miscellaneous ad snippets and observational quips from early 20th century papers. Items reference Pettit's Eye Salve from Buffalo, Red Cross Ball Blue laundry, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, handwriting tips and a cartoonish joke about a car scare near a poorhouse.
Borrowing Trouble
A Houston Post item notes a woman worried her husband may be losing his mind while she counters with a wry remark that she hasn’t lost much herself.
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Houston Post
Postum praised for stable flavor and health claims
A reader testimonial extols Postum as mild and palatable with the same flavor each time and no caffeine. The writer credits Postum with relief from gall colic headaches and chest heaviness and notes continued use after trying coffee. The ad cites Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. and invites readers to read Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Ile
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Hayden Breet
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Buffalo, N._Y
Washington Star
Red Cross
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