The Recluse of Fifth Avenue Schemes Against Paul Raxon
Peter Milman fallen from wealth leads to a plan with three former peers to ruin Paul Raxon. The group seeks indirect justice by forming an unlawful alliance to force return of ill gotten gains. Raxon eyes a national senatorship as McKimber's party stake forces elimination.
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Peter Milman
Brewer
Milman
Fleming Bradney
Floyd Molet
Neeland Barnes
Paul
Raxon plots Senate bid as Loddon eyes power and wealth
In a candid exchange, Raxon aspires to a United States senatorship while Loddon contemplates his own rise. Mrs. Raxon arrives demanding status and funds, revealing tensions in a high society circle as power, money, and ambition collide.
Hidden Daughter Reunites With Exiled Father in New York
In Peekskill a tense dispute erupts when landlord Lippsky locks a woman in, prompting Barnes to confront him. The dramatic confrontation ends as Barnes discovers his daughter Nita, who reveals she has pursued him across the country after escaping her aunt. They plan to relocate to New York for a fresh start with help from Peter Allman.
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Fae Raxon
United Es
Raxon
McKimber
Byork
Jhan
Maxon
Don
Loddon
Senate
Paul
America
Herman
Fenate Marie Staxon
Ling
Beaueliington
Lower Fifth Avenue
Palladel
Bradley
Noo
Peter
Neel
Barnest
Peekskill
Enten
Lippsky
Jgiothes
Barnes
Bild Lippsky
Tran
Daddy
New York Ss
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Nita
Necl
New York
Knickerbocker
Sing Sing
Peter Allman
Uorsham
Central Park
Gracious Lady’s Tact in Trying Situation in Boston Society
A Boston society leader remonstrates with grace after a hotel incident involving a bathroom door and a sweeper. She smiles and requests privacy, asking staff to wall off the public entrance to her bathroom to preserve decorum.
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Boston
Itufua Steele
Saturday Evening Post
Egyptians Forbade Wheat In Diet Says Authority
An authority states that ancient Egyptians avoided wheat due to religious prohibitions, leaving no wheat traces in mummies. They reportedly used maize and kneaded bread called spelt with their feet, though grain awareness existed.
Thickness of Skin in Human Verses
A fragment compares skin thickness between human skin and the eyelid noting the palm skin is seventy six times thicker. The text reflects on ideals and work toward perfection.
Answer Key From a 1910s Quiz Paned Off
A reader’s puzzle lists questions on famous quotes, authors, geography, and history with many supplied answers. Notable entries include Go West line attribution to Thomas Jefferson, Baltic coast peculiarity, Vatican sculpture, and figures like Lincoln, Moby-Dick author Melville, and Zebulon Pike.
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Vatican
Rome
Employ New Process for Coloring Wood
A color injection method from Austria colors wood while green by forcing sap out and replacing it with dye under heavy pressure. Birch beech alder maple elm and lime stain well while oak fir and pine do not. Used for furniture doors windows and outdoorwork including ships and railcars where a varnish coating may be needed.
Early Coastal Survey Authorization and New York Work Begin
The coast and geodetic survey records note a 1807 congressional act authorizing a coastal survey. Field work did not start until 1810 when the survey of the bay and harbor of New York began.
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
Congress
New York
No Spank Aittle gil visitor seeks reading to avoid spanking
A girl visiting a friend fears her mother will spank her for staying out late. The hostess brings a copy of Children, the Magazine for Parents, and tells her to take it home and have her mother read it so she won’t be spanked.
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Gil
Children
Pin Down President Coolidge Story Recalled in Adirondacks
A Los Angeles Times item recalls a 1920s White Pine camp tale where a boatman forecasts rain during a possible third term question. The incident, with President Coolidge silent before thunder and rain, ends with him asking, What are you trying to do, pin me down?
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Iicholas Murray
Fatler
President Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
White Pine
Adirondacks
Coolidge
Los Angeles Times
World War era clock in Washington state claims 140 years
An aging Swiss made timepiece in the home of W. F. Arms of Mijlad Washington remains accurate after a check up noting it has run for over 140 years since its creation. The clock uses all wooden wheels except one metal component.
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George Washington
W. F. Arms
Mijlad
Wash
Hfe
Switzerland
Radio set assists aviators when aircraft engines fail
A compact radio device developed by the United States enables signals to be transmitted to locate and assist aviators even if the plane's motors are dead, improving survival chances in emergencies.
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United States
Davy
Mrs Bassett Calls Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helpful
Mrs E F Bassett of Lansing Michigan says she felt exhausted and weak for months before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After a few doses she improved and continued until she was well. She recommended it for a sixteen year old girl and to others to aid fatigue and run down conditions.
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Lansing
Michigan
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. F. Bassett
South
Hayford Avenue
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