Mystery of Mary unfolds in Chicago dinner caper
Jon Dunham helps a frightened girl known as Mary Weston by sheltering her, disguises, and a cautious return to normal life. The tale follows episodes of trust, a parent’s worries, and a hidden hat box reveal as the Chicago visit exposes a mystery wrapped in a maid’s disguise.
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Jon Dunham
Shela
Purault
Dunham
Marty Remingion
Chicago
Ecome
Aotle
Tyron Dunham
Mary
Henry
Eah
Bray
Mary Weston
California
Europe
Slater
The Girl in Chicago Finds a Hard New Path
In Chicago a disciplined girl with refined tastes finds work beyond her strength as a house servant. She leaves Mrs Rhinehart, secures another place, then endures envy and mistreatment. A college‑bound son disrupts the home, while she longs for sympathy from a promised friend. Judge Blankwell sends a junior partner to gather evidence.
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Sho
Hart
Chicago
Abe
Nea
Blackwell, Hanover & Dunham
Monarchs One Good Work Observatories History Recap
A Milwaukee Sentinel item traces the lineage of major world observatories from ancient Alexandria to the Paris and English Greenwich facilities. It notes Greenwich as the established English center, its 238 year origin under Charles II, and its role in standard longitude. It mentions early European and American observatories and their dates.
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Greenwich
Charles II
Flamsteed
Astronomer-Royal
Parla
Washington
Alexandria
Ptolemy Soter
B. C
Europe
Nuremburg
Bernard Walther
Tycho
Brahe
Paris
Kent
Willams College
Harvard
Milwaukee Bentinel
Pretty Good Motto from a Livewire Minister
A lively young minister explains a self made rule for success. He observed wasted time and missed chances due to indecision and adopted a motto to act quickly and stay decisive. He credits speed and commitment with worldly gains and urges firm actions.
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Guesa
Girls as Caddies Enter London Golf World
The era of women caddies grows as girls seek outdoor work beyond indoor roles. Reports describe girl caddies on golf courses from Brough to Newquay, with potential careers for those leaving school. The piece notes benefits, risks, and hopes golf will not disrupt later life duties.
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Jobe
England
Quideer Life
London
Brough
Yorkshire
Cornwall
Newquay
Army Sleep Epidemic At Piacenza Barracks
An Italian infantry regiment at Piacenza reports a strange sleepwalking epidemic with soldiers waking in streets at night. Despite double sentries, up to twenty sleepwalkers nightly, others confined by officers. doctors deem them somnambulists and a commission investigates. The unit is nicknamed the Somnambulists Corps.
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Rome
Piacenza
Italy
War Office
Somnumbulists' Corps
Window Dedication Honors Titanic Victim John Jacob Astor
A window in memory of Col. John Jacob Astor, who perished on the Titanic, was dedicated at the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck. His widow Madeline Force Astor and relatives from New York attended. the three panel window depicts Christ walking on water with two female figures. The memorial bears the inscription Be not afraid and notes Astor was born July and died April 15, 1912.
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Bescon
John Jacob Astor
Boy seeks Santa in search of gift ends with stolen horse
Five year old Arthur Fisher from Lancing Michigan was found several miles from home with a horse reported stolen. He told a sheriff he hoped to find Santa for his mamma a present, and seemed relaxed despite the incident.
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Santa Claus
Lanciing
Mich
Arthur Fisher
Arthur
Santa
Woman Refuses Operation in Illinois Woman’s Tale
Logansport Indiana report of a woman who refused surgery for female troubles. She used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after doctor advised operation. She improved and resumed work, endorsing the remedy to other women and inviting letters to Lyon Massachusetts confidentially.
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Logansport
Ind
Pinkham
Sam
Danien D. B Davis
Franklin St
Logansporg
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