Russian Death by Own Action Club Across Russia
A sensational report describes a self destruction club in Russia with headquarters in St Petersburg and branches in Moscow Odessa Khakow and Vladivostok. Members draw a card and must kill themselves within a week using artistic methods while secrecy, social banter, and theatrical rituals surround the proceedings.
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USSIA
St.Petersburg
Moscow
Odessa
Khakov
Vladivostock
St. Petersburg
League of Life
Anti-Suicide League
Prefecture of Police
Neva
Ifa
Artzybascheff
Zakomelska
Petersburg
Salvation Army Antisuicide Bureau Report Shows People Seek Help
The Salvation Army antisuicide bureau reports 4754 people sought aid to end their lives with issues mainly financial, alcohol or drug problems. Clergy, officers, doctors, lawyers and teachers sought help, with legal medical advice and reconciliations offered. General Booth calls the work successful. Also Scientific American discusses using upper river storage reservoirs to control Mississippi floods by impounding spring meltwater for dry seasons.
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Hfe
Salvation Army
Emerson
Mississippi
Scientific American
Prehistoric Burial Ground Found at Cupar Showyard
Stone coffins with human remains uncovered during stand construction at the Highland Society showyard in Cupar Fife. The antiquity of the coffins is noted, with a second burial find since work began. Widespread prehistoric interments and stone coffins are reported across Fife, especially north of the county.
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Highland An Agricultural Society
Cupar
Fifeshire
Scotland
Fife
Hospital Nurse Reading Reverses Appendix Value
A comical exchange shows a nurse reading a newspaper asserting the appendix has a use while a surgeon dismisses it in a hurried retort, reflecting a witty medical debate.
Supay Parish Church Past Echoes in Medieval Era
Fragmentary note mentions the old Parish Church of Supay existing in the twelfth century or earlier, suggesting long historical roots and religious significance in the region.
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Supay
Poet’s Hope in Shakespeare Manuscript Sale
A poet counsels optimism as his wife reads the evening paper, reporting a Catholic Standard and Timea notice about a rare Shakespeare manuscript poem selling for $2,000. The fragment hints at literary intrigue and hopeful prospects amid hardship.
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Gelling
Catholic Standard and Timea
Iowa Farmers Renters and Government Inquiry
Government expert C. G. Lloyd arrives in Iowa to study why over 40 percent of Iowa farmers rent rather than own. Special enumerators will collect farm income by lease versus ownership, with results sent to Washington. The study aims to find equitable loan schemes, including German-style farmer loan associations, to help young farmers buy farms and reduce land turnover.
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Iowa
Des Moines
United States Department of Agriculture Haa
C. G. Lloyd
Washington
D. C
Iowa State College
Story County
Mr. Lloyd
United States
Women as Natural Enemies in the Marriage Campaign
Ines Haynes Gillmore argues in Harper’s Magazine that women quietly study society to plan marriage. Competition among single women leads to ruthless tactics, swift judgments, and strategic questioning as rivals become enemies. The piece portrays a cutthroat social game for securing desirable partners.
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Abe
Ines Haynes Gillmore
Rine
Avery
Baw
Troma
Esha
Ghee
Mandy the Mammy turns down summer bungalow fantasy
In a southern boarding house, Amanda known as Mandy cares for guests so well a man tempts her to leave with him as housekeeper. He asks to summer in the country. she rebuffs him, noting he should hire someone older. The piece riffs on rest as a beauty aid, lampooning the tramp stereotype.
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Moscow
Dovbor
Sulelye
Russia
Count Witte
America
Sergius Hurko
Hussars
Monte Carlo
Hurlko
Hurko
Petersburg
Mellor-Zakomelski
Champagne
Baltia
Sacha
Amanda
Mandy
Masa
Harper's Magazine
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London Chronicle
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Clarinda State Hospital
Polk County Hospital
State Board of Control
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A. C. Fishar
State House
B. F. Carroll
Banister
Charlotte Dellinger
Rock Island
Mary A. Dellinger
Wardden
Towa
George A. Lincoln
Hie
Lincoln
Faw
Cedar Rapids
Payous
State Institutone of
Board of Control
I Istitutions
Wade
John Cownie
Arthur Reynolds
Des Moines National Bank
Milwaukee Innsurance
Lawa
Jawa
Thea
George Cosson
Canada
Cosson
Papara
J. T. Carroll
Guat
Mehmet
Mehmeet
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Postum Careal Company, Strattle Greewen
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