Aunt Milly’s Romance Ends As Rogue Professors Galore
In a small town Susie Warden uncovers Aunt Milly’s romance with Professor Holden. Susie searches the rogues gallery in New York to verify the professor’s schemes, learns of multiple fraudulent academics, and the couple’s engagement collapses after Holden’s arrest is reported in the press.
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Harte
Milly
Professor Holden
Susie
New York
City
Police Headquarters
Mulberry Street
Rogues’ Gallery
Marshall
Massarin
du Bois
New Hampshire
Professor du Bois
Discipline Among Ants in the Amazon
Reader notes describe saubas ants in the Amazon with a strict military like order. A scene shows a soldier ant eight to ten workers restraining him at the nest mouth while others roam past. The observer cannot determine the outcome of the struggle and suggests the soldier was defeated.
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Amazon
C. Barrington Brown
Nature's Use For the Mole
Nature uses the mole for soil enrichment as it hunts earthworms beetles and cutworms. Its shallow burrow loosens soil mixes leaf mold and air improving land despite lawn ridges. The piece cites Ladley’s Home Journal on the mole’s primacy over human claims.
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Ladley’ Home Journal
Woman lands grocery position after confident interview
A young applicant tells the manager she wants a spot in the grocery department and demonstrates her skill by writing the line one pound granulated sugar with three scratches and a flourish. The manager hires her.
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Chicago Tribune
Sandow Endures Water Torture Drop by Drop
A Vienna schoolmaster bet Sandow he could not endure a half liter of water dropped on his shaved crown. A drill hole let water fall slowly, ticking off drops to four hundred twenty. Pain intensified as the drops continued until Sandow finally confessed.
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Sandow
Vienna
Simon
Mrs Fielding a Popular Ottawa Cabinet Wife
Mrs. Fielding, wife of Finance Minister W S Fielding, is described as a leading Ottawa social figure. The article notes her supportive home life, tireless hospitality to senators and MPs, and the active social role she plays during Parliament with many dinners and receptions at her Metcalfe Street home.
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Ottawa
Fielding
Ottauwa
Hester Rankins
Thomas A. Rankins
W. 5. Fielding
Metcalfe Street
Secret of Happiness From Professor Blackie
A London Tit-Bits tale features Professor Blackie awaiting a train whistling and chatting with a passerby. The professor shares his happiness secret: no regret for the past, hopeful view of the future, and a resolve to do duty, then walks on whistling.
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Profeisor Blackie
London
Birthday of a Nation Becomes Commonwealth Day Debate
The Australian federal government weighs possible Commonwealth Day dates. They consider July 1 the anniversary of Victoria's assent to the constitution as well as September 30 proclamation January 1 inauguration and May 9 opening of the first Parliament. January 1 favored.
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Commonwealth
Duke of Cornwall
Snow Fortifications
A snow wall four feet thick acts as protection against a rifle bullet at fifty yards, described as a perfect defense.
Pink Roses and a Secret Wedding in Venice
Marian Dane travels with her father and recalls a first love tied to pink roses. A planned June wedding to Leslie Prince triggers old passions as Marian confronts Jack Dawson, now revealed as Leslie’s intended groom. She endures the ceremony with hidden pain, keeping her feelings veiled among the roses.
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Venice
Marian Dane
Italy
France
Marian
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Jack Dawson
Jack
Mr. Dane
Leslie Prince
Leslie
New York
Renin
Jdhn Thornton
Dack
Chinese Match Industry Reveals Harsh Factory Labor
The piece outlines long hours and poor pay for Chinese workers in match factories, noting sulphur fumes and scant safety. It highlights home-based production of matchboxes by factory girls who first receive prepared materials and paste them at home before returning to the factory for counting and monthly settlements.
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Dr. Chase
Press of
Canada
Ier
Edmanson
Vegetarian Orders in Antiquity Across Religions
The text traces vegetarian communities from Arrian and Phryry to India under Alexander, noting orders existing before Jesus in Egypt and Syria. It lists names such as Essenians and Carmelites and cites Elijah as chief rabbi of Mount Carmel followers, all sharing the same principles.
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Arrian
Porphhyry
India
Alexandria
Jesus
Egypt
Syria
Mount Carmel
Elijah
Pliny
Ancient Masonic Symbols and Passwords Recalled
Fragments recall the Masonic order with mentions of its ancient brotherhoods and emblems. References to passwords and insignia hint at historic secrecy and coded signs within these societies.
Bad School Boy Dismissed Notes Prefer Severe Punishment
A poorly written letter from an English elementary school master advocates corporal punishment for backward pupils. A parent reply mocks the idea, calling the boy willful and noting the child is the offspring of a previous husband, while criticizing the teacher’s stance and spelling.
The Man and His Sneeze
A man with annual hay fever walks with a friend in the city. He predicts an attack when a breeze begins and sneezes loudly as a grass widow passes. The friend notes his sensitivity and the tale ends with a moral that some things are better sneezed at.
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New York Herald
Obedient Tiger Anecdote From Lahore Showcases Colonial Confidence
The London Globe notes that Indian trust in government appears strong, citing a Lahore anecdote. A tiger escaped from zoological gardens and, after failed lures, its keeper appealed to it in the name of the British government, and the animal returned to its cage at once.
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London Globe
Lahore
Zoological Gardens
Temperance Tale Delivers a Witty Parable
An exchange between a father and daughter riffs on a clock and a joke about temperance. The daughter declares devotion to temperance with a line about published statistics showing less dissipation among married men than single men.
A Oxford Undergraduate Prague? Doctor’s Quarrel Becomes Story
An Oxford undergraduate was found smoking on forbidden ground in the college quadrangle. When faced by a doctor, the student at first refused to answer, fearing expulsion, then admitted the fault. The exchange became one of the doctor's favorite anecdotes.
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Milly
Boston
Holden
Fing College
Susie
Bis
Bie
Pare Foulil ueRA, MeJigger- Your friend KKlose is making money
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press notes KKlose's cash gain but contrasts it with his seedy, discontented appearance. It recalls his fear of dressing up lest others borrow from him.
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Uera
Kklose
Thingumbob
Philadelphia Press
A Man to Envy in Local Gossip
A flippant remark notes Smyth-Wyt kyns has a pretty good wife who even allows him to smoke in the parlor. The exchange reflects small town humor about domestic life and reputations.
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Smyth—Wytkyns
Mystery Phrase Sparked by Miss Wrinkles Riddle
A fragmented OCR line hints at a curiosity titled What Thent Miss Wrinkles featuring Belle. The readable bits suggest a posed question or playful exchange, with no clear event or full names confirmed.
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A. S. Richardson
Poston
Cine
Florence
Susie Warden
Hove
Mrs. Fielding
Ecret of Happiness
Pink
Mary Wood
England
P. S
Gindys
George
Tastte Anwar
Ayila
Pare Foulil
Brown
Pirlor
Miss Wrinkles
Terry
Belle
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