Frame of a Sister Picture Sparks Love and Deception
In Castone two young men Paul Reynolds and Burton Smith chase romance as Belle Reynolds rebukes a flirtatious letter from Charles Burt Smith. A comic mix up leads Burton to reveal his love for Belle while Paul discovers Belle is not his sister, ending with their happy, tangled confession and engagement.
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Paul
Burt
Paul Reynolds
Burton Smith
Mr. Smith
Burton
Belle Reynolds
Charles Burt
Matilda Brindle
R. R
Smith
Castone
Belle
Castovne
Charles Burton Smith
Boston Post
Astronomical photograph among the world’s finest shows millions of stars
London, Berlin, and Parisian astronomers unveil a stunning image claiming to display at least sixty eight million stars. A Philippine wedding dress, handcraft, sells in four figure value. Australians complain of scarce shade from eucalyptus. Massachusetts dominates U S cotton and wool loom figures with large shares of spindles and cards and rapid loom growth.
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London
Berlin
Australia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England
Fifteen Years Ago Fame Came From Early Struggles
The article recalls notable figures who rose from obscurity in the early 1880s to global fame. Kipling, Haggard, Doyle, Curzon, Conan Doyle, Ian MacLaren, Anthony Hope, Mme. Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner, Mrs. Ward, Hall Caine, and Dante Rossetti’s secretarial period are mentioned as examples of dramatic career arcs. A humorous Chicago anecdote contrasts wealth with showy opulence at a dining table.
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Rudyard Kipling
Indian Pioneer
Rider Haggard
Cetewayo
Lord Curzon
India
Oxford
Lord Salisbury
Pone
Conan Doyle
Southsea
England
Ian MacLaren
Sefton Park
Liverpool
Anthony Hope
Balliol
Sir Henry Hawking
Mme
Sarah Grand
Olive Schreiner
New York Telegraph
Actor Charles L. Davis Known as Alvin Jos on in New Orleans
A fragment describes a lobby incident in New Orleans involving entertainment figure Charles L. Davis also known as Alvin Jos on. A Chicago visitor swept ahead in line while peering over his head, sparking a tale relayed by a local clerk.
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Davis
Chicago
Davia
Courier-Journal
L. Davis
Charles L. Davis
Alvin Joson
the &J. Charles
New Orleans
Hin
Women at the Front in the Philippine Campaign
Kansas soldiers note heroic support from wives and a Topeka girl who served at Manila. Mrs Funston and Mrs Schlieman are among those mentioned for nursing and comfort. Miss Bradner, a Kansas missionary, served with Twentieth Kansas in the trenches. Miss Ollie O’Brien joined Manila hospitals after traveling for pleasure.
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Philippines
Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Funston
Schlieman
Chapingn
Buchan
Kansas City
Whitman
Miss Bradner
Ollie O'Brien
Bradner
India
Hong Kong
Manila
Ollie O’brien
Topeka
Statensburg
Nebraska
Death for Corn Microbes
The New York Press reports a sensational claim that corn is caused by a bacillus named Bacillus diabolicua. A monk from La Trappe allegedly identifies the microbe and prescribes a remedy of perchloride of mercury and laudanum to destroy the “diabolicus,” promising relief for sufferers.
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la Trappe
New York Press
Kipling's Clever Sister Married to English Officer
The piece notes Rudyard Kipling banished but one sister has married an English army officer in the staff corps stationed in India. Described as a great beauty and known as Tricksey she is an accomplished writer of several clever stories.
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Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Slater
Staff Corps
India
Tricksey
Fragmented OCR prompts uncertain historical note
The readable portion hints at a discussion of a preacher’s role and efforts to advocate for female convention access, but the text is garbled and lacks clear names, places, dates, or events to form a concrete news item.
Magnetic irritants in bricks and flax hopes from Puget Sound
Experts link unexplained magnetic quirks in buildings to magnetite in bricks. Agricultural tests show electricity can speed plant germination within limits. Eta Cephei is closing the gap to Earth at high speed, yet far from nearest stars. Puget Sound flax shows promise for a top quality US industry. Wood's Hall notes ribbon sea-worms producing many eggs, while jungle fowl in China fascinate naturalists with vivid plumage and familiar behavior.
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Dy. Stone
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
United States
Puget Sound
Washington
Europe
Ireland
Wood's Hall
Mass
New England
Coe
Augustua Henry
China
Kew Gardens
London
Dr. Henry
The Spider Appetite and Amazing Restraint
A scientist notes a spider's huge appetite and its surprising ability to abstain from food. He compares scaled consumption to various animals and a lark pie, yet records show the spider can live ten months without food. The piece ends with a jab at exercise devices seen by working people.
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Jim
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