Rawn and Halsey deadly struggle over a doomed invention
In a Chicago industrial saga, John Rawn clashes with Charles Halsey amid a failing factory, a doomed test of an electric machine, and a collapsing family empire. Virginias Rawn and Portsoy reveal betrayals as the workers threaten mutiny and a violent end looms in a grim melodrama.
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John Rawn
Rawn
Miss Delaware
Iare
Ms. Hiulsey
Iqee
Halsey
Delaware
New York
Posey
Virginia Rawn
Passey
Pfiadeen
Virginis
Theo
Virginia
Thalseyv
Halesv
Gravestone
Aire
Ted
Trace
Virginia Amd
Means and End at Halsey Mansion Night Crowd
Tension escalates as Halsey confronts a hostile crowd at the manor. A servant frets over danger while Hal sey and Virginia confront a ruined relationship amid a looming crisis and whispers of death inside.
Great Familiarity Praise From Maugham on New York Drama
W Somerset Maugham praised a New York historical drama that failed as singularly accurate. He told the author on opening night the work showed notable familiarity with the subject, likening it to a king kissing the parlor.
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W. Somerset Maugham
New York
Mr. Maugham
Marriages of the Japanese are lengthy and ritualized
A New York writer notes that in Japan courtship is mostly parental. Parents arrange marriages and negotiate terms, gifts, and a purchase price. Festivities span days, followed by a vigil before the wedding. The bride and groom endure a three day bedchamber ordeal before alone life begins.
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New York
London advertises guards to protect property from suffragists
Curiosity rises in London over an Emergency Service Department banner by the Liberty and Property Defence League offering landowners armed guardians ready to deter suffragist raids. The 10 trained men, drawn from military and police backgrounds, promise effective weapons including cat-o-nine tails, sparking fears of militant incursions.
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London
Les Petroleuses
Emergency Service Department
the Liberty and Property Defence League
Catc
Nine Tails
United States
Death Sentence for Dog in Philadelphia Case
Jerry known as The Thief, a trained aid of underworld figures, was arrested for larceny after biting patrolmen during capture. A magistrate ordered chloroform and the dog was hauled to the station, charged with stealing an orange from a fruit stand.
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Philadelphia
Jerry
Beaton
Pawned wooden leg for ten dollars in Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie New York Edwin Smalley pawned his wooden leg for ten dollars and left on a crutch after dealing with Louis Petche. In New York two boys charged with stealing a 160 dollar diamond brooch said they traded it to a barber for two expensive shampoos.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Joan
Edwin Smalley
Louis Petche
New York
New York Taxable Property Value Totals Over Eleven Trillion
A clipping notes New York city and state taxable property assessed at 11 398 720 514 dollars. The rest of the fragment features advertisements for eye remedies and laundry goods, plus slang on ambition and a comic exchange about a girl named Julia.
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New York
Eruption on face described in 1913 Cuticura ad
Miss Caroline Miller of 810 East Elm St Streator Illinois describes a facial eruption that covered her face from a small pimple to a disfiguring sore. She attributes cure to Cuticura Soap and Ointment after three weeks treatment.
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East Elm St
Streator
Ill
Caroline Miller
Sizing Up Louis Fashion Note in Chicago Shop
A Chicago shoe shop draws a fashion minded customer, daughter of a newly wealthy man, who rejects several classy slippers. She finally picks two pairs but asks for a size lower, noting Louis XV heels are too high and suggesting Louis XIII might be suitable.
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Louis
Chicago
Harper’s
Novelist S R Crockett Remembered For Love Match
The Scottish novelist Sir S R Crockett, now noted for his romance of meeting his wife, began in hardship. He wrote a London daily review of George Milner’s book, drew Milner’s praise, and was invited to Manchester where he fell in love with Miss Milner and wed in happiness.
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S. R. Crockett
London Daily Review
George Milner
Milner
Manchester
Limit of Courtesy in Japan’s New Prime Minister
The Pall Mall Gazette recounts Count Okuma’s poise after a political assassination attempt that cost him a leg and killed his servants. Despite agony, he greeted a departing foreign statesman with a polite, smiling apology for not seeing him to the door.
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Japan
Count Okuma
Okuma
Pall Mall Gazette
Grape-Nuts Claims to Restore Strength After Illness
A woman recalls a serious breakdown from overwork and worry and credits a change of food with recovery. After trying various remedies, eight months ago she began eating Grape-Nuts and reports renewed health, energy, and strength, with Postum Co. as sponsor.
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Alice
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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