Million Dollar Mystery Illustrated Scene Cards
The excerpt from the Thanhouser film drama unfolds in a tense living room scene. Characters discuss plots, betrayals, and a crucial letter, with plans, suspicions, and a possible clue that could be worth a million. The dialogue reveals a divide between motives and a looming risk.
Poisoned fruit plot drives thriller to a tense chase
In a plotted revenge saga Olga and her ally scheme to kill Hargreave using poisoned peaches. Suspects twist through a mansion, a poison crisis injures Susan, and Jim and Jones unravel coded messages and shadowy operatives. A midnight pursuit ensues with intrigue across rooms and hotel corridors.
Extermination Campaign For Flies Spreads Across Seasons
A quirky bulletin from the pollution and sewerage committee of the Morchante Aaspelation of New Work warns that winter flies hide from cold and ready next summer’s brood. It urges thorough house cleaning to destroy eggs and prevent millions of offspring. Louis Bell argues for broad radius single fares over European zone systems, noting long trips tempt people to stay home.
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New York Evening Post
Frauds Follow the War Impostors Peddle Fancy Fakery and Hoaxes
Amid war turmoil a wave of counterfeit jewelry laces and antique pieces flood the market. Impostors pose as displaced nobles and refugees from various nations to dupe gullible buyers with fake historic valuables. A separate York Pa report recalls a deadly electrocution incident and a misidentified corpse hoax linked to a boy near Spring Grove, illustrating sensational crime narratives of the era.
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New York
Renaisance
Cristocrat
Edward Krout
Spring Grove
York
Philadelphia
Starting the Flowers by Josephine de Marr
Garden guidance on sweet peas roses and lilies with pruning techniques mulch manure and water tips for winter bloom. Notes on San Jose scale treatment with emulsions and reshaping plants to promote growth and odoriferous lily cultivation across the region with historical origin details.
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Josephine DE Marr
San Jose
Where Easter Lilies Grow by A D Dart
The Bermudas lie south of the gulf stream about six hundred miles off the Atlantic coast from Charleston South Carolina. The islands have not known a war and were once used by England as a convict colony. Mark Twain called it heaven but hell to reach.
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Acre
Japan
Harris
China
Harrisii
A. D. Dart
Charleston
8. C
Bermudas
Mark Twain
England
Three Precepts from Pliny on Timely Action in Agriculture
The article cites Pliny the Elder on three enduring rules for farming discipline: begin early, do not delay any task, and perform each duty in its proper season. It notes a fourth maxim about missed chances. It also mentions a Postage Stamps printing project that, if laid end to end, would span from New York to San Francisco.
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the Margreave Houns
Florence
Jim
Eraina
Vroon
Russia
Prausis
Hergreave
Jones
Cleveland Illuminating Company
St Claire Avenue
Pliny the
New York
San Francisco
Gardening Tips From The Home Department
Practical plant care advice covers labeling exposed plant strips, spraying chrysanthemums for beetles with hot soap solution, dusting roses with wood ashes after rain, and considering hardy vines like Bignonia cupreolate. It also advises lawn fertilizing, mower blade height, composting clippings, and growing Trade scandens Virginica blue eyed Mary. It ends with seed sowing under shade and adding perfume to ink for a fragrant touch.
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Helen Watts M'Vey
Odd Stones and Eugenics Referenced in London Sale
The Chicago Herald notes a discussion about eugenics with a physician who married a nurse and mentions a doctor who produced a red cross baby. It also reports a London sale where 4 percent semi precious stones bore natural carvings of human heads or animal and bird shapes.
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Red Cross
Chicago Herald
London
Canada to Lead Northward Expansion in Resource Drive
An April discussion notes Canada’s gradual rise toward a powerful industrial and agricultural future. It highlights vast northern resources, Hudson Bay access, and interdependence with the United States as both nations benefit from shared growth in farming, mining, and manufacturing.
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Canada
Buffalo
United States
Dominion
Hudson Bay
United
England
Germany
France
Austria
Russia
Argentina
Um Sda
Growing Spirit of Humanity and Bird Feeding Trend
The winter shows a rising number of people feeding birds reflecting a broader humane spirit that includes animals. The text notes Puritan England first banned cockfighting not for animal cruelty but because fights were tied to gambling drinking and dissolute behavior.
California Syrup of Figs Ad Warns Mothers About Constipation
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a remedy for infant constipation. It claims mild, painless relief within hours, promising a coated tongue signal and quick passage of waste. The copy targets mothers with claims of safety for babies, children, and adults, urging a 60 cent bottle with full directions.
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California
Santern
Wiitel
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