The Real Man by Francis Lynde in a mining tale
A construction camp worker named John Smith is suspected of a hidden life. Montague Hunth, a Lawrenceville cashier, plans to test him while the rancher-president debates how to handle the situation. Tony Smith appears as a fighter with money keen, and the men discuss prying into Smith’s past.
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Montague Smith
Lawrenceville
John Smith
J. Montague Hunth
Lawrenceville Bank Interiet Comming
Verda Hich Wonder
Abe
Watrows Cronden
Srvlth
Dunham
Acky Mountains
Jin Smith
Tony
Bartley
Frascati's
Brewster Celemonioo
Smith
Timanyont Dam Debate Reveals Stakeholders And Schemes
In a mood of mounting tension surrounding the Timanyont dam project, Baldwin and local investors confront rising costs and hidden interests. The Eastern colonization company and Crawford Stanton surface as potential saboteurs while stock sales and bond talk reveal a broader fight over water rights, land claims, and finance.
Record of a Crooked Past and a Job Offer
A tense office scene unfolds as Williams questions a man about his past and motives. The unnamed figure reveals a personal file of back numbers and insists on liberty to finish his story, while the chief engineer probes why he sought Burdett and contemplates the job’s legitimacy and potential risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville Cotillion Club
Big Honda
Williams
Smith
Wiliams
Ltte
Swarth
Uberty
Burdett
Tom Wena
The Fall of the Camp and the Lewisville Case
The dialogue reveals capital shortages and legal fears as Smith and Williams discuss corporate rights and finance. The engineer explains Timanyon company’s helpless position against an unbridled irrigation trust. Future installments promise big developments and risk of detection.
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Smith
Timanyon Company
Floating balloons and a globe claimed by the wind
In a mixed set of notes the column includes a logic puzzle about a New York balloon, then a Tech Q&A about why descent does not align with Chicago, a Tagore quote on attention, a Trinidad servants ball describing strict etiquette, and notes on Swiss universal service and Mesa Arizona street plans. The items fuse curiosities, geography, culture, and history in a period newspaper card style.
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Earth
New Yort City
Chicago
Scientific American
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Princes Building
Fis Indy
Relics in National Museum highlight Washington and founders
Uniforms, swords, and personal items from Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Paul Revere, and other leaders illuminate American history in the National Museum. Exhibits include Washington’s Continental Army uniform, epaulets, tents, and a Star Spangled Banner fragment, with notable relics from Paul Jones, Decatur, Lawrence, Farragut, and Scott.
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United States National Museum
Washington
Arts and Industries
United States
Continental Army
Annapolis
Hizt
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lse
Gen. A. 5
Grant
Paul Revere
Lexington and Concord
Alexander Hamilton
John Hancock
Peter Gansevoort, Jr
Montgomery C. Meigs
Marquis de Lafayette
Count de Rochambeau
Thaddeus Kosciuazko
Elcazar W. Ripley
Jacob Brown
John Bankhead Magruder
Alexander Macomb
George W
John Paul Jones
Jones
America
Francis Scott Key
Stephen Decatur
Algiers
James Biddle
James Lawrence
Thes Museum
Lawrence
Chesapeake
Shannon
David ©. Farragut
Hartford
Mobile Bay
Winfield Scott Sebley
Rural School Sanitation Study Highlights Health Reforms
Uncle Sam's agencies push to extend rural school sanitation as health and habits educate children. A U S Public Health Service study in Indiana finds many small schools lack water, proper facilities, ventilation, heating, and adequate janitorial services, with many children showing defects needing medical or institutional attention.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of Education
Lfe
United States Public Health Service
Indiana
Cuba is Best Shoe Market for American Footwear
A report by Uncle Sim's bureau of foreign and domestic commerce says Cuba is the world’s best market for American footwear with over 80 percent of trade by American firms. The climate ensures widespread shoe use and per capita consumption remains high, though the report notes potential steps to strengthen U S position amid limited local competition and Europe’s marginal impact.
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Cuba
Uncle Sim
Europe
America
Herman G
Longfellow’s Evangeline Probe Sparks Coastwide Rejection
The piece reports Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s fictional wanderer seeking to join U S marine corps and be first to fight. In six cities within a month he is rejected due to physical disability. The Marine bulletin warns recruiters to bar the modern Gabriel from enlistment.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow
Evangeline
Sam
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Snally
Gabriel
Strontium Ore Marketed In United States For First Time
J M Hill of the United States Geological Survey reports that strontium ore was marketed from U S deposits for the first time in years. In 1916 most ore came from Arizona and California, Washington production remaining unsold. domestic output was about 10 percent of demand at roughly 2 000 tons. The British embargo on strontium salts may worry U S users, as American ore and salt production capabilities exist.
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United States
J. M. Hill
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Arizona
California
Washington
Floating fountains and far flung science notes
A jumble of early 20th century science and industry items covers water powered falls in Norway with an estimated 6.1 to 10 million horsepower, a Venezuelan agriculture station, zinc extraction plans, palladium substitutes, and broad notes on Brazil dye materials. Also mentions a long lived Marlborn man, a Hackensack court turbans case, and scattered transport and mineral topics.
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Agriculture and Forestry
Minais Telephone Mneman
Norway
Trey
EL McAnilester
Marlborn
Huy- Ing
Dinshab T. Ghadlall
India
Hackensack
N. J
Far East
United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
New York
Buffalo
Brazil
Home planning in country life urges practical farm layout
Progressive Farmer urges careful planning before building a farm home. Sketch grounds with family, place tnrn and rot buildings in rear, include water, sewage, and electric systems. Favor open lawns, minimal front trees, and heighted shrubs. Enhance paths with evergreen vines and pecan avenues.
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Ali
Dishes From the Indians In Early American Diets
The piece notes colonists adopted dishes from Native Americans including samy described as Indian corn beaten and heated with milk or butter. It explains hominy made by boiling corn with alkali to soften the grain and mentions hoe cake adopted from Indians in the southern United States.
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Samy
Rogie Williams
South
United States
Not Qualified and Not Womanlike in a Humorous Sketch
A jokey exchange unfolds near a doorway with a matron scolding a boy over chicken stones and a taunting reply about teaching methods. A young couple questions a moon face as a man, and a sassafras tea note recalls old remedies. The humor shifts to a mission merchant seeking a good man to run a cold storage plant and a playful quip about an old janitor.
Nervousness Blues at Washington Park Ill Woman’s Health Claim
A Washington Park resident describes nervous spells backache and illness from children’s chaos, praising Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for restored health. She notes facing worry yet retaining youthful looks and mentions seeking free advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Washington Park
Ill
Lydis E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Maas
Ham Theft Allegation Shapes Municipal Campaign Visit
A lawyer canvassing for municipal office stopped at a cottage and asked to see the husband. The wife said the husband would vote for the candidate for getting him out of a ham theft charge. The lawyer corrected that it was alleged theft. The woman scoffed and offered a sandwich from the remaining ham.
Cuticura Promises Quick Help for Eczemas and Itching
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as cures for fiery red pimples and disfiguring eczema with a single hot bath and gentle application. It also promotes free mail samples from Cuticura, Boston. Also includes a home farming note urging vegetable production for personal use and a humor line about a dentist.
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Cuticura
Boston
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