Owner of New York Opens Up In McCarthy Office
Percy Darrow, a scientifically trained yet indolent young man with hidden resolve, visits the New York power broker McCarthy in his modest commissionership. McCarthy complains of a Europe-bound order and eerie threats from a shadowy backer, while Darrow tactfully steps back, assessing his next move.
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New York
Percy Darrow
Atlas Building
Doctor Schermerhorn
Darrow
McCarthy
Perc
Europe
Shadow of Mystery: Power Failures Hit Atlas Building
Percy Darrow and Doctor Knox chase a strange blackout in the Atlas Building as phones, lights, and bells fail. McCarthy storms through, angered by the public utility delays while repair crews discover dead batteries and a mysterious polarization of the building's electrical system.
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Darrow
Doctor Knox
Professor Schermerhorn
McCarthy
Knox
Atlas
Percy Darrow
Darren
Suggerted Darrow
The Atlas Building's Electric Mystery and McCarthy's Frustrations
The Atlas Building saga unfolds with experts assessing a mysterious electrical fault and a covert test. Malachi McCarthy, amid city bustle, endures stalled transit and a streetcar chase, confronting a strange message from an Unknown. The scene shifts to horse-drawn traffic as six o'clock looms, highlighting McCarthy's mounting impatience and urban disarray.
No Marriage Bans in Burma According to Book
A new book by Sir Herbert T. White asserts Burmese marriage requires only mutual consent and no formal ceremony, with divorce easy and often without fault. Legal risks include forfeiting property when seeking divorce, yet reunions after separation are common and contribute to social tensions.
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New York
Herbert T. White
Burma
Was the Forbidden Fruit Really an Apple or a Quince
The piece argues that Genesis naming provides no fruit, notes scholars doubt the apple, and suggests the quince may be the sacred fruit linked to Venus and Oriental lore. It cites Ishtar and Babylonian origins as supporting evidence that the quince fits better than the apple.
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Venus
Babylonia
Ishtar
Joviality Out of Place in London Street
Mr Plowden admonishes a man and woman dancing in the Marylebone street for disorderly conduct. He says the country cannot afford jovial behavior and urges them to cultivate melancholy, telling them to go away and be as ahead as they can.
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McCarthy
Malachi McCarthy
Atlas
London
Mr. Plowden
Marylebone
Irish Priest Links Blond Esquimaux to Irish Colonists
Rev. C F O’Leary of Notre Dame church visited Ireland and Europe and believes blond Esquimaux are descendants of early Irish settlers. He cites St Brendan and monks as America settlers in the sixth century, noting Mare Brendanicum as Brendan’s sea name. His trip was partly funded by parish jubilee gifts.
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C. F. O'Leary
Catholic Church of Notre Dame
Ireland
Esquimaux
Vilhjaimur Steffanescu
Father O'Leary
St. Brendan
America
Brendan
Germany
Italy
France
Hkrendan
Brendanicum
St. Brendan’s Mount
Europe
Man Surfaces Alive After Storm Sees Family Mourning
In Hamilton Ontario relatives mourned the body of a John Thompson believed lost on a Great Lakes storm. The real John Thompson then arrived at the home, after his mother fainted, and revealed he survived after being in Monterey during the disaster.
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Hamilton
Monterey
Giraffe Struck by Switch Engine in Illinois Train Yard
A giraffe being shipped to a circus winter quarters in Dupo Illinois stuck its head from a car and was struck by a switch engine. The animal is housed in an improvised hospital in the YMCA building and veterinarians expect it to survive.
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Dupo
Woman elected mayor of Troutdale Oregon
Mrs Clara Lats relle Larsson daughter of an Oregon pioneer resident wins the Troutdale mayoral race by a wide margin with Ave votes securing the post.
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Oregon Town
Troutdale
Oreg
Mra
Clara Lats Relle Larsson
Oregon
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