Siberian Return Story Reveals Escape from Russia
A Moscow correspondent recalls a “Siberian return” political exile who, after a brutal Siberian convoy and prison life, escaped with help from sympathetic villagers and police. He details the transport in convict trains, the starosta role, and a staged timber mission to reach Omsk then the frontier.
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Moscow
London Evening Standard
Germany
Switzerland
London
Odlor
Siberia
Russia
Tomsk
Irkutsk
Butirki
Starosta
St. Petersburg
Crim
Althrough
Towine
Ispravnik
Omsk
The Little Restaurant Decline Through Local Eyes
A wary observer traces the rise and fall of a small town eatery from promising cleanliness and attentive service to neglect and decay. The piece catalogs cleaner tables and crisp napkins gave way to untidy cloths, greasy potatoes, and noisy staff as patrons lost confidence and left.
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Mr. Batch
Automobiling in Hawaii Roads and Caledonia Streets
The territorial Government of Hawaii has built splendid roads that boosted car use. In Honolulu more than 150 American cars fill streets, with many touring cars and about 50 runabouts. No speed law exists yet residents regulate speed by crowding along driveways. Honolulu sits in a mountain amphitheatre with Punch Bowl Hill behind and coral reefs ahead, inviting scenic drives across broad white roads. From Honolulu alone innumerable trips are possible as roads extend to all points on the islands.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Pacific
Pstetnet
Thrums notes on distant vision and a Shakespeare club
The piece recalls long distance sight as a family trait, with Aunty Bauby and others seen clearly from afar, then shifts to a Brechin Advertiser remark. It describes Our Church Literary Society losing steam and forming a Shakespeare Club in Scotland, with no acting allowed and Hamlet opening night featuring the minister and clerk.
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Gowkstane Park
Bauby
Betty Winston
Broadbog
Johnny Insch
Brechin Advertiser
Our Church Literary Society
Palestine
Switzerland
Robert Browning
Ruskin
Literary Society
Shakespeare Club
Free Church
Scotland
Polonius
Oklahoma Facts as U S 20 Third State Status
Oklahoma is described as the twenty third state by population with 5500 miles of railroads 700 banks and 500 daily newspapers. Oklahoma City boasts 40 miles of asphalt while the constitution is the nations largest at 60000 words and includes statewide prohibition initiation and referendum.
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Oklahoma
Union
Oklahoma City
Self and Wife and Check Book Tale of a Finance Committee
A domestic finance parable shows how a three member committee becomes fragile if one member is absent. The narrative centers on A. E. Mumford of Magenta nown and a claim that Psychine cured his lung disease, with his testimonial and a Toronto distributor note.
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A. E. Mumford
Magnettawan
T. A. Slocum, Limited
King Street West
Toronto
Theatre Rents Interrogation Quip Reported
A Glasgow theatre scene note describes a man patrolling adjoining rooms and heckling entrants by shouting taunts about paying seat rents at the first and second doors, creating a sharp doorway confrontation within the venue.
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Glasgow News
Marvelous case of Leo Corrigan and eczema relief
A patient with severe eczema endured years of treatment and pain until Mira Ointment relieved irritation and soreness. After months of use he regained ability to work daily and praised the ointment as the best remedy he ever used. He urged others with skin diseases to try Mira Ointment.
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Toronto
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Sam
Eculea Ae
Saunders
Auld
Andra
Leo Corrigan
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