Cast of A Fool There Was Led by Edward Jose and Theda Bara
The William Fox production A Fool There Was features Edward Jose and Theda Bara with a Parisian tie. Bara, famed in Berlin Vienna and Paris, plays the vampire Woman while gowns were designed largely by Bara. The Box Office Attractions Co releases the film with a cast chosen by Powell after careful elimination.
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Edward Jose
Theda Bara
William Fox
Porter Emerson Browne
Box Office Attractions Co
Mme. Bernhardt
Mr Jose
Miss Bara
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
Antoine
Gym
Paase
Pearance
Mall Fortune
Tai
Powell
Summer Complaints Remedy Praised by Mrs Turner
Mrs Carrie Turner of Zanesville Ohio commends Cham berlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for fifteen years of reliable relief for herself and her husband. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Carrie Turner
Zanesville
Ohio
Daily Herald Want Ad for Used Car Sale
An old classifieds snippet urges readers to place a Herald Want Ad to sell a car. It highlights wide visibility and low cost, promoting the want ad as an effective sales method for individuals with vehicles to unload.
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Daily Herald
Herald
The Vein of News and Folklore Across Africa
A historical reflection describes how native signals, telegraph lore, and rapid word spread shaped campaigns in southern Africa. It cites fire drums runners and hilltop cries as faster than official reports, and recounts African rituals of endurance during the Dosah with ritual self‑injury and a sheik on horseback.
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Lord Wolseley
Pral
Africa
South Africa
Mafeking
Zululand
Cape Colony
Laziness of the Todas Tribe in India Highlighted
The article portrays the Todas, a small hill tribe in India, as the laziest people, devoted to buffalo herding with minimal farming. Priests among them avoid labor, houses and land are common holdings, and a notable anecdote about a missionary trying to force work ends with the Toda man refusing to work.
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India
Toda
Chicago Tribune
Work of the Guango Tree and Its Americas Limits
The Guango or rain tree native to Brazil and Central America has been introduced to Australia but cannot be kept alive through winter in American latitudes. The Bureau of Plant Industry conducted trials along Texas coasts, noting the tree drains wetlands and creates cool moist air at night, though it does not produce rain.
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Brazil
Central America
Australia
America
Bureau of Plant Industry
Texas
Philadelphia
Overdrawn Depositor Teaches Trust Firm Guidance
A Pennsylvania bankers convention tale in Wilkesbarre features a wealthy middle aged depositor who overdrew five hundred dollars and refused extra notifications. He argues trust should work both ways and questions why banks alert him when he already has funds with them.
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H. A. Fuller
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Convention
Wilkesbarre
World gold usage largely traced to last fifty years
More than two thirds of the gold now in use globally was discovered in the past fifty years.
Royal Rows Over Chess Across Monarchs History
The piece recalls royal affection for chess from Edward the Confessor to Louis XIII and Charles I. It notes William the Conqueror’s temper, Ferrand Count of Flanders’ domestic dispute, and Saxon elector John Frederick finishing a move before his death.
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Edward
William the Conqueror
France
William
Ferrand
Flanders
Battle of
Bouvines
Louis XIII
Charles I
John Frederick
Saxony
Distinguishing Real Tortoise Shell From Imitations
A New York Sun report quotes a manufacturer describing methods to tell tortoise shell from imitations. He notes early substitutes like bone and horn, the rise of celluloid, and how heat, texture, and elasticity reveal real shell versus fake materials.
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Horne
New York Sun
Ancient 700 year organ from Japan excites builders
William C. Carl returns with an organ believed to reveal modern instrument ideas. The bamboo pipes and preservation show advanced design for its age. He also brings Japanese music in modern notation and notes a Tobio academy spurred vast student participation.
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William C. Carl
Japan
Carl
Tobio
Carr
Beattie Poat
The Value of Old Men in Crisis Leadership
In a reflection on aging and leadership, Leslie's Monthly recounts veteran fire chief William McAfee guiding the response to a Baltimore blaze. The old chief, donning oilskins, rallied firefighters to face a riverbank fire and turpentine-filled resin works, saving East Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Horton
William ©. McAfee
East Baltimore
McAfee
Leslie
Luck and Chance in Mining
An entertaining Sumset Magazine piece contrasts luck and blunder in mining. A jokeful drill prompt leads a tenderfoot to a rich tellurium vein, while later cautious sinking yields vast profits, as with the Melvina mine in Boulder County, Colorado, netting about 400000 dollars.
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Melvina
Boulder County
Col
History of the Tomato in Early American Horticulture
The tomato story covers its arrival after the Saint Domingue upheaval, French settlers in Philadelphia growing it as pomme amour, and its 1696 introduction from uth America amid suspicion. The name tyca raicum hints at wolf like and peach parallels, reflecting the fruit’s tentative reception.
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St. Domingo
Fence
Philadelphia
America
Ancient Fork Use Traced From Duke of Burgundy Era
The piece traces early fork usage to John the Duke of Burgundy who owned two forks, notes cylindrical bread and trencher meals, and describes how hosts and guests handled carving and serving. It recounts European peasant practices in Tyrol Germany and Switzerland, Italian iron forks for nobles, and English ridicule of forks in early drama.
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John
Burgundy
Europe
Tyrol
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
England
Beaumont and Fletcher
Ben Jonson
New York Mail
Edison Inventive Inventions Questioned By Courts
Edison contends a simple problem yielded a difficult mechanism and recalls judges call ideas obvious. Federal courts have voided Edison patents for obvious solutions, despite years of hard study. He laments a committee of judges might explain how to make the yet unseen device.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Harper’s Weekly
Underground Wonder at Medina Reveals Ancient City Remains
Diggers at Medina Italy reached chalk beds then a sudden well burst of water. At 14 feet they uncovered ruins of an ancient city with paved streets and houses. At 26 to 28 feet large walnut trees and preserved vegetation were found, under chalk and shells.
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Medina
Italy
Buying Cheap and a Glass of Sherry in Bond Street
A famous actor nearing bankruptcy dines with a friend. They discuss a costly sherry the actor claims he bought from Ellis in Bond Street. The friend suspects charges will be recorded in a book, prompting a wry reply as they order another glass.
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Ellis
Bond Street
Bax
Convicts Escaping Dartmoor Fugitives Being Caught by Hunger
A Tit-Bits report details how convicts escaping from Dartmoor and other stations often end up seeking food from locals. Examples include two men nabbed while eating at a farmer’s meal, another found hidden in a cleric disguise, and a Parkhurst pair caught after raiding a dinner. Famine, not bravado, drives most recaptures.
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Dartmoor
Penzance
Portland
Chess Beach
Dorchester
Durance
Parkhurst
Borstal
Rochester
Princetown
Devonport
Represa
Cal
Long Tunnels Across Mountains Highlight Railway Limits
Long tunnels are rare in American railroads compared with Europe where Alpine crossings show long tunneling. The Hoosac tunnel at 4.25 miles is the longest in the United States, with Alpine tunnels reaching 8 to 16 miles as plans. A note mentions the electric post in Italy and Sir Chentung Liang Chang as a versatile railway manager.
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Rocky Mountains
Europe
Hoosac
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railway
Chentung Liang Chang
Bow 6
Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy Praise and Reach
Advert says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has widespread use in the United States and abroad. It claims quick relief from ordinary diarrhoea and cholera morbus and notes success in epidemics and summer diarrhoea in children. Obvious emphasis on universal availability and family necessity.
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Chamberlain
United States
Why You Should Trade With Firms That Advertise
A period piece argues advertising lowers consumer prices by boosting sales. It claims advertising enables purchase of better goods at lower prices through small margins and higher volume, while non advertisers seek larger profits on fewer sales.
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