In the Woods A Woman plots Escape from Harsh Husband
A fraught morning at Miles Henderson's backwoods cottage ends with his wife concealing a letter urging escape to Billy Warner. Henderson dominates the chores and men while planning dissipation after a cordwood payoff, and the wife seizes a chance to reach freedom through a messenger and hopeful reunion.
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Henderson
Splinters
Slenderson
Miles Henderson
Ukansla Junction
Danny Conner
Conners
Henderon
St. Paul
Billy Warner
Warner
Murder at the Clearing Ends in Grim Discovery
A lumberman Miles Henderson returns from a trip to the post office to find his wife Annie plotting to flee with a suitor. A stormy night, a hidden plan, and a brutal murder lead to a sheriff’s revelation that the dead girl is actually Splinters the half‑witted boy. Henderson is later accused as the killer, but the grisly truth exposes his complicity.
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Tence
Chicago Pete
Splinters
Chicago
Pete
St. Paul
Merrient
Blenderson
Henderson
Dick Divine
Miles Henderson
Miles
Whitatown
Missy
the Frank , Munsey Co
Delhi
The horn book and a Japanese push man train
The horn book, used from 1450 to the 18th century, taught letters with parchment wood boards and a horn cover. In Japan a nineteen mile push man train runs from Atami to Odawara, hauled by coolies up hills and releasing to coast down steep inclines.
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Riass
Mary Smith
Japan
Atami
Odawara
Spring Fever in a Kitchen at Odds Over Bills and Dreams
A groceryman and a pretty cook spar over spring fever and looming bills in a muddled kitchen scene. He muses on country life and helping her, she counters with work and cost, then she locks him out after a flirtatious turn.
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Evelina
Knockers
Heroic Acts by Army Chaplains in World War I
A vivid account praises army chaplains in Europe for comforting soldiers of all faiths amid front line dangers. It recounts a Jewish rabbi risking death to console a dying Catholic soldier with a crucifix, and an Irish priest who saves a Protestant lad, earning a medal.
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Europe
Western Front
England
Belfast
New War Engine Aims 100 Mile Range Says Inventor
A Minneapolis man claims a new war engine with 125 foot length can strike 75 to 100 miles, destroying life within a mile at range. Victor F. V. de Brauwere, sponsor, says details cannot be disclosed and notes the device surpasses prior designs. He cites secrecy and novelty as reasons for withholding full description. The remark ends with a quip about women keeping secrets.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Victor F. V. de Brauwere
Allied War Inventions Board
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Ienderson
Carless
Yuuk
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Miles Hensat
Voluely
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