Pearl Fate Drives Humble Lover Toward Education Dream
Hugh Wardell toiling beside fisherman Mr Reese saves for Miriam's schooling after finding a flawless pearl worth eight hundred fifty dollars. Miriam leaves home for two years of study in Trenton, returning to a life of quiet, unspoken love as Hugh nourishes hope for their future.
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Hugh Wardell
Blugit
Gabriel Wardell
Dlugh
Homer Reese
Miriam
Hugh
Trenton
Sin
Mr. Reese
Mitch
Bhatt
Hap Tezard
World's Largest Handwritten Bible Planned for 1921
English Bible project in England aims to produce the biggest Bible ever, written entirely by hand with twelve thousand signatures. The volume, over five feet tall and nearly four feet wide, rests at Oxford University Press awaiting funding and a special motorized carrier for distribution, with potential to tour America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Kings Downwear
Osford University Press
America
A Joyous Idealist in Japan and a Town Tale
A Kansas City office romance story follows John Lane a generous bookkeeper and Ava Reade as Lane funds others hardships then hides his own poverty. The plot shifts to a National Geographic note on Nikko Kyoto and Tokyo depicting pilgrim customs and Japan's sacred sites and treasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lane
Lane
Ned Dolby
Colorado
Ava
Ava Reade
Japan
National Geographic Society
Congress
Orient
Nikko
Tokyo
Kyoto
When Vaseline Was Valuable and Balm of Sinai History
The article notes experiments by the British government in Derbyshire producing about three thousand barrels of oil. It contrasts Balmwell at St Catherine's Edinburgh, once famed for a solidified petroleum used as a skin remedy, sold as Balm of Sinai for a sovereign an ounce. Now Vaseline costs only a few cents per ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derbyshire
St. Catherine's
Edinburgh
Sinai
New Celluloid Window Shade Keeps Draughts Out
A new window shade of celluloid admitted by Popular Science Monthly aims to block draughts while remaining transparent. It attaches to the top of the window frame with a spring shade roller and a stick at the bottom, fitting into grooves to prevent curling. The article notes the need for a shade that shuts out light but lets air through, especially in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Power From Small Streams
A Department of Agriculture publication by A. M Daniels explores small stream electricity. The 20 page booklet outlines latent water power sources, water power principles, and methods to measure flow and power opportunities for rural engineering and road districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
A. M Daniels
Division of
Doreau
Prbtle Roads
Renelat Thansamilar
Lariat Jim and the Western Hero's Last Stand
The tale centers on Jim Willis a renowned lariat artist from Poker Pine who becomes entangled in a dramatic struggle over theft redemption and love. A stranger offers a half year stage contract worth five thousand dollars prompting Jim to reconsider his path amid threats from a rival ranchero and a rescued life saving encounter with a band of greasers.
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Jim Willis
Jim
W. H. Arlington
Middle West
Cora Barker
Jose Maders
Dan Campion
Edith
Marey bin
Vast
Jose Maderi
Vd Maders
Jind
Deel
Campion Cabin
Mantha
Paul Norton
Editha
Greaser
Machine Digs Trees at Nursery
Edgar A. Jackson of Cupertina Cal has devised a gas engine tree digger. The unit can dig about 50 000 trees per day using ten gallons of fuel. It uses drums on cables to power a cutter, with a gear reduction providing strong pull and an efficient lifter for the cutting knife. The machine moves between rows under its own power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Jackson
Cupertino
Cal
A Happy Accident
Misa describes how a safety razor mishap led to the iconic Charlie Chaplin style mustache. Mr Zitt explains he shaved the rest of his face to free his upper lip and let the mustache grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Gushmore
Charlie Chaplin
Mr. Zitt
Rubbering Bathing Resort Exchange
A man asks for rubber articles at a popular bathing resort store. The clerk replies with a tongue in cheek offer claiming a single line of opera glasses is available.
Nurse praises Trutona after twenty years of stomach relief
Mrs. Julia Cryer of Muncie Indiana testifies she suffered ten years from indigestion with gas bloating and daily laxatives. After using Trutona she reports no gas or bloating and claims improved kidney comfort. She endorses the medicine to friends and notes its claimed reconstructive and purifying effects. Trutona is sold at Mullins Drug Store in Greenwcastle.
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Muncie
Ind
Julia Cryer
South Franklin St
Trutona
Greenwcastle
R. P. Mullins Drug Store
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Muriel Lee
IS Record Bible
Ita
Portland
Alvah Jordan Garth
Estern Newspaper
Hedd
Avery
Joln Lane
Capital
Ceing
Napoleon
Cromwell
Biwa
Lariat
Ralph Hamilton
Caba
Nurse
Truton A
Aida
Adh & Canby Co
Dayton
Ohio
Terre Haute, Nounapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Kenpoints
Lodiana
Ilinois
Tucky
Michigan
Udianapolis
Indiana
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