Love's puzzles and a vanished husband in doubt
Whitaker learns of a tangled love triangle involving Sara Law and three former admirers who died under mysterious circumstances. Ember, an observer, suspects Max the theater manager and a hidden motive to keep Sara on stage. A potential divorce looms as truth remains buried until events clear.
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Australia
Acrosa
Martin Ember
Whitaker
Whittaker
Weoada
Réison
Sara Law
Orso
Kimber
Max
Joan Thure- Hey ‘Broce
Hex
Atare
Drummond
Newark
Ember
Custer
William Hamilton
Guster
Sera Lay
Hamilton
Sera Law
Hamiliton
Thurston
Mitchell Thurston
Money Way
Gow Drummond
Huber
Aerdly
Droromond
Park Avenue Hotel
Carter 8
Pennsylvania Station
Thirty-third Street
Wittaker
Bia Trust
Womin
Jules Max
Broadway
Mescot
Satan
Drummond Suicide Report Sparks Debate on Truth
Readers question the Drum mond incident claiming suicide. If the man lives, why stage an apparent fatal act. Is the figure a thief or a disturbed individual amid unresolved details and conflicting witness accounts.
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Drummond
Fragmented dialogue from Medical Pickwick
A fragmentary exchange shows a doctor asking if the patient slept and lamenting lack of support from a friend. The patient retorts that friends abandon you in need. The snippet reflects a tone of care and betrayal in a medical humor context.
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Pickwick
Dear Me Yee We Bear Tragedy Better Than Minor Sorrow
A reflective note on human resilience comparing how people endure major losses more calmly than small irritations. The speaker suggests fallen events feel more disconcerting than heavy burdens like elephants.
New Athlete Shapes Dry Territory in College Football
University of Michigan and national coaches push a dry code for players. The essay cites Yost and star athletes like Jack Watson Rutherford Mike Dortzns Hobson and Brickley as models in a broad movement against drinking. It notes enforcement harshness and the belief that alcohol impairs performance. Baseball figures Eddie Collins Connie Mack predicted temperance rise among players.
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University of Michigan
Yost
Jack ‘Watson
Ilinois
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Buck
Wisconsin
Rutherford
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Mike Dortzns
University of Pennsylvania
Hobson
Yale
Brickley
Harvard
United States
Edidie Collins
White Sox
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Labor Leader John Cunneen Speech on Saloons and Liberty
John Cunneen, Chicago labor leader, denounces Amicon Poincians and the liquor trade as the worst enemies of workers. He argues saloons fund corrupt politicians, suppress free labor, and damage the economy, urging abolition to remove the biggest obstacle to workers’ success.
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Iabor
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United States
America
Europe
John ¥. Cunneen
Chicago
Rail travel record shows safety milestone and losses
An eastern railroad system extols safety with over 450 million passengers and more than 10 billion miles traveled without a single passenger death, plus over 2 million carried in early 1918 without a life lost. A garbled want ad fragment laments a dying drunkard and calls for replacements and moral reform.
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Johnson
Rum Men Demand License Yet Oppose Prohibition
A clipped exchange notes rum traders calling for licensing and regulation while resisting outright prohibition, arguing it would boost business. The piece mocks anti liquor sentiment and cites a sly Air Full of Straws quip about uniform straw color.
Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti Ad Promotes Nutrition
An old advertisement extols Skinner Mfg. Co. Durum wheat pasta as a great builder of bone and muscle, claiming it is economical and non nervous like meat, with free cookie offers to mothers. It also mentions Dr Pierce's Pellets for liver and bowels and musing quotes on paper waste and marriage outcomes.
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Skinner Mfg. Co
Omain
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Iron in Blood Strengthens Body Says Doctor
New York doctors urge iron from food and proper absorbed forms like cuprated iron rather than tablets, claiming real strength comes from iron in the blood. The ad promotes Nuxated Iron with a money back and strength doubling guarantee, touting nervous and weary patients improving in days.
Anoric Urates Uric Acid Cure Advertised by Dr Pierce
The article promotes Anoric a remedy claimed to remove uric acid causing rheumatism from joints muscles and nerves. It describes experiments at the In Valleids Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo and urges sufferers to obtain Anoric at stores or mail for a trial pack 10 cents.
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O. K. Booth
Randolph
Doan
Bax Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
Invelids
Buffalo
Pierce
Trenton
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