Marcia's Exit Triggers Urgent Disclosure in Ellington Mystery
In the Ellington household a burglary scare prompts talk of a government reward. Jarvis and Miss Parminter demand strict confidentiality before sharing information about Mrs. Tressingham and a theft plot, as George and his father weigh contingency plans and protection.
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Marcia
Letty
Bea
George
Old Ellington
Ellington
Jarvis
Miss Parminter
Eir
George Ellington
Young Ellington
Parminter
Mrs. Tressingham
Bible's Influence on English Literature Celebrated by Yale Professor
In a Yale lecture Prof William Lyon Phelps declares the Bible the greatest book. He notes its humor is weak but its narratives poetry and wisdom outpace later writers. He cites Bunyan Lincoln and Kent as modern echoes and remarks on the Bible as essential to education.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Phelps
Job
Hume
Gibbon
Rose
Kipling
de Maupassant
Henry
Bunyan
Lincoln
Methors
Kent
Anurie touted as kidney tonic by Dr Pierce
A historical ad claims Anurie cures kidney trouble by flushing acids with water and a milk vegetable diet. It cites Dr W M Pierce of Buffalo and Bridgeburg and includes a testimonial from Jacob Lonsbery about relief from kidney and rheumatic symptoms after one week of use.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalides’ Hotel
Paffelo
N. Y
Snys
W. M. Pierce
Buffalo
Bridgeburg
J. Catharines
Mrers
Jacob Lonsbery
Bere
Puritans in Salem Eschewed Meeting House Stoves
A Salem News note recalls how Puritans forbade stoves in meeting houses calling coal a snare of the devil. Women and children used foot stoves while men and boys stamped feet and clapped to stay warm during services.
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Salem
Salem News
Prize porker sells for ten thousand in Illinois
The Vancouver Province notes a prize pig sold in Illinois for $10,000. The owner of a notable herd can now afford a patronizing smile toward the limousine business proprietor.
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Illinois
Vancouver
Raemakers Explores War in Drawings From Holland to Belgium
Dutch cartoonist Raemakers, living near London with his family, began war cartoons on August 1 1914. He drew over 100 pieces reflecting military naval and political scenes, speaking only once of his horror of Belgium at a Savage Club dinner. His work appears in Kuwar and Cartoons.
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Belgium
Lewis Raemakers
Holland
Savage Club
London
Teary
Scout
Wansen
Shackleton
Raemakers
Hell
Kacmakers
Lonnen
Phillipotts
Sidney Lee
Edmund Gosse
Boston Transcript
Dewsbury firm responds to German prison camp request
A Dewsbury based manufacturer received a postcard from a German inmate at Lofthouse Prison Camp seeking price lists and patterns for textiles for smart pyjamas. The firm sent back a copy of a “Solemn Oath” sworn to resist any German-made purchases or business with Germans for five years after peace. The exchange is reported with a Hamilton Times quip about a sympathetic voice.
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Dewsbury
Lofthouse
Germany
Loss Ten Pounds for Liberty highlights overweight mortality
The article notes insurance mortality studies show lowest death rates in men fifteen to thirty pounds underweight, with higher mortality for average or overweight individuals, especially after age forty. It argues well fed Americans waste ten percent of food and incur billions in costs from waste, reduced vigor, and life loss.
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Milo Hastings
Women Cab Drivers Open London Horse Hospital
Women cab drivers in London establish a horse hospital where feeding grooming cleaning and medicine administration are all performed by women.
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London
Birds imitate the shelling sound in modern warfare
A Times report notes birds along the Western Front mimic falling shells. A soldier recalls a hen sounding like an explosion then a cock copying the noise, suggesting avian imitation of artillery as a wartime adaptation.
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Times
There is a difference between cars and scars
A wry line from a wounded soldier at the Strand as he views a comedian’s motor car, noting there is a distinction between possessions and injuries in wartime London.
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Strand
London Weekly Despatch
Jimmie Questions Bow-Legged Officer Amid Battle Excitement
Jimmie teases a bow-legged officer asking if knees knock together in the heat of battle. The exchange captures playful tension during a tense moment on duty.
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Jimmie
Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco Marketing Claim
The advertisement promotes Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco as a high quality product made from old flavorful leaf. It emphasizes the snuff-like processing that preserves tobacco goodness and advises first time users to take a small pinch placed between the lip and gum. It claims the product is economical and satisfying.
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Copenhagen
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Hamilton, Canada
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