Family strains and medical care unfold in hospital room
Duncan Van Doren and Gunnar Thorwald clash over access to Sarah Lynn as doctors, nurses, and a citywide media buzz hinge on her survival. The old country doctor consoles the nearly comatose patient while a grim family dynamic and grief press on. A separate suburban card hints at a piano sale and a celebratory note, while a historical note recalls Egypt's new western border defences against Italian Libya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunnar Thorwald
Duncan van Doren
Duncan
Gunnar
Mercy
Sarah Lynn
Mrs. Dana
Family Waiting Amid Grief and Kindness
In a quiet exchange Mary Dana Webster and Lynnn Dana discuss Sally Ann’s potential arrival as the waiting period for Sarah Lynn lengthens. They reflect on how friends ease the burden with calls flowers and sympathy while life resumes its rhythm and Duncan’s presence looms in the conservatory.
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Mary Dana Webster
Sally Ann
Lynnn Dana
Sarah Lynn
Conservatories
Duncan
Mary
Woman Improves After Kruschen Salts Treatment
A Mrs FW recounts years of crippling rheumatism and sleepless nights. Her husband urged Kruschen Salts. after two weeks she felt better and six weeks later could perform household chores. She later walked, found relief from pain, and enjoyed renewed vigor as crystals dissolved and exited via the kidneys.
Great Sculptor Tussaud Models Over 1500 People
John Theodore Tussaud, head of the famed waxworks family, has modeled more than 1,500 individuals including royalty and politicians. He recalls lifting the future King as a child and is finishing a double-size bust of Queen Mary using a new self hardening clay he believes will revolutionize sculpture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Theodore Tussaud
Waxworks
Thomas A’becket
Tussaud
We Wet brothers chase Kruger millions treasure
Three De Wet brothers of Bredasdorp district in Cape Province employ a Saluto named Williams who claims to have helped hide the Boers war chest with Gen Cronje. He says the treasure was loaded to an ox cart near Pretoria and Pietersburg and later swapped to a Scotch cart. The De Wets plan to have Williams show the hiding spot and have written to the Government about legal stand if anything is found.
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We Wet
Bredasdorp
Cape Province
Williams
Cronje
Kruger
Pretoria
Pietersburg
de Wet
Brothers de Wet
Stop Press: Experts Warn Against Forcing Genius At Early Age
Loyola University psychologist Dr Alexander Schneiders warns parents against pushing preschool children to become geniuses. He says forcing early achievement harms social and educational development and can cause irreparable damage. He condemns early recitation and counting as practices aimed at shaping precocious youngsters to ego serve parental gain.
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Alexander Schneiders
Loyola University
Schneiders
Etton-Geber site reveals ancient Red Sea factory town
Yale University announced that Nelson Glueck directed excavations exposing Etton-Geber as a vast smelting center known as the Pittsburg of Palestine. Buildings featured air conditioning for heat, with an elaborate system of flues using north winds as natural blasts. The report notes cultural findings including multilingual scholars and a lighthearted joke about a newly married journalist wife.
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Etton-Geber
Red Sea
Pittsburg
Palestine
Nelson Glueck
American School of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Yale University
Reading speed in newspaper print study by Cosgrave
Dr D G P Cosgrave of the University of Toronto reports at the Ontario Optometrical Association convention that newspaper print aids comprehension. He notes fast readers in tests showed higher speed and lower fatigue, absorbing essentials more easily than slower readers.
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D. G. P. Cosgrave
University of Toronto
Department of Psychology
Ontario Optometrical Association
Ottawa
Cosgrave
Tribute to Empress of Australia captain at Commons dinner
Members of the House of Commons attended a private dinner at the House of Commons in tribute to Captain A. R. Meikle who commanded the liner Empress of Australia on her Quebec voyage with the King and Queen. Commander A. Marsden organized the event to honor Meikle’s seamanship through ice and fog. Donati’s comet, noted for a nucleus as large as Earth and a 45 million mile tail, is mentioned alongside a fact about artificial fishing flies.
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House of Commons
A. R. Meikle
Quebec
A. Marsden
Captain Meikle
Real Baseball in Small Towns Sparks Local Holiday
Halifax Chronicle notes that true baseball happens in small towns where a game between home and visiting teams becomes a community holiday. Day or night, floodlights or sun, the essence remains shared by all residents as stores close and towns rally around the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax Chronicle
Queer markers found in returned books perplex Longpoint librarians
Longpoint Colorado librarians report toothbrushes and odd items like safety pins, candy wrappers and blades of grass used as space markers in returned books. They note people stuffing anything handy into volumes to mark pages during emergencies.
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Longpoint
Colorado
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Ruth
Comfort Mitchell
D. Appleton—Century Co., Inc
WNDU
Duncan Dear
Bixford
Chicago
Conrad Jordan
Tahore
Lynn Dana
Neddy
Ned Webster
Dana
Miss Burke
Darling
Mother
Dunn
Egypt
Nile Valley
Libya
Pinkham
South Africa
Chid
Gyproc
Canada
GEG
Vancouver
Calgary
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal
Donati
United States
Regina
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