Amoret Dares a California Dream on a Sleeper Train
Amoret travels alone on a long journey dreaming of California. A “serious and dignified” man across the dining car eyes her. Richard Mason leaps to defend her as she faints. Morning finds Amoret in a tangled social trap with a hastily arranged supper and a maid’s aid, while a proposed confession seems impossible aboard the moving train.
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Ameret
California
Amoret
Richard Mason
Oo Brillant
Richard
Sarah
Saraa
Marsh
Richard Heart
Wedding Moon Ahead for Amoret and Richard
Amoret and Richard pursue a mock marriage as a scheme to secure funds and travel. Their breakfast confession reveals a hidden wedding fee and their growing attraction as they plan a trip from San Diego to Boston.
Street Mysteries: London's Business Streets and Clustering
A survey of London shows how specific trades concentrate in particular streets and districts. Harley Street may lose doctors to quieter areas while Tottenham Court Road becomes furniture central and Hatton Garden firms diamonds.
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London
Harley Street
Metropolis
Finsbury Square
Tottenham Court Road
Long Acre
Piccadilly
Aero Club
Charing Cross
Hatton Garden
Brixton
Holborn
Queen Victoria Street
Gerrard Street
Rupert Street
Sale
Blackfriars Road
Willesden
Mos
Wadsworth
Bethnal Green
Bermondsey
Lambeth
Southwark
Hoxton
Houndsditch
Clerkenwell Road
Charing Cross Road
Fleet Street
Rebel Pen Club Aims to Help Working Women Writers
A new club in London linked to Rebel House Working Women's College opens as the Bebel House Rebel Pen Club founded by Miss Ethel Carnie to aid talented working women. Twenty five members include a London cook who writes verse a general servant with a promising dialogue sketch and a young married woman who has written short stories about farm labor struggles.
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London
Rebel House
Working Women's College
Bebel House
Rebel Pen Club
Ethel Carnie
Young Dramatist Dead Hindle Wakes author dies at 32
Stan ley Houghton, noted dramatist and critic for The Manchester Guardian, died at thirty two. He rose to fame with Hindle Wakes a Lancashire life study that reputedly earned about 20000 pounds. His other works include The Dear Departed Pearls trust the People and The Perfect Cure.
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Stanley Houghton
Houghton
Manchester Guardian
Lancashire
Miner rewarded for bravery at Rose Deep Mine
Lord Gladstone presented a bravery medal to miner Clote of the Rose Deep Mine in Johannesburg for saving a fellow worker. The Chamber of Mines president noted a committee of directors engineers and managers is studying safety measures to reduce mining accidents.
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Rose Deep
Johannesburg
Lord Gladstone
Clote
Chamber of Mines
Fire interrupts West Hartlepool civic church parade
During the civic church parade in West Hartlepool the Mayor's procession reached Christ Church when a fire alarm sounded. Fire brigade and police left the procession and soon put out a basement fire at Wesley Church where a service was in progress, the smoke causing the congregation to be dismissed.
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West Hartlepool
Civic Church
Christ Church
Wesley Church
Housewives Unite Forms Australia Union for Eight Hour Day
A housewives union is being formed in Australia with the aim of securing an eight hour day for housewives through legislative enactment. The movement invokes the saying that a wee man's work is never done.
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Australia
Through Fire for Love and Father’s Consent
A man named Askam woos a daughter and then faces the scariest challenge: obtaining the father’s consent. He nervously declares his intent, misreads the request, and awkwardly asks for permission to marry his beloved his future father in law. The scene ends with a comic, clarifying realization about what he must obtain.
A Case For Sympathy In A Kitchen Mix Up
Nellie fumes over bad eggs found in a mixing bowl. Her husband urges sympathy, joking that Jim keeps the bad eggs, while she questions the idea and jokes about the old store. He suggests thinking of how long the eggs must have tried to be good.
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Jim Fietehies
Nellie
Jim Vieteher
The
All Is Fish to the Net and a Bargain Tale
A witty exchange from the St. Louis Republic notes a vacation catch. The man brags his catch weighs 130 pounds and mentions his father’s wealth in railways lighting and breweries. The playful dialogue pairs a large fish with family fortune and business assets.
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St. Louis Republic
Wordy talk mirrors gossip in Chicago Record-Uerald
A quoted exchange shows skepticism about a woman who gossips about Jon yesterday. The dialogue highlights distrust and public mockery in a Chicago Record-Herald style.
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Jon
Chicago Record-Ueraid
Hairpin Paradox Prompts Quick Witty Exchange
A brief humorous exchange from the St. Louis Globe Democrat features a barbering quip about trimming ends versus removing hair from the middle. The exchange showcases a playful duel of wording between speaker and listener.
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St. Louis Clobe Democrat
Undeserved Honors among Camp Companions
An amateur hunter recalls returning to camp after a first day out to be greeted with the singing of Nee the Conquering Hero Comes. He admits the only notable feat was showing his guide's left ear, a moment of humor and embarrassment in camp life.
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Chicago
Miss Pinta Shown As Old Fashioned Girl
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes an old fogg noting Miss Pinta is awfully old fashioned. The exchange highlights her saying "oniit" instead of "eut it out" as a humorous detail.
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Pinta
Cincinnati Enquirer
Unclear fragment cites Baltimore American remark
A damaged clipping quotes a Baltimore American line about a friend and a scheme with a fragmentary reference to Ro and a stray phrase about fat. The garbled text presents no verifiable event, date, or identifiable individuals beyond the generic outlet.
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Baltimore American
Cheap Oxygen Could Transform Energy Costs Across Industry
The Saturday Evening Post notes oxygen may become cheap enough to rival coal for heating, with advances in extracting oxygen from air and water. Large liquid air plants already produce oxygen cheaply, and scientists like Frederick Soddy foresee oxygen use expanding beyond current bounds as technology improves.
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Frederick Soddy
Soddy
Saturday Evening Post
Bavarian King Otto Reigned In Isolation For Twenty Seven Years
Otto king of Bavaria, deposed by the prince regent, ruled in seclusion at Faerstenried for twenty seven years since June 1886. Once strong, he has become deaf, blind, and mute most days, with sporadic memory return. His early life included a harsh incident in 1857 at Berchtesgaden when Ludwig II ordered binding and choking a companion, Otto barely saved from the ordeal.
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Otto
Bavaria
Ludwig I
Faerstenried
Otte
Ludwig 11
Bercchtesgaden
Junswig
Ludwig
Chicago News
Taft Keeps Guard Over Italian Earthquake Medal
In Washington the state department custodian guards the gold medal awarded by Italy for relief work after the earthquake. Taft, a Yale professor and chair of a congressional Lincoln memorial commission, will receive it once his commission duties end.
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Washington
State Department
Taft
Yale University
Congress
Clicago News
King's Son as Porter at Paris Cafe
A Paris cafe hires the son of a king as its porter. Ile is Oui bero Behauzin, son of King Gle Gle and brother of the Dahomean monarch who troubled France. Prince Bebon gin, age thirty seven, runs the cafe door for customers after a noted military career. He has participated in twenty eight campaigns, was wounded in three battles, mentioned thirteen times in dispatches, and earned the military medal and eleven decorations.
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Paris
Ile
Ouibero Behauzin
Gle Gle
Dahomey
France
Prince Bebongin
Rustomers
Oil Upon the Waters Discovery of a calming oil method
The article notes that ancient knowledge by Aristotle and Pliny on pouring oil on water may regain use. Professor Ray Lankester states a pint per hour can create a calm zone around a ship, enabling safe launch of boats. It suggests future adoption of the practice.
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Pliny
Ray Lankester
Sty on the Eye Remedies and Prevention
Practical health note explains a sty as inflammation of the eyelid oil gland. Frequent camomile bath helps prevention. a bead may be opened with a sterilized needle and contents pressed out, then lid washed with boric acid solution. Diet should be nourishing but plain.
U S Diamonds Import Boom Tops Fifty Million in a Year
Diamond importations into the United States reached a record high for the year, with value around 57 million dollars as of September. Historical data show rapid growth from 11 million in 20 years to 57 million this year, with imitations making up about 2 percent of the total.
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Bureau of Foreign and Doemestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
United States
George F. Kunz
Pneryclopedia Americana
Cost Of The Panama Canal Through Time
The Panama canal’s total cost rose from early estimates of 114 million dollars in 1879 to 351 million in 1887 and over 375 million by completion. By 1900 planners predicted 142 million, Spooner funds capped at 145 million, while actual expansion made the project deeper and larger than earlier dreams, with favorable financial comparisons to engineering feats.
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Panama Canal
Uncle Sai
de Lesseps
Third Canal Commission
Spooner
Ipecrease
New York Tribune
Extravagant Dog of M Clemenceau Barges Through Paris
A London Tit Bits item describes M Clemenceau owning a large fierce musth dog that roams Paris and sometimes rides in horse cabs. When tired the dog jumps into a cab and growls, showing teeth if removed. The cabman, recognizing Clemenceau’s name and address on the dog’s collar, drives the animal home, leading Clemenceau to pay several fines.
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M. Clemenceau
Tmav
Paris
Clemenceau
London
Models of Wedding Presents in Paris Weddings
At recent Paris weddings a new custom features miniature reproductions of wedding gifts. A tiny motorcar and an accurate villa model were displayed among other arts, presented to the bride and groom, plus a delicate reproduction of a grand mane.
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Paris
Elm decline prompts sympathy with New England form toward loss
An English elm disease crisis parallels New England's struggle as ancient elms, dating to Roman times, die from age related cedar illness. The discourse suggests importing seeds and stock from harsher foreign sources to bolster resistance amid deterioration.
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Englana
New England
England
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