The Wistaria House and a Young Doctor’s Proposal
In a brown square house across from a glittering new apartment, a vast wistaria vine defines a city scene. Kitty Carow, wary of the old place, grows close to Doctor Avery who visits Aunt Jane after a fall. The vine wins over Kitty as love blossoms, and she finds happiness with Avery in the apartment, while the wistaria remains a symbol of their budding romance.
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Aunt June
Aunt Jane
Kitty Carow
New York
Jane
Kitty
Wistaria
Aunt June Lyte
Doctor Avery
Nyanefine
Thad
Witty
John
Proof of innocence amid courtroom banter
A Birmingham Age Herald item portrays a defendant’s expected acquittal. The exchange has the defense attorney predicting acquittal and the prosecutor responding with confidence. The jurors show signs of wavering as they prepare to deliberate.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
The Goose Girl on the Train to War
Dick Lovell, a khaki clad officer student, feels lonely aboard a special train. A gray eyed girl in blue gingham from Ohio charms him with a kiss and the name Katherine. He vows to rise to captain and tell the goose Katherine he will come home.
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Dick Lovell
Canadian Rockies
Destin
Dominions
Georgia
Fort Oglethorpe
Sid
Vick
Tome
Katherine
Ings
Walherine
Gray Boose
Miscot
Ohio
Kater
Dilek
Die
Katherie
Overdoing It in Local Debate Sparks Flavor Dispute
A clipped exchange in a public setting shows strong opinions on patriotism and dining etiquette. A participant defends a turn as patriotic while another derides a loud request for corn bread as inappropriate behavior during a meal.
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Vulee
Orleans and New Orleans Unite Over Joan of Arc Tribute
Paris dispatch notes a fifteenth century reunion in Orleans at the city hall to honor Joan of Arc during the bicentennial of New Orleans. United States delegates attended with tributes including speeches and a bronze palm leaf. The ceremony tied medieval history to the current World War I era with Wilson and Marne references.
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Joan of Arc
Orleans
New Orleans
Hotel de Ville
Cty
Loire
France
Paris
New World City
Startea
Tourelles
United States
Flanders
Wilson
The
Marne
Train brake argument ends with simple vacuum lesson
Two commercial travelers aboard a 4 train on the Oregon electric railway argued over brake action for an hour. The motorman settled it by explaining the vacuum brake and how the system is controlled, noting the simple mechanism behind stopping the train.
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Oregon Electric Railway
Making Mineral Wool Near Melbourne Insulates Machinery
An American firm in Australia begins basalt processing near Melbourne to produce mineral wool for insulating machinery and ice chests, as a substitute for asbestos. Basalt is melted with freestone and limestone, steam under high pressure forces the liquid through, aerates, and sprays into air, settling on the floor.
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Australia
Melbourne
Scientific American
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McCy Syndicate
the Newspur
Goose Girl
Homer City
Homer City, PA
C. Steele
Footer’s Dye Works
Pennsylvania
Phage
Wilmer Stewart
Bear
Indiana, Pa
Department of the Loire
St. Etienne
St. Hucane
Perseus
Indiana County
Urooreas
Indiana
Brody
Vor, Phila
Tth Bts
Nemo
J. D. Justine
Sergey
Senabon
Woman's Aid
the Savings & Trust Co
Campbell
Phila
Geo. D. Leydie
Philadelphia Street
Moore
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