Amelia Travers Seeks a Career and Love in London
Amelia Travers, 31 to 36, leaves a safe life for London’s art and theater world seeking independence. She forms a bond with journalist Stephen Dorman, dreams of a new career, and grows confident as letters and affection deepen. A sudden, public collision with social expectations shatters her illusion and tests her resolve.
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Miss Travers
London
Miss Grimwood
Amelia
St. John’s Wood
Dorman
Hair Balsam Promises Gray Hair Restoration
An old ad claims Wells Hair Balsam restores gray hair to natural color not a dye, with prices 60c and $1 at druggists. It also promotes LlarRevir On a softening article for ladies who sew or housework, claiming instant smoothness, quick drying, and a 25c price.
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Bate
Nicky
Woman Loses Valuables While Bathing at Beach
A New York woman who could not locate her home planned to keep valuables safe by placing them in a chamois bag inside her bathing cap at West Hampton Beach. While swimming the bag loosened and was lost over the surf, valuing diamonds at about 1500 dollars and a sum of money.
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New York
West Hampton Beach
L. I
Tost
Hoosierish Inventions And Rural Revels From Indiana Notes
Byron Cole of Lincoln Nebraska creates a leading Hnotype machine concept while Charley Ramsey from Blue Ridge faces a mishap with spoiled white linen and a grape prank. Plymouth hosts an old fashioned dance at Herb Gibson's barn with strict dress and quirky game rules. Conductor A J Johnson returns two thousand dollars found on a Monon train proving honesty. Mortgage Lifter crop touted to clear debts. Oolitic fences extended to hold harvest. Tyner feud post warns of bold claims with fifty dollar forfeit. Oaktown Record reports 500 carloads of watermelons shipped from Busserton township as harvest nears.
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Byron Cole
Goshen
Newspaper Union
Lincoln
Neb
Charley Ramsey
Blue Ridge
Charley
Bean Hill Beacon
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Local Indianapolis Reader
A local Indianapolis reader, J. W. Parker, endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after kidney pain and nighttime disturbances improved quickly. He explains trying remedies without relief before using the product from Henry J. Huder's drug store, with continued relief since treatment. Doan's is marketed by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
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Big Four Clothing House
Washington St
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan's
Woman Buries Pet Dog Outside Oakwood Cemetery Grounds
Mrs Laura Rankins, a Richmond resident, arranged a private burial for her six pound terrier in a lot outside the cemetery after officials refused a second burial beside her father's grave in Gaxwood. An undertaker and sympathizing friends aided the service as onlookers watched from the fence.
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Richmond
Laura, Rankins
Oakwood Cemetery
Gaxwood
Hawkins
What has Morgan tried to settle coal strike says Wilson
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers questions J P Morgan's efforts and notes Hanna claims Morgan gave up trying to settle the coal miners strike. Wilson wonders what Morgan has been doing and suggests Morgan may have missed updates while away.
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Mark Hanna
Secretary Wilson
United Mine Workers
Wilson
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Mr. Wilson
Armless wonder Russell Brown, 15, dies of diphtheria in New York
Russell Brown, famed for using his feet as hands since infancy, died at his mother's home in Binghamton after a brief illness. Born without arms, he played the violin with his feet, rode a modified bicycle, and helped at table with a knife and fork. His mother refused to commercialize his talents.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Aus
Russell Brown
New York
Russell
Erie Gardner
Senator Beveridge urged to speak at Alabama convention
An urgent invitation from the Alabama state Republican committee chairman plus letters from prominent Republicans and a Birmingham petition asks Senator Beveridge to speak at the state Republican convention in Birmingham on Sept. 16.
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Beveridge
Alabama State Republican Committee
Birmingham
Scott
Senator Beveridge
West Virginia
National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Kansas City
Florodora chorus girl sues for annulment over omitted divorce
Edna Stacey, a Florodora chorus girl and member of the "Tell Me Pretty Maiden" sextette, sues Edward I. Stacey of Cincinnati for annulment after discovering a prior marriage and divorce not disclosed by her husband. She was seen in Indianapolis last season with Florodora.
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Edna Stacey
Florodora
Edward I. Stacey
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Epitaph on Slab Tells Tale of Remedial Change
In Ebenezer graveyard near Dublin Indiana a rough slab bears a humorous epitaph by Jerry Davidson. He laments switching from Epsom salts to seltzer water after illness claimed his two daughters, then wrote the verse predicting his own fate.
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Jerry Davidson
Dublin
Ind
Ebenezer
Jerry
Davidson
You Stand to Win If You Use the Sun’s Lers
A brief teaser notes a promotional claim urging readers to use the Sun’s services with results guaranteed. The fragment hints at marketing copy emphasizing reliability and outcome assurance.
Fence dispute over railroad right of way in Waillsboro
In Columbus Indiana on August 26 residents of Waillsboro allege the Pennsylvania Railroad fence along the right of way sits on a public road. The company denies the claim and says it will set a guard to watch the rebuilt fence after it has been completed following four previous arsons and reconstructions.
Eighty Thousand Return From South Africa Wars
Eighty thousand British troops have departed South Africa for home since June 6. Arrangements are in place for the return of 37,000 more by September 17.
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London
South Africa
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