Schwab Plays Strong in Monte Carlo Gaming
Philadelphia dispatch details Countess de Chavanne American widow of Compte Loveau de Chavanne visiting Nice and Monte Carlo. She relays Schwab’s dramatic poker table moment, the strict Monte Carlo rules, and how authorities arrange travel home for losers. The Countess notes the casino’s order, permits, and a Nashville lawyer’s tale about a widow’s debt, which officials dismiss.
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Schwab
Monte Carlo
Philadelphia
Countess de Chavanne
Compte Loveau, de Chavanne
Martha L. Vieira
Countene
Palais Mirabeau
Nice
France
Charlies M. Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Nashville
Tenn
Ergograph Tests Show How Task Affects Work Output
Philadelphia May 26 The University of Pennsylvania uses a simple thumb spring device, the ergograph, to measure work capacity by tracking paper movements on a cylinder. Experiments show that a set task boosts output, impossibility reduces results, and direct goal fatigue is limited. Dr Edward Ledholtz notes its potential in classroom use and future clinical diagnosis of overexertion related diseases.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Havng
Edward Ledholtz
Fireman killed in Wheeling Lake Erie accident
Wheeling West Virginia May 26 Fireman W W Wensinger of Fremont Ohio was swept from the tender and killed as the Wheeling and Lake Erie train pulled out for Cleveland. The fatal fall occurred on a viaduct near the bush road end.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Cleveland
W. W. Wensinger
Fremont
Rebels seize Hu Nan territory in anti missionary uprising
Chinese rebels control hundreds of square miles in northern Hu Nan as mobs wage extermination against native Christians. Telegraph wires are cut and villages are sacked in the drive toward May 29 when a foreign uprising is planned, with Yi Yang officials ousted and rebels reported to have military-like command.
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Hankow
China
Hu-Nan
Yi-Yang
Vic Murdoch Insurgent Congressman Fat But Loyal
Washington dispatch covers Victor Murdoch of Kansas, an insurgent in Congress, who laments weight gain during the session. A joking episode with George Norris prompts Murdoch to admit the walk resembles Serena Payne, while insisting his insurgent zeal remains intact.
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Washington
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Auburn
House
Congress
Murdock
Committee On
George Norris
Vic
Norris
Serena Payne
How a Woman Bank rupts Her Husband by Her Extravagance
Aunt Gretchen visits Richard Jans and denounces Frances for wasteful spending while hinting at a past debt. She pressures Richard to act, claiming Frances’s extravagance could ruin him, and suggests a harsh lesson from her own failed schemes. Frances frets as the scene unfolds.
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Frances
Richard
Gretchen
Aunt Gretchen Seethes Over Frances as Debt Looms
Frances pleads for a loan to husband Dick while Aunt Gretchen rebukes her for selfishness and deprived motherhood. The aunt recounts loss and poverty, warns of a ruined future, and declares a hard line on support, contrasting Frances’s squandering with Gretchen’s harsh self‑sacrifice. Phil Cartwright then offers aid, insisting he can absorb the debt and keep Dick afloat through bankruptcy if needed.
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Frances
Gretchen
Richard
Aunt Gretchen
Fran‘cia
Goodby
Trollhouse
Phil Cartwright
Pointing the Way to Other Husbands to Escape Ward's Fate
Dick faces a crisis of duty and despair as he longs for purpose beyond personal loss and contemplates his future. He admits fear and fatigue, wishes for a sign of meaning, and urges action despite emotional strain, intending to return home and seek steadiness at the club.
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Ward
Americans Feel Sure of Europe Travel Surge
New York report notes a spring flood of 2695 passengers aboard seven liners bound for Britain and the continent. The outflow marks a record single-day departure with long lists on recent sailings. Europe offers aviation meets and amusements, drawing wealthy American travelers who lead in numbers and spending.
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New York
Europe
Britain
Inera
Death of Ghouls In Canton Decree Ordered Executions
In Hong Kong on May 26 the viceroy of Canton issued a decree after grave desecration for hair export to Paris. Ghouls captured in the act are to be put to death under the new order.
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Hong Kong
Paris
Canton
Wall Street Panic Forces Dick Ward to Face Losses
Dick Ward grapples with mounting fear as rumors of bank failures spread through Manhattan and Brooklyn. He plans to inventory his home assets, laments years of hard work lost to frivolities, and weighs the impact on his faithful employees and their families amid the looming financial crisis.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Phil
St. Vincent's Hospital
Evening at the Club and a River View
Dick dines with a friend at the club then hurries home through the subway. It is early summer and river lights glimmer across the Hudson. A pleasant breeze stirs the flowers in his tidy house as theater traffic fills the drive. Children play as evening deepens.
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Hudson
Aeronaut Curtis to Try Long Trip
Gilenn H Curtis of Hammondsport NY world record holder heads from Albany to New York seeking a 150 mile flight for a $10000 New York World prize. He may stop once at Poughkeepsie to refuel then attempt to land at the Battery or Governor's Island if successful.
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New York
Gilenn H. Curtis
Hammondsport
N. Y
Rheims
France
Poughkeepsie
Albany
New
Curtis
Battery
Governor’s Island
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