Cain's Killer Name Turns Up Kane Landon Witness
Coroner Berg hears a dramatic tale from Fibsy the office boy and then Kane Landon, the uncle’s nephew, testifies amid tense courtroom suspense. Landon claims the dying words cited as Cain could refer to anyone, insisting his name Kane is mere coincidence. A next-week continuation promises further developments as Sandstrom’s testimony clashes with Fibsy’s insistence.
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Kane
Trowbridge
Cain
Tom Kane Landon
Rowland Trowbridge
Kane Landon
Mr. Berg
Alice
Landon
New York
Goel Wes
Mr. Landon
Sandstrom
Fibsy
Jem Sandstrom
His Views by Proxy From Answers London Vicar and New Man
A garbled dialogue set in London features a vicar and a new man named John discussing conversation, speech, and a request to settle a five pound ten shilling bill for repairing the vicar’s dwelling. The scene hints at social dynamics and misunderstandings between employer and worker.
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Jobo
Jenkin
Atert
Liverrand
Greatest Gift Life as a lesson and discipline
From the Dearborn Independent, the essay frames life as a precious gift and a rigorous school with tests and hard places. It argues freedom to change fundamentals is limited, while adjusting our reactions is vast, and lists life, thought, work, love, society as core blessings and inheritances guiding humanity.
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Dearborn
Plana
Senate champagne cooler sells for 1 at club sale
A New York Herald piece recalls a Senate champagne cooler bought for one dollar during a cloakroom clearance at the so‑called finest club in the world. The writer muses on the cooler's storied past and asks who ordered the purchase and charged it to the Senate contingent fund, wondering what, if anything, will replace the relic.
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Soochow
Mrs. Hayes
Hayes
New York Herald
Senate
Hawthorne
Concord
New York
Romance the Evanescent From Milwaukee Journal
A wealthy woman declares marriage a failure as romance fades when daily life intrudes. The piece argues romance is found in experiences and work, not in plans or escapes, citing Roosevelt Kipling and Stevenson to illustrate romance exists beyond sensational city life.
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Milwaukee Journal
Theodore Roosevelt
South America
India
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Stevenson
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New York
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On Keeping a Goat
An old Chicago News piece extols goats as hardy and thrifty for poor households. It notes goats can yield two quarts of milk daily, are montubercular and safe, and that keeping a goat is inexpensive with potentially large benefits for urban families lacking facilities for a cow.
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Europe
A Bad Timekeeper on a Slow Branch Line
A London Telegraph excerpt describes an old passenger growing frustrated as a branch line train lumbers between stops. He asks a fellow traveler how overdue the journey is, only to be advised that a calendar is needed rather than a watch. Canada opposes radical Labor plans like an international boycott. Luther Burbank is mentioned in passing.
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International Trades’ Union Congress
London
Stubborn men and moral misreads in Life's Highway
A wry meditation on stubbornness and social norms. The piece pokes at men who resist recognizing truth until pressured, notes misinterpretations of the Golden Rule, and implies a wife’s autonomy can come at the husband’s expense. It ends with a caution about fasting and temper.
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