The Crimson Cord scheme and the great publishing trick
A Chicago publisher hatches a wild advertising stunt to sell a novel titled The Crimson Cord. Using pseudonymous release, mass coupons, and licensing the Crimson Cord brand across products, Perkins drives a nationwide hype. A fraudulent author, misread manuscripts, and clever marketing propel massive sales, with profits flowing to Perkins and partners.
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Christy
Pyle
Bookwellers
Perkins
Concord
Igi
Chicago
United States
Perkin
Edison plans $3 million push for educational films
Thomas A. Edison aims to spend three million dollars over eight years to build a repertory of educational films for classrooms. Arthur D. Chandler, president of Orange board of education, told New England society Edison views moving pictures as an indispensable schoolroom aid and has already produced films including one magnifying crystalline processes.
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Lady Audley
Perkina
Indiana
Indianapolis
Pa Ore
Gilkowsky
Dillville
Ind
Virginia
Dillside
Vandeventer
Perking
Lakewood
Newport
Billla Parker Butler
Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
New England Society
Arthur D. Chandler
Orange Board of Education
New Englanders
Edison
Chandler
Fadison
Pd Earth
The Old Fashioned Sampler From the Boston Transcript
The piece discusses 18th century samplers made by young girls, noting their neat needlework and inscriptions. It highlights a cemetery scene on a pie torial allegory, two mourning figures, a weeping willow, and the overall somber tone that recalls Mark Twain's melancholic child poetry from Life on the Mississippi.
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Boston Transcript
Ann Jordan
Scituate
Mark Twain
War Time Reminiscence From Petersburg To Appomattox
The writer recalls a dawn journey from Petersburg to Appomattox in 1845 amid mist on the Pocahontas bridge. He describes rural Virginia scenery, cedar fences, and a passing Army of Northern Virginia march, recalling a farmer’s tale of Major General Robert E Lee and wartime memories.
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Morris Schaff
Atlantic
Petersburg
Appomattox
Confedera
Pocahontas Bridge
Ettricks
Virginia
Maruel Robert
Eight Titanic orchestra members die at their posts
Eight musicians on the Titanic faced certain death without flinching as the ship sank. The orchestra, including Hartley, Fyn, Taylor, Clerk, Wood, Bralley and others, refused to abandon their duties in the flooded dining saloon and kept playing.
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Menco
Mr. Hartley
Bater
Awe
Fieknat
Herbert Taylor
Fred Clerk
George Wood
Celliut
An Bralley
Ing
Gat Tin Cath
Lan
Wan Tee
Warding Off Calamity From Knockkneed Chorus Girls
Florens Ziegfeld's forces in New York began a ward against a disaster predicted by Dr Karl Franucke of Munich. Dr Vraocke, authority on such subjects, says modern sheath skirts cause knockknees yet a prominent surgeon calls the claim absurd. Theatrical managers remain superstitious about the issue.
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Florens Ziegfeld
New York
Karl Franucke
Munich
Vraocke
Thority
de. Francke
The Woman Movement in Germany in History
A compact discussion contrasts German women's status across eras, noting medieval shifts, 16th century equal ambitions, and a later decline due to education gaps. It also references a London police court case over male servants and a note on the British post office controlling substantial telephone wires.
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