The Rope of Life A Tale of Death and Awakening
Abner Green faces death as family tensions loom then enters a dream voyage beyond the void. He learns from his departed mother and past loves that worries bind the living, and the heart guides a life freed from fear. Awakening brings reconciliation and a plan to support son Jim’s art and Julia's future.
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Abner Green
Mabel
Julia
Tom Rogers
Jim
Abner
Path
Tom
W. G. Chapman
Harvard Alumni Bulletin Debates Summer Baseball Time Cost
A Harvard Alumni Bulletin piece argues against summer baseball, saying it would force players to devote too much time to the sport, risking an implied obligation and reducing time for other pursuits while highlighting the greater time drain of the program compared with track and crew.
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Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Boyd
Plattsburg
Defiant Suspect Pleads Guilty or Not Guilty in Assault
A caricatured court scene shows Squire Ricadoo addressing Gin Johnson's alleged assailant. The suspect, muddled and defiant, laments juvenile lawyers and asks which plea will be easiest, insisting he does not know his guilt or innocence.
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Squire Ricadoo
Gin Johnson
Long End
Kansas City Star
Righteous Indignation Over Untimely Punishment
A crying girl pleads with her grandmother after an early morning scolding leads to the forced removal of a sick mother and a cherished rag doll. The child sobs that her sister Judy is to blame for the distress, highlighting a sense of moral outrage.
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Judy
Timing in a Scottish Parish Satire
A Highland minister rebukes a drunken parishioner who defends drinking by noting his own daily habits. The man admits a nightly toddy and a post dinner whisky, then counts fourteen glasses a week and about sixty a month, joking that he only drinks more evenly but still loses sleep.
Oceanic Waters Shaped Ancient Continents, Geologists Say
Geologists note that ocean waters penetrated far inland and repeatedly covered the continents long before the Appalachian and Rocky mountains formed. Each retreat left sandy, muddy, or limy deposits with shells and organic remains that hardened into rock. If not for these remains, the idea of ancient inland seas would be hard to credit.
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Appalachian
Rocky Mountains
India Sees Cotton Crop At 4.9 Million Bales
India projects a cotton harvest near 4.9 million bales of 430 pounds each. Weather and planting conditions influence the output as analysts eye regional yields across states.
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India
Zbyszko Tries Baked Apple In Dining Car
Montreal morning tale shows Stanislaus Zbyszko and Jack Rogers sharing a dining car. Rogers explains baked apples, and the Polish wrestler eagerly tries one, then devours nine baked apples eight eggs three toast orders chops and potatoes.
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Stanislaus Zbyszko
Yankee Rogers
Montreal
Rogers
Zbyszko
Big Pole
Chaplain Coaches Prison Basketball Team at Kansas State Prison
A prison basketball squad is formed for the first time at the Kansas state prison. The team includes former college players including a former star. Daily light workouts occur during recreation hours under the chaplain's direction.
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Kansas State Prison
California University Forming Tennis Team Roster
The University of California lawn tennis squad begins with nine players chosen from over 175 candidates for varsity duty. The squad will be strengthened as more students demonstrate ability.
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California University
University of California
Little Pickups of Sport Highlights Early 1916 Fights and Bets
A collage of early 20th century sports notes. Mentions Alma Richards returning to Cornell, small basket size, Willard and Dundee boxing feats, Fred Fulton’s heavyweight win, Rube Oldring's retirement, Ted Lewis’ fighting schedule, and Bill Donovan shaping Yankee rosters. Also notes the interscholastic swimming championship at Princeton on February 12, 1916, and jokes on wrestling versus self defense.
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Princeton University
Malachi Kittredge Praises Nap Lajoie With Anecdotes
Veteran catcher Malachi Kittredge, now in Cleveland, relays two Nap Lajoie anecdotes to illustrate the Frenchman’s hitting prowess. He recalls a slow curve that still cleared center field and a bunt read that led to a homer, nearly ending Hill’s big league career. He also describes converting kerosene lamps to electric use with a simple attachment.
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Malachi Kittredge
Hill
Napoleon Lajoie
Cleveland
Kittredge
Washington
Jacobson
Lajoie
Larry
Charley Jones
Dunham Avenue
Jones
Hunter Hill
Nap Lajoie
Remembered the Glass Bar in St Paul Tale of Terry McGovern
The 1900s era tale recalls Terry McGovern in St Paul with a touring troupe after his boxing title loss to Corbett. He faced mental and physical decline, was treated poorly, and a canceled show led to a sanitarium stay. In a Robert Street saloon he traded his watch for further drinks from a fish tank bar. He later sought to redeem the timepiece via a letter to the saloon titled To the Saloon Where the Fishes Are.
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Terry McGovern
St. Paul
Young Corbett
Terry
McGovern
Robert Street
Polo Season Closes in Red Bank Match Win for Reds
The Deal Polo and Riding club closed its season at Oceanport with the Reds beating the Whites five to three on the Deal field. Louis Strauss scored a pretty goal while No. 1 for the Reds. Meyer Bamberger and J B Meyer aided, with George C. Sherman starring for the Whites.
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Red Bank
N. J
Deal Polo and Riding Club
Deal Field
Oceanport
Reds
Louis Strauss
Joseph B. Meyer
M. D. Bamberger
George C. Sherman
Murphy Sons Ties Bring Yale Trainer's Heir to Princeton
Thorne Murphy eldest son of the late Mike Murphy famed Yale and Penn trainer enters Princeton. He will find a friend in Keene Fitzpatrick, Tigers coach and late father’s confidant.
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Mike Murphy
Thorne Murphy
Yale
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Keene Fitzpatrick
Tigers
Philosophy at the Front Shapes Soldier Morale
Owen Johnson, returning from the French lines, notes soldiers occupy themselves with eating and sleeping and laughter at the front. He cites that acceptance and lack of worry prevent misery, a mindset born of necessity as a guide for morale at war.
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Owen Johnson
France
Buffalo Enquirer
Historic Hudson Valley houses linked to Hamilton and Washington
The Grange once home to Alexander Hamilton during 1802 to 1804 remains standing after relocation to 141st Street and Convent Avenue near St. Luke's church. The Frederick Phillipse house no longer exists. Fraunces Tavern, now owned by the Sons of the Revolution, has been restored toward its original design, including the Long Room where Washington bid farewell to his officers.
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Grange
Alexander Hamilton
Convent Avenue
Forty-first Street
St. Luke’s Church
Frederick Phillipse
George Nash
George Nash. Fraunces’ Tavern, Now Owned By the Sons of the Revolution
Washington
Rockefeller Foundation to Study Mental Hygiene Cure Plans
The Rockefeller foundation will investigate humane treatment in state institutions for the insane this winter, aiming to establish a universal system for handling mental defectives. Dr. Thomas W. Salmon of the Public Health Service takes leave to lead the project, reporting to the national committee for mental hygiene.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Thomas W. Salmon
United States Public Health Service
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
State fair joke about prize not entered baby
Comic exchange questions if a baby won a prize at the state fair. Answer notes there is only one good reason why not: they didn’t enter him.
Deliberation Exchange Highlights Speech and Silence
A dialogue between a speaker and Miss Cayenne centers on thinking before speaking. Miss Cayenne warns against overthinking to the point of seeming to compose fiction.
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Miss Cayenne
Rich Manchurian Coal Fields
The Fushun coal fields in Manchuria, operated by Japanese interests, are believed to be the richest in the world with an estimated vast reserve of bituminous coal.
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Fushun
Manchuria
Goats Hauled to Police Station in Germantown Feud
Philadelphia Public Ledger reports in Germantown and Chestnut Hill goats chewed lawns prompting police action. Felix Puscano and seven year old Joe helped reclaim eight goats from a station stall, then released on bail to keep the peace to supply the colony with goat milk.
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Blue Hill
Germantown
Chestnut Mill
Cosgrove Street
Haines Street
Chestnut Hill
Helen Carr
Felix Puscano
Joe Puscano
East Haines Street
Felix
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Strange coin trick described in Electrical Experimenter
G Hugo explains a humorous experiment using coins to show relative sizes. A copper coin placed on a silver coin appears smaller, with a margin of at least three sixteenths of an inch around. A cent and a half dollar pair works similarly, as does an English halfpenny with a silver dollar for clearer effect.
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G. Hugo
Copper Coin Electric Shock Traps Worm on Copper
An ordinary earth worm placed between copper and silver experiences a mild electric shock when its damp body contacts the silver, causing recoil and reluctance to move. The worm prefers staying on the copper as repeated contact with silver delivers a small current.
Problem for the Court Bull versus car in bovine jurisprudence
The Portland Oregonian reports a humorous case where a bull collides with an automobile at night. The defense argued contributory negligence due to no lights while the bull lacks horns as chandeliers. Attorneys noted the bull has two bull's eyes serving the same purpose. Judge Jones agreed.
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Portland Oregonian
Great High Court
Charles J. Schnabel
J. B. Ofner
Joseph H. Jones
Hygiene in the Army in the Japanese Russian War
The Japanese insisted on clean uniforms and frequent bathing before engagements. Surgeons praised low infectious disease death rates due to this hygiene. Wartime trench conditions, however, made maintaining cleanliness difficult for frontline troops.
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Russia
His Humanity in a Maine Hunting Tale
A short humorous exchange questions hunting ethics. A wife defends her husband, noting he never uses a guide with a family and portrays him as kind hearted about his Maine hunting trip.
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Maine
A Pessimist Quote About Weather's Fleeting Joy
A father explains a pessimist mindset to his son by contrasting present weather with the certainty that it cannot endure, highlighting a cautious view that dampens enjoyment of good times. The exchange frames optimism versus foreknowledge in everyday life.
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Highlands
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Meikle
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Yale Bowl
Alma Richards
Cornell
Willard
Art Pelkey
Fred Fulton
Oshkosh, Wis
Johnny Dundee
Joe Rivers
Jawn McGraw
Giants
Jess Willard
Ted Lewis
America
Rube Oldring
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Athletics
Rube
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George Stallings
Bill Donovan
Yanks
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Doc Roller
Hot Stove League
New York World
Philadelphia
Guardians of the Peace
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