The Market Square Church's Dark Subway Rescue
A vestry meeting at Market Square Church leads Gail Sargent into a perilous subway disaster. Allison and Rev. Smith Boyd coordinate a trapped group’s survival as the tunnel collapses, forcing a grueling air and rock removal effort. Gail heroicously reaches air and relief with Allison and the rector guiding the rescue.
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Market Bauare
Gail Sargent
Edward EF
Aison
Hov
Smith Boyd
Allison
Gail
Jim SareeRt
Vedder Court
Market Square Church
Gutl
Rovd
Market Square
Caurch
International Transportation Company
Gail’s Return Imminent Amid City Gossip
Gail Dodges Spotlight After Allison party tragedy as tabloids hype the incident. Gail’s friends plot a bold plan to pull her back to society life, while Gerald Fosland confronts his own feelings and Aunt Helen weighs Gail’s future.
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Aunt Grace
Gail
Gerald Fosland
Arlene
Cate
Arly
Teasdale’s
Mr. Sargent
Gerald
Lucile
Aunt Helen
Helen
Jim Sargent
New York
Jim
Ted
Allison
Boyd
Helen Davies
Betty Roberts and Dolores Change Love Paths in Frisco Tale
In a San Francisco setting, Jack declares engagement to Dolores after Betty elopes with Batcheller Phillips. Betty, once the childhood sweetheart, precipitates the turn with a bold decision. Dolores, Betty's cousin, becomes Jack's wife-to-be as family ties mix with romance.
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Uncle Ted
Betty Roberts
Betty
Ted
Jack
Frisco
Dolores
Santa Barbara
the Springs
Jackie
Lucia
Fifty Fifty With His Wife Savings Competition
An account from The American Magazine describes a couple turning saving into competition. The husband halves his salary for household needs and starts a savings book, while his wife secretly follows suit and saves more each month. Their race leads to a shared habit and the possibility of buying a home.
The Man's Mistake in the Woman's Suit Department
A department manager dismissed a loyal female stenographer to hire a man. The man drafted letters inviting about a hundred old customers to privately view exclusive garments before sale. The next day the letters were sent.
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Woman's Suit Department
Avenger’s Fire in Eye Metaphor Upsets Store Manager
A Philadelphia Ledger report recounts women anger over misdescribed garments. A male stenographer miswrote “stock” as “stocky” in a letter, provoking wrath. The women’s ire led to the stenographer losing and then regaining her job the following week.
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Philadelphia Ledager
Kid Glove Making in France
Article notes French kid gloves superior due to skin perfection and village goat-rearing by peasant owners. It cites French workers handling skins through to finished gloves, contrasting with other origins.
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France
Newark News
Eggs Shipped From China See Drop In First Quarter 1915
Chinese egg shipments to United States Pacific coast ports fell in early 1915 from 1914 levels due to war disruptions to transpacific steamers. Shanghai remains a key export hub, with 410 760 dozen eggs valued near 65 000 dollars sent in January to March, versus 1 818 737 dozen valued over 300 000 in the same period of 1914.
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China
United States
Shanghai
Pacific
Daughter surpasses father in engagements, rumors spread
In a Boston Evening Tran script, a man questions whether the young woman nearby is his daughter. She replies affirmatively, remarking she has endured more engagements than her father.
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Gen. X
Boston Evening Transcript
Holidays and the rush undermining leisure time
The piece laments how holidays fail to provide true rest as people swap one worry for another. It notes bitter competition and the hurry of business intruding on sacred hours of idleness, reducing the value of leisure.
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Gail
Allison
Sargent House
Miss Piper
Phyllis Worthmore
Planet
Middle West
Dick Rodley
Willis Cunningham
Houston van Ploon
Smith Boyd
Europe
Lucile Teasdale
Arly Fosland
Jim Sargent
Arlene
Lucile
To Clean Enameled Ware With Pumice Stone
A little powdered pumice stone cleans enameled ware better than anything else.
Japan's ruler a wrestler and future emperor mentor tale
The mikado of Japan is described as a soldier with strong military knowledge who wrestled in youth. A humiliating defeat by a farmer's son led to a lifelong bond, as the emperor later invited the farmer's son to study with his heir. The event is seen as shaping the mikado's democratic spirit.
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Japan
Japanese an able orator
The Pan American union offered a $50 prize for the best oration on Pan American relations at a reunion in San Francisco. Ren Hirao, a Stanford University senior in economics, won the prize. Born February 3, 1891, in Hiogo prefecture, Japan, he moved to the United States in 1907, attended San Jose High School, then College of the Pacific, and transferred to Stanford in 1913. He previously won $50 in a Japanese American relations oratorical contest in 1915, marking him as a notable young orator and thinker.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Ren Hirao
Economic Department
Stanford University
Hiogo Prefecture
Japan
United States
San Jose High School
San Jose
College of the Pacific
Hirao
Japanese Association of American College
Soldier Dies by Schedule in British Trenches
Lieut. John W. Barnett, UC Berkeley graduate and athletics leader, died in the British trenches within days of a self imposed lifespan. A recent letter from Barnett claimed promotion to range finder and that the average range finder lasts 30 days. he had been on the job 17 days. His two brothers, both under 25, fought nearby and one shared Berkeley fellowship.
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Smith Boyd
McCarthy
Allison
Boyd
Ted Teasdale
Lincoln
Greggory
Ted
Tim
Arly
Lucile
Gail
John W. Barnett
University of California
John Stroud
Barnett
Berkeley
Cal
New York World
Texas cattleman recalls first third party fly in Texas
A Gulf coast cattleman watches from a stock yards exchange fire escape as he notes a new menace. He calls the "third party fly" a small, stingy pest causing cattle injuries and claims its first appearance coincided with the first "third party" in the region.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Stock Yards
Kansas City Star
Names Is Names at Harvard Longest Surname Record
Harvard notes record scores by Cheeshahteoumuck who holds two Harvard marks likely to endure. Cheese, the sole pure blood Indian with a Harvard degree, has the longest surname among 7,967 alumni. Aab of Siam graduates lacking a name handle ranks first for shortest name.
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Cheeshahteoumuck
Harvard
Aab
Siam
South
West
North
Easton
Cambridge
New York World
Diamond Beauty Spot Patent for Milady’s Cheek
A New York man patents an artificial beauty spot for the cheek. It uses a jewel embedded in an adhesive base to be fixed on the face. The invention aims to give a visible sign of adornment and betrothal on the wearer’s cheek.
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New York
Milady
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