Limelight Psychic Book From War Relief Figures
Mrs. Franklin K. Lane and Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale publish To Walk With God recounting automatic writing experiences during summer 1910 linked to war relief work and convalescent home efforts at Walter Reed Hospital. Preface notes repeated themes in Tessas and We realize while defending the text’s sincerity and lack of cleverness.
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Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Harriet Blaine Beale
James G. Blaine
God
Ceroewa
Canada’s Industrial Congress Plans Midwest-Canada Tour
Mayor M A Brown of Medicine Hat leads the Alberta Industrial Congress planning events in Alberta and British Columbia. The group will visit Medicine Hat Lethbridge Calgary and towns in Alberta plus Vancouver and Victoria to promote closer U S Canada economic ties and joint development of resources and industry.
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M.A. Brown
Medicine
Ehat
Oma
British Columbia
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Jean
United IF
Canada
Amundsen Returns From Arctic Drift Quest
Admiral Amundsen, famed for discovering the South Pole, has returned from nineteen months in the Arctic aboard the Maud. Reports say he reached Ansdyr on the Anadyr river in eastern Siberia, with wireless messages from Nome offering few details. Speculation centers on a possible polar drift to within striking distance of the pole aided by airplanes.
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Lewid Amundsen
Amundsen
Arctic
Ansdyr
Siberia
Anadyr
Nome
Pele
Maude
Christiania
Pole
Cropthin Amubdsen Besabie
Norway
Spitvenbernen
Greenland
Arpinte
Marylands Electrical Fame William LeRoy Emmet Design
William LeRoy Emmet, electrical engineer and Naval Academy graduate, contributed to the Maryland battleship's electrical systems and machinery. He served in the Navy, joined again during the Spanish American War, and later advised on steam turbine inventions and mechanical subjects for the technical press. The Maryland is praised as an electrical marvel and formidable fighting machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William LeRoy Emmet
Ian
Maryland
Newport News
Uncle Sams
Mr. Emmet
United States Naval Academy
Navy
Naval Consulting Board
Alabama Names Braxton Comer as Interim U S Senator
Alabama Governor Kilby appoints Braxton Comer to fill the late John Morgan’s Senate term expiring March 3, 1920. Comer, a Barbour County native and college man, has farm interests and political experience including governorship in 1907.
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Braxton Drage Comer
United States
Alabama
Thomas J. Kilby
Joh i
Binkhead
Phe South
Sukie
House
Senate
Senwor
John T. Morgan
Comer
Barbour County
Trin
Tie
Army schools grow as 3,000 join weekly under new policy
The Army’s vocational education program expands with thousands enlisting weekly to train in trades from pharmacy and engineering to agriculture and wireless. Cantons, camps, and civilian instructors support a vast “learn while you earn” system as regiments and divisions stabilize toward a peacetime structure.
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Washington
Regar
War Department
Army
Econcerns
Cantonhoents
Camp Dodge
Dean C. B. Waldron
North Dakota Agricultural Cotlege
Chicago Church Federation
Camp Grant
Illinois
France
Chicago
Woman clerk leads protest for equal pay in Whitehall
A female clerk, bound by red tape in symbolic fashion, marched with a paper banner through Whitehall to press for equal pay with men. The action aimed to draw government attention to women’s wage demands and labor rights.
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London
Whitehall Street
Smallpox Comes to Town After Butler Arrest
A crowd of women in civil service uniforms carried posters reading Fair Play for Women and No Favoritism in the Civil Service as they trailed Butler who was arrested for bringing a boy with disease to town. The mayor faces the decision while the town confronts a smallpox outbreak.
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Butler
How the Mayor Proved His Case in Elwood
Mayor John G. Lewis asserts he acted correctly when he ordered a decision in Elwood Indiana. The piece details his justification and the surrounding context of the city leadership dispute.
Local Man Humbles Self to Feed Neighbors in Need
In New Castle Kentucky a rare act of unselfishness emerged when families of Noah Pettit and Dave Roberts near Flat Rock suffered illness and hunger. Quintis Razos, despite his own poverty, supplied their larder until his supplies ran out and he faced starvation.
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New Castle
Noah ,Pettit
Dave Roberts
Flat Rock
Quintis Razos
WVU Students Strike Over Rising Refreshment Prices
Morgantown WV West Virginia University students refuse to pay higher ice cream and beverage prices. Resolutions supporting the strike were adopted by student groups amid the action.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Legal maxims on law and life from a courtroom toast
A quirky collection of pointed proverbs on lawyers, wills, and divorce. It pairs witticisms about the legal system with observations on marriage, love, and life, noting the heft of fees and the irony of justice. The tone imitates a salon style legal quip list from a bygone era.
Interesting Briefs From The Periodic Gazette
The pelican earns the nickname plumber for its oddly large hill. Strike-on-the-box matches were invented for unclear purpose. The Inca death rate soars due to mountain living. Louis Miel wore the first horsehair watch chain, a grand ornament. The king’s watch weighed four pounds and could do most things except keep time.
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Louis Miel
France
Flashlights and Life Lessons in Brief Parable
A compact reader note reflects on human behavior with quick witticisms. It contemplates how people act when buying things, the speed of wealth accumulation, and the habit of removing heavy footwear early in life.
DIFFERENT MINDS The human race is a critique on roles
A compact moral vignette contrasts how diverse groups view the same person or issue. It parodies political labels by presenting varying interpretations from politicians radicals egotists socialists prohibitionists trusts labor unions and the public themselves as an enigma. It ends with a stark line about science and judgment.
Farm Journal Quips on Warnings and Woes
A fragmentary Farm Journal column offers a mosaic of sayings and snippets. Quirky lines mention lending risks, curious names like Shamtecky, and advice about bottles, skunks, tem per, poison on leaves, and mending a grain bag with a cob.
Milks Emulsion Promises Cough Relief and Strength
A two year cough case from Galesburg Illinois praises Milks Emulsion after doctors failed. The ad claims rapid relief for chronic stomach issues and constipation, appetite boost, and strength gains. It offers a six bottle trial with money-back guarantee and lists Terre Haute Indiana as the maker, with druggists as sellers.
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Denver
Finois
Mirs
Alice M. Huntley
Pearl St
Galesburg
Ill
Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
The Cheerful Optometrist Dialogue
A patient complains of a persistent headache while the doctor asks about an eye clinic visit. The optimist at the clinic asserts the patient is all right, but the eye examination details are unclear. This exchange from the Journal of the American Medical Association captures a humorous take on medical reassurance.
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Eye Clinic
Eye
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Rich Color For Garments
Diamond Dyes claims simple directions for any woman to dye worn garments and fabrics wool silk linen cotton or blends. Buy Diamond Dyes for guaranteed perfect results even if you have never dyed before. Druggist stocks color card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Unique Specimens of Character at the Cemetery
The Kansas City Star quotes Professor Vate and Festus Thester on what returns from the tomb. They discuss that true character walks back from mourning and resists burial, while the only thing laughing and fleeing from the cemetery is the widower planning to remarry.
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Vate
Festus Thester
Ixansas City
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