A Study in Values in a One-Horse Town
A transient royalized investor male returns to a small town and meets his old friend Jack Strong, now strained by poverty. A schemer proposes buying the Barnes homestead for coal wealth, pressuring Strong with money, while Strong rejects the plan, proving clearer moral judgment than the visitor.
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Jack Strong
Uttle
Jack
Grey
Brownsville
Strong
J. Hy
Gray Cartlally
Beautifying a State Through Ornithology in Pasadena
A Philadelphia Press note highlights Altadena citizen McNally who built an aviary to attract birds, importing many varieties and opening the aviary yearly to release fledglings. Joseph Grinnell and Mrs. Grinnell, noted ornithologists, followed, turning Pasadena area into a garden for plumage and song with birds from Japan and China.
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Suiator Reikide
Calltokaid
California
Altadena
Pasatena
McNally
Joseph Grinnell
Me nue church rebuke over tardy parishioner
A Me nue country church pastor, frustrated by late arrivals, publicly rebukes a longtime female member who arrives twenty minutes late. The scene shows the minister squinting at his spectacles and the calm reply from the persistent believer, signaling the crowd’s amused reaction.
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Me Nue Country Church
Tieetime
Jodked
Pemanke
Treavenit
Jong
Allusion Classical Farm Funds Earn Debate in House
The Allusion Classical notes the agricultural appropriation bill before the House with Rep Rixey of Virginia urging an increase for the Arlington experimental government farm from 15000 to 25000 dollars. Rep Wadsworth counters that 15000 is annual and rising, while Rixey quotes Rome’s founders to urge faster progress.
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House
Rixey
Virginia
Arlington
Maquot
Wadsworth
Romulus
Remus
Agriculture
Rome
Washington ‘Times
Man refuses to testify over alleged $2 million bank account
A Chicago man declines to testify in court about having a bank account valued at $2,000,000, invoking self incrimination concerns. Legal experts question the logic, noting many would not fear incrimination given such wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theatre Panic Deaths Across Major Fires
The Gasette Medicale de Paris notes high fatality rates in crowd crushes. Historic theaters cited include Brooklyn 1876, Paris 1887 with 131 deaths, Exeter 1887 with 127, Oporto 1888 with 80, and the Iroquois Theater in Chicago with 673 deaths.
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Gasette Medicale de Paris
Brooklyn
Paris
Exeter Theater
England
Oporto
Iroquois Theater
Chicago
Land and ancient Egyptian land measures amid Nile floods
The text discusses land identification methods used by ancient Egyptians to reidentify fields after annual Nile overflows. It also notes anthracite coal production in 1902 with Pennsylvania leading U S output at 41 million tons, followed by Colorado and New Mexico, and Pennsylvania supplying about 40 percent of luminous coal nationally.
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Pennsylvania
Colorado
New Mexico
United States
Ilineis
Ohio
West Virginia
Alabama
Allen's Foot Fare and Other Petitions for Rent
An assortment of old advertisement items appears, including Allen's Foot-Fare powder for feet, a claim of cures for corns and bunions, and notices about dressmaking schools and seed corn products. The text weaves drugstore pitches with educational ads and agricultural seed promotions, reflecting a period newspaper ad page.
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Allen
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
Woman reports relief from menstrual pain with vegetable compound
Miss Nettie Blackmore of Minneapolis describes severe headaches and painful menses, credits Lydon Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health. She recounts initial skepticism but notes gradual improvement and eventual pain-free periods after using the remedy. She invites other women to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Nettie Blackmore
Minneapolis
Womex
Armother
Din E. Pinkham
Tsoom
Central Ave
Minh
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Breil
Togo
Anu
Providence
San Francisco
Puditching Company
Rip van Winkle
Henderson
Barnes Place
Barnes
Menderson
Old Barnes
Cardente
Gray
A. Trong
Boyhond
Chum
Suirpbus
Fareet
ADI
Snizer
Mich
Lara
Amprita
Salter
Mr. Farmer
Defiance
Mitchelbill’ & CO
Joseph, MO
Mford’s
U.S. Navy Armedy
Wavy Medicine CO
Kambas City
Halo
DOE Pica
Price
Cereal Food CO
Ghicag
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