Maying Brings A-Maying Silence To Lovers
In a 1913 melodrama, Russell Barr returns to a village to find Caroline at Cres cent Road cottage. He departs after hearing her duet with another man, then seeks May flowers in the woods. On May Day he leaves a flowered hat at her door, hoping she will recognize him. Caroline discovers the note R B and prepares to meet him, while memories of their past intensify.
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Mary Allen Decker
McClure
Russell Barr
Caroline
Africa
Crescent Road
Russell
Sroods
Russel Barr
William
Hhat
R. B
Sage and Sulphur Hair Dye Promises Natural Darkening
An old remedy of Sage Tea and Sulphur is described as restoring faded gray hair to its natural color. Modern practice favors Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur hair dye sold in drugstores for about fifty cents, praised for darkening evenly and improving scalp conditions.
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Wryeth
Wyeth
We Two Were Maying Returns In Sweet Reunion
Caroline and Russel Barr meet in the village after years apart. He praises her new hat and shares how he preserved their duet Maying in a recorded version. He asks to sing together again and vows to explain the past, inviting Caroline to play the piano as he asks to join her once more.
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Russel Barr
Caroline
Russel
Woman's tonic Cardus touted by Georgia reader
Mrs. Della Long of Headwig Ga reports years of womanly troubles eased by Cardus a tonic advertised as especially for women. The ad claims twenty five years of success and invites readers to request a 64 page home treatment book from the Chattanooga Medicine Co with advisory department contact.
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Headwig
Della
Cardus
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Two Executions Set for May Day in West Virginia
In Moundsville West Virginia John Medley a black man who has appealed from circuit court to the United States Supreme Court for five years since his death sentence for the July 4 1908 murder of Nellie Shannon a white woman will be hanged this afternoon Medley was baptized in his cell after the high court upheld lower court rulings A white man John Hix who killed Mrs Mollie Thompson a widow when she refused to marry him is also to be executed today.
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Moundsville
W. Va
John Medley
Circuit Court
United Supreme Court
Nellie Shannon
Medley
United States Supreme Court
John Hix
Mollie Thompson
From Fish-Hook to Fireside: Dutch Reclaim Zuyder Zee
Holland mobilizes engineers to pump out the Zuyder Zee and extend dry land. Once completed, 4,000 fishermen will trade nets for farms and homes for 50,000 Dutch people.
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Holland
Zuyder Zee
Free Grand Opera Planned for Park in New York
New York park commissioners plan free grand opera in city parks this summer with first class singers chorus and orchestra. A movable acoustical stage designed by A Floryn will travel between parks carrying voices and orchestral music to large open air crowds.
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New York
New York Park Commissioners
William J. Lee
Lee
A. Floryn
Shriners Begin 3908 Mile Temple Tour
Nobles from Syria Temple Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine depart Pittsburg on a 3908 mile trip visiting Dallas New York Havana and Caribbean ports during the journey.
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Pittsburg
Nobles of
Syria
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Dallas
Texas
New York
Havanna
Caribbean Sea
Dancing as Ideal Exercise and Pleasure
A Collier's quoted view extols dancing as a perfect exercise engaging all muscles and satisfying aesthetic and emotional needs. It notes the practice has been prescribed to patients with gratifying results.
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Collier’s
Darling Phrase Inspires A Garden Of Waters
In a high priced restaurant scene a man offers his companion anything on the menu and suggests reading it aloud. She replies to have it read to the water, a witty turn reflecting their flirtatious dynamic. The exchange centers on money status and social humor.
Portrait of the Man Who Paid for His Own Image
A railway town column notes a curious boast about men paying high prices for self portraits. The line mocks frugal workers who spend vastly on their own likeness, contrasting thrift with vanity and social pretensions.
Baby death toll in 1911 census figures
Census bureau data show the annual infant death rate in 1911 averaging 113 per 1000 before age one, eight times the rate for other deaths. Twenty two states cover the national figure, with Fall River leading at 239.5 per 1000 and Seattle at 78.5 per 1000 as the low rate.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Induge
Fall River
Seattle
Tortoise Challenged by Hunger as Dogs Nab Hunter
Mr Rabbit urges escape with the dogs closing in and the tortoise stubbornly insisting on finishing mushrooms. The hounds drag the log and seize the tortoise, biting him until he yields, while the rabbit escapes. The tale ends with the tortoise presumed dead for ignoring his rule.
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Evelyn
Mab
Jack
Daddy
Andie
Mr. Rabbit
Mr. Tortoise
Kfvelyn
Tommy
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the Tribune
Theodore Thomas
Georgia Lady's Investment
Bunny
Thurston Owens
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