The Mountain Camp Love Triangle Fades to Promise
A young woman Miss Peyton, notable for her charm, forces a professor to confront love while trekking in a mountain camp. After a summer of social maneuvering and near-misses, she declares a plan to marry him for his happiness, prompting the professor to admit his own prior feelings and the folly of men in love.
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Sara Lindsay Coleman
Daily Story Pub. Co
Absalom
Miss Peyton
Peyton
Daphne
Maud
Irene
Isabel
Professor in Love With Dorothy Ends Quiet Retreat
In a tense social moment at a retreat, the Professor declares love for Dorothy Peyton, who responds with laughter while confessing her own affection for him, as companions overhear and react to the surprising revelation. The scene unfolds with dreamlike intensity as time and emotion intertwine.
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Dorothy Peyton
Dorothy
Daphne
Water purified by ozone Moscow plan for safe drinking water
Moscow proposes ozonized air to sterilize city water, claiming destruction of all bacteria at low cost. Chief engineer Nicholas Simin reports at the Amer Association of Waterworks Engineers meeting in New York that the system, still not widely adopted outside Russia, could solve contaminated water problems in the United States. The method oxidizes organic matter and bacteria, uses electrical discharges to create ozone, and costs about 6.25 dollars per million gallons in large plants.
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Moscow
Russia
Amer Association of Waterworks Engineers
New York
Nicholas Simin
M. Simin
France
Germany
Holland
Belgium
New York Sun
Buffalo Water System Seen as World Class by Experts
A Pan American Exposition feature praises Buffalo as a model city with vast asphalt pavements parks and boulevards. Its water system valued at 9 million dollars draws from Niagara River intakes and two rock tunnels. The center hosts a 116 million gallon reservoir and a largest in the world pumping station at 6880 horsepower. Buffalo uses 187 million gallons daily, more per capita than Boston, with lower costs and revenues. Chekib Bey the Turkish minister is noted as a sportsman and horse breeder.
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Buffalo
New York
Niagara
Erie
Thames
Boston
New York Sun
Death of Mrs. Kruger Ends Vivid Transvaal Era
The Pretoria reporting the death of Mrs. Kruger, wife of ex President Kruger, portrays her as frugal yet influential. She managed household costs from a $2000 annual coffee fund, mended socks, and sewed buttons while supporting the great man’s leadership. Her thrifty regimen helped save Kruger’s salary and fund entertaining foreign guests, while she wore at most three black dresses.
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Pretoria
Kruger
South African Republic
Transvaal
Republic
Mrs. Kruger Described As Quaint Loyal Wife Of Dom Paul
An obituary tribute portrays Mrs. Kruger as a quaint loving woman, sorrowing over the war loss of burghers and the death of her daughter. Once Du Plessis, she was Dom Paul’s second wife with sixteen children, eleven living. Ex-President Kruger mourned her passing at Hilversum as Eloff and kin gathered beside her bed.
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Mrs. Kruger
Dom Paul
England
Kruger
Ice and cold effects in summer and winter facts
A compact exploration of ice temperatures and behavior across seasons. It notes ice stays at 32 degrees even when surrounding air changes, explains how salt lowers freezing points, and describes brittleness as it cools. The piece also includes a brief anecdote about Boer prisoners and Rev. von Brockhuizen’s remarks on logistics.
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Arctic
The Boers and Their Prisoners Dispatches
Reports from South Africa puzzle readers as British detachments and Boer movements are described with unclear details. The dispatches sketch prisoner handling and shifting positions, indicating evolving plans and contested areas as the conflict unfolds in colonial theaters.
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South Africa
Heavy Drinkers In Queensland Report
Frank G. Carpenter notes widespread drinking in Queensland with hotels and saloons on every block. Barmaids vary in appeal but business remains brisk, social drinking is universal, and whisky with soda is common both in pubs and homes.
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Queensland
Frank G. Carpenter
Melbourne
Sydney
Long Trip on Fresh Water Vessel Route Lengths
The Montreal Herald and Star notes a voyage from the Atlantic Ocean to the head of Lake Superior along Canadian waters covers 2260 statute miles. The report highlights an extensive freshwater transit by ship spanning oceanic and lake navigations.
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Atlantic Ocean
Lake Superior
Montreal Herald and Star
Oxygen's boon lifts aeronauts to perilous heights
The text notes that the inspiration of oxygen allows air travelers to ascend to heights unsafe in thin air. It explains that oxygen is inhaled through a tube held to the mouth, enabling survival at high elevation.
Predictions of World’s End Stir Faithful Readers
A religious sect forecasts the world’s end this year with the exact day undecided while others doubt the date yet push faith in remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia and liver issues. An ad copy extols Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, touting internal remedies and reputable physicians as proof against quack claims.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
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Model City
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Herman D. von Brockhuizen
Fri Craft
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Sozopont
HALL &@ RUCKEL
Pouglas Union Made
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Deeg Eee
Bu Carri Salle
L. Doual
Pri
Alain
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
S. C
St.mary’s Academy
Sisters of the Holy. Cross
Conservatory of Music
School of Art
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
St. Mary's Academy
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