Eleanor Stagg Introduced to Society's Gala Network
Emma Stagg shepherds Eleanor through a whirlwind of balls luncheons and social events in New York. Owen Page shows growing interest in Eleanor, while Emma debates the implications and Harold humors her with quiet skepticism.
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Mrs. Stagg
Eleanor
Emma
Harold
Alec
Porter
Cotter
Mr. Page
Owen Page
Owen Glynn
Europe
Stagg’s
Cephetua
New York
Keller Takes Island for Autobiography Project
Helen Keller will publish Story of My Life in book form this fall. The editor of the journal that carried the autobiography bought an island for her to inspire her writing, sparking her renewed enthusiasm and a demanding production process.
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Helen Keller
Miss Keller
North Atlantic
New York Sun
The Musical Russians The Balalaika and Agarmouka
The article describes Russian youth learning national instruments like the balalaika and the square agarmouka. It notes playful courtship with Ivan or Stepan making music, and warns of nights spent in cafes and the police finding a drunken man with his instrumento in the snow.
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Ivan
Stepan
Aborigines of Japan Describe A Fierce Northern Tribe
The piece notes the aborigines in the northern empire amounting to about 17 000. They live by hunting and fishing in huts with two windows one for daily use and the other for the gods entrance. Women are scarce eight men to every woman and wife stealing is common with trials that involve lifting a stone from water to judge guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China Maintains Navy Strength with 90 Vessels Across Fleet
The article notes China operates about 90 ships ranging from cruisers to small tugs, stating no battleships remain and highlighting a defiant stance toward global attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Suit Against the Stratton Estate
Denver May 9 The six million ninety thousand dollar damage suit of the Strattons Independence Company against the Stratton estate executors and all will beneficiaries was before Judge Henry C Caldwell. Defendants motions were denied and the judge set deadlines for demurrer, answer, and reply.
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Denver
Stratton
Independence Company, Limited
Henry C. Caldwell
United States District Court
Joel F. Vaile
I. Harry Stratton
Vaile
Winfield Scott Stratton
E. E. Whitted
Independence Company
Death of Hartman in gas incident at State School of Mines
A professor of analytical chemistry, Robert N. Hartman, suffocated in the gas generating room at the State School of Mines in Golden. Assistant Charles D. Test and student Charles M. Jacquette aided victims, but Hartman and Test died. Hartman leaves a widow and two children.
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Denver
Golden
State School of Mines
Robert N. Hartman
Hartman
Chemical
Professor Hartman
Drs. Kessler
Meyer
Venezuelan Protocols Signed in London at British Embassy
The May 9 ceremony at the British embassy in Washington saw Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela’s plenipotentiary, and diplomats from Italy and Britain sign separate protocols for reference to The Hague tribunal on preferential payments to blockading powers. Conventions settling allied claims by commissions to meet in Caracas this summer were also signed. Bowen cabled President Castro with the brief note Last protocol signed.
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Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Bowen
Hague Tribunal
Caracas
Castro
Appropriation Bill Suit Heads To Trial
Judge Carpenter ruled on a motion in a case brought by Nene Times Publishing Co against Colorado state treasurer and auditor to void the last legislature’s general appropriation bill. While some claims were struck, the dispute proceeds to trial. The court may review post adjournment dealings with bills and journals. The report also notes a vast Alberta landslide will delay rail construction for months and require 2,000 workers to rebuild two miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Carpenter
Nene-Times Publishing Company
Frank
Alberta
Canada
Love Moves Tides and Earth in Poetic Verse
The piece, attributed to Wheeler Wilcox in Chicago American, echoes romantic astronomy lines about tides guided by the moon and seasons shifted by the sun. It asks what moves earthly cycles and melodies, answered by love and sunlit birth.
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Wheeler Wilcox
Chicago
Fireless Smoke a Chemical Feat
A simple home experiment describes two small glass tubes with one end closed. In one tube place a small amount of hydrochloric acid and in the other an alkaline substance, causing a peculiar reaction that produces a bright ring of yellow light and blue center when ignited.
Unusual Turtle Shell Describes Gold and Crimson Stripes
A奇 story reports a turtle with a striking shell of gold and brown stripes and crimson clusters. In a separate note, John Newberry wed Patsy Barrom at Tullahoma Tennessee joining the Barrom family lineage.
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John Newberry
Patsy Barrom
Tullahoma
Tenn
Newberry
Sallie Barrom
Judy
Martha
Patsy
Phosphoric oil glow and other curiosities from a period piece
The excerpt describes bottled phosphoric oil producing a heatless light, its practical uses, and a home experiment. It lists a dominoes fortune chart with various outcomes and discusses optical illusion demonstrations, a smoke tube experiment, a resourceful badger, beetle saws, and simple Greek cross and glass water puzzles.
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Badger
Beauty of African Turtles Draws Attention Across Seas
A few fine specimens of one of the world’s most beautiful turtles were captured in Africa and shipped to Europe. European naturalists who studied the species in German East Africa believe they will acclimatize despite the unfamiliar environment. The turtles’ striking beauty and slow movements fascinate observers.
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Africa
Europe
German East Africa
Paper keeps water in an inverted glass demonstration
A full drinking glass of water is capped by a thin sheet of paper. When the glass is inverted carefully the water stays inside the glass, held by the paper, until the paper is removed. This illustrates surface tension and atmospheric pressure effects.
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Harold Stagg
Robert Bonner
Page
Cherub
Stratton Estate
School OF Pines
TNO
Dery, Qifneorilli
America
George Washington
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