Grandfather Huxley and the Sword of Memory
An aged grandfather clings to a war era sword as a symbol of his past. After planning to end his life to join his wife in the past, he steadies himself by caring for his great granddaughter and the baby, finding renewed belonging with family. Ellen's return brings warmth and resolve, as the old man vows to discard poison and keep his family united.
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Huxley
Nonothey
Ace
Grandfather Huxley
Cactus Plains
Desert
Joneseo
Fred
Mike
Ellen
Buena Vista
Monterey
Ile
Nora
Granfather Huxley
Neten
Bunker Hill
Frank A. Munsey
Ford警告交通事故因駕駛失誤
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Japanese Marriage Trends in Early 20th Century Records
The article notes few Japanese women remain unmarried, with most marrying by age twenty one. Men often wed at twenty-two, while marriage at fifteen is unclear and about 4,000 marriages at seventeen are reported. It mentions 7,000 girls at an age around twenty.
Intelligent Horse Airdon mare shocks smith with shoe tale
A horse owned by Captain Watson of Ardon Mall Ireland showed remarkable wit. It pulled a shoe, escaped its tether, trotted to a blacksmith and stood before his door with a foreleg raised. The horse was shod and proudly returned to its field.
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Watson
Ardon
Mall
Ireland
Marriage Trends in Japan Pushes Age Thirty Peak
The passage notes that women marrying at thirty numbered about 1,000 more than earlier, while men forming households at thirty reached 18,000. After this peak, figures drop sharply with 3,700 men and 1,600 women marrying at forty last year. Nearly all Japanese men who do not join a Buddhist monastery marry. old bachelors and maids are rare in the land of the chrysanthemum.
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Japan
King Edward and the Blind Man Anecdote Recalled
The article recalls a royal charity story involving King Edward as Prince of Wales aiding a blind beggar in Pall Mall. It notes a cabinet minister once led a blind man in a crowded area and mentions the prince guiding the man to the opposite pavement before parting.
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Edward
Prince of Wales
Pall Mall
Croxn
Marlborough Club
Giver of Passports Receives Algara Papers in DC
Eddie Savoy, a longtime state department messenger, delivered Mexican Charge Algara's passports for the third time in 44 years of service dating to Hamilton Fish’s era. He returned with Algara’s autograph endorsement as written proof, a keepsake among his diplomatic souvenirs. Savoy also handled earlier passport transfers for Sir Lionel Sackville-West and Minister Luis Polo y Bernabé, earning the nickname Alpha and Omega of the Spanish War for his role with the Paris Peace Treaty seals.
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Washington, D. C
Eddie Savoy
State Department
Algara
Department
Hamilton Fish
Savoy
Secretary of State
Lionel Sackville-West
Cleveland
Luis Polo Y Bernabe
United States
Spain
Eddie
Paris
Sails Sea In 12-Foot Boat Arrives in Galveston
Captain BR. F. Anderson reaches Galveston Texas aboard a 12 foot sailboat arriving from Eastport Maine. He is voyaging by water around the United States.
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Galveston
Texas
BR. F. Anderson
Eastport
Maine
United States
Railroad Opens Piggery in Springfield Park
The New Haven railroad announced the opening of a piggery in a Springfield park where pigs will be fattened on garbage from the company dining cars.
Atlantic City Playmate Death Story Emerges From Boy
Nine year old Thomas Oswald confessed at police HQ to the drowning death of his playmate Harry Malla after describing how both boys fell from a dock. Oswald, once frightened of arrest, recounted that he and Malla struggled in the tide and he could not save him. Search for Malla’s body continued with no results as the tale unfolded in a city hall setting.
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Atlantic City
Harry Malla
Thomas Oswald
Oswald
Mallia
Bradlaugh Becomes First MP Without Oath in Britain
The British Parliament first seated without the oath by Charles Bradlaugh, the atheist elected for Northampton. After repeated refusals to allow his affirmation, he faced arrest when the House ordered him to withdraw, and he spent time imprisoned in the clock tower before release.
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London
Charles Bradlaugh
Bradlaugh
Northampton
Labouchere
Suffragettes Raid Prince of Wales Room in Oxford
Two suffragettes disguised as sisters of charity raided the Prince of Wales rooms at Oxford. The prince was away aboard the battleship Collingwood with his brother. They gained entry to the sitting room, scattered pamphlets and books, and left without causing damage.
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Prince of Wales
London
Oxford
Collingwood
Sisters of Charity
Blind boy charged with housebreaking in Colne
A 15 year old blind boy William Garstang was charged at Colne with housebreaking after breaking into a Brierfield home via a coal chute. He was pursued by a resident, chased to a tramcar, and captured by police. He had a knife and a flash light on arrest and was placed on probation for 12 months.
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London
William Garstang
Colne
Garstang
Nelson
Brierfield
Smoking in Bed Disaster at Haveratrow NW
Laula Gelder started a fire in a bed in Haveratrow NW burning a mattress after smoking in bed. The blaze destroyed Gelder's savings of 246 in currency. No injuries reported. The incident is under local fire investigation and authorities recovered the damaged items.
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Haveratrow
Laula Gelder
Mattreay
US jokes of nations at Grant night dinner
Boston figures condemn current foreign policy saying the United States is the joke of chancelleries and has sunk to a nadir, with Curtis Guild criticizing acts of the president and Harvard’s Charles Eliet faulting churches for failing to avert war with Mexico.
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Boston
Mass
United States
Curtis Guild
Russia
Middlesex Club
Charles W. Eliet
Emerican
Harvard
Left Leg Ripped Off in Mud at Westhampton Dredge
Westhampton resident L L James Tuller, a cook on a dredge at Turkey Bridge, sank in deep mud after shore leave. His left leg was torn off but recovered after hours of hopping. Rescuer Lewis Warner pulled him free, though the wooden leg remained buried until the next day.
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Westhampton
L. L
James Tuller
Tuller
Turkey Bridge
Lewis Warmer
Tip Causes Salt for Divorce in Newark Case
Dr Henry B Ortel seeks separation after wife complains of his tipping a waiter and extravagance. He accuses her of desertion though they live under the same roof while the case awaits decision.
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Tip
Newark
N. J
Henry B. Ortel
Maryland's Fattest Woman Mary Milea Dies In Grisfield
In Grisfield Maryland Mary Milea known as the state’s fattest woman weighing 637 pounds has died. A special coffin was built for her body.
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Maryland
Grisfield
Mary V. Milea
Collie Warns Family as Fire Sweeps Oxford Home
Pete the collie of Georgy Lloyd’s Oxford family awakened Mrs. Lloyd at 2 a.m. barking near the bedroom. Ignoring the dog’s urging, she slept on until the pet dragged at her nightgown, then led her to the kitchen where a blaze from an overheated stove pipe raged. The family alerted the husband and two children and a neighbor, who battled the fire.
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Finghamton
Pete
Georgy Lloyd
Oxford
Peta
Mrs. Lloyd
Chicago Woman Votes First in the City
Chicago woman Mrs Allee Colfer claims the honor as the first female voter in Chicago. She arrived a few minutes early for the ballot and was allowed to vote when officials later learned the clock had been running ten minutes fast.
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Chicago
Allee Colfer
Foula
Wul
Sun's Daughter Tale Endures in Cherokee Myth
A Cherokee myth explains the sun and her daughter in a tale of hot days and heat sickness. Wise medicine men send snakes to kill the sun's daughter to end the scorching cycle. The rattlesnake finally succeeds, and people honor the snake for generations.
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Taunsdl
Min
Boomerang Making Guide for Beginners
Instructional note on crafting a boomerang from Maht hardwood fourteen inches long and one and a half inches wide with a thin thickness. Two pieces are nailed center to form a joint, walls clenched for strength. Figure 2 illustrates throwing technique and returning motion, aided by a light breeze.
Cleaning of Books From grease and ink on old pages
Cleaning of Books advises removing grease by pressing paper between blotting sheets and applying a warm iron, and removing ink by brief oxalic acid treatment followed by cold water soaks and a weak chloride of lime bath to lift stains.
Boy Scouts reforming boy nature at national conference
A Washington meeting of the National Council of Boy Scouts celebrates a transformation of boy character. With 100000 youths under 7000 leaders, scouts are praised for courtesy kindness obedience and bravery. The bureau of education is urged to back scout movement in schools as boys perform daily good turns and assist at events like inaugurations and Gettysburg.
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Washington
National Council of Boy Scouts
Jacob Riles
Bureau of Education
Hoy Scout Movement
Gettysburg
Mystery of the Horseshos in Mar Ixoun near Nairn
In a long past fishing village near Nairn called Mar Ixoun locals mistook an old horseshoe for a mystery. An aged fisherman wondered if moons shed old moons to Earth, foreshadowing a humorous tale of folklore explaining the strange find.
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Mar- Ixoun
Nairn
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Mexico
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Boy Scout
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