End of the Road and New Beginnings for Virgil Wayne
Virgil Wayne, debt ridden and estranged from his father, meets a wall on a private road. At a remote house he encounters Blanche and Robert Dayton who offer a second chance through a new surveying project and a promising partnership. Blanche and the elder Wayne see a transformed future as Virgil joins the plan and hopes rise for a restored family bond.
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Archibald Wayne
Virgil
Virgil Wayne
Mr. Wayne
Mttlerall- Road
Dayton
Robert Dayton
Wharton
Tate
Mr. Wharton
Blanche
Steve
London Mourns for Its Kiwi Bird
The London Daily Mail reports the extinction of the Regent's Park Zoo's kiwi, the last in England. Zoologists hope one more kiwi can be spared from New Zealand, while noting the bird's peculiar nostrils and mating squeal. Rats and weasels devastated kiwi populations before a New Zealand island refuge was set aside to protect them.
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England
London
Regent's Park Zoo
New Zealand
British Zoological Society
Ratiess Island
Gernsback on Novel Ideas in Wireless Devices
H Gernsback argues in Radio Amateur News that real breakthroughs are rare and inventors often settle for improvements. He urges creators to move beyond basics, predicting future finds like a more sensitive detector, better transmitter, or a receiver using the eyes instead of ears. Get off the beaten path.
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H. Gernsback
Radio Amateur News
Bible for China in Mandarin Aims for Global Standard
Americans have spent 107000 so far to give China a Bible in Mandarin and now agree to spend 31000 more to print and bind an edition. The effort, funded with Mexican money, seeks a pure Mandarin Bible as a standard for the world’s largest population. Prominent American and Chinese scholars have collaborated for over twenty five years on a language faithful to shades of meaning.
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China
Republic
Palestine to Have Stamps for Jewish National Home
Palestine is poised to issue its own postage stamps as the national home of the Jewish nation is established. London philatelists were told by Zionist representatives that the move would mirror other newly created mandates. British army post offices in former enemy territories already overprint stamps with Palestine to aid collection and distribution.
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Palestine
London
Bridges Materials Ready for France Now Used in U S Parks
Bridges now needed in national parks and forest reserves are to be built of steel girders and trusses and other bridge material, which was ready to be shipped to France for the American army when the war ended. A vast amount remains on hand, ready drilled and portable, with 2656 pounds as the maximum weight of any part.
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France
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Burden of Public Debt Across Nations
The article lists the sanitary interest on national debts for several countries. Figures include Great Britain 5 12.92 percent, France 82.17 percent, Italy 14.43 percent, United States 2.53 percent, Germany 20.86 percent, Austria 25.92 percent, Hungary 94.78 percent, Bulgaria 21.80 percent, and Turkey 17.60 percent.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
When Laws Were Cruel to Spiritualists in England
A historical lament notes brutal punishments for claiming contact with the dead. Queen Mary’s statute made it a capital offense to hold communications with spirits, later burning at the stake. The account cites Edward Barber burned after stocks, Prothere imprisoned for life for pamphlets, and Dutch merchant Kolep sent to the Tower for claims of dying and returning.
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Atake
Edward Barber
Ongar
Essex
Iekless
Prothere
George I
Kolep
London
Tower
How
High-Heeled Shoes Said To Prevent Consumption
A medical claim cited by Doctors Gaut and Gautier states that women’s high-heeled shoes, long blamed for nervous troubles and illnesses, may prevent consumption by promoting chest breathing. They argued that upright posture and heavy footwear improve respiratory function, contrasting with abdominal breathing and upper lung disease risk.
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Gaut
Academy of Sciences
Gautier
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Apteryx
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Kelley
R. H. Daniel
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Kemp & Evans
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Sheirbon & Williams
Tabor
M. L. Lyman
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CHAS
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Emerson
F. W. AN
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