The Old Uniform tale of Jed and Uncle Abner's gain
Jed cares for his impoverished uncle Abner at a riverfront farm. Abner returns from a soldiers home planning to claim a pension rise. A visit from Frank Wilder reveals tungsten in the ground, spurring a quick sale to a steel company and lifting Jed and Nettie toward a hopeful future.
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Abner Mnina
Tostiitties
Tod Dod
Abner Warn
Abner Mina
Abner
Jed
Nettie Wilkier
Timns
Willer
Nellie
Frank
Uncle 38
Jad
Converantion
Koning Adi
Frans
Pen Ridge
Troy
Frank Wilder
Ned
Sptek
Span
Nettie
Pea Ridge
Ted
Uncle Abner
Wettie
Amd
WG. Chapman
Warns Against High Heels By Medical Authority
A medical expert urges proper foot care and foot gymnastics for all ages. The Journal of the American Medical Association notes high heels are dangerous and can cause bodily ailments. Proper heel height supports overall weight bearing and helps prevent muscular issues.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Ritschi
Ritsch
Alas, Poor Pittsburgh Pirate Quip Echoes on Plank Day
A fragmented列exchanges from a pirate themed piece describe a wild day aboard a ship. The first Pirate voices surprise at the captive’s fall from the plank while another questions the roughness of the act. A third line and stray words suggest a dramatic, archaic narratorial tone.
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Pittsburgh
Wisdom From a Barber: A Satirical Night at the Shop
A narrator recalls a barber visit where the stylist pushes sales of hair restorer. The barber mocks the narrator’s baldness and promises, while the observer reflects on wisdom learned from folly and vows to tread humbly, avoiding hypocrisy in seeking virtue.
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Advanca
Eriad
Humanity
New York Waitresses Advice Draws Proposals for Matchmaking
A New York Times piece reports on an proposed introduction bureau to connect lonely young women with potential mates, citing a beef and emporium proprietor who praises waitresses for rapid marriages to bosses. He claims waitresses meet many men weekly and can choose suitable companions, noting better tips and exposure than other trades.
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New York
New York Times
Farrier Rescues Sick Animal From Old Well
Allen Moore of lower Augusta township frees his horse after it fell through an abandoned well cover. A crowd of twenty workers hoists the beast using a block and tackle. Inside a rusty bucket in the shoe path lie Spanish doubloons totaling $8,000, discovered by Moore during the rescue.
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Allen Moore
Augusta Township
Moore
Mosre
Sambary
Dispatch
Philadelphia Poltic Ledger
Typhoid Decline Promoted by Health Campaign
The California State Board of Health reports typhoid fever cases are falling as a public health campaign continues to reduce transmission and raise awareness among communities. The effort targets vaccination, sanitation, and prompt reporting to curb outbreaks now underway.
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California
Stats Board of Health
Canary Cage Change Sparks Song Revival story
A New York Press item recounts a woman who bought three canaries near St Nicholas Avenue and One Hundred and Eleventh Street, each failed to sing in a grand cage. After switching to a plainer cage the last bird began to chirp only when a whistle blew, suggesting cage simplicity aids performance.
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St. Nicholas Avenue
Wlevanth Street
Bond
New York Press
Women in Society and Labor Across Nations
The article notes England has over twelve thousand female chocolate workers and nearly ninety thousand women in U S telephone systems. It mentions Italy allowing women to practice law since 1883 and profiles figures such as Lady Juliet Duff and Jules Bois. It also notes women pilots badges and Wash ington’s first woman jitney line proprietor Agnes Maher.
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England
Italy
Juliet Duff
Agnes Maher
Washington
Jules Bois
United States
Diplomatic Attache Sparks London Shadowing at Ritz
An American embassy attache in Berlin registers in London at the Ritz claiming destination Massachusetts. A Scotland Yard detective questions the claim, noting there is no country named Massachusetts and pressing for explanations as the visitor’s background is probed.
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Massachusetts
Scotland Yard
Berlin
London
Ritz Hotel
Good Listener Paid Inheritance From Eccentric Officer
A French Argonne soldier receives fourty thousand dollars after a retired officer with no family leaves the entire fortune to Paul a farmer. The will expresses gratitude for years of listening to the officer tell of losing his arm in the 1870 war and requests the farmer to visit the tomb and recount his own war memories.
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Argonne
Paul
Telephone counts in Latin America in 1814
The Pan American union reports 282816 telephones in Latin America on January 1, 1814 versus 4542000 in the United States. Argentina leads Latin America with 74236, while Draguszy has the highest telephone density at 1.05 per 4b Scientific American.
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Latin America
Pan-American Union
United States
Argentina
Draguszy
South Russians contrasted with Central Russia in National Geographic sketch
An Iowa woman explains South Russians differ from Central Russians in vigor, cleanliness, and sociability. The piece notes the South’s sprightly life, colorful homes, and openness, while North Russia remains colorless and hard. It compares temperaments, dress, and curiosities, highlighting stronger Western influences in the South.
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Little
Russia
National Geographic Society
Central
Need of Reforestation in Japan
Vice Consul Harold Huggins reports in Commerce Reports that Japan loses about one million acres of forest annually. Timber firewood and rice cultivation drive deforestation, with forests dropping from roughly 45 million acres by end of 1914. Reforestation is urged by planting quick growing saplings on cleared land to reduce mountain flood damage.
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Japan
Harold
Huggins
Yokohama
Silver Mine Discovered Beneath Oakland City Limits
A reported silver mine lies under 100 tons of solid earth with a vein over 4 miles long and 744 feet deep near Forbes and Craig streets in Oakland. Chief J. I. McTighe leads exploration by the United States Bureau of Mines as workmen blasting slate unearthed white objects resembling diamonds among Yonks, amid boiler room site surveying.
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City
United States Bureau of Tainesite
Forbes and
Craig Streets
Oakland
Duginssr
J. I. McTighe
Imaude
Hinginess McTighe
Man Bureau of Mines
Haliani
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