Pride and Promise Save A Farm Family
Ben Madison abandons a planned winter return to the beach and accepts hard work in the city after learning Mary Etta sang for pay to support them. He confronts pride, discovers her sacrifice, and resolves to endure hardship to keep the Madison farm from ruin with renewed determination and love.
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Ben
Mary Etta
Ben Madison
Fray
Madison Farm
Peter Lloyd
Peter
Fray's
Planing Mill
Frey's
Ian
Bea
Harry Fray
Mrs. Phillips
Ken
Mr. Fray
Mary
Memorial to Famous Women in Liverpool Cathedral
The lady chapel within the new Liverpool cathedral will open next summer with stained glass windows honoring famous women from the Bible and history. Names include Dr Alica Marvel Grace Darling Josephine Bullet Mary Collet Louise Stewart Christine Rossetti Catherine Gladstone Elizabeth Barrett Browning Angela Burdette-Coutts Mother Cecile and other noble women celebrated for courage faith and charity.
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Liverpool Cathedral
Alica Marvel
Grace Darling Hod
Josephine Bullet
Mary Collet
Louise Stewart
Christine Rossetti
Catherine Gladstone
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Angela Burdette-Coutts
Mother Cecile
How to Use Sawdust in Household Tasks
Sawdust serves multiple home uses from cleaning and reviving fires to removing carpet grease marks. It can refresh polish on metal and wood, damp spots on metal, mildew when heated, and freshen floors in outhouses verandas and larders with a thorough brushing.
Doings In Leather Goods At Desk Accessories Show
Leather desk accessories show only finish changes this season with no new shapes. English morocco items in a dull green shade feature refined mountings and finishes. The telephone case adds a delightful touch to desk arrangements.
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English
Morocco
The Silver Lining in a Humorous Exchange
A playful quote from Sourire about a husband with a terrible cold. He coughs and sneezes constantly yet amuses the baby, highlighting a lighthearted domestic moment.
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Sourire
Her Rule and the Boarder Bargain
A brief exchange depicts a landlady pressuring a new boarder about rent as a house mood sharpens. The muted dialogue hints at expectations and social tension within a domestic setting.
Fortunate Chauffeur Courting a Suffragette Lovers Court Tale
A Kansas City Journal notice recounts a chauffeur courting a suffragette. The couple reportedly met in court and their life together is described as happy and harmonious. the piece wryly notes they are never out of jail.
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Turtledoves
Kansas City Journal
Center of Population in Brown County Indiana Novel Center
Karl K. Kitchen notes the center of population of the United States lies in Washington township Brown County Indiana two hours from Columbus on the county pike. The 1900 center was near Columbus and Bartholomew County. 1910 shifted west into Brown County near the county line. The census will determine the exact point with a monument likely to mark the spot.
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Wassington Township
Brown County
Ind
United States
Washington Township
Columbus
Bartholomew County
New York World
Navy Recruiting Faulted In Psychiatry Study
A government hospital study led Passed Assistant Surgeon Butts to condemn navy and marine recruitment methods. It cites scant civilian examinations and rushed medicals, urges mental testing and a six month probation, and calls for family history checks. It notes German immigrants show stronger mental makeup among foreign born recruits. From 1890 to 1910, recoveries topped 3 percent with under 7 percent deaths, and over 63 percent of the insane were aged 20 to 30.
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Government Hospital
Washington
Butts
Navy
Marine Corps
Marine
Kaiser's New Opera to Debut in Berlin Next Spring
According to the Munich newspaper Berlin will stage the operetta Der Liebe straum in early spring with Europe’s top talent. The Crown Prince Frederick William is rumored to have composed the score and the libretto is claimed to have been written by the emperor. The extravagant set, costing about 1,000,000 marks, will be privately funded rather than paid by the imperial treasury.
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Munchener Neuesten Nachrichten
Berlin
Europe
Frederick William
Automatic controller prevents railway collisions in Sydney
A demonstration in Sydney shows a device for avoiding railway collisions. An engine entering an occupied section automatically whistles and an electric controller applies the brakes if the driver fails. The system works for trains on single or double lines and can mitigate derailments at points or curves, removing human error from accidents.
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Sydney
Australia
Dissection Offer to Dean Prompted by Hunger
Two destitute men visited the dean of a medical college offering to sell their bodies for dissection. They claimed imminent starvation and cited a $4 price tag from New York. The dean showed cautious interest but asked for a feasible arrangement.
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New York
Lin
Spring Riding Habit for Women Riders and Tailor Made Skirts
Women increasingly ride to stay fit and enjoy the sport. The article emphasizes fashionable riding attire, noting riders seek the latest tags and a tailored look. It highlights a divided skirt in English suiting with correct detailing as shown in the illustration.
Conscience Echoes Through Life From Youth to Old Age
A Christian Herald reflection cites De Quincey on conscience as a whispering gallery that re echoes across a life from youth to old age. It notes Nero fleeing guilt after killing his mother and the haunting voice of conscience at every life stage.
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de Quincey
St. Paul's
London
Nero
Christian Herald
Bagdad Seen From Afar Through a Spectator’s Lens
The London Spectator contrasts Bagdad’s distant beauty with its cramped streets where two horses struggle side by side. It recalls the East India Company era when a resident enjoyed a generous establishment, noting today’s modest consular service.
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Bagdad
East India Company
London Spectator
Average man proposes once the average woman does
A humorous quip from Puck and a dialogue line from the Houston Post reflect on proposing and honesty. The banter asks if Diogenes sought an honest man and jokes about selling a gold brick, illustrating playful social commentary.
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Tommy
Diogenes
Aps
Houston Post
Fragmented quotes on suffrage and flattery in early press
In a collage of quotes from the Kansas City Journal and New York Times, a skeptical voice mocks suffragists and notes paradoxes in social fortune seeking. The fragmentary exchange mentions a cent, a lawyer, a foretoken, and a line about money driving marriage or favors.
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Kansas City Journal
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American Press
Asstom, Lll
Puck
Equestrienne
Tab Borbedack
Judge
New York Times
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