Rival Lovers Ride Ferris Wheel To Love's Downfall
In Travers City Henry Harrington Hawkins and R Ogden Winterbury duel for Kate Barstow's hand over a department store fortune. A Ferris wheel scheme at the county fair ends in a rain soaked disaster. Kate smiles at all, the rivals walk away broken, vows of vengeance and love lost amid the storm.
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Travers
Henry Harrington Hawkins
R. Ogden Winterbury
Mies
Kate Karstow
Bart Jiat
Hawkins
Winterbury
Burt Mays
Kate
Barstow
Miss Barstow
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Winterbury
Traverse City
Kate Barstow
Gazetteer
Miss Kate
Coke
Blackstone
Messrs
Hawkins and
Chinese In Cuba Immigration Details
The Haraua Post notes nearly 12 000 Chinese in Cuba with only forty women in 1907. Entry before republic cost two dollars. now Cuba welcomes immigrants with minimal fees. Applicants must provide a photo and pass inspection, akin to U S entry. The Chinese legation and Chief Mepocal oversee checks at immigration for travelers.
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Cuba
Republic
Mepocal
United States
Pats
Far East
Haraua
Prehistoric Races and Their Traces Across Europe
Harper's outlines three prehistoric human groups Ho mo Europeus Homo Eurafricus and Homo Eurasicus. The extinct first resembles Neanderthal with a retreating forehead. The second likely moved from Africa to Europe. traces found on the Thames Moravia and French caves. The third, Homo Eurasicus, migrated from western Asia and gave rise to modern Europeans.
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Homo Europeus
Homo Eurafricus
Homo Eurasicus
Neanderthal
Europe
Africa
Thames
Moravia
Sergy
France
Asia
Harper's
SECRET INK AND METHODS OF INVISIBILITY IN LETTERS
The article describes various historical invisible inks and techniques. It notes milk with coal dust to reveal writing, and cites examples by Ovid and Apsonius. It lists reactions with diluted acids lemon juice sulfates copper and cobalt salts that color on heat or moisture.
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Ovid
Apsonius
Paulinus
The Ferocious Microbe Warns of Birdborne Disease
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette reports that birds are dangerous disease carriers. Even a canary’s flutter may spread infection and parrots can suffer psittacose, potentially transmitting illness to owners. Germs invade homes, trains, clothing, and our very air.
A Tart Critic and the Abbe Aubignac Tragedy
The Abbe Aubignac who praised Aristotle's rules after thirty years of silence wrote a tragedy. He boasted of strict adherence to Aristotle. A critic who had suffered from Aubignac’s judgments retorted that Aristotle’s precepts led him to write such a tragedy.
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Abbet Aubignac
Aristotle
Abbe d'Aubignac
Jujutsu for Suffragettes Ad Offered at Argyll Place
An advertisement in Votes For Women promotes jujutsu self defense lessons for suffragettes. Daily classes run 10 30 to 7 30 with special terms for W P U members and a Sunday class by arrangement. Experts teach fencing and boring services by specialists. Edwith Garrad, 9 Argyll Place Regent Street.
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P. U
Edwith Garrad
Argyll Place
Régent Street
Argonaut
Squirrel Survives Cliff Leap After Escape Attempt
A naturalist recounts a dramatic escape of a black squirrel from Mexico held near a cliff. The animal leaped from a sixty foot pine, landed on a limestone ledge, and fled to a creek and willow thicket, unharmed.
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Mexico
London
Lespes Fends Off Creditor With Sly Defiance
French writer Lespes known as Timothee Trimm faced a persistent creditor who refused to leave. He blocked exits with newspapers and prepared a charcoal fire, then announced they would commit suicide together to end the dispute. The creditor departed without payment.
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Lespes
Timothee Trimm
Timothee
Argonaut
The Pride of the Poor Sign In a Lodging House
A New York Sun piece recalls a east side lodging house where guests value self respect. A missionary asks the manager how the place inspires dignity and the sign overhead reads Gentlemen Are Requested to Leave Their Valuables With the Clerk.
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New York Sun
East Side
Water as Food Reexamines Ration Standards
The piece cites W. J. McGee and World’s Work to argue water is the primary food supply for humans and animals. It notes the daily ration averages six pounds, with four and a half liquid, and one and a half solid. It compares water use in grain and beef, estimating vast amounts of water accompany bread and meat consumption annually.
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W. J. McGee
Promises and Pledges in a Household Argument
A humorous fragment contrasts a mother promising a circus trip if Edith behaves with a daughter's test of intent. It also notes a man who smokes and joins clubs loses ground in disputes with his wife over expenses, as observed in a Chicago Record Herald style.
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Chicago Record. Herald
Man Trades Cow for Gun and Names Plane The Butterfly
A man trades a cow for a pistol then returns home by a biplane he pilots. He names the aircraft The Butterfly to reflect its high flight.
Virginia farmers learn control of cabbage clubroot disease
Virginia's experience and advice on clubroot outlines infection signs from seedling dwarfing to wilt on sunny days, the root swelling that starves plant food, and how infected beds become bare by midseason. It recommends crop rotation, lime applications of 100 or more bushels per acre, manure timing, and careful soil sanitation to limit disease spread.
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Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station
Farmer Lifts Toad Plow With No Grass Hint
A farmer attempts field work without grasses and uses a leverless lift. He pulls a Toad implement with weight on rear wheels and wields a dull ax for cutting.
Child Lola Speaks Up At Dinner Party
Four year old Lola attended a dinner with her parents and guests. In the lively talk she interrupted with a direct remark asking why she talked so much. Her father urged her to quiet, but Lola insisted I’ve got somethin to say.
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Lola
Chicago News
Local Lunchroom Scene Sparks Gender Curiosity
The Louisville Courier Journal reports a curious moment in a local lunch emporium where a man comments on a woman eating ice cream and pickles. He remarks on her choices as a “queer mixture” and jokes about more extravagant items.
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Waiker
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Cireus
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
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