A Journalists Rise to Courtship at The Poplars
Arthur Hayes, a struggling Fleet Street journalist, inherits the estate The Poplars after an uncle’s death. He guards his identity while courting Ida Hayes, the baronet’s ward, who proves kind and industrious. After comic misdirections and a secret engagement, Arthur reveals himself and they marry, embarking on a continental honeymoon.
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W. R. Kearst
Arthur Hayes
George Hayes
Ida
Hayes
Hyyes
Charlie
Ayes
James
London
Dr. Bland
Arthur
Bland
Doctor
Jou
Darling
Tad
Mr. Rumsey
Miss Hayes
Cranfield Glen
Yramillar
Arthur Thinyes
Arthur James
Arthur James Hayes
A. J. Hayes
Tdi
Casino gown sparks demand in Sioux City stores
Sioux City stores announce orders for the Casino gown, a versatile dress claimed to replace a full wardrobe. The gown shifts from shopping and tea wear to reception attire with trimming changes, touted as economical and accessible to women with slim budgets.
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Sioux City Tribune
Sioux City
Meyer
Mudistes
China Out in the Cold in July Booklovers Magazine
In Harold Bolee s piece China lingers before adopting Western methods while Japan s rise and Allied action in Peking expose China to modern power. Exterritoriality, mixed courts, and unequal legal protections for foreigners reveal China s fragile status on the world stage and the disparate handling of crimes involving locals and aliens.
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China
Harold Bolee
Booklovers
Gumialiel
Japan
Peking
Legations
He knew the Game and the caddie’s reply
An old quip contrasts golf banter with a caddie’s memory of last summer. A sentence shifts to a statistical note: Russia’s population stands around 120 million and grows by about 1.5 million each year.
Odd Courtships and Yong Tales From Far Lands
A Chicago News column recounts Field Marshal Waldersee courting Princess Noer through a breezy breach of military etiquette over a parcel. It notes banter and a playful engagement outcome. Also described are Yao Midos Burmese-Tartar marriage customs with music under the desire tree and a Dyak of Borneo courtship.
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Chicago
Count Waldersee
Noer
Beth
Borneo
Betrothal Rite Through Betel and Sweetmeats Tale
A man helps a girl with her hard daily work and waits for a dull night. He visits her while she sleeps, waking her beside her parents. If the parents approve, they sleep on. The girl accepts, takes the betel and sweetmeats, sealing their betrothal. he leaves as he came, without a word.
Cheer Up and Work Says Charles Bates in Short Parag
The piece cites Charles Austin Bates urging optimism and effort in Cheer Up and Seven Other Things. He argues difficulties are stimulants, worry rarely helps, and work wins. He cites examples from history to show that what seems impossible can be done with willingness and know-how.
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Charles Austin Bates
Whiclk
The Caspian and Aral Seas Deep Yet Diminishing
The Caspian Sea and Sea of Aral are vast endorheic basins fed by major rivers but shrinking in depth due to evaporation. Lake Ural and Lake Jalkash defy this trend by deepening since 1881, while the Caspian remains hypersaline and the Aral Baikal remnants turn brackish to fresh. Marine life once present in these waters persists in brackish to fresh conditions, including seals adapting to new habitats.
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London Telegraph
Caspian Sea
Atal
Caspian
France
Black Sea
Sea of
Aral
Ireland
Wissen
Volga
Ural
Caucasus
Induan
Jilkash
M. Berg
Lake Jalkash
Dead Sea
Balka
Mediterranean Hoes
Baikal Lakes
Bits of Korean Wisdom Hinston Transcript
A collection of proverbs and aphorisms on wisdom and life. It includes lines about novelty and age, perception and interior truth, observation, guidance, and the value of education over wealth. It also notes resilience and practical action in daily challenges.
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Hinston
Fie
He Obeyed Instructions in a Racing Tale
Harper's Weekly recounts a racing owner tale where a stable boy substitutes for a jockey. He follows the owner's pacer strategy with Spitfire, but four horses beat Arizona at the finish. The note ends with a line about London theatres seating 28,600 and earning $30,000 nightly.
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Harper's Weekly
Spitfire
Arizona
Wismer Apple and Farm Practice Insights in Autumn
The article extols Wismer's Dessert apple as hardy, productive, and good for winter markets, praises its shipping quality, and notes its attractive color and flavor. It also covers crop rotation after potatoes, wheat fertilization, apple packaging trends, and practical farm tips from weed control to using by products for stock. It discusses staying in the United States, consumer initiatives, and poultry yard shade, plus evaluations of Buff Plymouth Rock compared to Barred rocks.
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Plymouth
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