Moore Finds The Older Country Inspires A Comeback
Adrian Moore faces critics after a failed script, then finds inspiration when the lost manuscript is found by a old man and his granddaughter Angela Marston. The reader learns Moore must complete the tale as Vivian offers support and a path to fame and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Moore
Moore
Jerry Gowan
Clyde Winston
Dan Cheever
Jack Whistler
Rorke Vivian
London
Paris
New York
Vivian
Angela
Ike
Pound
Angela Marston
Sealed lips of Hampshire survivors will reveal ship’s fate
New York World notes the 12 battered men rescued after a Hampshire disaster as questions swirl over whether a submarine, a mine, or a torpedo struck the ship near its fleet’s fold. The admiralty awaits their testimony to settle the cause of the loss.
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Hampshire
Admiralty
Kitchener
Germany
Kreuzazeitung
New York World
Origin of the Toothbrush Adaption in England
The London Chronicle notes the English adopted the toothbrush late, with Lord Chesterfield warning his son in 18th century letters to avoid hard sticks that rub away gums. The piece highlights anachronisms in Thackeray's Lord Castlewood and places the toothbrush as still unknown to Chesterfield in 1754.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Msmond” Thackeray
Lord Castlewood
Lord Chesterfield
Chesterfield
London Chronicle
Paste Boiling Effect On Flour Paste
The text notes that flour paste becomes watery after cooling if boiled too long and advises using the best flour. It describes paper hangers who avoid boiling paste and method of making paste with lukewarm water then boiling water, stirring to remove lumps and avoiding extra hot water, then cooling with a dash of cold water.
Very Much Restricted Knicker Jones Diet Confinement
Judge remarks on Jones being confined to what he can afford and his wife cooking. Conversation suggests severe limits on diet and resources as a restricting factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Becker
Bloomington prodigy William Stong awes crowds with instant arithmetic feats
William Stong, a 28 year old from Tazewell County, Illinois, astonishes audiences by solving complex arithmetic instantly. He computes totals on freight cars, day counts, miles to cities, and rail measurements with flawless speed, declining circus offers to travel and demonstrate his gift.
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Bloomington
Stong
Stony
Illinois
Strong
Flo
New York
San Francisco
Living Family Tree Documented in Devils Lake
Mervin Alcide Belcourt arrived last week at the home of Mr and Mrs Adolph Belcourt west of Devils Lake. He has a living family tree with two parents two grandparents a great grandfather and two great grandmothers. The great grand parents are Hugene Belcourt of Montreal and Mrs Mary Fegnant of Seattle and Mrs Hugene Belcourt of Montreal.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Mervin
Alcide Belcourt
Adolph Belcourt
Hugene Belcourt
Montreal
Mary Fegnant
Seattle
Financier Disowns Sister in Will Distribution
John Black the retired financier left 275000 to Episcopal institutions and Johns Hopkins University as residuary legatees from an estate valued around 1 million dollars. One of his two sisters received a provision before Harriet Adler, disowned years earlier for marrying Dr Adler, died. Harriet and Elizabeth had a strained relation though Elizabeth supposedly forgave her sister and kept her portrait. Black never married and is survived by distant Baltimore relatives.
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Baltimore
John Black
Episcopal
Johns Hopkins University
Grand Harbor family ties highlight Belcourt and Bell names
Mrs Alcide Belcourt of Grand Harbor and Alcide Belcourt of Grand Harbor along with Mrs Sarah Bell Rose of Williston are noted in a family notice. The item records relations among grandparents in a local community entry.
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Alcide Belcourt
Grand Harbor
Sarah Bellrose
Williston
Wedding Plans Revealed by Scranton Bride
Miss Margaret Clarke a Scranton telephone operator told her mother she would attend a wedding. The next day she returned with a chit four in tow and said the wedding was theirs.
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Scranton
Margaret Clarke
Margaret
Wants to Fight but in America Scraps at Home
Paris dispatch with James Bracy a Virginia native in the French foreign legion who longs to see action against Germany but only on American soil. He recalls Norfolk Old Point Comfort and Hampton Roads and says Americans should be released to return home. He pressed for U.S. entry to the war and questions whether Mistah Wilson will act to let troops go home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Pitney
Paris
la Vaubonne
Foreign Legion
Yuassuh
Virginia
James Bracy
James
Martial
Bordeaux
Wrestlin
Hosses
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Chamterblain’s
Fortress Monroe
Dem
Portsmouth
Old Point
Hampton Roads
America
United States of America
Legion
Theah
Bouligny
Eco
Mistah Wilson
Train Rider Escapes in Irons After Jumping Freight
Rudolph Michelott, a birdshow entertainer from Birdshow, Pa, was arrested by a Reading railroad officer for riding a freight train with hands manacled. He managed to jump the train and escape despite the restraints.
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Birdshow
Rudolph Michelott
Reading Railroad
Beatrice Yoran Completes 18 Years No Absences
Beatrice Yoran daughter of ex Mayor D A Yoran in Hugene Oregon finished high school with 18 years of perfect attendance and punctuality.
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Hugene
Ore
Beatrice Yoran
D. A. Yoran
Making Brooms Last
Brooms dipped for a minute or two in boiling suds once a week will be made tough and pliable so their period of usefulness will be greatly lengthened.
Garden care tips for perennials and midsummer bloom
Advice on frost protection for beds and borders using bonemeal and soil stirring, watering, and clippings. Mentions sowing perennials as they ripen, providing shade for seeds with lath or muslin, and staking hardy perennials like delphiniums, foxglove, snapdragons, dahlias, cosmos, hydrangeas, and gladiolus. Recommends regular deadheading and continued bloom until frost, with chrysanthemums left to grow after this month.
Trouble With Asters And Pest Remedies
The article warns that maggots and black beetles threaten asters. It advises fortifying soil with wood ashes, relocating beds yearly, and scattering tobacco dust. For beetles prepare a soap kerosene emulsion and spray plants at a dilute ratio to control infestation.
Caring for Garden Tools and Spotted Calla Care
The article describes winterizing the spotted calla and a rust prevention method for steel tools. It prescribes a quarterly paste of graphite, tallow, and camphor applied to cleaned tools, left 24 hours then wiped dry, with longer storage as protection.
Garden Notes on Tulips and Lilies Care
Tulips form bulblets from larger bulbs and may split under some conditions. In sunny, well drained beds lift and divide clumps every three years. For lilies in pots, plant bulbs two inches deep, choose Auratum Speciosum Longiform and Brownli, keep moist until roots form, then move to light.
Iris culture for winter bloom and home forcing
Take two or three year old iris clumps with soil. Lift before ground freezes and store in cool pots. When frost ends place in light and southern exposure to bloom February and March. White irises yield beautiful Easter flowers. With care iris bloom most of the year indoors and cost little, offering pleasure and profit.
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W. G. Chapman
Dis
Rourke Vivian
National Guard of
Camp Whitman
Beekman
N. Y
William Stong
Chicago
Black
L. M. Bennington
Godfry Fry
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