Love Doubly Blind By Esther S Proudfoot
Kirk Howard confronts Daniel Wegg over Milly's forced marriage and schemes to save her. Milly loves Walter and discovers Howard's true devotion, revealing Walter's hidden role and uniting Milly with Howard after a dangerous web of debt and manipulation is exposed.
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Milly
Kirk Howard
John Davenal
Howard
Walter
Davenal
Daniel Wegg
Mr. Davenal
Wegg
Wegey
Mr. Howard
The Peacock and Juno Fable Reflection on Endowments
Aesop's Fables recount the peacock lamenting his lack of song while the nightingale sings. Juno consoles him by praising his beauty and plumage and explains each creature's fate as assigned by the fates. The tale notes beauty strength song and favorable or unfavorable auguries as the ends of their lot.
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Juno
French surgeon amputates brain in wartime case
A French military hospital reports a wounded soldier with a penetrating occipital wound and left brain abscess. Dr A Guepin removed splinters and twice amputated protruding brain tissue, yielding at least a third of the left hemisphere lost. The patient shows no obvious motor or sensory or thinking impairment.
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A. Guepin
Guepin
Agricultural Advice to Prevent Waste on the Farm
The Kansas City Star cautions against letting remedies go to waste and suggests mixing leftover medicines for the hired man to deter him from taking unnecessary days off. It notes a single dose likely won’t kill him and recalls the man’s reluctance for a second dose.
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Kansas City Star
Yonkers Teen Back Home After War Adventures
Wilfrid Doyle, nineteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Doyle of Yonkers New York, returns after seven months in war zones. He fought at Dardanelles faced capture by Germans in Belgium and served on the Queen Elizabeth patrolling the North Sea. He escaped a German stockade with twenty others and braved trench floods and harsh seas aboard multiple ships.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Wilfrid Doyle
Edward Doyle
Valentine Lane
Dardanelles
Belgium
North Sea
Germany
Doyle
Boston
Liverpool
State Department
United States
King George
Gallipoli
Britain
Joseph Nicolson
Royal Scots
England
Malta
Nicolson
Waters
Drake
Miss Dorothy Newell Pitches Votes for Women Appeal
A daring publicity stunt by a young woman, Miss Dorothy Newell, prompts New York voters to attention. She exhibited her back in leading hotels and Broadway cafes with the message Votes for Women painted in large black letters, following a campaign invasion by a sandwich-women group.
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New York
Dorothy Newell
Miss Newell
Tallest corn shocks wow Reserve farmer's giant crop
Near Reserve Bert Wise showcases corn shocks from his farm that tower above six feet. He brought several stalks to town with ears six to eight feet from the ground. Locals doubted the six foot height claim until they saw the towering plants and realized standard labor cannot easily tend them.
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Filawatha
Kan
Bert Wise
Reserve
Wise
Jolt Brings Down Sparkler in Dixon Home
In Dixon California Mrs Gif ford recovered a $250 diamond ring after a minor earthquake shook a picture. Six months earlier she thought the ring was stolen and had missed it. The ring lay behind the picture, dropping to the floor when the sparkler toppled.
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Dixon
Cal
Gifford
Puzzle to Zoologists Fort Worth Pink Eight Inch Snake
An eight inch pink snake found on White Settlement road by Dr. John J. O'Reilly in Fort Worth may be a poisonous variety. It has a sharp tail, flat head with reversed spectacles, and diamond markings. It puffs but lacks fangs. The doctor will send it to the Texas zoological department in Austin for identification.
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Forth Worth
Tex
White Settlement Road
John J. O’reilly
Fort Worth
Salvation Army shelters feed millions in Britain yearly
The Salvation Army in Great Britain provides more than 3 million beds and 8 million meals annually through its shelters and homes, reflecting its extensive welfare outreach across the region.
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Salvation Array
Great Britain
Battery Our Richard on the Fronts Across Europe
A Vossische Zeitung writer profiles the Our Richard battery commanded by Captain Laytos. The unit has fought at Liege Antwerp France Belgium Poland Galicia Serbia and possibly other fronts, firing the 1200th shot and earning honors.
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Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Adriatic
Laytos
Prentelli
Wehler
White House
Richard
Richard Karner
Liege
Antwerp
France
Bauer
Belgium
Poland
Galicia
Serbia
Record Catch of Walrus Sets Arctic Sea Season Mark
Sattle Wash a 1353 walrus catch reported by Capt O A Annevik of the steamer Corwin after a five months Arctic cruise. Corwin used Nome Alaska as base making two trips the first with 837 walrus discharged at Nome to Latouche and Seattle. In the second voyage a crew of 20 Eskimos killed 516 walrus yielding 100 tons of hides 4000 pounds of ivory and 165 barrels of oil.
Opussum Found Napping in Farm Hen Nest
Mrs. Fred L. Lasseter uncovered a large opossum in a hen nest while gathering eggs at Dawson Georgia. She captured the animal and placed Mr. Opossum in captivity.
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Dawson
Fred L. Lasseter
Man Loses His Pet Goose in Junction City
Ed Bickenhauser, a barber in Junction City Kansas mourns the death of his pet wild goose caught 18 years ago on a hunting trip. The bird served as a weather prophet and watchman guarding the yard. It also acted as an effective decoy, drawing wild geese within shooting range on many trips.
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Junction City
Kan
Ed Bickerhauser
Bickenhauser Yard
Orchids Curious Plants by E. Van Benthuysen
The article explains orchids as curious plants with about 6000 species in 400 genera. It notes terrestrial and epiphytic forms, their presence near snow, greenhouse types hot temperate and cold, and mentions rare hybrids and the new Marije Odile orchid as a dainty white blossom.
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Marije-Odile
Preparatory Work for Winter Garden Care
Winter window garden tasks call for immediate action. Discard old plants and start new, shape geraniums, trim all buds, clean and place pots, and prepare vessels with charcoal drainage. Repot as needed, avoid overwatering glxinia, and pot dormant tuberous begonias individually while noting Zanzibar balsam Impatiens Sultana remains in bloom and easy to care for.
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Zanzibar
No Luck About Gardening
A compact reflection asserts that gardening success hinges on well laid plants rather than luck, claiming failures stem from a lack of proper planting and arrangement rather than chance.
Plan Your Home Grounds As A Picture
Begin planning the home grounds to serve the overall house picture. Favor lawn as the main area with trees and large shrubs at rear and sides, and keep beds and annuals along the lawn edge. Avoid centering a flowerbed to preserve unity and ensure a bright open space with ample sunlight.
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Esther S. Proudfoot
W. G. Chapman
Mr. Wegg
Ufe
Vilna
Uncle Sam
Kansas
Corwin
Arctic
Guatemala
E. van Benthuysen
Celeste Benton
Pond Lily
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