Flight of a Spirit Roscoe Phail Finds Joy Amid Leper Camp
Roscoe Phail dies as a spiritual entity content with a life of charity. His afterlife reveals a nurse guiding a leper community, Morton Ross’s daughter recounts how philanthropy inspired lifelong devotion. Joy becomes the guiding force in a small camp where healing and service endure beyond death.
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Roscoe Phail
Phail
Morton Rosa
Roscos Iphail
Himalaya
Palace of Kings
Alan
Roscoe Phall
Morton Ross
W. G. Chapman
A One Handed Clock That Warms Itself by Heat
A new clock uses temperature driven expansion and contraction of metal bars to lift steel balls and turn a wheel, powering the mechanism without winding. The invention offers endless operation only until components wear out and would be prohibitively expensive for producing substantial power.
Frankly Expressed Doubt About Campbell the Blind Explorer
The article profiles Sir Francis J. Campbell born 1832 in Tennessee who lost his sight at four yet became a noted musician and founder of the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind in Norwich. He excelled as a cyclist oarsman footballer and Alpine climber and claimed to be the only blind man to ascend Mont Blanc amid a taunt from Tyndall.
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Sir Francis J. Campbell
Tennessee
Royal Normal College and Academy of Music For
Norwich
England
Sir Francis
Mont Blanc
Campbell
Tyndall
Rector Had Best of Joke Over Hundred Years Ago
The anecdote recounts Pitcairn at Edinburgh seeking honorary degrees for his valet and his horse to mock a Dutch university. Records allegedly show the university once conferred an honorary degree upon an ass, a tale cited to illustrate pretensions and satire from a distant era.
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Pitcairn
Edinburgh
Thing of the Past Red Flannel Recalled by Ohio State Journal
The Ohio State Journal recalls red flannel in a dry goods era, noting how its sight stirred tender feelings in young men of the past. It suggests modern youths would wonder its original use today.
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Ohio State Journal
U S School Plays Prominent Role in Spread of Liberal Ideas
At St John’s University Shanghai commencement Judge C S Lobinger praised American educational work in Asia. Admiral T’seng Ju-cheng inspected cadets as China’s modern move toward democracy and liberty is aided by American institutions across 18 provinces. American influence extends through higher education, language diffusion, and evolving China trade relations.
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Shanghai
China
St. John’s University
T'seng Ju-cheng
C.S. Lobinger
United States Court For China
Asia
St. John
St. John’s
Soochow
Nanking
America
American University Club of
Persia
Envoy's Wife Visits Home in France
Mme Le Febvre de la Boulaye wife of the French embassy's second secretary visits France escaping Washington posting. The noted beauty of the foreign diplomatic set is listed among visitors at the domestic home.
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Mme. le Febvre de la Boulaye
Washington
Frrench
France
Mme
le Febvre de la Boulaye
Motor Attack Routed Bull in Crafton Pa
Charles Boyer a local motorcyclist drove toward a charging bull to protect Miss Bessie Kauffman. The animal was struck in the side and Boyer was thrown into the gutter. The bull fled to a pasture and did not pursue.
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Crafton
Bessie Kauffman
Charles Boyer
Boyer
Women Seek Low Pay Under New Olympia Wage Rules
In Olympia Washington the Industrial Welfare commission reports many women seek apprenticeships at $6 for six months and $7.50 thereafter, despite $10 minimum wage. Some request permits to earn less due to physical disability, which the commission may grant only for actual inability to earn minimum wage. Labor Commissioner B E Olson notes no complaints of mercantile wage violations.
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Olympia
Wash
Industrial Welfare Commission
Commission
BE. W. Olson
Englishwoman runs reindeer ranch in Spitzbergen valley
Miss Jessica Borthwick, an Englishwoman, manages a reindeer herd in Spitzbergen with plans to export meat to Norway. She describes the remote setting with bears wolves and foxes, salmon fishing and year round harbor access, plus the twilight of winter. She recalls firing at a tame reindeer that sought reassurance and notes her wartime Balkans experience.
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London
Spitzbergen
Norway
Lonely Valley
Jessica Borthwick
Boston
Evening Transcript
Balkans
Old Tuxedo moonshiners still captured in Ozarks
A prized 55 pound moonshining still nicknamed Old Tuxedo was seized by Deputy Internal Revenue Collector James Case near Hartshorn in Texas county. Hidden for years in a fence row, the portable copper setup could be moved by one man and sold for about 30 cents per gallon. The artifact, found after weeks of covert surveillance, awaits auction.
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Springfield
Big Creek
Texas County
James Case
Internal Revenue
Case
Hartshorn
Pete Barton
Wig Creek
Barton
Woman Fires Revolver. Burglar Escapes
Miss Jeanette Winters at Forty Fort awake by burglars on the lower floor seized a revolver and fired accidentally injuring her left hand. The burglars fled after the shot.
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Forty Fort
Jeanette Winters
Miss McCormick Marries Oregon Apple Grower After Long Paper Tie
Miss Mary McCormick eighteen travels from Sunbury Pennsylvania to Portland Oregon to wed John O'Donnell a wealthy apple grower. He pursued her after she left a cap factory posting her name and address and later sent his photo. The couple married after months of correspondence.
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Sunbury
Mary McCormick
Portland
Ore
John O'Donnell
Berland Cap Factory
O'Donnell
Urges Farmers Sell Army Worms
Harry H. Rein, chair man and assistant secretary of the St. Louis stock exchange, urges farmers in the army worm affected zone to sell their crops and take measures to manage the pest. The advisory emphasizes timely action.
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Rein
St. Louis
Harry 8. Rein
St. Louis Stock Exchange
Battle News and Religious Reflection From World War Fronts
Headlines report the Lorraine and Vosges forces pushing toward a German weak point and renewed battles along the Aisne with heavy German losses. Western, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian movements unfold as weather and disease disrupt campaigns. A sermon section analyzes Genesis 3 and sin's origin, nature, object, and method, urging devotion to the Bible and Christ.
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London
Aisne
Quentin
von Kluck
Paris
Lorraine
Somme
Oise
Rheims
France
Verdun
Galicia
Cayschky
Foulstyn
Jaroslav
Przeworsk
Nancut
Cracow
Berlin
Hungary
World Moving Upward and Democracy’s Promise
A civic reflection asserts that graft and selfishness are temporary, while rising public intelligence and learned lessons propel democracy toward a clearer claim to govern with divine right once monopolized by kings. The piece emphasizes 50 years of progress and期待 future advances.
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