Case for Eugenes Ends in Love and Family Secret
In a small town Arthur Davis pledges devotion to Nancy Reeves amid eugenics fever. Nancy's adoptive question surfaces as Mrs Reeves seeks a hidden child claim. The lovers marry after a village scandal, then confront a final family truth that tests their future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Chapman
Cousins
Miss Jones
Arthur Davis
Nancy Reeves
Reeves
Hiram Reeves
Nancy
Deving
Arthur
Mrs. Reeves
Ada Reeves
State Penitentiary
Hiram
Idaho
Significance in the Color
A dialogue between a speaker and Clarice on colors and life events. The speaker argues red marks notable events like birth, death in black, and marriage certificates printed in verdant green, noting the state’s subtle implications about engagement and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarice
Golden Wedding Celebrated by the Rockefellers
In New York a seventy five year old woman marks a golden wedding with John D Rockefeller. Laura Spelman Rockefeller devoted life to family and charity, remaining simple in dress and manners while supporting Spelman Seminary and local Baptist and temperance causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefellers
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Laura Celestia Spelman
John
Andrews, Clark & Co
William Rockefeller & Co
Standard Oil Companies
Standard Trust
Harvey Buel Spelman
Massachusetts
Akron
Ohio
Laura
New York City
Why Flats Are Popular Says Construction News
The article argues flats appeal due to desire for beautiful surroundings and limited domestic help. It notes rising busyness limits time for chores, making multi unit living attractive, especially in cities rather than small towns.
Ring Touches off Quiet Marriage Proposal
A man awkwardly asks a girl named Miss Sweet and, after a brief exchange, presents a solitaire ring. She slips it on her left forefinger and simply says it fits, sealing a quiet engagement.
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Sweet
Grief and Comfort Clash in McHinnery Scene
In a somber exchange Mrs. McHinnery voices lingering doubts as a sympathetic friend offers solace after her partner’s death. The dialog captures a moment of sorrow and uncertain faith amid loss.
Artificial tan request cited at drugstore
A girl asks a druggist about an artificial tan while explaining she could not travel this summer. The exchange centers on whether the store sells a cream lotion or freckle remover to achieve a tanned look.
Frick's French Chef Heads Home to Fight War
Boston reports the Frick North Shore mansion family stunned as their top paid French chef resigns to return to France and fight. Many male European servants announce departure, leaving maids who cannot cook, triggering social awkwardness among fashionable North Shore residents amid wartime recruitment.
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Boston
Henry Clay Frick
North Shore
France
Frick
Europe
Miners Sentenced for Contempt in Fort Smith Riots
Seven miners including Peter R. Stewart former UMW district president were found guilty of contempt of court in Fort Smith Arkansas and sentenced to 30 days to four months in jail for involvement in riots in the coal fields after operators secured an injunction to curb interference with mine operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Peter R. Stewart
Arkansas
Oklahoma and Texas
Logtown Mother Rescues Sons by Slaying Aggressive Bull
Mrs J L Roberts of Logtown Ark saved her four and six year old sons from a deadly bull attack by shooting the animal as it knocked the older child down and pawed him. The younger boy aided his brother before the mother intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logtown
Ark
J. L. Roberts
Dapper Private Disguised Woman Foiled at Quebec Camp
A young woman dressed in a private’s uniform at Valcartier near Quebec attracted a sentry’s suspicion. She was challenged, taken to headquarters, and later placed on a train bound for Quebec for further questioning.
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Dapper
Quebec
Canada
Valcartier
Abandoned Seven by Five Mile Island Due To Loneliness Rats and Volcanic Activity
The island in the Kermadec group is to be abandoned by 13 residents including Thomas Bell who landed there in 1878. Bell holds disputed rights while the New Zealand government reassigns the land to settlers. Rats wreck crops and volcanic tremors terrify the remaining inhabitants.
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San Francisco
Sunday Island
Kermadec Group
South Pacific
New Zealand
Thomas Bell
Bell
Loot and Mass Death Reported in Border Town
Nish–Servian troops entered the border town and found half the houses looted by Austrians. In two main streets every house was ransacked and in one building 20 girls were found dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nish
Border Town
Furious Fighting Engulfs Left Wing as Parisi Dispatches Claim Progress
Paris reports on the third week of fighting with heavy artillery battles near Roye and Albert while German attacks along the Meuse and Somme fronts are repulsed. The dispatches describe cautious Allied gains north of the Somme and describe Belgian, Italian, and Russian developments as the wider war persists.
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Paris
Arras
Department
Pas-de-Calais
Somme
Albert
Roye
Lassigny
St. Mihiel
Department of
Meuse
Verdun
London
the Aisne
France
Amiens
Woevre
Berlin
Argonne
Petrograd
Poland
Bulgaria
Rome
Italy
Switzerland
Venice
Pola
Austria-Hungary
Cracow
Idea Nazionale of
Marquis di San Giuliano
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Nish
Servia
Servian
Windau
Baltic
Belgian
Antwerp
Lemberg
Galicia
Far East
Tsing Tau
Kiao- Chow J
China
Germany
Japan
Beware of Conceit and Its Harm to Character
Beware of Conceit presents a moral warning about vanity. It argues conceit poisons social bonds, alienates friends, breeds enmity, and distorts judgment. It condemns harsh treatment of others and loss of faith and charity as a consequence of self inflated pride.
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Atlanta
John Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
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Edward Ironsides
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Earl of Leicester
Third Earl of Lincoln
John Humphrey
Massachusetts Ebay
Susanna Palmes
Samuel Avery
Lucy Avery
Godfrey Rockefeller
John D
Henry C. Frick
South Pacific Island
Ment
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Jesus Christ
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Gath
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Order of Freemasonry
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Church of Jesus Christ
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