A Chance Investment Aimed at Eleanor Gwynne
Eleanor Gwynne learns her father’s troubles involve a swindled mine and a missing trustee. She travels alone across rugged terrain to Crofutt Pass where she confronts Warren Brill, the trusted guide turned swindler, who rescues her and reveals a profitable turn of events.
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Eleanor Gwynne
Eleanor
Arizona
Warren Brill
Crofutt Pass
Brill
Savage
Inca
Grill
Busy Maryland Bill Estops Postal Banter
In a Maryland town Bill Morton asks the postmaster to relay a complex barter plan to Tom Moore about a pig, a harness, a bridle, russet lines, and a hen house. The odd request blends farm items with mail matters and ends with a morning greeting.
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Maryland
Bill Morton
Bill
Tom Moore
Herman Stutz
Henry Parker
Henry J
Tom
Prescription or receipt mix up causes patient confusion
A patient tells a doctor he feels unwell and admits he did not fill a prescription given yesterday. The doctor clarifies the paper handed to him was the prescription, not a receipt, revealing a mix up over the two dollar payment.
In the Trenches War Memoir About Two Spinners
In the Trenches recounts two spinners who enlisted at the war’s start and were in the trenches by last March. One quickly adapts under fire, prompting an officer to praise his steadiness, while a corporal quips that the man’s wife would value a peaceful shell free day.
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London
International News Service
Udine
Italy
Tommy
Dunn
Hayshi
Volume of Rain Measured in Barrels and Weight
An inch of rain falling on one acre would fill over 600 barrels of 45 gallons each. The water would weigh more than 110 tons, about a quarter of a million pounds.
Austrian Officers Astonished by Italian Troop Cheerfulness
Italian front reports describe soldiers who laugh, sing, and joke amid bombardment. Officers and men share strong mutual respect, with discipline based on kindness. Guido Vitelli earned praise for rescuing a wounded lieutenant, later recommended for a medal.
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Guido Vitelli
Vitelli
Bank Teller Admits Hold-Up Fake in Cedar Rapids
Jay Leo Perrin, a Cedar Rapids National Bank teller, is under arrest charged with embezzling $20,000. He confessed the loss occurred during a staged hold-up and was jailed when he failed to post a $5,000 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Jay Leo Perrin
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Perrin
Teenager Lives on Coffee in Strange Diet
Baltimore authorities report Kate Larber a fourteen year old has survived on coffee since age fourteen months consuming up to twenty cups daily. Medical officials investigate undernourishment concerns and potential neglect as guardians are questioned.
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Baltimore
Kate Larber
Kansas counts 900 paupers in 105 counties report
Kansas counties cared for 900 paupers in the year ending July 1. Twenty of 105 counties have no poor farms or indigent poor, some farms self-sustaining. Pending Winfield Hospital expansion, counties housed insane and feeble minded patients. Ten more inmates than last year and 19 children in county institutions.
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Topeka
Kansas
J. W. Howe
State Board of Control
Rious
Winfield Hospital
Agreed With Him Dry Goods Clerk Puck Quip
A humorous exchange from Puck features a dry goods clerk boasting low prices and a sharp shopper countering that similar goods can be found cheaper in multiple places. The brief satirical dialogue reflects consumer sarcasm and market awareness.
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Puck
Ears of the Army Signalers Courage at the Front
An International News Service piece profiles Royal Engineers telegraphers who repair broken lines amid shellfire near Ypres Festubert and La Bassee. It highlights their coolness under fire turning the tide of battle and the daily grueling task of laying and maintaining field communications.
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Ypres
Festubert
la Bassee
Red Cross
Rose Vines Beautifying This Home
Old horticulture piece extols vines as beautifiers and shade providers. It reviews hardy and wild varieties including grape trumpet vine clematis Virginia creeper honeysuckles and climbing roses, plus ideal climbers ampelopsis and ivy and annuals to cover surfaces. It notes planting tips soil preparation pruning and seasonally attractive foliage and flowers.
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Josephine DE Marr
Virginia
Miller Rides War Refuge: Rancher Guards His Horses
Robert Wilson, a prominent local rancher, is famed for his fine horses. He has many ready for market but will not sell a single horse while the war in Europe continues, fearing they will be sent overseas and harmed. He rejects high prices to keep them safe.
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Miller
S. D
Robert Wilson
Europe
Rabbit Hole a Treasure, Pratt, Ikan
A Mexican hunter six miles east of here pulled a rabbit from a hole and unearthed a large stash of heavy silverware wrapped in a jacket. The owner reported the find to a nearby resident who alerted authorities.
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Pratt, Ikan
Here
Corsa
Hints in the Garden for Summer Care and Neatness
Practical garden tips advise shading palms and potted plants with a slat cover, lifting pots into the earth, and dusting mildew prone roses with sulfur while dew is present. In dry seasons leaves yellow and fall, flowers wither. keep grounds clean by daily removal of debris and faded blossoms.
Growing One's Own Rose Buds Propagating Lady's Slippers
Article by L. M. Bennington describes propagating hardy roses through rooting cuttings or layering. It covers timing after flowering, layering technique with soil burial, cuttings in sand, rooting time of six weeks to two months, and potting in loam leaf mold and sand.
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L. M. Bennington
Wanted to See Them, Cedric in the Park
The New York Globe notes a humorous exchange where Cedric asks Clarence what he is doing in the park and Clarence replies he is admiring the beauties of nature. Cedric inquires about how many have passed by.
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Cedric
Clarence
New York Globe
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W. G. Chapman
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Mary Ellen Wilson
Secretary of Labor
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Signal Corps
Chris Healy
International Mews Service
Liverpool
Great Britain
Navy
Royal Engineers
Michael O’leary
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