No Man's Land A Romance by Louis Joseph Vance
Garrett Coast meets Douglas Blackstock and falls for Katherine Thaxter. Blackstock kills Van Tuyl, Coast is charged but freed after Dundas exposes the truth. Coast rescues a man, learns Katherine is blind, and uncovers a smugging wireless station plot on No Man's Land. Coast, an undercover agent, pursues justice and Katherine's safety.
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Garrett Coast
New York City
Douglas Blackstock
Blackstock
Katherine Thaxter
Coast
Dundas
van Tuyl
Fied
Appleyard
No Marr's Land
Black
The
Echo
Secret Service
No Man’s Land
Katherine
The Handyside Impostor Returns Amid Storm's Shadow
In a stormbound New England manor Coast as Handyside infiltrates Blackstock's circle to keep up the disguise. Katherine confronts the stranger as she faces a potential ruin while Blackstock questions the new operator and the fate of Finn and Hecksher after a near collision at sea.
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Blackstock
Coast
Appleyard
Mr. Jack
Black
Handyside
Mme
New Bedford
Aoar
Bontour
Pitskins
Katherine
Dougal
Mr. Handyside
Pasque
Bilackstock
Wise
Vineyard Haven
Finn
Hecksher
Finn—Hecksher
Quick's Hole
Mrs. Black
Handy
Infectious Laughter in Science Headlines
Scientists explore laughter as an infectious trait and a potential social contagion, noting how some experts appear solemn while considering the idea that humor spreads like a germ. The piece highlights tension between gravity and gaiety in scientific discourse.
Nightlife and Lottery Drive Havana's Wicked Riches
A Havana feature describes the city as wicked and gay, five hours from the U S, with government run lottery drawings offering first prize of 100000. Night life blooms along the Prado Malacon and parks as theaters, cafes, and hotels draw crowds, with gambling rooms and lavish dress shaping the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prado
Havana
Cuba
Paris
Reno
Nev
Port Said
Irkutsk
Siberia
United States
Milwaukee Sentinel
Miramar
America
Malacon
Ocean Front
Payret
Constantino
Metropolitan
Albisu
Mexico
Luxembourg
Moving Picture
Central Park
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Doctor moved man's brain in rare delicate operation
Baltimore report credits Dr. Harvey Cushing of Johns Hopkins Hospital with a groundbreaking brain procedure on Harry Edmonson of Columbus Ohio. An X ray showed trapped fluid causing blindness and drowsiness, leading to a delicate method that diverted the pituitary gland and allowed drainage.
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Baltimore
Harvey Cushing
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Harry Edmonson
Columbus
Increase in Franchise Passes in Rome Chamber Vote
The chamber of deputies approved the bill extending the franchise to illiterates over 30 by 391 to 6. The reform expands the electorate by about 5 million voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Skull with Arrow in Eye Socket Unearthed in South Dakota
H. E. Lee of Northwest Taxidermy displays a Arickara skull with a steel arrow point in its eye socket, a death marker from a massacre. The skull was found with fourteen other Indian bones on the Missouri river’s east bank in Rapid City.
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Rapid City
S. D
H. E. Lee
Missouri River
Moccasins at the Astor on a Shoshone guest
Nellie Washakie a Shoshone princess met 400 New York club women at the Hotel Astor. She wore native dress and spoke of learning dressmaking cooking and household arts to help her people become self supporting. Mrs. Charles Moore and Mrs. A M Palmer hosted and described her return to teach her women.
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New York
Nellie Waskakie
New York Club
Hotel Astor
Rainy Day Club
A. M. Palmer
Nellie Washakie
Charles Moore
Wyoming
Exploring the Jug Hole at Matlock Under Ground
Five explorers led by Mr. Goodall of the Naturalists' Society attempt anew to solve the Jug Hole caves at Matlock. The group seeks an inland lake believed to feed Matlock Bath's thermal mineral springs, with explorers still underground as telegraphs report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matlock
Jug Hole
Goodall
The
Naturalists’ Society
Matlock Bath
Negro progress in the United States cited by Dr Hawkins
Dr J R Hawkins of the AME church quotes figures showing African Americans own more than a billion dollars in US real estate, 400 self supporting papers, 41 schools, 51 banks, and 180000 farms. He argues blacks are American, own property, and seek education without special legislation. He spoke at Allen chapel stressing national belonging and self improvement.
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Kansas City
Africa
United States
J. R. Hawkins
North Carolina
African Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Allen Chapel
Hawkins
United States Courts of Justice
Southland
America
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RED Cross
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China
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T. Theodore Wong
Mme. Chang
Yung Kwai
Henry K. Chang
Alice Chang
Lillie Chang
Island
Ohio
ASTOR
Jug
U.S
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