Shawnee Man Dr J E Williams Murdered in Nanking Attack
Dr J E Williams of Shawnee Ohio, a member of the Northern Presbyterian mission and vice president of Nanking University, was killed by a Chinese soldier during the attack on foreigners in Nanking.
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J. E. Williams
Shawnee
Ohio
Northern Presbyterian Mission
Nanking University
Nanking
What's Her Part Woman Proposing Seen as Proper
Dialogue from a 1920s style home scene where Alice questions gender norms and Ted asserts a proposal should come from the chosen man after the woman selects him. The exchange highlights expected courtship roles and social etiquette of the era.
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Alice
Ted
By Jiminy and the Roman oath in the stars
The article traces the origins of the exclamation By Jiminy to a Roman oath tied to the gods Castor and Pollux in Gemini. It notes sailors favor the twins as figureheads, ties to Babylonian star records, and explains Castor as the brightest Gemini star seen as a binary star through telescopes.
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Gemini
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Pollux
St. Paul
Malta
Alexandria
Babylon
Wide Pants Short Skirt Stir Up Romanian Riot
In Bucharest a mob attacked youths wearing Charleston style Oxford bags and pea jackets, forcing a youth to promise to change his trousers. Police used bayonets to escort him to the station as crowds targeted both men and women with allegedly too short skirts.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Marble Steps Test for Baltimore Wives
Miles of white marble steps in Baltimore serve as a benchmark of housewifely efficiency as wives scrub them daily with soap suds and pumice. Front stoops reflect neighborhood judgment and become social gathering spots in summer evenings as gossip flows through the residences.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Home of Author of Home Sweet Home For Sale
East Hampton Long Island farmhouse linked to John Howard Payne is offered by Gustave H. Buek’s widow Hannah Louise Buek after his death. The property is to be sold to the highest bidder as the longtime owner’s family divests the estate.
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New York
John Howard Payne
East Hampton
Long Island
Gustave H. Buek
Alco Gravure Company
Hannah Louise Buek
Traffic too heavy
In Brooklyn a man identified as Ralph Harrison, twenty five, explains he pulled over to nap due to overwhelming traffic after drinking earlier. Police and a large city squad investigated the single car accident scene where Harrison lay dead or near death, later revived by a physician and driven home by a detective.
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New York
David McCann
Brooklyn
Locust Avenue
Thrteenth Street
McCann
East Thirteenth Street
Ralph Harrison
Harrison
King George Rises Early at Sandringham and Visits Town Hall
King George and Queen Mary maintain strict routine at Sandringham with eight o clock rising except Friday 730 for grooming. They visit the historic town hall and inspect underground dungeons before tea.
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Sandringham
England
George
Mary
Buckingham Palace
London
Mediterranean Sea
Neck graft saves man after road crash in St Louis
James B. Parsons Jr. suffered neck dislocation in a September car crash. Dr. F L Morse grafted shin bone after plaster cast failed to knit vertebrae. Parsons showed slight paralysis. initial castings and hospital setbacks preceded a surprising recovery at St Marys and Baptist hospitals.
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Morse
St. Louis Baptist Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Parsons
Paper From Cornstalks Promised by Professor
Ames Iowa Corn belt farmers may soon turn corn stalks into money. Professor E V Collins of Iowa State College has devised a machine to harvest stalks in large quantities. It snaps stalks off at the root shucks corn into a wagon and shreds stalks for baling into another wagon.
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Ames
Iowa
E. V. Collins
Iowa State College
Butcher repels holdup by salt pork throw
In Buffalo New York a grocer butcher who controls Grover Cleveland Alexander stopped two holdup men by tossing a piece of salt pork when they demanded his surrender. He kept calm and forced the assailants to flee, avoiding injury.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
Peer of Trappers Garners Vast Pest Catch on Range
Salt Lake City report notes Roy Mussalman trapped 2,100 lynx or bobcats 6,000 coyotes 1,500 foxes 6,000 badgers and civet cats plus countless crows on Indian creek cattle range over eleven years. Stockmen praise him as peerless in the West.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Roy Mussalman
Indian Creek
Mormon Creek
Jack
Old Blue
No Two Sides to Any Question Says One Right Side
A declarative line argues there is a single correct perspective on any issue. The statement emphasizes certainty and rejects opposing views as invalid. It frames disagreement as absence of a true alternative rather than a difference in interpretation.
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N. C
Missouri River
Liberty Memorial Bridge
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