Secret Watch at Tawnaver Reveals Hidden Stakes
Renshaw, newly installed secretary at Tawnaver, weighs a mysterious pattern of events and a possible link to Madame Hooesler’s memoirs. He ponders what Campbell learned last night and why unseen figures prowl the grounds. Verity Campbell and Dr Morris add tension as the house moves toward quiet and watchful caution.
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Stanley
Renshaw
Morning Mail
Campbell
Tawnaver
Miss Campbell
Luncheon Reflections On Madame Hooésler’s Stricken Household
At luncheon Renshaw notes Madame Hooésler’s subdued air as the sick room news brings relief. Morris reports Mr Campbell’s progress and praises his constitution while acclaiming Jenks as a wonder. He also muses on living long and the value of action over waiting.
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Renshaw
Madame Hooésler
Morris
Campbell
James
Jenks
Earning Her Keep A statistician cites housework totals
A statistician claims that a married woman who does all household work over 30 years prepares about 200000 meals and orders 3000 jars of jam. She boils 500000 potatoes and spends around 35000 hours on cleaning. Valuing her labor at standard rates, the housewife may earn as much as her husband.
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London
Why cats wash after meals a stubborn habit
The behavior stems from wild ancestry when cats cleaned jaws and paws to remove blood that might reveal their kill. Cleaning after meals helped conceal hunting, a habit that persists today.
Plans for 1927 American Legion Paris convention travel
John J. Wicker Jr of Richmond heads the Legion French convention travel committee approved by the Omaha national convention. The event envisions a national pilgrimage to foreign cemeteries and battlefields, honoring about 50 000 comrades and promoting peace.
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The
American Legion
Paris
John J. Wicker, Jr
Richmond
Legion
Omaha
America
A. EE. F
Houston
Hampton Roads
New York
Boston
Montreal
Atlantic Seaboard
France
Coolidge backs universal service plan at Legion convention
President Calvin Coolidge endorsed universal service in his Omaha address, stressing a broad mobilization of people and materials under a national selective service act. He warned against profiteering, called for price stabilization during war, and urged authority to manage payments to prevent inequities.
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T Universal Service
American Legion
Calvin Coolidge
Omaha
Memorial Woodrow Wilson Bridge Named in Mobile
A $200,000 memorial bridge over the Pearl River in Mobile Alabama was named the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in memory of the war time President. Henry Graves Post of the American Legion at Mobile suggested the naming and the Legion will place a bronze tablet on the bridge. A sentence from President Wilsons address to congress asking for a war declaration against Germany will be included in the inscription.
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Pearl River
Mobile
Ala
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Graves
American Legion
Legion
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Philadelphia to host 1926 American Legion convention
Philadelphia chosen as the site for the 1926 national convention of the American Legion to be held in October. The event will publicize the city's observance of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Philadelphia
The
American Legion
Microcosm town rights and neighborly peace over hens
A small town mirrors world concerns and local quarrels over battleships aviation and evolution. A dispute over chickens led to heated talk and names then a peaceable compromise that kept roses and hens and friendship with the neighbor.
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Republic
Eph Wiles
J. P
Kansas City Star
Relativity Theory Seen as Firm Despite Attacks
Dr. Charles EB St John of Mount Wilson Observatory asserts relativity remains solid as multiple tests including spectrum shift support Einstein's theory. He notes light mass would cause gravitational pull from the sun and reports the measured spectral displacement matches predictions.
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Charles EB. St. John
Mount Wilson Observatory
Einstein
Hinstein
Earth
Doctor St. John
Modern Merchandising at Toad Rock
A motorist stopping at a village filling station seeks facts about Joab Miller who runs a multifaceted shop at Toad Rock. The attendant lists motor car parts, groceries, real estate, house painting, marriage ceremonies as justice of the peace, post office duties, stamps, ham and molasses sales, and boarding services, describing it as a drug store.
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Joab Miller
Toad Rock
Improved Potato Digger Drawn by a Tractor of Horses
A potato digger on the market uses a tractor to harvest crops faster than by hand. It straddles rows with a front shovel set to avoid tuber damage. Vines dirt and grass are carried on a belt to a rear shaker while a kicker clears refuse, leaving potatoes in a neat row.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Landing of Savages Sighted Near Santa Ana Fort
A farmer claimed copper colored savages landed and built a fort 18 miles from Santa Ana. He led locals to the site, only to find it was a film crew shooting a movie at a nearby camp.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Motion Picture Company
Early English fruit and vegetable introductions
Peaches grew in Hast in early times with first English imports from Persia in 1562. Rhubarb was first cultivated in England for edible stalks by Mr Myall of Deptford around 1820, after which it gained general use.
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England
Persia
Myall
Deptford
Demand Bayer Aspirin Warning for Genuine Bayer Product
A warning urges buyers to ensure Bayer appears on the package or tablets to confirm genuine Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed for 25 years. The ad also notes imitators may be dangerous. The second note mentions a man’s will leaving money for struggling musicians after witnessing a musician’s struggle.
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Bayer
Ady
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Beleans
Buffalo Bison
California
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Tenaan
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