Kayama Deceit Ends in Murder and an Ill-Fated Trade
In Mitagiri Kayama, son of Aochi, steals gold, robs a girl purchase plan, fights a white man who collapses. Kayama is slain. the white man Robert Wells takes his place, causing Aochi to doubt reform. Wells learns the truth and faces a grim bargain with temple priests about a girl with Chinese blood.
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Mitagiri
Kayama
Aochi
Thunder Gate
Robert Wells
Wells
Roch
Shadows of Takasaki and a Missionary Father
Doctor Wells governs a Tokyo area mission family in Takasaki as Misako wields power over Bobbie a mother dies and the boy grows torn between Western discipline and Japanese lore Wells reflects on his failed past and the dream of sending Bobbie to America for education while Misako schemes to keep control and steer the boy toward an arranged future
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Doctor Wells
Misako
Little Bobble
Mitagiri
Bobbie
Takasaki
Elsie
Takusaki
Wells
Bobbie-San
America
Richard
Kayama-San
Robert
Bobble
Fragmentary Narration of Hospital Scene and Protest
A clipped passage depicts a crowd reacting to a doctor’s question, followed by a wail of protest and anguish as a character named Bobbie gives a delighted answer. The fragment hints at emotional tension surrounding a medical setting and a pivotal moment.
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Doctor Wells
Bobbie
Sanderson Builds Private Rooftop Room For Bob
James Sanderson settles Bob in a specially prepared offsite room with a view and privacy after his move to Nob Hill. The space features a spiral stair, a pillbox tower, and craft details, aiming to give the lonely youth a homelike refuge away from boarding life.
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Sanderson
Bob
Child Cries For His Own Way In Family Exchange
A family scene unfolds as a baby cries for settings beyond reach. The father and mother debate the meaning of the outcry with the mother saying the child wants his own way and cannot have it, while the grandfather pursues a stern lesson.
Public Opinion Fights Roadside Billboards and Vandalism
Public sentiment shifts to curb roadside billboards as fifteen national advertisers promise to drop such ads when contracts end. The movement, inspired by England, reaches Massachusetts and other states with new restrictions. Reforms urge removal of ramshackle structures and cleaner roadsides, while motorists are urged to respect scenery and avoid trashing picnic sites and flowers along highways.
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England
Massachusetts
Zoning primer from Commerce Dept outlines city reforms
The Department of Commerce division on building and housing issues a Zoning Primer to curb waste from crowded layouts. It explains zoning goals health and property protections and impacts on living costs. Legal issues and city examples are included with a five cent price.
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Division of Building and Housing
Department of Commerce
Washington
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Public recreation spending climbs to over fourteen million
The Playground and Recreation Association of America reports that U S and Canadian cities spent more than 14 million dollars on public recreation last year, over double the figure a decade earlier. In 680 cities 660 run 6591 playgrounds under paid leaders, compared with 41 cities in 1906. The daily average attendance at summer playgrounds in 1923 is about 1.2 million, four times 1918 levels.
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United States
Canada
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Theodore Roosevelt
Refugee Not Deserter Stuns Pasadena Court
In Pasadena last week a man accused of deserting his wife told the judge he was not a deserter but a refugee. The remark came after the evidence was in and shows the judge hearing a humorous defense in a desertion case from the Los Angeles Times.
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Sanderson
Bob
Pasadena
Los Angeles Times
At the Top Only a Calaveras Grove Wonder Impresses Visitor
An eastern visitor from New Jersey rejects California sights until the Calaveras grove's big trees overwhelm her. Her niece remarks on the height, and the old lady concedes with a playful line about the top.
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California
New Jersey
Calaveras Grove
Geophone development during World War I
The geophone emerged as a wartime detecting instrument for enemy mining. The first model by the French covered a radius of 1 yard, while the United States produced a version with about one third greater range.
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United States
Mystery of Slow Crossing Frustrates Drivers
A puzzling railway crossing slows motorists as they struggle to reduce speed for a brief pause. Once the journeyed miles took only hours to cover short stretches, now drivers face an inexplicable delay at the crossing.
Perfect toFeel for Others and Benevolence Dictates Perfection
Adam Smith argues that true human perfection lies in restraining selfishness and freely expressing benevolent affections toward others. The quote emphasizes moral sentiment as the ideal of humanity and social virtue.
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Adam Smith
Forms in Poetry and Its Vital Power
Henry Timrod notes poetry can assume any course and shape, rejecting fixed forms and asserting poetry as a vital power beyond stereotype. The statement emphasizes flexibility and creative freedom in poetic expression.
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Henry Timrod
California Fig Syrup Ad Promotes Gentle Bowel Cleanse
An old advertising note touts genuine California Fig Syrup as a safe remedy for infant and child constipation and digestive upset. It claims to cleanse bowels of poisons and gases without narcotics, and urges parents to insist on the genuine label with clear directions on the bottle.
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California
Guard at Neway State Penitentiary Suffered Ten Years From Catarrh
A guard at Neway State Penitentiary endured a decade of catarrh before his death. The obituary notes his service and illness as the defining details of his final years.
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Neway State Penitentiary
Pe-ru-Na Endorsed By Ossining Man For Catarrh Relief
Mr Charles S Many of 12 Water St Ossining New York says after ten medicines failed Pe-ru-Na cured his catarrh and dizziness He notes the remedy works when a cold begins and urges readers to ask for the original Pe-ru-Na available in tablet and liquid forms.
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Mr. Charles S. Many
Water St
Ossining
N. Y
The Slimmest House on a Tiny Bronx Lot
New York City reports its slimmest house on a corner lot at Melrose Avenue and 161st Street in the Bronx. The eight foot eight inch wide and twenty two foot deep lot holds a two story residence built by the owner.
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New York City
Melrose Avenue
161St Street
Bronx
First Paper Mill Opened Near Philadelphia in 1600
The first paper mill in America began near Philadelphia in 1600 and papermaking was done by hand. Until 1756 the pulp was beaten by hand using rags, with the pulp engine still unknown in the colonies.
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America
Philadelphia
Holland
Early Navy Oranges Arrive From Brazil in 1870
California ships 8,000,000 boxes of navel oranges annually, a crop born from 1870 experiments by the Department of Agriculture. The initial grove started with under twenty trees, one of the two original trees brought to the United States survives in Washington, D. C., the other in California.
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California
United States
Brazil
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
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Gioharde Medicine Co
Sherman
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Houston
Beaumont
C. W. Strain, G. P. A
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