MeRECLUSE of Fifth Avenue Blackmail and a bold political bid
Raxon unveils a brutal plan to force McKimber into obedience using a hidden page and letters about a bigamous marriage. McKimber fears exposure and loses the will to resist as Raxon tattles of future ruin and Senate strategy. Meanwhile Nita instruments secrets for Milman as love complicates the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raxon
McKimber
Utica
St. Louis
Davis Foundry
William Graham
Graham
Justice of the Peace
New York
Westfield
Senate
Nita
Bradney
Robin
Malet
Barnes
Gertrude Raxon
Mr. Raxon
Central
Enry
Roxon
Explosives in the Progress of Civilization
A National Geographic bulletin notes explosives power across civilization from road building and mining to aviation and pumping water. It cites powder pressures, the varied danger of nitro compounds, and 1925 production figures with uses in mining, construction, and flood control.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
United States
Roger Bacon
Florence
Nast's Shy Genius Surprised Audiences With Crayon Talk
The cartoonist Thomas Nast avoided crowds by letting his drawings speak. A Redpath tour forced a compromise where he could face away and speak briefly. A Philadelphia moment earned him 40 000 dollars before homesickness ended further engagements. Pasteur's germ discovery is also noted as a century-old milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nast
Redpath’s
Nast
Simplic
Ity
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Cascarets Promote Regular Bowels and Gentle Cascara Laxative
The piece extols cascara as a natural laxative, claiming cascarets tone the bowels and create lasting regularity without habit formation. It argues cascara causes no strong reactions, unlike harsh purgatives, and urges parents to rely on cascarets for easy, repeatable relief.
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Cascara
Silent exchange on meaning sparks regional dialect remark
A brief dialogue features a question about the word cistern and a humorous botched definition calling it the female of brethren, reflecting dialect humor.
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Breddern
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Fifth Avenue
Paul Raxon
Alfred
Fleming Bradney
Peter Milman
Viscount de Guillain
Cophetua
Agatha
Europe
de Guillains
Mr. McKimber
Elder
Robbie
Miss Brown
Wyndham Martyn
The
W.N.U. Service
Coxoxs
PXO
Louis Pasteur
BAYER
Spohn
Gi Spohin
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Ind
Diana
Cascarets
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