Neighborly Rescue Brings Wandering Wife Home
Earle and Rachel Pelham share their attic scare with neighbor Robert Mason after Mrs Mason, thought dead, returns from a swamp district. A staged visit by “visitors” helps the wife regain her memory at home with supportive neighbors and a quiet lunch.
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Robert Mason
Earle Pelham
Pelham
Mrs. Pelham
Earle
Pelhams
Mason
Mrs. Mason
Ham
Rachel
Mr. Pelham
Robert
Mr. Mason
Why the Horseshoe Becomes a Sign of Luck
A thirteenth century tale explains the horseshoe as a protective symbol after a demon horse omen. Folk beliefs held a horse tooth in a pocket warded toothache and a horseshoe under a child's pillow eased colic, while nailing it to a building was kept from fire.
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Gervaise
Tilbury
England
Candidate boasts on record as rivals react
A candidate defends his record with a boast while an opposition member reacts with derision. A bystander questions footing, comparing the candidate to a mountain goat and remarking on a light tie down.
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Dublone Prales
Denmark through a Scotswoman’s eyes from Christiania to Copenhagen
Mary Ethel McAuley describes travel from Christiania to Copenhagen by boat and rail due to mine disruptions. She notes Gothenburg’s rapid building, the Kronborg castle, Danish palaces, crowded Copenhagen hotels, high beer and meat prices, Germany’s war impact on imports, Bohemian cafe culture, strong biking and telephoning life, and a sober wartime mood among Danes with troops in uniform.
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Christiania
Copenhagen
Mary Ethel McAuley
Denmark
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Sweden
North Sea
Helsingborg
Gothenburg
Europe
Kronberg
Harlet
Fredriksborg Castle
Queen Alexandra of
England
Rosenborg
Amalienborg
Scandinavia
America
Germany
Poor petted husband and wife clash over Palm Beach trip
A husband frets he must leave his business to accompany his wife on a Palm Beach visit. The wife complains he lacks empathy and plans to go alone, while the husband organizes six weeks away, staggering bills and creditors. The tale, from Life, ends with the wife noting the husband “absolutely needed a change of scene.”
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Palm Beach
Unstable Moon and the Greenwich Observatory
The Greenwich observatory founded by Charles II in 1675 to study the moon’s motions shows growing divergence between calculated lunar positions and actual Greenwich measurements. The error is increasing, about half a second of arc per year over two decades, prompting questions about unknown forces or Earth's true shape affecting calculations.
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Greenwich
Charles II
Astronomer-Royal of
Great Britain
Fumigation Techniques For Darkening Oak Wood
The article describes methods to darken oak using ammonia fumigation in a closed space with a dish of ammonia. It notes the ammonia reacts with tannic acid to deepen color and allows shaving removal without fading. Additional methods include brushing ammonia, potash or bichromate solutions, strong coffee used by German cabinet makers, and iron filings with sulfuric acid for very dark tones.
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Germany
Begin to See Daylight in Public Health View
The piece argues pellagra origin divides doctors but public health aims are sound. It predicts diet replaces drugs, orange juice or lettuce as prescriptions, and education on fats proteins and carbohydrates will grow. Sugar and pie crust are blamed for widespread harm as society moves from stone age to civilized age in food matters.
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Public Health Service
Boston Daily Advertiser
Merny
Auntie rides a fast car to home in Richmond tale
A vivid Richmond scene shows Aunt Emily, a stern mammy figure, clinging to a racing roadster as Mistah John drives her away from threats. The humor centers on perspective as Auntie scolds a misbehaving colored boy and the driver speeds through crowded streets toward the suburbs.
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Richmond
Emily
Auntic
Lawsie
Mistah
John
Auntie
Mista
Mistah John
Wirifield Larner
Remarkable Dental Work From London Lecture
A young Highland officer near Neuve Chapelle had his lower jaw blasted away by shellfire. A doctor rebuilt the mouth adding two inches of bone, fitted artificial teeth, repaired lips, and he now appears normal aside from a small mouth scar.
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London
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Perpetual Restraint
A speaker recalls childhood discipline for reading dime novels and being reproved by his father. He notes evolving strictness as his daughters now chide him for watching moving pictures, suggesting a shift in generational attitudes toward entertainment.
The Witty Exchange Over a Wife’s Gown
A brief dialogue records a wife praising her gown and a husband joking about who pays the bill. The humorous exchange reflects domestic wit.
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W. G. Chapzian
Iabatetet Orate
New York City
Berlin
Bureau
Rosenberg "Palace
Driver
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