The House on the Hill Ends in Hope for Orphaned Children
Ide Bow man hides two starving Italian refugee children from a dead mother in a rickety hill cabin. Steve Bow man, crippled and unemployed, accepts the waifs as his own in a desperate plan to keep them off the township. He argues poor families must help each other and vows to endure hardship to care for the youngsters.
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Mrs. Burt
Steve
Mrs. Sutton
Sutton
Steve Bowman
Ide
Jake Mertz
Plunkins
Tommy
Ida
Squire York’s
Turquoises Linked to Fossil Teeth, French Study Suggests
A French scientist reports that turquoises, fossil bones and amethysts share the element fluorine, with turquoises matching fossil bones in fluorine content. The finding implies turquoises may result from fossilization, a notion noted alongside a caution about cheap talk.
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Chicago Times
Japanese Temple Wrestling Tournament Described by Alfred Parsons
In a temple courtyard near Yokohama a three class wrestling contest unfolds under a Shinto priest. Masters, workers, and youths vie in sand ring matches with ceremonial grip, strict rules, and orderly conduct, followed by Tokyo spring and autumn championships.
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Alfred Parsons
Japan
Matsuba
Parrg
Tokyo
Spain
England
America
Harper’s Magazine
Thinking Out a Novel by Hall Caine
The Washington Star quotes Hall Caine describing his writing method for The Manxman. He explains that most passages formed in his mind with eyes closed before dawn, then he would write for an hour, read, revise, and plan the next day.
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Washington Star
Elizabeth Neal
Oakland
Cal
Neal
Richmond
Washington
George Washington
Hall Caine
England
Italian bootblack proprietor runs busy stand in Equitable Building
A bootblacking operation in the Equitable Building is described with a 31200 investment. Its Italian owner, once a bootblack himself, now runs multiple valuable stands in the city and employs about seventy boys. The stand on the Pennsylvania Railroad carries privileges and wages range from five to nine dollars weekly.
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Equitable
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Mail and Express
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Brooke
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Virginia Franklyn
Nm’ Henry
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