Her Romance Is A Real Tragedy Foretold In Courtroom Drama
A New York paper reports a melodramatic tale of James Martyn a millionaire shipbuilder and his secretary Edna Summers. Citizens dispute fate and social reform as a scandalous past is aired. Edna reveals she faked a criminal record to gain employment and Martyn seeks forgiveness from his mother and fiancée.
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James Martyn
Martyn Ship Construction Company
Edna Summers
Miss Summers
Boston
Edna
Jamies
James
Mr. Martyn
Mrs. Martyn
Dan
Connecticut Avenue
Ile
Slain Planter's Will Sparks Mexican Suit Over Estate
Lawrence, a planter returning to Mexico, is killed by his employee Baillet who grabs the revolver from Lawrence’s desk. The estate, once valued over 3 million, now stands at 1.5 million. Hannah and Ray Leszynsky sue in Mexico and New York to break the will, alleging a $20,000 loan from Amelia Leszynsky was assigned to them before her death.
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New York
Supreme Court
Mexico
Albert H Lawrence
Leszynsky
Vera Cruz
Virginia Pernet
Lawrence
Charles Baillet
Baillet
Hannah
Ray Leszynsky
Hannah Leszynsky
Ray
Amelia Leszynsky
Hatpin Heroine Forces Burglar to Station
Mrs. Dora Caton used a sharp hatpin to threaten a burglar and march him to a police station, after capturing him in her apartment in New York.
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New York
Dora Caton
Love Wins Despite Vision for Heathen Mission
In Elgin Texas Miss Ethel Lowell chooses marriage over a missionary life as fiancee Byars pleads for love. A Baptist church congregation was surprised when Miss Sowell shared a dream vision about the wedding to follow service. The couple plans a Waco Baylor study and mission work, amid celebratory vows and poetic language.
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Waco
Baylor College
Were Married In Morgue At Virginia Minn
Virginia Minnesota farmer Ben Isaacson and Miss Ida Peterson wed in the undertaker H S Gillispie’s rooms. The ceremony occurred with no witnesses as Gillispie left to fetch two, leaving the couple alone near coffins. They departed by the next train toward Zim.
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Virginia
Minn
Ben Isaacson
Zim
Ida Peterson
H. S. Gillispie
Gillispie
Isaacson
Aged Parrot Linda Dies After Grief Over Mistresses
South Norwalk Connecticut reports the death of Linda a parrot reputedly 125 years old. She starved herself to death after the deaths of Mrs Ferry and Miss Terry in March. Linda sang hymns in English and Spanish, refused cages, and held a place of honor at events. her manners were praised.
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South
Norwalk
Conn
Linda
Sheep-Killing Eagle Shot Near Nashville Georgia
T H Harper shot an eagle near Nashville Georgia that had slain many sheep in the area. The bird weighed fifteen pounds and spanned seven feet from tip to tip after it was seen by Harper near a cow carcass.
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Nashville
T. H Harper
Harper
Lightning Strikes Chicken in Laurel Delaware
A lightning bolt struck a half grown chicken near Laurel Delaware and stripped it of feathers, leaving the bird intact except for lack of covering. The owner farmer his family and an automobile party from Laurel witnessed the strange incident.
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Laurel
Del
Meals and desserts ideas from a household cook’s notebook
A domestic guide lists recipes to refresh family meals with sauces for eggs, beans with tomatoes, rice and veal soup, pineapple fluff, and amber marmalade. Dishes use common ingredients like pickle, capers, celery, olives, and citrus fruit, offering simple steps and serving tips.
Absence and Time Theme in a Protest Poem
This compact verse voices a plea against absence and distance. It frames absence as a force opposing endurance, while time declares settlement. The speaker seeks alteration to prove true hearts endure and endure through separations.
Orange Discovery in Diets From Markets to Medicines
A long description extols oranges as a versatile, inexpensive fruit. It covers infant feeding uses orange juice for babies strain it and use between feeds and during teething to soothe swollen gums. It also gives recipes for orange snow sherbet and marmalade as dessert ideas and notes removing tough fiber when serving to invalids.
Mechanism of the Player Piano Actions
Scientific American explains that making player piano actions involves 20 000 operations from raw material to finished product and 4 063 individual parts are used in each action.
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Scientific American
The Styles Stir Up a Banter at the Event
A lively exchange between a bashful man and an enthusiastic woman centers on fashion. The woman extols the year's stunning styles while the man admits last year's looks were more striking, and the pair banter about whether to compare outfits.
Greatest of sports love it for the limelight
A Judge column extols baseball as the national game noting its thrill, danger, and social allure. It argues baseball exposes skill and wit, shapes heroes, and excites both men and women though warns women may misread the game and prefer a suiting escort. It humorously surveys health, happiness, and success tied to baseball.
Queen Helena’s coral reform at the Quirinal ball
The coral fishers of Torre de Greco faced dire times as coral prices collapsed. Queen Helena wore a six row coral collar and a coral diadem at a Quirinal ball, inspiring renewed demand for coral jewelry and lifting the town’s fortunes.
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Helena
Italy
Torre de’ Greco
Naples
Quirinal
Torre del Greco
Boudoir Scenes and the American Stage Views
George Jean Nathan argues that American plays showing a lady's boudoir reveal content suitable for adults and warns that stage bedrooms often imply safe, unexciting material. He criticizes how audiences perceive women’s private spaces in theater.
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George Jean Nathan
Confident Prediction Between Scholar and Questioner
A bold exchange features a parent taunting a boy about his growing intellect as he puzzles with questions meant to test and train him. The remarks hint at high expectations and the dynamic of mentorship through challenges.
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W. G. Chapman
Wisdoom
Miss Pernet
Mr Byars
Miss. Lowell
Young Byars
W. H Horton
Vsion
Undertaker
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