John Arbuckle Eyes Retirement From Active Business
Advertisements in papers signal sugar and coffee magnate John Arbuckle plans retirement from active work. He offers high salaries for assistants and promotes two new cripple homes for self sufficiency, detailing labor needs and an invented sewing machine to aid workers. His Mary and John Arbuckle Home project aims to help disabled workers in New Paltz.
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Wiliiensire
John Arbuckl
Willionaire Suga
Arbuckle
Mary and
John Arbuckle
New
Pat
Duchess of Aosta Serves as Red Cross Nurse in Tripoli
The Duchess of Aosta, wife of a cousin of the Italian king, serves as Red Cross Nurse No. 3 on the Bettlefelds in Tripoli. Once famed for beauty, she joined the Italian army effort, aiding cholera patients and the wounded amid field battles and earthquakes, putting aside her title for service.
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Red Cross
Tripoli
Aosta
Italy
Helene of
Orleams
Sinrepe
Africa
Douchess
Red Cross No. 3
Tuut
Life on a Boer Farm Gives Harsh Views of South Africa
An American traveler recalls a harsh Boer household in South Africa. She details scarce food, harsh living, and arranged marriages among 10s of children, noting the language barrier, labor structure, and social hierarchy. The piece contrasts rural life with old stock.
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South Africa
Kafr
Paul Kruger
Joining His Lawyer Church What Was The Name You Called
Fragmented dialogue from a historical page shows a man asking his lawyer’s name and comments on Necessity, with remarks about a dog and an individual seeking to leave a boarding house. The text references Mrs. Smith and Jones in a discussion about family support.
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Cleveland
Bill Robinson
Nate
Robinson
Church
Gotham
Necessity
Yonkers Statesman
Jones—Brown
Smith
Jones—Hlis
Bismarck
Streneth
Trintte
Earten
Understanding Amperes Volts and Watts in Electricity
A historical explainer compares amperes to volume volts to pressure and watts to output. It uses water flow analogies and notes a kilowatt hour as 1000 watts used for one hour, plus a brief biographical aside on Bismarck.
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New York
San Francisco
Allen Hollis
Iebi
Watts
Rolling’ Magazine
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John Arcucele
the Duchess OF
Budi
Aly
Henrietta
London Tatler
Ellatric Ter.v
Barr Bros
Aration
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Walnut Street
Nutley, N. J
Nutley
W. O. Davis
Passaic Aye
Chestnut, ST
Bakerpryz
Ward Shoe Store
Joe
Ciccone
Franklin Ave
Nutley, MN
Park
W. G. Fay Opticalco
E. Bhi
Ture
Brookfield Avenue
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