A Candy Maker Oddities From A French Dream
A quirky scene of a candy maker in a quaint street evokes a whimsical taste for French confections. A dramatic chase unfolds as John Trasker breaks from a window, pursued for murder, leading to his capture and a confession amid factory intrigue. Banks thanks a young client and receives a wedding invitation fifteen months later.
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Joan Trasker
John Trasker
Trasker
Stanton
Mr. Williams
Banks
New York News
The Case of the Murdered Factory Owner
A young heiress petitions private detective Banks to clear her cousin Harry Blanton, accused of murdering Thomas Kempton, factory owner. Evidence includes a fatal knife, rifled safe, and Blanton’s sudden disappearance after a heated quarrel at the office.
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Mr. Banks
Harry
Banks
Thomas Kempton
Harry Blanton
Thaif
Fhempton
Young Stanton
Stanton
Hanks
Grege
Young Blanton
Fingerprint Test Reveals Suspect in Factory Murder
In a factory office Banks and Williams stage a thumbprint experiment with a magic lantern to compare prints from workers. A mysterious package and missing articles hint at a clue as Detective Gregg pursues leads, while Banks hints at a promising development.
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Gregg
Stanton
Banks
Williams
China
World News Notes and Human Interest Items
A scattered column reports on a Pontefract area banker who collects old doors, and South Africa’s grass-based pulp for paper. It notes strange graves in South America and a blind man in Birmingham acquitted after a glass incident. It lists Revolutionary War pensioners Hannah Barrett Esther Damon and Rhoda Thompson, plus engineer Knorr’s Trans Siberian bridges and a curious family tragedy tied to his bridges.
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Green
Birmingham
England
Hannah Newell Barrett
Boston
Mass
Noah Harrod
Massachusetts
Esther S. Damon
Flymouth
Noah Damon
Rnoda Augusta Thompson
Woodbury
Thaddeus Thompson
Col
John Lam
New York Regiment
Five Husbands Woman Freed Again Shocks Chicago Readers
In Chicago residents read that the woman who had five husbands is free again, a startling tale recounted from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The remark asks why the men look alarmed as the startling news spreads through the city.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Faith and the Explorer Inside the Human Spirit
The passage argues faith differs from knowledge and is more imaginational and volitional than intellectual. It likens faith to a compass guiding seekers like Columbus, a bonfire that can burn bright or dim, shaping the unknown as life unfolds. Faith fuels longing, dream, and pursuit of truth even as it waits on reality.
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Columbus
The Negro and the South by W H Councill
An impassioned piece by W H Councill of Normal Alabama urging unity between races and regions. He warns against Northern labor intrusion, calls for self improvement among African Americans, and praises southern Black women and families while urging white Southerners to fair mindedly address race relations.
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South
W.H. Councill
Negro College At
Normal
Ala
North
Nesro
Beauty Is in the Eye of Beholder Says Artist
Artist and portrait painter H. Harry Wilson argues beauty resists definition. He asserts beauty lies in faces and figures seen by each observer, not in skin color or feature regularity, and that mixed types can be most beautiful.
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Seauty
H. Harry Wilson Watious
Emerson
Tutuila by President Jordan A vivid voyage through sacred Pacific shores
In the South Seas Tutuila lies four thousand miles from San Francisco described as a volcanic crater harboring Pago Pago. The harbor is landlocked by reefs and cliffs, sheltered from south surf, offering a deep two mile harbor ideal for a great nation’s expanding trade.
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David Starr Jordan
South Seas
Tutuila
Golden Gate of California
San Francisco
Stevenson
Lantos
Pago-Pago
Matafao
Peoa
Samoa
Atlantic
Thinking and Doing in Modern Business
The successful man relies on trained habits and thoughts to do the right things at the right time. Mental training gains importance as schooling becomes valued, especially in a world driven by science and skill where educated minds are preferred by employers.
Water in Wheeling School Flood Notes
Fragmentary notes describe water use in school activities and a flood. Mentions water types and their roles in swimming and fueling engines, with scattered phrases about safety and routine. No clear names, dates, places, or events emerge from the text.
Arsenic Toxicity Alleged in Royal Injury Scene
The Czarat confronts a physician in a feverish scene as he seeks truth about a worsening condition. He complains of a bitter taste and disturbed sleep while fearing poisoning rumors. A doctor mentions arsenic tonic as a possible temporary relief if used properly.
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Czarat
Ina
Michael
Chicago Record Herald
Elector Story Involving Lady Randolph Churchill
A fragment describes Lady Randolph Churchill née Jenni Jerome canvassing in England for Mrs Ashmead Bartlett and an elector's remark about securing votes. The exchange includes references to Lady Burdett Coutts and age considerations, with a distant recall of Lady Churchill’s reaction.
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Randolph Chureaill
Jennie Jerome
New York
England
Ashmead- Bartlett
Churchill
Burdett- Coutts
Lady Burdett
Chinese Minister’s Wit at Washington Wedding
The Chinese Minister Sir Chentung Liang Cheng attended a Washington wedding and pondered the custom of throwing rice. A guest explains it is to wish good luck, prompting the Oriental to ask why rice isn’t thrown at funerals for the hearse.
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Chentung Liang Cheng
Wu “Ting-fang
Sir Chentung
Washington
Eight-year-old's recovery linked to Grape-Nuts diet
A father credits rapid recovery from appendicitis after his eight year old son was fed Grape-Nuts. He says prior inconclusive digestion caused illness and that earlier diet would have prevented appendicitis, claiming undigested food fosters disease and microbes, with improved health after the change.
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Ayeak
Battle Creel
Mich
Ron Wellville
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Pontefract
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Chicago
G. Lowes Dickiise
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