Secret confession ends a family murder plot
In a dramatic scene at Trenholme house, Helen confronts Marina’s killer and Lynde Graham’s innocence is proven. Rudolph Trenholme dies revealing his partner Imogene Treton’s motive, while Mrs Trenholme confesses murder to protect Ralph. Helen exposes a hidden ghost in the marriage.
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Jostan
Cara
Helen
Helen Walton
Tf T
Marina Trenholme
Ife
Imogene
Lynde Graham
Tam
Ralph Trenholme
St. Cyril
John Rudolph
Ralph
Rudolph
Marina
Miss Fulton
Trentle
A Sleeping Power The New Science Review Explains
A New Science Review essay argues a latent mental power exists within us that can be felt as telepathy or instinct. The narrator recalls incidents of recognizing a photograph’s subject and triggering reactions via handwriting and written notes without direct contact.
Hot Weather Cure for Paralysis Story Sparks Interest
Humphrey Kendrick of Los Angeles, aboard the Steamship City of Pekin, claims hot climates cured his paralysis. After a horseback accident, he sought relief in Japan, Hawaii, and the hot sands of the south coast, enduring extreme heat to regain health.
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Pekin
Humphrey Kendrick
Los Angeles
Japan
Kendrick
Wendrick
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco Chronicle
Father Tests Child’s Hobbies With Toys
A fond father describes trying to discover his boy’s interests by giving a toy printing press, steam engine, paints, tools, and more. The child smashed every item, leading the philosopher to conclude the boy will likely become a furniture mover.
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Philosopher
Family Affliction Plagues Green Bay Family
Wesley Ayres of Green Bay Wisconsin has lost three sons to drowning in four years. The latest tragedy occurred about a fortnight ago when his eight year old son Jad drowned while fishing.
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Wesley Ayres
Green Bay
Wis
Hats Celebrate American Style in Nature Themed Gowns
In Woman's Corner notes hats for the season reflect American nature and bridal mother gowns. Grandmotherly blossoms such as mignonette heliotrope and garden daisies adorn green straw hats with green tulle, massed sprays, and a perfume from the flowers. A brunette garden party hat in yellow silk mull with lace wings and primroses offers a contrasting, charming look.
Bride Mother Gown Calls for Quiet Dignity and Elegance
A wedding note urges a gown for the bride's mother that conveys quiet dignity and elegance. The design favors restraint and refined styling to complement the ceremony.
Skincare Advice Sparks Caution Over Bleaching Fluids
Experts warn against commonly used bleaching fluids for complexion care noting many contain dangerous drugs. They require careful handling to avoid further skin irritation and emphasize safer alternatives.
House Gowns: Dimity Fabrics Rule In Comfort Wear
The article notes summer underwear and house gowns in dimity, organdie, and batiste. It cites low-cost fabrics at 10 to 18 cents per yard and ready made garments from 35 cents upward. Favorite colors include sea green, lavender, and yellow with lace trimming and bishop sleeves.
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Dimity
Batistes
Dimities
Fashionable Fair Ones Wedding Attire and Home Decor Tips
The piece describes a bride’s mother designing a gray satin gown with purple brocade for a wedding, detailing a velvet ribbon toque and steel trimming. It also offers fireplace decor ideas including a portable screen and curtain solutions to improve lighting and concealment, plus simple enameled screens and curtained mantels.
Neck care for white skin and firm necklines
The article advises nightly neck washing with warm water and olive oil after massaging with tea, then cold rinsing in the morning. It claims the routine whitens skin, firms the neck, and counteracts yellowing from collars and linen fabrics.
Inducement to Hungarian Lovers at Millennial Exhibition
The Hungarian authorities offer betrothed couples free civil marriage in Buda Pest during the millennial exhibition. A public registry will be kept at the city hall with an official, and marriages are free. Couples and friends receive a week of feasting, carriages, lodgings, and tours of the city and exhibition grounds.
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Buda-Pesth
When Can You Write Best
A busy editor in a dialogue explains he writes best when alone, noting that environment affects writers. The exchange emphasizes solitary focus as the key to quality writing.
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Incubator Baby Thrives Under New York Treatment
A tiny newborn named Carrie, three and a half pounds, rests in a copper incubator at Post-Graduate Hospital, fed via a rubber tube and glass funnel. Though fragile, she shows signs of improving as nurses monitor temperature and nourishment.
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East 20Th Street
New York Journal
Carrie
African birds with remarkable nests and quirks described
The text notes Africa hosts diverse queer birds such as weaver birds that weave hanging grass nests in colonies, bee eaters with scarlet throats nesting in riverbank tunnels, and the hammerkop or rain doctor whose loud pre rainstorm calls act as a barometer. It details nest sizes, locations, and behaviors.
Curious miscellany from scattered local notices
In Kingston Kansas two men captured 100 pounds of stunned fish. L A Cheatham of Wadley Georgia owns a goat with eighteen horns developed on its head and hooves. A Maine correspondent begins a report of a June wedding at high noon. An 11 year old is licensed to teach in Portsmouth Ohio. A mammoth beaver skull was found in South Bend Indiana weighing about 400 pounds. In Princess Anne County Maryland lightning struck a home of George Tilghman, ripping pictures from walls. Two brothers in North Waldoboro trimmed their father’s grave and fought with clubs, drawing in lawyers. Reports describe four legged chickens from several towns. George Phelps of Milcom Virginia has a three legged chicken and Vermont remains a dry state. Our liberal spirit is measured by what we have left.
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L. A. Cheatham
Wadley
Maine
Portsmouth
Ohio
South Bend
Ind
Michigan State Line
Princess Anne County
George Tilghman
Art Improvement Association
North Waldoboro
Frank Chopin
Akron
William Getty, Jr
Norristown
Oxford
George, Phelp
Milcom
Vermont
Low Rate Excursions to the South via L N Railroad
On the first and third Tuesday each month until October the Louisville and Nashville railroad offers about half price round trip tickets to southern points. Ask your ticket agent. if excursions cannot be sold, write to C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville Ky, or J. K. Ridgely, N W P A, Chicago Ill.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
C. P. Atmore
Louisville
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
Ill
Filthy Towel Sparks Surprise at Small Hotel
A guest at a small hotel complains a towel is dirty. The proprietor replies that nearly a hundred men used the towel that day, and the guest is the first to object.
Glorious Fourth Charter For Island Park Picnic
The C. and I. R. R. prepare elaborate July Fourth celebrations at Island Park picnic grounds near Chicago. Round trip fare from Chicago is $1. Boating and fishing promise ample space and popular resort status.
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Island Park
Chicago
Wheel versus Wife and the Stoker Suit
The Boston Transcript reports a humorously phrased dispute where Duddy notes a wife may sue over alienation of her husband’s affections, while the Stoker referenced is said to be dead gone on his bicycle.
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Fuddy
Stoker
Duddy
Boston Transcript
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Europe
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Mr. Trenholme
Imogene Treton
Rudoelph
Tie
Misa Treton
Tynde Graham
Lynda Graham
Trenholme House
The
New Science Review
New York
Lord Palmerston
Africa
Hammerkop
Kingston
Kans
Econo
Hood
Duxbak
Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Kyene Journal
Valuzsle
P. O
N. Y. City
Vico
Freehamton
N.Y
Charles F. Wyres Co
Philadelphia
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Chautauqua
Jagara
Adirondacks
Catskills
Lake George
Thousand Islands
Hudson
C.K. Wilber
P. A
Stark Brothers
Hoakport, Ils
Hypo CO
la Salle St
Patrick O'Farrell
Washington, D
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Maria
Quincy, Mich
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