Wreck News Sparks Romance at Mrs Chester's
Bert Leslie brings word of a brig wreck to Mrs Ches ter's guests on Long Island. He and Kate Lambert grow closer after a morning of wry wit and stifled feelings, leading to an eventual marriage proposal and two years of patient hope.
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Bert Leslie
Mrs. Chester
Leslie
Kate Lambert
Miss Lambert
Mr. Leslie
General Washington
Piaces
Sert
Bert Les- Me
Kate
Bert
Nat
Bert Lesiie
Miss Taumbert
Bert Leste
Ate Lambert
Miss Tambert
I Stand
Leslie—Lambert
St. George's Church
Tyrrell
Austin Lambert
Mrs Booths Reform Halls Aid Released Prisoners Past Failures
Mrs Maud Ballington Booth has established Hope Halls in New York City and Chicago to aid discharged convicts. About 8000 to 9000 men have been sheltered and encouraged to start anew, with 75 percent finding work and reform. The two facilities cost around $4000 annually, funded by Booth personally.
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Hope Halls
New York City
Chicago
Booth
Olive oil cure for nerves and nerves health
The piece extols olive oil as a nerve tonic and a cheap nutritious food. It recommends pure bulk olive oil costing two to three dollars a gallon and a daily dose of one teaspoonful three times, with gradual tasting on salads before full use.
Asparagus Push Aims at English Market
California prunes and oranges are valued in England and an effort will start to grow asparagus to compete with the French product widely consumed there.
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California
England
Eogland
No clear headline from fragmented Cumberland river text
Fragmentary passage describes the Wolf River region in the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee with steep cliffs and deep gorges. Mentions a historic mill driven by river power but provides no connected event or date.
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Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
Wolf River
Rocky Mountains
Mill Sinks and Haunts Folklore of River Cavern Site
An old mill built over a large subterranean recess sank after years of river erosion. Within an hour the site filled with water and the river flowed over the mill ruin. Locals claim the haunted site shows a ghostly mill still grinding in fog at night. The piece also cites a biblical passage linking a mysterious park claim to Exodus.
Music for Animals at London Zoo Reveals Hushed and Wild Effects
A student conducted experiments with music on animals at the London Zoo. A sleeping tiger first listened calmly to soft violin, then reacted violently to louder notes and a changing instrument, finally calming to a gentle walk under flute music. The study notes some humans’ inability to detect discord versus the animal responses. Cuban birds, including a large singing robin and colorful sparrows, are described alongside a great cuckoo with a long tail in New York Herald correspondence.
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London Zoo
Zoo
Cuba
New York Herald
Sex and ships in language across cultures
The article discusses how ships are personified with feminine language in many languages including French Italian Spanish and Portuguese while English sailors refer to ships as ladies regardless of the vessel type. It notes Greek origins for feminizing ships and contrasts linguistic traditions with naval custom.
Painter of the Indian Charles H Stephens
Charles H Stephens, painter on the cover of October Ladies' Home Journal, is a leading expert on Indian life and art. Former Philadelphia Art School instructor, he mentored Alice Barber who became his wife. her signed drawings are acclaimed in black and white art.
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Charles H. Stephens
Ladies’ Home Journal
Philadelphia Art School
Alice Barber
Alice Barber Stephens
You Can Get Allen's Foot-Kase Free
Advertisement offers a free sample of Alien's Foot-Hase powder from Olmsted in Le Roy New York. Claims to cure sweating damp swollen and aching feet and to ease fitting in new or tight shoes. Describes as a cure for corns and bunions with general druggists and shoe stores selling it for 26 cents.
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Allen
Alien
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Bright People and Lasting Regret in Diversity
A reflective note on how bright sincere individuals differ and the enduring regret that more of their varied lives remain unknown to us. The author laments the limits of knowledge about the world’s genuinely good people.
Cough Remedy Ad and Shakespeare Quotation
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a swift cough remedy with sample bottles free at the drugstore. It markets 45 and 50 cent bottles and warns delays are dangerous while urging readers to rely on their own judgment.
German Patent Deal Highlights Automatic Telephone Switch
The German government paid $500,000 to a Chicago firm for patents and rights to manufacture and use the automatic telephone switch after a six month test showing satisfactory results. The report cites The Electrical Engineer of London as the authority.
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Germany
Electrical Engineer of
London
Chicago
Noted Knight Templar Credits Peruna Health Cure
Colonel T. P. Moody, a prominent Knight Templar and lodge member, credits Peruna for curing long standing catarrh and stomach trouble. He says his wife also improved after taking Peruna and urges others to try it. The ad promotes Peruna with claims of long term testing and invites readers to request a catarrh book from The Peruna Medicine Co.
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Perma
Colonel T. P. Moody
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Masons
Colonel Moody
Oriental Consistory Masons
Michigan Avenue
Ill
Moody
Southwest
Peruna
T. P. Moody
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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