Kismet Romance at Brimmer's Amid Arcadian Retreats
Grace Flushing, a New York clerk, vacationing at Brimmer's in a lakeside Arcadia, rekindles a chance encounter with Jack Hardy, a rich California lord, after Grace finds a lucky charm labeled Kismet. The two form a budding bond through boating, talks, and shared secrets, leading to a quiet engagement as Grace maintains her independence while Jack pursues her.
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Grace
Duck and Sunning’s
New York
Jack
California
Gotham
Brimmer's
Duck & Sunning’s
Jack Hardy
Kismet
New York Garbage Profit Theory Mentioned by Paper
The New York News notes a claimed recent discovery claiming garbage, with ammonia and fertilizer byproducts, can be disposed of profitably at seven hundred dollars a day to the city. It warns details are unimportant but if science profits from garbage and ash nuisances, New York will salute science.
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New York News
New York
Shoplifting center rising says London provider
The center of shoplifting is reported to be increasing with middle and upper class women identified as culprits. Tricks include hiding money or goods in multiple pockets and loose clothing to avoid detection. kleptomania is blamed as the motive, with thieves commonly working in pairs to distract while the other steals.
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White Ir
London
Moving Mountain of the Columbia River Amazes West Coast
The Moving or Sliding Mountain of the Columbia River is a colossal geological oddity about 2000 feet high with eight miles of river frontage and three peaks. Civil engineers confirm its slow advance toward the Salmon River, threatening to dam the river and create a lake from the Cascades to The Dalles. Forests at its base are carried into the river as the railroad bed shifts twenty feet in eight years, a pace older Indigenous legends say has slowed since white settlement began.
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Columbia
River
Great
Salmon River
Cascades
Dalles
St. Louis Republic
Indiana's Madstone Said To Draw Poison From Wounds
A. M. Thompson of Marion County owns a madstone imported from Glasgow by an eccentric Scottish woman. The stone measures about three by two inches, slate surface, and is used by applying moisture and heat. it is said to draw poison from wounds and cause swelling to subside within hours.
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Indiana
A. M. Thompson
Marion County
Glasgow
Scotland
James Chive Stont
Thompson
Lincoln
A Scent Farm For Victoria Women Workers
The Victoria government promotes industry by establishing a scent farm at Donolly. The manager runs daily classes on scent extraction and distillation of roses and lavender, plus care for scent plants and soils. The plan combines beekeeping and poultry farming to provide women with new employment and boost colonial industry.
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Victoria
St Donolly
New York Sun
Mourne and Esterhazy Tale At Vienna Grave Scene
The fragment describes a scene after a prince Esterhazy event in Vienna with a prelate, a train, and pallbearers. One man lingered by the church and railway, returning to the tomb repeatedly. The other mourners departed after ceremonies, while a mourner stayed near the grave for long intervals. New Orleans Picayune.
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Esterhazy
Ariel
Vienna
Nero
Marners Estedt
Lars
Exen
Jeans Picayane
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Atlanta Constitution
Isabel Holmes
F& S
Brimmer’s
Arcadia
Duck and Sunning
Siler
Odeside Nes
Son
Alan Egyptian Diazsi
Immen Pasha
Miss Page
Immen
Orental
Imiajen
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Lelve
Messiac
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Troy
Aouthia
Harpers’ Magazine
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