The Dam of Destiny Ends In a Moral Stand
Reynolds resists a Wall Street style offer from Brand to skim two hundred thousand dollars from the Pecos cement contract claiming it would endanger public safety. Brand hammers at motive while Reynolds clings to conscience, then Jane intervenes, shifting power and revealing hidden depths of character amid pressure.
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United Construcion Company
Brand
Xr Company
Os River
Pennsylvania
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Pecos
Reynolds
Hudson Cement Company
Uae
Conspiracy and a Discovery in a New York Suite
In a Manhattan office, Hudson Cement’s president reads a personal letter from Jane Reynolds proposing a plot to influence Bob Reynolds. Brand travels to Reynolds’ Staten Island cottage with Jane and chaperone Mrs Collins to discuss aiding Bob and shaping his beliefs. The car ride hints at personal motives and a plan to meet Jane’s husband.
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Lower Manhattan
Hudson Cement Company
Mr. Brand
Reynolds
Bob
Reynolds Move Into New Staten Island Bungalow
The Reynolds settle into a Staten Island bungalow with a rent like a mortgage while neighbor Mrs. Collins helps set the house in order. Newspaper man Dick Eade visits, the Reynolds face loneliness, Jane feigns illness to hide neglect, and Bob is reminded of the rent balance as Dick touts socialism and John Brand, a local system member, is urged to call.
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Reynolds
Staten Island
Brand
Sherlock Holmes style car crash mystery in Kansas City
A vehicle collision in Penn Valley park involves Samuel P. Quarles driving only five miles per hour after skidding into an abandoned car. Detective work by motorcycle officer O B Johnson uses a broken grease cup as a clue to locate the suspect vehicle and repair shop. Quarles, a salesman, lives at 8913 Broadway.
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Samuel P. Quarles
Penn Valley Park
Mr. Quarles
O. B. Johnson
Standers
Johnson
Quarles
Broadway
Kansas City Times
Letters From a Contented Man Theme
A reader writes to the Louisiana Twice-a-Week Times claiming contentment with life. He asserts no domestic or financial troubles, no affairs, and humorously notes his neighbors lack of chicken-keeping, ending with a clipped, fragmentary scene.
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Louisiana
Fairy Folk Reincarnated by Science Says Pygmy Relatives Lived in Europe
The piece links folk fairy lore with archaeology and anthropology noting Thorstenburg and J F Campbell argue for prehistoric non Aryan pygmy populations in Europe. It cites Lapp stories of salvo hills and dwarflike beings and compares fairies to underground folk with magical abilities and servant roles.
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Doctor Thorstenburg
Europe
J. F. Campbell
Campbell
Lapps
Blognap Elected to Local Council in Pigthorpe
In Pigthorpe local politics Blognap, famed for wealth from paper trade, wins a council seat. At the club he boasts free lighting and cheap water as his public aims while a younger critic questions his grasp of council procedure, especially standing committees.
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Blognap
Pigthorpe
Young Prindle
Porcelain in Homes Advocated by W Hales Turner
Turner argues porcelain walls provide superior insulation. An inch thick double glazed porcelain wall could outdo an 18 inch brick wall for warmth and heat exclusion. A rust resistant metal framework would hold porcelain panels six by three feet thick half an inch, weighing five pounds per square foot, with steam tight joints, enabling rapid house assembly.
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W. Hales Turner
Porcelain Houses Next If This Keeps On
Robert W. Chambers recalls a Broadway show where the leading lady wore a skirt slashed to the knee. He comments at the Century club in New York that such fashion could make the legitimate drama seem less respectable.
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Robert W. Chambers
Noted Dakota railroad blamed for unsafe roadbed crash
A brakeman on his first night trip over a Dakota railroad clung to seats as the train hit a smooth spot in the track and derailed. He shouted warning to passengers to save their lives as the car lurched and a lantern fell.
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Dakota
Complimentary Exchange Between Senators Highlighted
The Washington Star recounts a lighthearted episode between Senator Kern of Indiana and Senator Williams of Mississippi. Williams, meeting Mrs Kern, asked in mock judicial fashion if she married of her own free will and riffed on a nurse’s remark about marrying above one’s station.
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Senator Kern
Indiana
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
John
Darky
Miss Betty
Massa
John Sha
Washington Star
Electricity boosts vegetable growth in electric treatment
At the National Electric Light association session in Philadelphia T C Martin reported vegetables like radishes and lettuce showed a 75 percent increase in growth under electrical stimulation. The finding suggests electricity will play a key role in food production.
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National Electric Light Association
Philadelphia
T. C. Martin
Scientific American
Notable elderly philanthropists Mrs Sage and Mrs Rockefeller
Mrs Sage began her eighty seventh year and Mrs Rockefeller her seventy sixth, both celebrated for long lives of public service. Sage is described as more robust, while Rockefeller has not been very strong lately, but both are praised for their well ordered lives.
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Russell Sage
John D. Rockefeller
Sage
Rockefeller
In South Carolina Public Schools See Racial Enrollment Gap
A newspaper item notes that public schools in South Carolina enroll about 25,000 more Black students than White students, highlighting a significant racial imbalance in school enrollments.
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South Carolina
Germans Consume 200 Pounds Flour Per Capita
The report states that Germans average about 200 pounds of flour consumed per person each year, reflecting national dietary patterns and production levels.
Amazons at the barricades in early revolutionary Paris
Fragmentary account describes women as fighters in the French Revolution with Phrygian hats and pikes at Halle Faubourg and Paris streets. It mentions the Amazon of Liege, torchlight actions, and women aiding Versais royal authorities amid barricades and gunfire.
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Becaus
Liege
Astrti Non
Versais
Paris
Capla
Fragmentary exchange on congressional actions and liability
A garbled dialogue references docking away from congress and a complaint about liability. The speaker expresses that the situation is wrong and suggests someone should be paid, but specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
Heard and Obey They Say Money Lake
Evening Transcript reports on a puzzling phrase tied to a local event. Sareo is referenced in connection with a claimed money lake and its alleged implications for residents.
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Money Lake
Sareo Ton
Man Seeks Fair Fight After Years With No Excuse
A man reflects that in many years of wrestling life he fought fair and faced no excuses. The note underscores commitment to honest contest and discipline.
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