Selina Sue and the Ridgeside tales of sorrow and aid
Miss Selina Sue narrates a string of rural calamities and kindness from the Ridge. A cave-in saves a mother and child while injuring two boys, a deaf man regains hearing after a sneeze, and community charity thrives as she helps a dying woman and an aspiring bridegroom cope with wedding woes. Bennie delivers a dime, and Mr. Alan urges care and faith.
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Mr. Alan
Selina Sue
Jere Sommers
Alan
Miss Selina Sue
Tom Withers
Warren County
Mr. Dobbs
Ethel Maud
Bennie
Cynthie
Tobh
Adoniram
Dave Elkins
Patty Sedberry
Deacon Jennings
Miss Selina Lu and the Seabox Babies of River Bluff
Miss Selina Sue, guardian angel of River Bluff, runs a day nursery for local babies from the rear of her gro —evy. Her friend Cynthia Page visits and Alan Kent, a young artist, contemplates a studio for his barn Blossom while Cynthia fears her mother may lose the old homestead near the Hill Mansion.
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Selina Sue
River Bluff
Groevy
Cynthia Page
Widow Page
Synthia
Selina
Alan Kent
Blossom
Jas Lue
Cynthia
Alan
Ocean telephone may bridge Europe and America amid new cable tech
An article notes a Dover to Cape Gris Nez cable could improve Atlantic speech and reduce distortion with coil system advances. If successful, further improvements may enable ocean telephony though it will remain costly. The piece frames science as a peace tool reducing distant misunderstanding that fuels conflict.
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Dover
Cape Gris Nez
England
France
Atlantic Ocean
Belgium
Europe
America
Roman find challenges samovar origins in Switzerland
In Avenches the Roman city of Aventicum archaeologists unearthed a bronze vessel with internal samovar like mechanism and charcoal heating. The artifact, though differently shaped, appears designed to keep wine hot, suggesting early use of heat keeping devices in Roman times.
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Avenches
Me chanipulate coined for machine handling of work
A new term me chanipulate is introduced to describe the process of handling a piece of work by machinery. The coinage merges mechanical action with manipulation, signaling a novel concept in manufacturing discourse.
Resinol Ointment Promoted as Cure for Skin Ailments
An advertisement touts Resinol ointment and Resinol Soap as cures for eczema on the scalp and body. It claims rapid relief from itching and a range of eruptive skin diseases including ringworm and barber’s itch, plus uses for burns and scalds. The product is sold in opal jars, fifty cents and one dollar, from Resinol Chemical in Baltimore, Md.
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Arugeiats Resino! Chemical
Baltimore
HimInvocation A Success
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item recalls Guy Bates Post recounting an amateur show with a dramatic lighting mishap. A leading actor, aiming to dim the lights for a storm scene, struggled and cursed the gas man to darken them, prompting audience laughter as the lights finally dimmed.
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Guy Bates Post
Ministry
Pittsburg
Parents and Teachers Should Cooperate in Child Development
The piece argues that parents should work with teachers to foster virtue and address faults, but notes many parents resist teachers who identify issues. It cites Dilla Wheeler Wilcox urging collaboration, warning that denial of faults undermines character education and harms the teacher’s efforts.
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Dlla Wheeler Wilcox
Wisconsinwoman Abandons Coffee Finds Health With Postum
A Wisconsin woman reports relief from headaches heart pain and dyspepsia after stopping coffee and switching to Postum. She credits improved digestion and elimination of sick headaches to the change and mentions a final note from the Postum Company. The letter card cites liver congestion and other health claims and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Wisconsin
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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MLS
Miss Selina LU
Marie Orn Oon
Roth Ons Pilagnus Fright
Hill
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