One Cent Capital and a Penny That Reconciled Hearts
Ronald Blair inherits a single penny from Jepthah Blair with a plot to a crocerite vein and a quarrel over a cousin’s plot to loot the will. Ruth Mason returns, chooses Ronald, and the penny becomes a token of luck and love as Hugh Telford’s schemes unravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Blair
Jones
Jepthah Blair
Blair
Hugh Telford
Ronald
Telford
Jepthed
Ruth Mason
Mr. Blair
Austria
Utah
Hugh
Mason
Ruth
W. A. Chapman
Standardizing the Longitude Meridians
The 1911 Paris congress of nautical almanac makers agreed that celestial bodies will be published in Greenwich time by leading ephemerides. This move likely prompts chart, map and atlas publishers to adopt the Greenwich meridian, aligning global standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Greenwich
Germany
Berlin
France
Paris
Christian Herald
Had Two Points of Beauty
A traveler notes Tasmanian women of European descent resisted native fashion. the last pure blooded Tasmanian woman died in 1876 at 76, and the last man in 1876 at 34. Eye and tooth description praised while the nose was bridgeless, chin protruded, and upper jaw jutted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasmania
Illinois Women Leaders Seek Funds for Historic Home
The Twenty fifth District Federation of Women's Clubs met in Cairo with Mrs. W H Hart of Marion elected president. A resolution urged lawmakers to fund a dependent girls home and to purchase the John A Logan home at Benton for historic purposes. Other cities reported local incidents and civic notes.
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Ilinois
State
Mrse. W
Cairo
W. H. Hart
Marion
H. G. Easterly
Carbondale
W. P. Montgomery
Duquoin
Dow
Chicago
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Southern Illinois
Harriet M Daniels
Murphysboro
Springfield Woman Drowns in Cistern at Home
Mrs. Henrietta Schanle, forty six, jumped into a cistern at her residence near Buffalo and drowned. Other state items note a Chicago pickpocket suspect named Oscar Raymond, a habeas corpus discharge, and various local incidents across Illinois including deaths, honors, and a Mothers Day designation by Governor Dunne for May 11, 1913.
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Springfield
Henrietta Schanle
Buffalo
Chicago
Oscar Raymond
Indiana Avenue
Raymond
Joseph Burns
Cottage Grove Avenue
James Kennedy
Kansas City
Kan
Robert Smith
Thirtieth Street
Michigan Avenue
Windes
Dunne
Illinois
Honest Munford Woman Praises Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A Munford Alabama resident writes she suffered weak nerves and backache after gates slammed shut. She used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reports substantial relief, endorsing it for other women. The advertisement emphasizes the product’s forty year history and confidential female correspondence.
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Munford
Als
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
F. P. Mullendore
Munford, Alabama
Lynn
Mass
English trade thrives as locals learn English
An English trader in Muscat after confessing he knew little Arabic illustrates the global spread of English. He notes that locals must learn English to do business, highlighting language dynamics on the Arabian coast from Aden to Kuwait. The anecdote underscores English' role as a world language due to its perceived practicality.
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Muscat
Persian Gulf
Fughahman
Arabian
Aden
Koweit
Modesty and dress in social norms
A contemporary exchange argues that modesty is shaped by dress and social conventions. It stresses that once modesty develops, abrupt violations risk social degradation and that modesty matters in daily life.
Castoria Safety Reminder for Mothers Over 300 Years Faithful
Mothers urged to inspect every CASTORIA bottle for the trusted signature. The ad promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, noting its long history of use and children calling for it.
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Fletcher
England Invents Pistol to Kill Trees
A new English pistol fires steel bolts into tree limbs to tear out living cores, described as a weapon that shoots trees to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller
An old advertisement claims Allen's Foot Ease powder loosens tight or new shoes for easier wear. It promises rest and comfort and urges refusing substitutes. A free trial package is offered by mail from Alien 8 Olmsted, Le Roy, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Alien
Olmsted
le Roy
Paradoxical Drawback Desert Tour Question Exchange
A brief dialogue features a pun on sand as a desert tour metaphor. One speaker asks about a planned desert tour and the other replies they lack enough sand, framing a humorous exchange about travel and resource limits.
Kill the Flies Now and Prevent Disease Ad
An advertisement promotes a DAILY FLY KILLER that lasts all season and claims to kill thousands. Available through dealers or six sent express prepaid for $1 from H. Somers, 150 De Kalb Ave Brooklyn NY. The copy ends with a humorous aside about men remaining ignorant despite efforts by women to inform them.
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H. Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
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Mason Home
Jepthah
Will
Illinois News
Logan
Champaign
E. J. Ames
University of Ilinois
Navy
Galesburg
W. M. Johnson
Warren County
Waukegan
Matt Staker
Jacob
John Muha
Staker
Stalker
Elgin
Nancy van Wicklin
Katherine Pleavin
O.G. Elfring
Joliet
Michael Kane
Desvlaines
Kane
State Supreme Court
Harry Woods
Pierre de Chauncy
Carpenter
State News
T. J. Rushing
Amboy
Joseph R. Noel
Oak Park
E. A. Smith
Alton
Annie S. Beard
Clement L. Clapp
W. S. Westcott
Rock Island
B. L. Skulik
Donald Shumway Rockwell
Springfeld
Hester Allen
Delavia
Harlan Mills
Decatur
August C. Krey
University of Illinois
University of Minnesota
Guy Stanton Ford
Krey
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Nancy Vanricklin
O.G Elfring
J. W. Pitcher & CO
Jackson Byd
Chicaer
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