Carringtons Daring Choice Amid Family Secrets
Carrington debates prosecuting Henry Cav enaugh as a burglar targets the safe. He confides plans to Kate, who pledges to help. A night burglary exposes loyalties while Cavena ugh suspects traitors. The next dawn finds Carrington and Kate riding to the sea as tension simmers and the mystery deepens.
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Kate Cavenaugh
Henry Cavenaugh
Cavenaugh
Rien
Kate
Yavenough
A Wrong Attitude and the Value of Character
The piece argues that hundreds of working girls supporting aging parents or children are morally superior to aristocrats when they show character. It warns that envy and hatred toward the wealthy do not elevate laborers and stresses character and principle as eternal worth beyond wealth or poverty.
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Earth
Causes of Blindness and the Role of Eye Strain
The article divides eye dangers into disease and overuse from near work. It notes that overwork causes most discomfort and inefficiency, but 99 percent of blindness results from disease. It highlights that seven-tenths of blindness-causing diseases are acute infections faced by civilization.
Danger Not Close at Hand
A group of men debate the rise of women’s independence and the risk of upheaval to men’s dominance. A nomadic businessman argues women travellers remain cautious, ensuring male safety by checking berths for men before sleeping on trains.
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Norah
Cavenaugh
Glenwood
Carrington
The Answer
A humorous exchange highlights marital friction as a youngster asks what annoys most in marriage and an older person quips the woman causes the aggravation. The joke relies on stereotype and playful misdirection rather than a real-life incident.
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Oldster
Baby Burned by Boiling Grease Faces Severe Scars
A young child suffered severe injuries when boiling grease splashed onto her face and head. Doctors report extensive skin loss on one side and fear lasting disfigurement. The incident prompts caution around hot fats in kitchens and homes.
Cuticura Rebuilds Baby's Scalded Ear and Face
Mrs Hare of South Shields recounts a severe grease burn on her baby that peeled skin and feared disfigurement. After using three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, the injury healed in five weeks with no scar, skin left like velvet. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. promotes as sole proprietor in Boston.
When the Umbrella Took Fire
A Detroit iron man Thomas Simpson sits with friends as a party member struggles to light a large cigar. Simpson jokes about an umbrella he is smoking catching fire, provoking laughter from the table.
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Thomas Simpson
Detroit
Simpson
Tom
Jim
Saturday Evening Post
West and Northwest Colonist Fares Announced by Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Passenger Department announces Colonist Fares from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 1909 to all West and Northwest points. The West shows promise this year and travelers are urged to secure land at low prices while visiting regions with liberal stopover arrangements. Descriptive literature available from BE Lomax, G P A U P RB R, Omaha, Nebraska.
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Union Pacific Passenger Department
BE. L. Lomax
Omaha, Neb
Too Conscientious to Rest at the Assembly Grounds
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that a diligent citizen vacations by attending every lecture at the assembly grounds. The quip underscores a comical devotion to public lectures over leisure.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Idaho Irrigated Land Opening under Carey Act
Announcement invites readers to contact H L Hollister in Chicago for a free booklet and map about the September 20 opening of 50,000 acres of irrigated Government land in Twin Falls country Southern Idaho. This offer promises easy terms and a profitable farm home where crops never fail. Adam Clarke adds a personal note about happiness and energy.
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Idaho
H. Ll. Hollister
la Salle St
Chicago
Twin Falls
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