The Destroying Angel installment tragedy unfolds
Hugh Whitaker flees his life with chloral and a plan to outpace Peter Stark. In a rain soaked Philadelphia hotel he encounters a frightened Mary Ladislas and learns she fled Southampton to marry their chauffeur Charley Morton. Whitaker protects her as danger and secrets surface linking Wall Street names to a perilous web.
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Mrs. Morten
Peter Stark
Whitaker
Commercial House
GC. W. Morton
Lower
Sixth Avenue
New York
Morton
Thurlow Ladislas
Wall Street
Tie
Hugh Morten Whitaker
Hugh Morten
Mary Ladislas
Charles Morton
Pye
Southampton
Charley
Greenport
Mrs Whitaker Chapter III Sees Tense Interior Moments
A narrator recalls a tense scene with Mrs Whitaker during a painful moment. The protagonist endures a long quarter hour as the girl's sobbing unsettles him and prompts new thoughts about self-interest and resolve.
Mammoth loaves of bread shape French and Italian baking
The largest loaves are baked in France and Italy with pipe bread reaching two to three feet and French long rolls four to six feet. In Paris bread is distributed mainly by women who start at 5 30 a.m. brushing loaves and delivering them to flats or shop fronts. Wages run 50 to 60 cents daily, with service ending by late morning.
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France
Italy
Paris
Patriotism Tests From Civil War Echoes
Franklin K. Lane argues that millions of youths enlisted in the Civil War to defend the Union and that the core aim was an idea beyond words. He recalls New York and Rhode Island’s historic reluctance to sign or ratify foundational documents and questions recent criticism of western states over military training for youth.
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New York
Rhode Island
Franklin K. Lanes
Great Food Value of Bananas
An acre planted with bananas yields food value comparable to 40 acres of potatoes or 133 acres of wheat. The note highlights bananas as a highly efficient food source and suggests large-scale banana cultivation could dramatically boost food output.
Brazil's Garden of Serpents and Lab for Antivenom
The Butanta facility in Brazil spans about 700 acres and houses venomous snakes in protected parks for scientific work. It produces serums to cure and prevent snake bites, including polyvalent serum effective against many Brazilian venoms. Horses and asses are immunized by venom injections to supply serum. Tubes of serum are distributed free to hospitals and poorer patients, with others sold or exchanged for snakes.
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Brazil
Butanta
Fertile City Acre Yields Over $1000 In Produce
John S. Ware secretary treasurer of Cumberland Trust and former deputy state treasurer raises truck crops on a Bridgeton city acre. From a quarter acre he sold $200 in onions and a third acre yielded $600 in lettuce. Other quarter acres produced $150 in tomatoes. He forecasts $500 more from fall lettuce and celery. Irrigated from the city water plant.
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John S. Ware
Cumberland Trust Company
Bridgeton
Ware
Bridgeton Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Dobbs Injured by Wire Accident in Street
Buffalo News reports Dobbs was hospitalized after attempting to pick up a piece of wire on the street. The wire was active, causing the incident. No further details available.
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Dobbs
Buffalo News
Blanket ballot quip draws sly vote talk
A witty exchange suggests a woman could manage a blanket ballot better than a man. The response notes women are used to folding blankets, reflecting humorous gendered banter on ballots.
Color Changing Heat Paint for Machinery Bearings
The Engineer endorses heat sensitive paint for machinery and electrical parts prone to overheating. Normally bright red, it color shifts at 120 F and darkens toward nearly black at 190 to 210 F. red returns when cool. Claimed to be durable, oil resistant, rust inhibiting, and to warn engineers to stop machines before damage occurs.
Dog Tester Causes Suspicions About Local Butcher
A household owner tested meat from the local butcher by feeding samples to their house dog. The dog reacted to the samples, prompting the tester to pursue further scrutiny of the butcher’s products and reliability.
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