Millionaire seeks plan for his fortune after spending ends
Stanley G. Felton, a wealthy bachelor, debates with his lawyer Ned about the fate of his twenty million after he exhausts it. He rejects charity, contemplates endowing a college, and ponders how to give his money a heart beyond mere giving.
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Stanley G. Felton
Fulton
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Illionaire
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Harry
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Scott
Marster
Dad
Stanley G. Fulton
Creet
Hillerton
John Smith
Fulion
Money and kinship schemes stir ethical tests
A tale unfolds where money tests morals as a man plans to observe East Coast cousins for a potential heir. The lawyer warns, while the protagonist adopts the alias John Smith to shadow relatives and weigh their worth before any windfall.
All the World's a School in the school community
Detroit News notes the school mirrors the larger community where students practice civic roles. Pupils refrain from disruptive acts to aid school work and undertake constructive actions to improve school effectiveness, qualifying as public spirited citizens for later life.
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Detroit News
Fashions Shaped by Trade Conditions Across Eras
Garments adapt to economic cycles as styles linger longer in dull times and quicken in prosperity. The trend reflects broader market conditions influencing dress norms and consumer buying patterns.
New Post Parcel Rates Implemented Across Regions
The garcel in Saskatche wan announces new parcel rates effective immediately. Within 28 miles of mailing points rates vary by weight from 1 to 10 pounds, with different charges in adjacent provinces and across Manitoba Alberta Ontario Quebec Yukon and maritime provinces.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Yukon
Maritime Provinces
Canadian Pacific announces immigration notice for tourists
The Department of Immigration and Colonization states that bona fide tourists traveling between the United States and Canada may enter and leave without passports. Immigrants from Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria or Turkey are barred, while tourists from those nations are not.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Dominion
United States
Canada
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Compressed Wheat Idea From England Sparks Conservation Talk
An English proposal suggests crushing and grinding wheat, then softening with superheated steam and compressing into hard blocks for storage. When needed, simple crushing would convert it to flour. The piece urges loyalty to Canadian goods and local support by citizens.
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England
Scientific American
Too Old Mr Baggs Miss Smythe Engagement Notice
The excerpt shows a social scene where a mother remarks on an engagement involving her son and Miss Smythe. The steno confirms prior acquaintance and a preference for another person named Harold. The passage conveys family tension and romantic entanglement in a light, dialogue-driven style.
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Mr. Baggs
Miss Smythe
Harold
The Sacred Way Memorial Road Proposed in France
A memorial roadway named The Sacred Way is proposed to honor obscure soldiers of all nations who died in the Great War. The route runs from Bar-le-Duc to Verdun and is said to have supplied the Verdun front with food guns and munitions as the victorious route.
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France
Bar-le-Duc
Verdun
Origins of Toasts Through History
A concise account traces to ancient Greece and Rome at feasts, where guests bowed to Bacchus and poured wine as a propitiary gesture. Emperors and wealthy individuals received similar honors, helping establish toasting traditions and later shifting from ritual pouring to drinking the liquor.
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Bacchus
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