Secret Marriage and A Farce of Lives in a Beach Studio
Camilla, descendant of a wealthy family, secretly marries Peter a struggling sculptor. Their bond strains as Avis Werth vies for Peter and finances a loan. A late night party leads to a disturbing incident at the studio, with accusations of sabotage and heartbreak fueling the drama.
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Camilla
Hoyt
Peter Anson
Unut Petter
Peter
Sylvia Todd
Gus Matson
Avis
Oh Ie
Three Voices React to Horror in Damaged Scene
In a tense moment Peter collapses amid scattered plaster as Avis accuses Camilla of causing disaster. Camilla pleads while Ava rages, then a descent into darkness follows as a room sways and indistinct voices hover above.
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Peter
Avis
Camilla
Peter Darling
Accusation Shadows Camilla and Peter’s Paris Dream
Camilla lies fainted after a staged ruin of Peter's statue sparks suspicion. Avis accuses Camilla of destruction while Peter doubts her, his Paris scholarship at stake. Camilla and Peter face shock, blame, and late night resolve as others depart and arguments rise.
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Waters
Anands
Peter
Avis
Avia
Cathie
Terry
Camilla
Paris
White Coral Reef Found by Chicago Geology Students
A group of Central YMCA College geology students observed a submerged reef near Chicago in Lake Michigan. Samples identified by James H. Glasgow and University of Chicago geologists suggest white coral from the Silurian period, about 400 million years ago, marking the farthest-north coral discovery in the region.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Central Y.M.C.A. College of Arts and Science
James H. Glasgow
University of Chicago
No Doubt About It Areader Prefers Editorial Page
The Sault Ste. Marie Star finds a young man who reads the editorial page first. The editor notes this destroys a theory that editors have no audience and realizes readers exist beyond the editor's own thoughts. The Fort Erie Times-Re Whew.
False teeth feel natural with De Vernet powder says ad
An advertisement claims De Vernet's powder makes dentures feel like natural teeth. It promises comfort all day and keeps the mouth sanitary while offering a low price at the druggist.
Ingenious Asiatic Threats Stir Frank Slurs in Times Quote
A Times dispatch from Danville quotes alarm over Japanese copying of products from Virginia tobacco to other goods. The piece mocks perceived Japanese prowess and warns of widespread economic disruption citing a supposed 860 million Japanese and a global imitation threat.
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Virginia
Times
Danville
Piedmont
Grand Rapids
Detroit
New York Times
The Rhyming Optimist Poem Fragment
A reflective poem contemplates life as a long road from east to west with shifting years. It urges making the single pace of one life purposeful, noting each year holds a brave, fond glow and uncertain horizons. The speaker links love and toil to a fleeting, breath like span of time.
Stop Smoking Order Reaches Chinese Students
The Nanking ministry of education orders an immediate halt to cigarette smoking by students and sends a circular to provincial education offices. Officials warn the ban will be hard to enforce given widespread smoking among men women and even young children.
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Nanking
Carter's Lisle Liver Pills Advert
An old health ad claims bile fixes lax digestion and slow elimination. It promotes Carter's Lisle Liver Pills as a purely vegetable, safe remedy that wakes the liver better than oil laxatives and mineral waters.
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Nemi Carter
Nama
Electric Light For Lhasa
The St. Thomas Times-Journal reports a British project to electrify Lhasa with English materials and workers. Transporting hundreds of tons over 400 miles of rugged terrain by mule and yak will be a major challenge before the system can be installed in the forbidden city to modernize the lama‑ruled metropolis.
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Lhasa
Ding
Tibet
Lhaga
Forbidden
Thomas Manning
St. Thomas
Forgotten By Time Expele Expedition Wife Returns Home
Mrs Zita Baker wife of Oxford University explorer Dr John R Baker recounts four months among a ‘‘lost race’’ in the New Hebrides Pacific. She describes primitive natives unfamiliar with firearms sleeping beside women in huts and hunting with bows and arrows.
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Zita Baker
England
The Latest Thing In Elevators
An elevator described as a powerful autonomous machine operates without human control opening its doors taking passengers and moving between floors. The piece notes a sense of surrender to the machine and contrasts it with Frankenstein legends, ending with a calm acceptance.
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Christian Science Monitor
F. W. Faber
Dentist Accepts Gift of Gold For a Tooth
A Toronto dentist tells of a woman who offers to supply the gold for a tooth filling then returns with a 14 carat wedding ring. He explains the limits of the metal and she boasts of plans to marry again, securing the ring in her tooth to hide it from her second husband.
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Toronto
Neuritis Relief Promised by Kruschen Salts
A testimonial from Mrs N. E says twelve months of neuritis in her arm eased in two weeks after using Kruschen Salts. She reports abandoning the sling, sleeping better, and doing household tasks she could not before. The ad claims impure blood causes neuritis and Kruschen helps restore health.
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Ale
Humble Prayer Excerpts From Faber and Augustine
A religious excerpt collection presents verses from Isaiah and Saint Augustine praising divine majesty. It reflects humility before God and the awakening during spiritual revelation, noting eternal truths, love, and truth as central to faith.
Oldest Holy Land resident dies at 112 in Bethlehem
The Christian Arab woman lived in Bethlehem and died at 112. Relatives note her sharp memory including 1840 events when a British fleet aided the Turkish sultan, bombarded coast towns, and compelled Ibrahim Pasha to evacuate Palestine after nine years of occupation.
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Holy Land
Bethlehem
Turkey
Palestine
Ibrahim Pasha
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