Honor Wilding Reunites With Penny-Pinching Philanthropist
Honor Wilding confronts Mervin Fairbanks, once separated by ideals and pride, about his poverty and her own philanthropic ambitions. He reveals he’s endured two years of hardship while secretly earning money, and plans to marry once he’s presentable, proving love survives straitened means.
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Honor Wilding
Vielona
Honor
Mervin Fairbanks
Honor Wild
Mervin
Banks
Pedimea
Stell
Geel
Pat
Flonor
Honor Aga
Aid
Jack Bronson
Met
TRY YOUR HOME PAPER Advice to budding newspaper women
A column urges newspaper women to gain home-paper experience before seeking big-city work. It warns that editors in major papers face fierce competition from polished, connected applicants and that willing to learn matters more than diplomas. It cites Anna Breese Richardson in Woman's Home Coronation.
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Anna Breese Richardson
Whiskey flood tears through street as tanks rupture
A torrent of hot liquid from a burst mastin pipe at No 6 wash charger in PreRehy floods a building area. Six thousand gallons of fiery liquid spouts down stairs sweeping away washbacks and draft house equipment. Men flee, two rescued from basement, others cling to safety as tanks collapse and a bake house is flooded. Police and distillery workers aid victims amid chaotic scene with men and horse riders swept along.
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David Simpson
William O'Hara
Queen's Rare Tact and Charity Stir Imperial Hearts
The Queen's kindness to the poor and needy is highlighted by tales of discreet aid to a discharged prisoner, anonymous help from Queen Alexandra, and concern for villagers gathering sea moss sold for millinery use. The royal gift of perennial youth and public affection echo across the Empire.
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British Empire
Lady de Grey
le Boheme
Mme. Melba
Signor Zenatello
Queen of
Denmark
Alexandra
Fince
Olaf
Rand
Buck Ingham Palace
Port Victoria
A Tall Tiger and a French Manager in the Forest
George Maxwell recounts a French manager's dramatic tiger encounter in Perak. The manager describes feeling the tiger's immense presence as he stood within ten yards, noting the animal's yawns and measured retreat, while admitting uncertainty about the tiger's exact size. The tale highlights the elusive, overpowering sense of a tiger's power.
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George Maxwell
Perak
Messieurs
Leas Dan
The Growth of Trout and its Mysterious Size Variations
The article examines why brook trout can reach large weights while others stay small. It cites species facts, habitat differences, and expert input, noting that factors beyond feed and temperature influence growth. Anglers report seven to eleven pound fish, thrilling mystery remains in distribution across waters.
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Fsb
Agassiz
Canada
Rural libraries urged for country citizens access
Ceantry Libraries argues urban library benefits prove useful and urges bringing similar services to rural districts. It notes country life dullness and the need for reading choices for rural workers and young people compared to towns.
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Ceantry
New York Jeweler Admits Billing Mistake
A New York jeweler on Fifth Avenue apologized after a dispute over a bill. The customer won the case, and the jewelry house collector explained they handle about 60 000 accounts, making occasional errors possible.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Notice From Bangkok Times on English O Crumbs
The Bangkok Times publishes a notice claiming to relay the latest English O crumbs with archaic style. It asserts reporting on murders and deaths as they occur and mentions commentators like Kipling and Dickens, warning that extortion and town matters are not advertisements.
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Bangkok Times
Ball
A Bright Recruit
A dialogue sketch shows a soldier and lieutenant swapping jibes about battlefield duty and enemy cow folly. The punchline declares the lieutenant not an enemy, provoking a banter on uniforms and camp rules.
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Leutenant
Sollier
Ott
Buried on Vaila Peak Tusitala remembered by Samoan rites
An English novelist rests in a centric spot, with Samoan bearers carrying his coffin to a summit above Vaitima. The tomb bears two bronze plates, one declaring The Tomb of Tusitala and the other echoing his requiem. A buffalo weight note by Ernest Thompson Seton follows, citing sizes from Audubon and Hornaday.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Vaila
Samoa
Vaitima
Tusitola
Tusitala
North America
Ernest Thompson Seton
Scribner's
Pick Sold Allee. Flensburg Fish Alive Boxes
Flensburg a seaport town on Schleswig Holstein uses drilled water allowing boxes to keep live fish alive during tow to port for immediate sale. Fish are placed in oblong boxes under water so they remain alive until sold on the quay, ensuring absolute freshness.
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Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein
Life Preserver Seats On English Pleasure Steamers
The London Mail describes deck chairs on some English pleasure steamers that convert into buoyant life rafts. Each chair is a tight box with back and sides, joined back to back in the deck center by a top crosspiece. Removing the crosspiece allows hinged seats to open, forming a raft for passengers to cling to if the ship wrecks.
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London Mail
What the Jery Thought and the Charm of a Smile
A fragment from a bygone column recounts a joking trial over insult and browbeating with a jury’s acquittal. It then reflects on the charm of a genuine smile, noting its eye to lip expressiveness and its transforming effect on faces and surroundings.
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Flatman
Janiter
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Silangow
Scott Tery
Allergs
Airet
Gorbale
Lustige Blatter
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