Judith Bartelmy Demands Apology From The Advance
Judith Bartelmy confronts McHenry over a morning article attacking her father the judge. She seeks an apology and asks to see Wheeler Brand to learn if he authored the piece, while Brand arrives surprised to find her in the editor’s office. The editor hints at the proprietor’s stance as the daughter presses for truth.
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Judith Bartelmy
McHenry
Moore
Wheeler Brand
Brand
Firand
McHeary
Judith Sarteimy
Nolan
Judith
Mr. Brand
McHeary Launhed
Advance
Father
Wheeler
You Wrote It Judith Confesses in Turbulent Moment
Judith confronts Wheeler as he reveals authorship of a scandalous Lansing case story. Brand alleges a forced path and moral conflict grows between personal loyalty and justice. Judith fears ruin of her father and herself as the tension peaks.
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Brand
Judith
Wheeler
Weill
The Color of His Coat
Professor Virchow was famed for blunt speech and high intellect. Students left his classes over harsh replies yet some answered back in kind, including a bashful observer who, when asked the coat color, replied that it had been black but now could be any color except white.
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Virchow
Berlin
Dowager Queen Alexandra’s Role in Britain’s Future
The Dowager Queen Alexandra of England, widow of Edward VII, becomes the country’s senior royal figure. At sixty six and bereaved since 1891, she may step back from politics yet remains deeply religious and active in nursing causes, shaping social life and national charity.
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Alexandra
Edward VII
England
Great Britain
Charlotte
William IV
Prince Albert Victor
Royal National Fund For Nurses
Scented Letter Paper at Home Advice
The article advises making scented paper yourself rather than buying it. It suggests adding desired flower oil to the writing field or scenting the blotter and placing it with the paper, warning not to apply too much oil or perfume to the letter.
London Bank Clerks Dress and Life a Century Ago
The piece surveys London book clerks a hundred years back noting the dramatic arrival of a tall coat and cocked hat style in banking staff, then describes a shift to knee breeches and silk stockings in the early 1800s. It contrasts opulent official garb with frugal meals from public houses and stresses tavern meetings as the clearing house origin.
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London
London Telegraph
Rare Wild Beasts Sought By Zoos and Menageries
A survey of sought after specimens includes the Kadiak bear deemed exceptionally rare and a jaguar from South America never before kept in captivity. In the Amazon two birds called bell bird and lost soul are sought for their eerie cries. A black white-eared rhinoceros from Burma is rumored. New Zealand is noted for a duck billed beast and Darwin’s idea of a lizard bird as a missing link.
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Zoological Gardens
Rocky Mountain
Burma
New Zealand
Darwin
Why He Was Gallant
A stout woman forced her way into a crowded car and grabbed a strap in front of a man. She lunged against his newspaper and tied on his toes as the car moved. He rose, offered his seat, and explained he acted in self defense.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Quaker Stereotype Tale In School Comp
A village schoolboy wrote on Quakers in a composition. He claimed Quakers never quarrel or fight. He added that his father is a Quaker, but he doubts his mother shares the trait, prompting amused note in Delineator.
Where He Bluffs at Cards
A Washington Star quip notes Briggins never bluffs during play but explains his honesty only after returning home to reveal where he has been.
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Briggins
Washington Star
True friends share joys and sorrows in company
A concise reflection on friendship noting that true companions bear both happiness and grief together rather than alone.
Independent Upbringing and Picture Postcards in Society
A mother advocates self reliance for her daughter to curb gadding and selfishness, stressing solitude and self entertainment. Another feature notes Mrs. Frank O Lowden using picture postcards to build geography skills, organizing cards by country for five daughters and donating the volumes to hospitals when finished.
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Frank O. Lowden
Congress
Illinois
Florence Pull
Danish Pedagogues and Literary Group Urge Restriction of Capital Letters
In a joint session the Society of Danish Pedagogues and the Danish Literary Association called for government orders to limit capital letters in public schools. They urged capitals only at sentence starts and for proper names to ease writing and reduce confusion among readers.
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Society of Danish Pedagogues
Danish Literary Association
Minister of Education
A Beautiful Alloy by Dr Roberts Austen
Dr Roberts Austen of England creates a gold aluminium alloy said to be the most brilliant known. The alloy appears purple with ruby tints in light and consists of 78 percent gold and the rest aluminium. The material may enhance jewelry with striking effects though aluminium may not replace steel or iron as hoped.
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Roberts Austen
England
Harper’s Weekly
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Frederick R. Toombs
Joseph Medill Patterson
Harriet Ford
Jedith
Boston Transcript
Mary
Jane
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