Red Hill’s Quiet World Changes as Alan Returns
On Red Hill the Wayne family drama unfolds as Alan Wayne returns after a tense confrontation with his uncle over money and lineage. Amid crumbling loyalties and a vanished past, Clematis McAlpin and Alan rekindle a tenuous bond at the old church, the hill’s symbol of endurance and memory.
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Red Hill
Alan Wayne
East Mountain
Elm House
Joe
Alan
Mr. Alan
Arthur
Maple House
J. ¥. Wayne
J. Y
Nance Sterling
Clematis McAlpin
Clematis
Wayne
Alan Wayne Leaves Maple House for Africa After Dismissal
Alan Wayne unexpectedly quits his debauch and finds steady work as spring matures into summer. He prepares to depart for Africa after Maple House dismissal, signaling a new chapter in his life.
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Alan Wayne
Maple House
Africa
Captain Wayne Returns to the Club as a Relic of the Past
Captain Wayne arrives in town and enters his old club, where members recall his vanished prominence. He criticizes modern club life as a bellboy haven, notes his nephew’s membership, and discusses engineering as a dirty but respectable profession before asking about Alan’s appointment.
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Wayne
Alan
J. Y
Mons
Gamini
Winder
Army
Telephone News Service Introduced in Stockholm
A Stockholm correspondent reports the Brooklyn Eagle that a new telephone newspaper operates nightly at nine. For a fee readers obtain a live voice summary of the latest war news via central exchange. Reinforced current telephones carry clear sound, with concerts and recitals heard across long distances, Stockholm to Copenhagen and back.
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Stockholm
Brooklyn Eagle
Central
Copenhagen
Hollow bricks and blocks gain traction in construction
The article notes hollow bricks, lighter than solid bricks, are spreading rapidly while stressing they can resemble solid bricks. It explains hollowness becomes apparent when cut and discusses definitions used on the continent, where porous bricks were once separated by weight.
Curtain Prayers for Bread Ended by Falling Curtain
A starving actor pleads for bread as he nears death and his speech grows eloquent. He implores the Lord and all powers that be for mercy, but the curtain suddenly drops a roll, ending the scene.
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Cornell
Don’t Hunt This Season
A blunt safety note warns hunters to avoid going hunting this season due to hazards and uncertain conditions. The message emphasizes precaution and prioritizes personal and public safety over sport.
Great writer not alone among Shakespeare’s competitors
University of Pennsylvania professor Felix Schelling reviewed the busy group of Elizabethan dramatists who preceded Shakespeare. He argued Shakespeare’s primacy rests on his era’s context and urged recognizing luminaries such as Lyly, Peele, Greene, Lodge, Kyd, Nash, Marlowe, and especially Ben Jonson.
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Shakespeare
Felix Schelling
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor Schelling
Marlowe
Philadelphia Bulletin
Shaws
Barrios
Pineros
London
Lyly
Peele
Greene
Lodge
Kyd
Nash
Ben Jonson
Captured Guns Lose Power Without Proper Ammunition
The article explains that captured field guns, even when taken in battle, quickly lose effectiveness unless the captor has the correct ammunition. Differences in shell diameter prevent cross use, and a damaged gun may burn or jam if a shell does not fit, reducing enemy fighting capability.
War Devastates Nice as Bankruptcy Looms and Casinos Close
A Paris newspaper warns Nice faces bankruptcy as war drains wealth. The city, once famed for sunshine and gaiety, opens its doors to the sick and wounded while maintaining modest aid. The Casino is closed and gambling revenue stops, leaving Nice to feel a sharp financial pinch.
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Nice
Paris
Effect Silencing Device At Buffalo Light Station
The sound deflector installed by the bureau of lighthouses at Buffalo light station is a saucer shaped steel plate 14 feet in diameter. It includes an asbestos board lining facing the lake with four inches of mineral wool between steel and asbestos to reduce corrosion. The device has cut off much of the undesired sound from the fog siren.
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Bureau of Lighthouses
Buffalo
Sword Swallower Volunteers for U S Marine Corps
Signor Gregorio Carcuiti a sword swallower and cannonball jug gler offers his services to the United States marine corps to prove his devotion to his adopted land. Recruiting Sergeant Putnam jokes about Bosco volunteering to bolster the corps readiness.
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Signor
Gregorio Carcuiti
United States Marine Corps
Bosco
Putnam
Philadelphia
Weather Sign Mystery Baffles Thomas Warner
Thomas Warner cannot explain the odd sight he took downtown and placed in a Columbus store window. He owns a white rabbit. Three little rabbits visited a woman calling her Mother seeking care. Two rabbits are white, one black as the ace of spades in a new deck. Indianapolis News.
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Thomas Warner
Columbus
Indianapolis
News
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Nance
Clem
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Alix
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The
Century
South Africa
South America
Bard of
Avon
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