New Year Mystery Desk Reveals Hidden Truth
Suzanne suspects a locked desk hidden in the garret holds secrets about Bob. She finds a brass key, contemplates breaking trust, but Bob returns and reveals the desk contains nothing troubling, restoring faith as they head to dinner. The pair vow to let love prevail over suspicion.
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Suzanne
Bess
Nora
Bob
Rica
Sue
Adelaide Gifford
New York
Adelaide
Thurston
Kay
Mother Hadleigh
Eddie Atkinson Faces Off With Notorious Constable Clapp
A retired Boston businessman recalls a prankish chase by Constable Clapp on the common. As an adult Eddie Atkinson meets the old lawman who bluntly denies recognizing him, saying no honest boy ever ran from me.
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Edward Atkinson
Boston
Erastus Clapp
Clapp
Mr. Atkinson
Eddie Atkinson
Diary as Christmas Gift Sparks Daily Entries
The piece suggests giving a wife a diary as a Christmas present. It will capture daily notes for two weeks about crafts, shopping, and cooking. Over time it becomes an account book and scrapbook for recipes and household details, illustrating how diaries reveal everyday life.
Dr Harry Pratt Judson Eyed for University of Chicago Presidency
Biographical sketch notes that Dr Harry Pratt Judson, acting head since President Barnes’s departure, is a likely future president of the University of Chicago. Born Jamestown New York 1849 he led in study at Williams College earned LL D degrees from Williams and Queen’s Canada. He taught at Troy High School and then was a history professor at Minnesota before joining Chicago. He has authored books and received a decoration from the German emperor.
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Harry Pratt Judson
University Chicago
Barnes
Baptist Church
Jamestown
Wi College
Queen’s University of Canada
Troy :N
Chicago
University of Minnesota
Judson
Saint-Saens Faces American Organ Challenge in Plymouth Recital
The famed French organist Saint-Saens, 71, struggles with the American Plymouth organ, instructed by Scott Wheeler of New York. Wheeler notes the instrument’s distinct design and Saint-Saens’ cautious pace as he tours the United States. Guilmant’s New York recital mishap is recalled as a parallel incident of instrument trouble.
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M. Camille Saint-Saens
Scott Wheeler
Plymouth Church
New York City
Wheeler
Saint-Saens
Saens
Carnegie Hall
Manhattan
United States
Guilmant
New York Avenue
United States Destined to Rule the World Says Alfred Mosely
Capitalist thinker Alfred Mosely declares America will dominate the world industrially educationally and ethically. He notes English workers study US methods with 500 English teachers and praises American engineers like Gardiner Hammond as paths to prosperity. Mosely plans to test both British and American universities with his sons at Yale and Cambridge.
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Alfred Mosely
England
United States
Mr. Mosely
America
South Africa
Gardiner
Will
Mosely
Germany
Ican
Yale
University
Cambridge
Absence of Department Lobbyist Returns Surprise Wisconsin Officials
A Wisconsin lobbyist, Charles McCarthy, head of the absence department, is credited with saving the state millions by preferring pre enacted bills. He exposed legislators to outside offers, including a plan to donate 100 000 dollars to a patriotic enterprise. The legislature received telegrams from 36 states supporting the proposal, but the bill vanished after officials sensed undue influence.
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Charles McCarthy
Wisconsin
Mac
Mae
Legislative Reference Department
Patrio Pose
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Mrs. Bluebeard
Bobby
Chicago University
Foe
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