A Holiday with Vincent and the Mysterious Agatha Wyckhoff
I flee London with Vincent to a quiet village and strike golf on a private course once we arrive at Castle Wyckhoff. A handsome, fearless girl, the Honorable Agatha Wyckhoff, rescues a dog and invites curiosity about ownership of the private links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
Baron Wyckhoff
Darter
Baroness Wyckhoff
Agatha
Terhune
London
Vizorous
Rudolph
Agatha Wyckhoff
Death Comes Quietly for All, Dunne Quote Says
A dark reflection on fear and mortality quotes F. P. Dunne in the American Magazine. The piece suggests even the bravest face an inevitable end, with death arriving unseen and undeniable, leaving only memory as the living retreat in fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manny
F. P. Dunne
The
American Magazine
Bene Holes in England Unearthed in Forest
A large group of bene-holes was found between Woolwich and Erith in a forest. Two holes opened show circular shafts three feet wide with ladder holes along the sides. They descend about 50 feet through earth and chalk into caverns eighteen feet high with six chambers each, arranged radially around the central shaft. They resemble dene-holes thought to store grain from Roman or earlier Britain.
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England
Woolwich
Erith
Britain
The Elusive Thought
A little girl explains her grand father’s absent mindedness by describing a moment when he walks around thinking of nothing and when he recalls it he forgets that what he thought of was something different from what he intended to remember.
Marry In A Hurry By Chance Meet In Philadelphia
Charles Mac Gregor and Estelle Meyers Snack wed in one day after meeting in Broad Street Station at 4 p.m. The proposal came at 4 14 p.m. and the minister tied the knot at 5 35 p.m. in Baltimore pastor Rev David Neely officiated. The couple, both from Baltimore, left for Atlantic City for a honeymoon.
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Philadelphia
Charles MacGregor
Estelle Meyers Snack
Baltimore
Snack
Atlantic City
Broad Street
Mac.Gregor
MacGregor
Hach
David T. Neely
Asquith Street Presbyterian Church
Goebel
John J. Robinson
Robinson
Saunders Avenue
City
Electric light trap catches thousands of brown moths
In Zittau, Saxony, authorities deploy two powerful reflectors and exhaust fans atop the municipal power plant to lure brown moths. At night bright beams draw the moths from nearby woods. exhaust currents collect them in a deep receptacle, catching three tons in one night and prompting a second trap on the Rathaus tower.
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Zittau
Germany
Rathaus
College Wants 40 000 Insects for Study and Teaching
Ames residents learn the state college extension department needs 40 000 insects before the first freeze. Insect catchers have been employed for two months with more added as the operation expands. All insects, common or rare, are collected, mounted, and used in winter short courses and rural schools to teach which bugs are beneficial or harmful.
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Ames, Ira
Ames
State College Extension Department
Iowa
Cat Finds a Home by Auto in Falls Village
Mr and Mrs Miles Hanchett of Winsted Connecticut traveling from Orange New Jersey to Falls Village with a stop at a grade crossing near Suffern New York heard a meow from the gear box of their car. A half grown kitten was found and after two failed attempts to leave the vehicle the cat was brought to Falls Village and sat quietly on the seat for the rest of the trip.
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Falla Village
Electric farming pioneer uses power to harvest at Idaho bungalow
Thomas W. Lee of Idaho Falls converts a 2000 acre tract near Idaho Falls to electric farming. A 25-hp motor runs milling, pumping, grinding, sawing and threshing with 12 mile power transmission. Electricity cuts costs, avoids strikes, and delivers steady operation, surpassing steam.
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Thomas W. Lee
Idaho Falte, N.‘S
New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Lee
Idaho Falls
Willia Rainey Saves Game, But Falls Into Mine
In Pittsburg a 12 year old named Willia Rainey chased a ball near Cazzan's hill during a twilight game. He held the deciding ball and narrowly saved his team from defeat before tumbling into an abandoned coal mine. He was rescued half an hour later with a broken leg and severe internal injuries.
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Pittsburg
Willia Rainey
Cazzan's Hill
Rainey
Ansonia Baker Misses Wet Money Prank
William Wilhelmy of Ansonia traveled to Woodbury to visit a brother during a rainstorm. Wet trousers and mud led him to borrow pants while a hired girl washed the others. On returning, a crowd viewed $200 drying on a clothes line that the girl had mistaken for ordinary contents.
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Ansonia
Conn
William Wilhelmy
Woodbury
Wilhelmy
Prize Corn of Iowa Grows 18-Ear Stalk in Rockwell Store
Rockwell, Iowa, touts a remarkable cornstalk with 18 ears on leased land near town. The stalk, silked and ready for maturity, is displayed in a local store as the thriftiest specimen in the state, illustrating notable corn growing in the area.
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Prize Corn
Iowa
Rockwell, Ia
Rockwell
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Oxford
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Graham
Adid
Felow
Edith
Huntington Mason
4. C. McClurg & Co
Mr. Dooley
RNAS
Jane
Walden Fawcett
Thomas Baldwin
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