Tribute to Jane Austen as Greater Artist Than Sand
The writer argues Jane Austen surpassed George Sand as a novelist, praising her detachment from life and deep identification with ordinary women. Austen’s personality and humor shine through, offering strong encouragement for women writers while acknowledging her fame as a modest prelude to her lasting literary impact.
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George Sand
George Band
Jane Austen
Bhe
Sam
Jane
Shelley
Wordsworth
Kenta Wislred
Kirkland
Atlantic
Dickens Fellowship Gains Worldwide Literary Ties
Dickens Fellowship centers in London with branches across major Anglophone regions and a New York chapter meeting monthly at the Nation Arts Club. Programs include discussions, papers, short plays, and music. annual dinner honors Dickens’ birthday with prominent biographers invited. The New York branch funds a child hospital cot and provides Christmas treats to crippled children among other charitable works.
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Dickens Fellowship
Londen
Charles Dickens
Perlowship
Nation Arts Club
Gramercy Mark
New York City
New York
How Clever Plants Are and Their Surprising Tricks
A discussion of plant intelligence describes sundew deception with chalk, a tendril fraud, and how a plant withdraws and repositions, showing selective climbing behavior. It notes rivers of examples, including strength tests and cautious growth toward sturdy supports.
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Darwin
Self running car described as moving picture machine
A garbled reminiscence likens a car to a self running moving picture device. The narrator contrasts road hills and panoramic pleasure with avoiding crowds, focusing on a private, intimate viewing of scenery and motion, though the text is largely unclear and fragmented.
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Cus
Mackie
Omo
Killa
Nun Lever
Renery
Pensioners Dick and Mary Respect Estate Claim in Cleveland
Dick and Mary, two longtime residents, are heirs to the late Mrs John Benue of Cleveland. They plan to settle their remaining years in the former homestead, seeking peace and comfort as they await the official transfer and final approval of the estate.
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Grese
Mary
John Benue
Cleveland
Uncertain Fragments From Kansas City Journal Entry
Fragmentary OCR notes mention teasing a kiss and a package inquiry amid garbled dialogue. References include a Kansas City Journal context and stray phrases about a pound and unusual word fragments. No clear events, names, or dates emerge to anchor a solid summary.
Germans Repelled In Long British Offensive Claim 30,000 Prisoners
London reports a protracted battle at the Somme with heavy artillery and fierce fighting. British forces allegedly captured 30,000 prisoners, 126 guns, 100 trench mortars, 429 machine guns, and seized 21 villages while advancing eleven miles on the front.
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London
Bomme
Muttiah
de Fonnen
Woman strangled by scarf in home washing machine
Plain City resident Mrs. Mary Ellen Garner, wife of Bishop Henry J. Garner, died Monday afternoon when her scarf became entangled in an electrically operated washing machine, choking her as she leaned over it.
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Daten
Plain City
Mary Ellen Garner
Henry J. Garner
Benvine
Jealous Youth Kills Girl Then Himself in Nowata
John Childers age 24 from Webb City Missouri shot and killed Edna Foster age 17 on Nowata streets, then killed himself. Jealousy cited as motive. Authorities report location on Oxla wy south of here during incident in Coffeyville area.
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Coffeyville
Kansas
John Childers
Webb City
Edna Foster
Nowata
Oxla
Wanty
Miter
Here
Germans Build Submarines Claim From Ex-Chancellor
Geneva reports Prince von Beriow, former German chancellor, told a neutral correspondent that Germany had constructed 255 submarines during the war, a figure he provided as part of a broader wartime briefing.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Prince von Beriow
Germany
Fifty Killed in Collision at Ramos Arispo Mesica
Fifty people are reported dead and many injured in a rear end collision between a freight and passenger train near Ramos Arispo Mesica, Laredo Texas, with details still coming in from border reports.
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Laredo
Texas
Ramos Arispo Mesica
Norwegians Seek Credit in America for U S Materials
Four Norwegian bankers arrived aboard the Bergenfjord to arrange credit for large U S purchases including steamships built in American yards. One item alone amounts to 1 200,000,000. William Rosas of Boston urged American bankers to act quickly. On board were seven Norwegian captains and Captain Hjalman Bryde, who planned to take seven 9,000 ton ships from Seattle and two 7,000 ton ships from San Francisco for Pacific freight service.
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New York
Bergenefjord
United States
William Rosas
Boston
Norway
Credit Bakes
Ber Li Yegain
Hjalman T. Bryde
Stolt Nellson Company
Christiania
Seattle
San Francisco
Pacific
Bandits Halt Water Haul Near Rayville
A passenger train near Rayville Louisiana was stopped by robbers who boarded from the tender and forced the engineer to halt the train. They failed to uncouple cars and could not break into the express car. Shots were fired through the baggage car window and at the engine. A fellow passenger railroad flagman fired at the bandits, who fled unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Rayville
San Hay
Tve
Augmnewr
Rancher Confesses Murder in Santa Monica Yard
Benton L Barrett, a wealthy rancher, allegedly confessed to killing his wife and stepson and burning bodies. scattered teeth and small bones found in his Santa Monica yard bolster the claim, but search for larger bone remains and skulls continues as police express uncertainty. In Chicago, Chicago police chief Charles C Heatley was indicted on malfeasance charges linked to allegations involving secretary Lut hardt and Charles T Gente in gambling law violations.
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San Angeles
Benton L. Barrett
Santa Monica
Chicago
Charles C. Heatley
Wrond
Elter
William Luthardt
Charles T. Gente
Sportemen
Tol
Eean Piraters
Murders Mother in Dubuque Case Ended by Daughter
Mary Sunder sen of Dubuque was killed by her daughter Josephine Sunderhart. The young woman, aged At, faced a personal crisis and died by jumping from a wall after the act.
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Dubuque
Mary Sundersen
Josephine Sunderhart
Greek Recruiters to Train Volunteers in U S
Baljoniki and Conrand and Aravantinos will be sent to the United States to recruit Greek and American volunteers for the national army of defense urged by Venizelos supporters.
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America
Baljoniki
Monsieurs Conrand
Aravantinos
United States
Nanal Army of Defense
Venlrolos
Mexicans Fire on Border Troopers Near San Jose
In Big Bend country Texas a forty five minute clash occurred Friday afternoon between a border patrol detachment of twenty three Sixth Cavalry and a Texas national guard squadron and about thirty Mexicans near Presidio Ruidosa across the Rio Grande. No American losses reported. The Mexicans’ status unknown. In Missouri Joplin banditry tale ends with a conductor slain during an interurban car holdup near Webb City Carthage.
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Big Bend Country
Texas
Frontier
San Antonio
San Jose
Big Bend
Funston
Joseph Gaston
Gaston
Sixth Cavalry
Texas National Guard
Presidio
Raldosa
Cudington
Rio Grande
United States
Ruidosa
Bandit Killa
Joplin
Walter Switzer
Southwest Missouri Railway
Webb City
Carthage
Miss Helen Kreps Earns Honor At Anford University
Miss Helen Kreps, honor graduate of Anford University California, has entered a Unitarian theological school to prepare for eventual ordination as a clergyman.
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Helen Kreps
Anford University
California
Eateen
Unitarian Theological School
Taking Field Against Villa in Chihuahua City Advance
General Carlos Ozuma left here Friday with 2000 cavalry two sections of machine guns and a sanitary corps to take the fold against Villa in Chihuahua City Mexico. The move signals a major offensive operation with substantial forces poised for action.
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Villa
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Carlos Ozuma
Exports Hit New September Record At $512 Million
American exports surged to a September record with shipments valued at 512,447,957 dollars, topping all prior monthly totals and setting a new high mark for the United States in goods sent abroad.
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Washington
Greece Ordered to Transfer Army and War Material
Reuter's Athens dispatch says the Entente presented Greece with demands via the French military attache. King Constantine was told Greece must move its Thessalian army to Morea and hand over war materiel destined for Thessalian forces to the Allies. Other unspecified demands were noted.
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Constantine
London
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Thessaly
Morea
Socialist Slew Premier in Political Assassination
Vienna reports the assassination of Austrian Premier Count Karl Stuerghk by Dr. Friedrich Adler, who cites political motives for refusing to convene parliament. Adler, a radical socialist editor of Der Kampf, was captured after wounding two bystanders before officers subdued him.
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Vienna
Karl Stuergkh
Friedrich Adler
Adler
Kaiser Urges Soldiers to Fight On in War Hope
Amsterdam dispatch reports Emperor William addressing troops on the western front after honoring the dead. He vowed to continue the fight to defend German honor and liberty and expressed hope that God will be with the German people in the combat ahead.
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London
Amsterdam
William
Japanese Form Unions Unite to Tackle Pacific Labor
Nine Japanese labor unions on the Pacific coast formed a separate Japanese labor council and plan to extend the movement across California Oregon and Washington. Banks nationwide will accept French bills aiding roughly 100 million dollars of French industrial credit to finance purchases in the United States.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Japanese Labor Council
California
Oregon
Washington
New York
Weeps as He Sentences Murderer in Chicago
Judge Joseph B. Sabbath wept when he sentenced Lloyd Bopp, 23, to be hanged for the murder of Herman Malow, a motorcycle policeman, four months after the crime. The judge recalled praying for restraint in such a case.
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Chicago
Joseph B. Sabbath
Criminal Court
Lloyd Bopp
Herman Malow
Mail for Norway Seized in Berlin Signal
British authorities seized all mail on the Norwegian liner Kristianiafjord traveling from New York to Bergen. Overseas News agency reports. Woman Dies in Fire in Republic Washington. Mrs H F Hibard, wife of a movi e theater owner, perished in a blaze that destroyed three buildings.
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Norway
Berlin
Kristianiafjord
New York
Bergen
Republic, Wash
H. F. Hibard
Moviy Picture Theatre
Election in Matamoros and Mesa Mexico Quietly Passes
Election across Mexico to select delegates for the constitutional congress to convene in Mexico City December 1 occurred without incident in Matamoros and surrounding areas with reports noting a quiet polling day and orderly conduct.
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Mexico
Matamoros
Mesa
Mexican Constitutional Congress
Mexico City
Eporta
Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti Ad for Mothers
An advertisement praising Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti as delicious, nutritious, and economical. Claims it builds bone and muscle, does not irritate children, and encourages mothers to request a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebraska.
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Skinner
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebru
Ady
Slippered lessons and brutal family discipline in a Southern Workman account
A Confederate era reminiscence describes a grandmother with twelve children and abusive uncles. One uncle teaches worship by lighting driftwoodfires on Missouri riverbanks while offering tobacco and feathers. Other uncles inflict severe punishments including water immersion, hanging, rope restraint, and snow nudity, with discipline focused on disobedience to the grandmother and misbehavior with other children.
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Missouri River
Dandelion roots flow from Europe and laziness noted
An editorial note cites Germany Austria and France as main sources of dandelion roots and mocks reliance on imports. It questions who banished dandelions from lawns and argues the plant predates lawns, offering greens and liver health benefits. The piece links imports to wartime supply concerns and attributes some fault to national character. It ends with a proverb about envy.
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Germany
Austria
France
Europe
Providence Journal
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French
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Baker
Army and Navy
War Department
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Kaiser
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Columbus
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