The Unknown Donor Ends a Town’s Suffering
In Winfield a modern hospital rises for the sick after a long wait fifty miles from Framlington. Old Man Colley, mocked for stinginess, gives his fortune to fund the hospital after revealing a past tragedy. The gift secures care for all, and a public statue honors the beneactor.
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Winfield
Framlington
Wny
John B. Allingham
Mao Colley
Colley
Man Colley
Mas Colley
Board of Guardians
Alingham
Alice
Coley
Culley
Youth in the Fighting Line
A reader laments the loss of a nineteen year old son and recalls how youth have long supported wars. The writer cites Civil War enlistments of youths under seventeen and millions of young men aged eighteen to twenty two who served, while older men supported industries and women found their role.
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Empire
America
Lincoln
E. P
Vancouver
Music at Work Turns Cleaners Cheerful and Efficient
A Cincinnati dry cleaning shop equips workers with phonographs and a steady stream of lively records to boost happiness and productivity. Managers select upbeat tunes to avoid somber pieces, noting humming and singing as the work pace accelerates and morale rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Popular Science’ ‘Monthly
Ready-made fall suits debut with longer skirts and refined lines
The first ready-made fall suits appear as merchants examine new lines. Skirts lengthen and coats grow longer with russian blouse influence. Serge is favored for full suits with tailored detailing and bead trimming, while tucks and new blouse fabrics shape the autumn wardrobe.
Fringe trends headline parasols and trims for spring
Fringe and parasols appear among new spring accessories. Wide fringes two to four inches wide in silk or worsted thread, with matching or contrasting colors, showcased as fashionable trim and accents.
Marseilles Named Naval Base of Entente Allies
National Geographic issues a primer on war geography praising Marseilles as a historic Mediterranean port and the principal Allied naval base in the Middle Ocean. It notes Genoa and Triest as rivals, Phoenician and Phoceans shaping its rise, and its role in trade, war supply lines, and as France's leading inland-sea port with 12 miles of quays housing 2,500 vessels.
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Marseilles
France
Rome
Carthage
Middle Ocean
Balkans
Turkey-in
National Geographic Society
Europe
Mediterranean
Genoa
Triest
Sidon
Tyre
Athens
Corinth
Ragusa
Pisa
Venice
New York
Gulf of the Lion
Repubolie
Paris
Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee
Lyons
Rhone
Lightning’s Freak Strikes Spartansburg Area Killing Mule
A bolt of lightning struck near J XY Cantrell in Spartansburg South Carolina damaging a tree and scorching two children in a swing. Four mules hitched to a wagon nearby were knocked down and one was killed while a fence farther down absorbed the blaze. The single lightning strike caused a deep hole in the ground behind the wagon and set the fence on fire.
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Spartansburg
S. C
J. XY. Cantrell
Teast
Candor and Contrast in a Female Character
A fragment shows a dialogue line about a woman who believes she is different, prompting a quick remark that she thinks she is more special. The exchange hints at social attitudes toward gender and individuality in the period.
Old Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Claim
A long advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a physician’s prescription that cures kidney liver and bladder issues and relieves rheumatism by neutralizing uric acid. readers are urged to buy a bottle or mail ten cents for a sample from Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
Read by Sausage Light and Other Odd Illumination Claims
The article reports Professor Molisch’s claim that raw beef or pork sausage emits light due to microbes, enabling reading a newspaper by sausage light. It notes similar bioluminescent sources such as decaying wood, seaweed microfauna, and Cuban fireflies, with caveats about uneven light and practical use.
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Amoli
Professor Molisch
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W. G. Chapman
Serge
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Stmley
Machine Co Orange
Jones
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ata
Ao Aeam
C.p.stewart
Nowell St
Walla Walla, Wash
Watson E.coleman
Washgton
D.G
Sige
Best Res
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Ricain
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