Epidemic of Itch in Welsh Village
In Dowlais, South Wales, a fifteenth century sickness known as the itch swept families, causing severe distress. Doctors failed to help. Cure by Cuticura remedies was claimed to heal many. A letter from Thomas Hugh of Chicago praises the treatment.
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Dowlais
South Wales
Thomas Hugh
West Huron St
Chicago
Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Melon Theft in Courthouse Quip
A humorous exchange in court has the prisoner confess stealing melons while asking for mercy. The defendant cites lack of chance to eat the fruit as the basis for his appeal, captured in a colorful Atlanta Constitution quotation.
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Atleanta Constitution
The Quenching of Ludlow and Tom Gordon
In the civil war era of a Southern industrial town, Tom Gordon presses rebellious plans to transform his father Caleb Gordon’s foundry. They back a new pipe making method to outflank Farley interests, while labor factions vote on shifts and profits. The ink dries on a perilous path as a payroll crisis and blackmail threaten their fragile ascent.
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Horace
Ludlow
Tom Gordon
Wes
Tom
Nol
Farley
Patty
Helgerson
Ross Tom
Caleb Gordon
Pappy
Buddy
South Tredegar
Walt
Bell
Vertey
Caleb
Boston
Clarkson
Taddy
Chiawasgee Consolidated
Farleya
Bates
Erim
Chiawassee
Norman
Kim
Gordon
the Marlboro
Louisville
Indiana
Kentucky
Municipal Purchasing Board
Iron City National
Gordonia
Parddise
Woodlawn
Con
Thea
Dbyckman
Geome
Vint Varley
Martha Gordon
Butom
Absalom
The Lion's Roar King of Beasts in East Africa
A discussion of why the lion is called the king of beasts based on A Redelyffe Dugmore and Roosevelt. It notes the animal's scavenging nature and cannibal tales, yet emphasizes the lion's imposing roar and impact on other creatures. The piece contrasts popular fear with the true spectacle of its power and presence in daylight and night.
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A. Redelyffe Dugmore
Everybody's Magazine
Hon
Mr. Roosevelt
East Africa
Gudburst
Not All Are Drones in New York Society Prominence
Frederick Townsend Martin highlights wealthy New York women and their charitable works. Mrs. Harriman and Mrs. Vanderbilt lead major efforts in housing, tuberculosis relief, nurses, and child welfare while Helen Gould Anne Morgan and others fund clinics, schools, and reform projects.
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York
Frederick Townsend Martin
Bradley Martin
Station of the Arts
Martin
W. K. Vanderbilt
Helen Gould
Anne Morgan
New York
Harriman
Sage
Trevor
Cromwell
Barnes
Gray
Bell
Stokes
Invin
Westinghouse
Bryce
Turnure
Choate
Parsons
Sloane
Kingsland
Hoyt
Twombly
Jay
Belmont
King
Women of New York Society
J. Borden Harriman
Miss Gould
Saga
National Civic Federation
Vanderbilt
Children’s Court
Europe
Brooklyn
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
J. Fierpont Morgan
Navy Ford
Third Avéette
Charles Greenough
Eleanor Whitridge
Miss Morgan
Washington
San Francisco
Denver
Chicago
St. George’s Church
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Henry , Trevor
Seymour Cromwell
Anson Phelps Stokes
Robert Hunter
Caroline Stokes
Richard Irvin
Pro Cathedral
Junior League
William D. Sloane
Biss Vanderbilt
St. Luke's Hospital
Cornelius ‘Vanderbilt
O. H. P. Belmont
Joseph H. Choate
Presbyterian Hospital
Mineola
L. L
Ambrose Kingsland
Edward King
Children’s Day Nursery
Cbharles Marshall
Ernest Flagg
Catherine Cameron
Charles E. Lawrence
G. A. Irving
Courtlandt Anable
Lowton
United States
Harry Payne Whitney
Fiertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney
Clarence Mackay
Charles Cary Rumsey
Mary Harriman
Rumsey
Red Cross Committee of
Dorothy Whitney
William C. Whitney
Bart
New York Society
Mark Train Seeks Italian City Visit and Charity Notices
The piece notes Mark Train seeking an example of English usage and visiting an Italian city where nine charitable institutions posted four notices in all languages. It quotes a harsh, uncensored line about the St. Francis fathers of the poor harboring disease and disrespect for religion.
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Mark Train
Italy
St. Francis
Reversing the Process Rankin-How did you manage to go ther will of Scrageles
Fyte explains Scrageles has long borrowed from him and others. A few weeks ago Tatru stopped lending to Scrageles and began borrowing from him, reversing the prior pattern.
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Rankin
Scrageles
Fyte
Poisoned Spring and Poison Arrowhalve in Island Lore
The narrator and guide reach a deserted village on a rock island and discover a spring poisoned by the tribe. The chief explains how a green liver, dosed with venom from rattlesnakes, is used to coat arrows. A small plant cures the poison, and the tribe claims bread-leaf beds as antidotes at two other springs on the island.
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Norton
Amail
Avery
Tiburon Island
Sonoran
Mexico
World
Unclear fragmentary text from historical page
The readable bits show a fragmented quote about foolish practices and bent efforts while attempting a task, lacking identifiable people, places, or events to anchor a fuller summary. The passage is insufficient to determine a concrete news item or outcome.
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