Prolonging Life and Microbe Research at Pasteur Institute
Paris reports Prof. Eric Metchnikoff of the Pasteur Institute asserting that aging can be delayed by eradicating three diseases and by manipulating gut microbes. He described a sugar-loving microbe that thrives in the large intestine and said a breakthrough could prolong life by years. Also noted is N. E. Hansen of Brookings detailing a new machine transplanting alfalfa and a campaign with 1200 farmers testing varieties to resist drought.
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Paris
Eric Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Meichnikoff
Academy of Sciences
Metchnikoff
Frouf
N. E. Hansen
Brookings
Siberia
United States Department of Agriculture
Sendy
Wilson
Meditvery
Jedfeld
Lemmon
McIntest
Ipswich
Eureka
Big Stone
Faith
Bangare
Tn Jung
Antil
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Base Hit That Never Came Down Story
Hugh Fullerton recounts freak plays that decided games in The American Magazine. The Tul-Towing tale centers on Frank Isbell who hit a liner into a sunlit St Paul fence bound for a homer but the ball wedged on a post sixteen feet up, letting Isbell race home as Milwaukee runners waited on a slow man at first.
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Themerican
Hugh
Fullerton
Isbell
St. Paul
Hieus of
Milwaukee
Powl
Firet
Steels
Conversation in a Cleveland Pisin Dealer Tale
A dialogue reveals a Cleveland setting with a playful reminiscence about past ties. References to Painesville and engagements hint at prior romances. The exchange blends humor and local color as two men reconnect and reveal a marriage to a shared acquaintance.
Unhappy Medium in Kansas City Dining Room Quip
A French noblewoman remarked at a KC Times hosted dinner that she would like to be married in English where vows are kept. A guest quipped asking which language she was married in before. Another guest replied with a pun about broken English.
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Kansas City Times
Englind
Poe
Murder at Brussels and London drives Luke toward peril
In Brussels Louise Harris encounters a taxi murder linked to Luke de Mountford, heir Philip de Mountford arises in London, and Lord Radcliffe faces a staged heir. Luke hides guilt as the investigation tightens, Louisa strives to prove him innocent, and a web of motive and family power unfolds amid foggy nights and a luxury world.
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London
Luke Dé Mountford
Louisa
Lord Radcliffe
Luke
Philip de Mountford
Phillip
Boone
Brussels
Phillip de Mountford
Starling Developmient
Hig
Mystery of Lord Radclyffe Deepens in Illness
Luke meets Dr. Newington as news breaks that Lord Radclyffe suffered a suspected stroke after a night of turmoil. The doctor warns the eighty-year-old noble may rally with care but will never return to his former strength. Luke arranges nursing, police access, and a hospital-like setup while awaiting the inquest.
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Luke
Dr. Newington
Lord Radclyffe
Taike
Joan
Hertford’ Street
Mayfair
Nurelog
Radechyffe
Radclyne
I Quresay
Puppets Danced Chapter XV Amid Night’s Turmoil
Luke meets Lewiss and Colonel Harris at the Danish legation as they ride a taxicab home. While they discuss dinner and crowds, each hides anxious knowledge that Philip de Mountford has been murdered and policemen have spoken to Kim-Lynke. Luke questions reality, fearing the past few months may be imagined.
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Grosvenor Square
Lou
Eess
Louisa
Langham Hotel
Luke
Colonel Harris
Philip
Harris
Wes
Edie
Colune
Lewiss
Legation
Philip de Mountford
Kim-—-Lynke
Meer
Restoration of Tattersall Castle fireplaces celebrated in Lincolnshire
Lord Curzon of Kecheston arranged a triumphal transport of historic fireplaces from London to Tattersall Castle near Boston Lincolnshire. A cheers filled procession featured vans with bunting and garlands while Curzon pledged to restore the castle to its pristine state and hosted a tea for the crowd after arrival.
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London Times
Tattershall Castle
Lincolnshire
Lord Curzon
Kecheston
London
Old Castle
Boston
Castle
Orchard Dream and the Lone Blossoming Tree
A poet describes a day among green orchards and a forest edge where a single twisted barren apple tree stands neglected. A gray beard painter reveals the breaking branch painted on canvas while recounting a tale of spring’s passion and a beggar maid’s “Yes to the king.”
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Margaret E. Sangster
Fire Raided Gambling House in Minneapolis Building
In the old Union building at Third Street South a blaze caused $5,000 damage. Firemen faced locked armored doors and a supposed raid team, entering via ladders and windows after hearing sounds inside but finding no occupants. Captain Fred Howard reported occupants fled as doors resisted axes.
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Bilding
Minneapolis
Fred Howard
Engine Company Wo. 1
Union
Third Street
Aes
Howard
Love's Garden and a City Recipe in Brief Memoir
A fragment from the Milwaukee Sentinel portrays Love's garden spreading fragrance yet failing to yield crops while love wanes as cold touches the scene. The piece contrasts lush blooms with hunger and chill breezes, ending with shattered garbled text about shellac and broker tabs.
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Love
Milwaukee Sentinel
Landlord Declares Rent Scene With Charade
A Detroit Free Press item depicts a landlord and tenant exchange where the landlord bluntly lists required upkeep and improvements. The tenant agrees to paint porches, while noting she expected the same bluff to obtain the changes.
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Detroit Free Press
Easy to Cut the Price Sausage Bargain
A wan visits a butcher, asks price for four pounds of sausage. The butcher cites a rise to twenty five cents claiming a bike has gone up. The customer counters with Schmidt's lower price of twenty cents, due to Schmidt being out of stock. The butcher concedes, saying if he had them he would charge twenty cents too.
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Schmidt's
Trecause
Four Dollars for a Cake of Soap in Fashionable Delights
Soap once seen as a simple necessity now commands high prices as French imported soaps cost two to four dollars per cake. Each cake is satin wrapped in a small box, a luxury suitable for travel and bridal trinkets, offering pardoning pleasure in using such toilet articles.
Bitter Moment as Books Leave Shelves in Weeding Tale
The note recalls Prof Churton Collins trimming his library when banks failed to buy his surplus. A second hand book dealer offered to take the uprooted volumes for half a dollar and, after Collins protested, was driven away. The owner restored the books to his shelves, finding no takers beyond himself.
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Churton Collins
Mr. Collinge
Degier
Laughs Spark in Hall Fame Talk
A playful exchange sparks chatter at the hall of fame gathering as one speaker jokes about naps and another teases Miss Wearyone about laughing at her soon. The light banter echoes through the room as attendees smile.
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Chinner
Hall Fame
Habrays
Miss Wearyone
Hidden riflemen on sand line off donkey and horse
An old farmer and his plowman cutting sand near St Andrews were behind a sandbank shielding Volunteers at target practice. A stray bullet hit a pigwoman in the leg, causing him to cry out I am shot. He then urged the volunteers to halt, saying they may have struck a man and it could have been the horse.
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St. Andrews
London
Needed No More Help
An American helps a French learner with English by offering to correct his exercises. After a long silence, the Frenchman replies with garbled English about learning from the text book and dictionary and planning to come to America and to lecture on the scaffold.
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America
Henpecked Husband and a Curious Exchange
A fragmented dialogue features Henpecked Husband asking Dora about his wife and Sam's company. The text includes garbled lines about tea and relief from “bapurisies” and references to philanthropies offering rewards for a college that doesn’t need. The passage reads like a clipped, nonsensical exchange with unclear context.
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