Tempest and Letty Ormond Drift Toward Fateful Pact
In a tense scene Lady Ormond resists Tempest's demand to leave with him. He urges divorce from Fish and marriage to Letty, who finally agrees to travel but insists on decency and a fair settlement. Tempest concedes, acknowledging Letty's strength and her decision to proceed with lawyers the next day.
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Landon
Notorious
Ormand
Ormond
Orig Tnal
Letty
Tempest
Walt
Ashire
Tempest and Carew Meet at Craven in Hidden Tensions
Miss Carew arrives at Craven for a study of Basil Tempest. Mrs Henry, the housekeeper, watches the master’s heart and secrets as Tempest contemplates a burned note and a reluctant walk toward an uncertain future in exile from London.
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Tempest
Kraven
Miss Carew
Land of Freedom
Mrs. Henry
Express
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Empire
Rome
Lady Ormond
Stony Meteorites and The Earthly Origin Debate
Professor Pickering supports Chamber’s view that meteorites originate from space, not Earth. He notes 29 terrestrial elements found in meteorites, ten non metals, with no new elements identified.
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William M. Pickering
Chamber
Earth
Elements Most Abundant in Earth's Crust and Meteorites
The six most common elements in the earths crust are oxygen silicon aluminum iron calcium and magnesium. In stony meteorites the eight most common elements include these six plus nickel and sulfur.
Improved Alarm Glock Signals Time With Dry Battery Power
Describes a simple alarm clock using dry batteries to ring a bell. It lights a small incandescent bulb and produces a tart fire in an alcohol jam via a platform wire when the hour hand reaches the designated time.
Woman can be governor Lincoln Neb
Supreme court decision in favor of Gertrude Jordan upholding a woman’s eligibility to hold office in Nebraska. The ruling argues women may hold any office the voters can elect, though Justice Fawcett warns against judicially extending political rights beyond existing constitutional limits. Jordan is noted as the first woman elected county treasurer in the United States.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Gertrude Jordan
Cherry County
Fawcett
Miss Jordan
United States
W. A. Armstrong
Boand
B. Quibble
Armstrong
Quibble
Nomadic Tenement Life Revealed in Harlem Figures
The New York Press reports that moving among tenements is common among city residents. Consolidated Gas Company data show 135 families moved in or out of a Harlem tenement in 32 months, with one apartment housing 25 families over the period.
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New York
Consolidated Gas
Strange child desertion shocks Hull police
Mrs. Sarah Wells visited the Royal Infirmary with her child for treatment and left the empty mail cart outside. An unknown woman placed her child in the cart and fled. the infant was taken to the workhouse after Wells reported the incident to police.
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Hull
Eng
Sarah Wells
Royal Infirmary
Ashman’s Faulty Can Sparks Silent Warning
In a terse vignette from Everybody's Magazine a religious ashman tips ashes toward a tin cart but the can fails. Ethel sees it and warns her mother as the man walks beside the cart muttering and praying, while the mother questions intent. The scene ends with bemused dialogue about listening and faith.
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Ethel
Everybody's Magazine
Big Mission Rally Draws Protestant Leaders in Chicago
Four days from May 5, Chicago hosted the Layman's National Missionary Congress. About 4,500 delegates from American Protestant churches debated a world evangelization plan and adopted a national missionary policy to be sent to the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference. Notables included Vice President Fairbanks, governors, U S Senators Dolliver Beveridge Teller, and leaders from Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Northern and Southern Baptists Episcopal Church.
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National Missionary Congress
America
Fairbanks
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Dolliver
Iowa
Beveridge
Indiana
Teller
Colorado
States
Hadley
Missouri
Yates
Mlinots
Hanley
Buffalo
Edinburgh
Scotland
Presbyterian Church
Northern Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Charles P. Anderson
W. L. McDowell
J. Campbell White
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
J. A. MacDonald
The
Toronto Globe
Slang Language Sparks Family Talk In West Philadelphia
A West Philadelphia family faces a slang moment as a father, mother, and daughter discuss discipline after a young girl uses uncultured phrases. The exchange prompts a mother to urge correction and a daughter to react with embarrassment about affection.
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Philadelphia
Maggie
Adelphis Te
Doctor Advises Operation After Tumor Rupture
A Galena Kansas patient recalls a fall and resulting soreness leading to a diagnosis of a ruptured tumor requiring surgery. The message asks for medical advice and mentions remedies and home care before a planned procedure.
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Galena
Kans
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