The Twins Banner Brings Arthur Home to Myra
Myra Marchmont came to Larchwood to raise orphan twins Clarice and Clarence Brown. Thanksgiving night they parade a banner inviting a church dinner, a stumble that leads to their guest Arthur Templar learning the story. He offers help, moved by the twins and their devoted guardian.
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Myra Marchmont
Larchwood
Clarice
Clarence Brown
Myra
Claree
Clarence
Clare
Sister Marchmont
Arthur
Arthur Templar
Surveying Southern Seas Reveals New Central American Rock
The Hannibal, a surveying steamship, was warned by the Navy Hydrographic Office of a dangerous rock found off the east coast of Central America during work to chart coastal positions. The mission from Cape Gracias a Dios to Porto Bello aims to place navigational aids and determine locations for lighthouses, beacons, and buoys, with completion estimated at about ten years if done solo, and the Navy hopes to deploy Leonidas to speed the effort.
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Navy Hydrographic Office
Hatinthal
Central America
Panama
Hannital
Central American
Hannibal
Cape Gricias A Dios
Porto Bello
Navy Department
Cash Register for Church Devised in Pennsylvania
John Gilmore of Harrisville Pa has perfected a collection box for churches that records gifts by donor and amount. The device includes multiple coin apertures and a bell or whistle signal for each coin size with a tickler attachment to awaken members. Each coin drops through grooves to indicate value and giver while preserving hush in services.
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Pennsylvania
John Gilmore
Harrisville
Gilmore
Wife Beater Chooses Whipping For Punishment
Frederick Maryland man Robert Phillips accepted fifteen lashes from Sheriff Pagan after a court sentenced him to jail and a twenty five dollar whip fee. With fifty spectators watching the prisoner said he was obliged and thanked the sheriff for the punishment.
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Robert Phillips
Frederick
Phillips
Pagan
Philips
Fagan
Berkeley Strives for Catless Town Amid Smallpox Drive
Berkeley policehave launched a campaign to purge cats believed to spread smallpox. Officers armed with rifles began extermination, targeting any felines regardless of ownership or pedigree in a bold public health effort.
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Berkeley
Cal
Police Department
Napoleon’s Transfer and Funeral in Paris 1840
Napoleon’s body was moved from England to France in 1840 after a request by the French government. The funeral procession in Paris featured a velvet and gold car twenty feet long, drawn by four abreast black horses, with military and civic groups marching amid flowers and gilded statues. About six hundred thousand spectators witnessed the cold day tribute to the emperor.
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Napoleon
Seine
England
France
Courbevole
Parla
Hotel Des Inbeneath
Asr
Violin Said to Cure Baldness by Nervous Influence
London reports cite M. Henri de Parville claiming music builds nervous strength and affects body tissues, possibly influencing hair health. He notes musicians show varying baldness rates, with strings and piano offering protection while brass risks severe hair loss, especially trombone players.
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M. Henri de Parville
London
Morris H Barney Escapes From Russia
Morris H Barney escapes from Russia after a boyhood attempt to flee with a companion. He hides with a watchman, is captured, disguises as a girl to cross toward America, and returns to his hometown. Cossacks arrest him as a deserter, confine him, and sentence him to a Siberian labor camp for desertion after a harsh trial.
Immigrant Jewiely Barney Recalls Escape From Russia to America
Morris Barney narrates a perilous escape from Russia ending in Philadelphia then Alma and Detroit. He endured a brutal four weeks of forced labor and starvation, aided by his meat contractor father who funded the clandestine shipment to Riga and onward to America. He learned English in McKeesport and later worked at the Ford plant, aiming to study law in the United States.
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Morris
Eydkulinen
America
Koyno
Kytais Coltadi Kar‘kas
Siberia
Telfer
Villilikoshens
Russian Empire
Riga
Alma
Jacob Barney
Konigsberg
Germany
Philadelphia
McKeesport
Detroit
Checker
Ford Automobile Plant
Barney
Bargain Prices Ahead As New Robbers Stock Arrives
We have a good line of new rob bers at bargain prices and are receiving daily a fresh supply of second hand goods. Call and see our fine stock on hand now. Berman Bros.
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Berman Bros
Farms for Sale Howell Michigan 80 to 240 Acres
For sale 80 acre farm with loam soil and brick house on good road 3 percent miles from Howell on milk and mail route near school priced at $851 per acre. Also 100 acres 144 miles from town with large new house and basement barn at $8000 total. 240 acres with large house basement tenant house three barns shop and store near school and black amill priced at $15000 with $1500 down. Many other farms with small down payment and five percent interest. William E Robb Howell Michigan.
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Howell
School
Wiliam E. Robb
Michigan
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THE
TWINS
American Press Association
AntHon
Hure
Victory
Wingold
Alma Flour & Feed Store
Union Phone
Bell
W. Superior St
Hydrographic Office
Joseph B
Lily White
Grand Rapids, Mich
L. N. Baker
C. L.j& G. M. Delavan
Cash Grocery
Ellison's Grocery
Morris H. Barney
Russia
James Whitcomb Riley
E. P. Reed Or
A. R. Smith
Mich
Swift & Company
Central Michigan Produce Company
Alma, Michigan
U.S. A
Parcel Post
Brossy’s
French Cleaners
Detroit Car
Woodward
Warren Aves
O. W. Swisher Union
Alma, Mich
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