Billy Osgood's Bold Roof Ad Earns Love Not Fortune
Conscientious artist Billy Osgood accepts a two week paint job to spell Belter on a city roof for seven hundred fifty dollars to marry Marion Hines. When the plan backfires ethically, he returns the money and later learns Belter’s panorama advertisement brings windfall fame and hidden fortune.
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Marion Hines
Belter Company
Perseus
Old Belter
Osgood
Marion
Belter
Dagood
Billy
Marion Darling
Olgood
Foxy Old Belter
Foxy
Hines
William Osgood
Utopia as Portrayed by Sir Thomas More
A summary of Sir Thomas More's Utopia describing an imagined island documented in De Optimo Republicae Statu and its portrayal as a perfected commonwealth with just laws and enlightened institutions. Raphael Hythloday is the reputed explorer, and the work argues happiness via limited labor and absence of greed.
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Utopia
Sir Thomas More
Raphael Hythloday
Amerigo Vespucci
Wild tussah silk culture in Chinese provinces
The Detroit News notes tussah silk comes from wild silkworm cocoons in Shantung Henan and Szechwan. The coarse durable silk feeds on oak leaves. tussah worms need slight humidity and soil watering in dry seasons to maintain air moisture.
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Shantung
Henan
Szechwan
China
Detroit News
Sorrow and Consolation in Mourning
A reflection on sorrow as noble and patient, contrasting it with brooding over irreparable loss. The author urges consolation through active compassion, sharing grief, and ministering to others amid affliction.
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William Dean Howells
Rubber in German lignite proves vulcanized over long periods
Petrified rubber found in brown coal deposits shows high sulphur content in analysis. The material appears as long fibers termed monkey hairs, varying from soft vulcanized rubber to hard ebonite across different lignite layers.
Spanish vogue in shawls and coats dominates this season
Fashion notes highlight Spanish inspired knits and shawls with deep fringes in crimson black orange green and purple. Coats feature fur trim braid and plaid linings with hats playing a styling role and Ottoman silk options for milder climates.
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Mary
Women of Middle Age Praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Letters from Mrs Kats McPnax Illinois and Mrs ABBrm Harvey Pennsylvania praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from menopause symptoms and weakness. A Carlyle Illinois respondent reports long-term use improving strength and ability to work. A nationwide canvass found 98 of 100 respondents benefited. Sold by druggists nationwide.
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Louisville
Minois
Lydia E. Pnham
Kats McPnax
Illinois
Frankford
Pennsylvania
Lydia E. Pinkham
Abbrm Harvey
J. Leonard St
Frankford, Pa
Renee
Pres Re
Visa Bleax Street
Carlyle
Railroads Abandoned Net 3500 Miles in Eight Years
A Life interview notes European poverty observed by the traveler and mentions bringing back its image. The report states railways abandoned in the country over the past eight years total 3 500 miles, highlighting a sweeping decline in railway infrastructure.
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Doubleday, Page & Co
Marys
Europe
Dub
Lumbago
Bayer
England
Munyon
Munyen
Yin
Fletcher
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