Engaged heiress aids escape on wary coast
In a beachside scene Ned and Vida navigate interruptions as Clair confesses he fears losing Miss Dunmore to her charm. The narrator recalls past flames while household meddling, a noisy telephone, and a trench of romantic snares unfold on a sunlit shore.
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Vida
Ned
Mer. Clair
Captain Pe
Laule
Mr. Clair
Miss Dunmore
Lucile
Bopp
Laccile
Brooklyn Athletic Club
Lipton & Clair
Blaney
Clair
Miss Dupmere
Swimmer Hero Dodges Plot as Island Mystery Deepens
In a tense island scene Lipton and Clair scheme to elude capture through a feigned illness and a letter while Vida plots a ruse. Lucile and Bopp search for Tooties as Mrs Green is located by boat and a missing persons thread widens.
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Lucile
Tooties
Bopp
Tootles
Mrs. Green
Ambition Clash Amid Romance in Chapter Eleven
A male narrator rejects marriage to protect his career while a woman, Miss Dunmore, reads his actions as awakening passion. The man laments misunderstanding and seeks a way out, admitting he did not intend to incite affection.
Magnetic method locates bullets in wounded soldiers
A stethoscope placed on the skin detects a sound like a steamboat whistle, enabling an electromagnet to locate bullets in soldiers. The magnet shows a vibra tion for shallow bullets and guides marking the skin for extraction. For deep bullets, the magnet is placed on one side while the stethoscope scans the opposite side to find the nearest surface point.
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Fotheringham
Canadian Army Medical Service
Salvage Corps Operates Near Front in Modern Warfare
A war correspondent reports salvage units daily scour the battle front for metal debris. They extract copper, lead, aluminum and other metals worth up to one and a half shillings per pound and transport them to rear shops to remake munition components. Lead fragments are largely lost due to high velocity fire.
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Battle Front
Bomb dropping mechanism of Zeppelin described by Sphere
The London Sphere describes a Zeppelin bomb release system with 00 conical bombs. The base is slung in straps with a neck strap and releasing hook. Activating the hook makes the small end drop first, base slides out, bomb rights itself and drops downward along the hull. Electro- actuation likely used to operate the hook.
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London Sphere
Mall Hull
Salt to Clean Dress Fashion Note
Instructions advise cleaning lightly soiled cloth garments with hot salt, rub, brush, dampen, and press if needed. The excerpt includes a quip about parking and a bench in sight, ending with a playful remark.
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Nebraska
Magnuson X-Ray CO
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Brandis
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Omaha Cal
Qrite Us
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Lincoln
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Seath
Om St
Lincoln, Snd
Beatrice, Neb
Nebraska Realty CO
Lee W. Edwards
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Randall & Moll
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C. E. Speidell & Son
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Harney Sr
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