Fooling Benson The Bank Cashier and the Foundry Scheme
Nettie and Jack uncover a bank shortage scheme by Benson. A steel filings magnet trap reveals the fraud as Benson uses foundry deposits and a time lock drawer. The couple exposes the crime and ends his plan with Nettie accepting Jack’s proposal.
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Robert Cable
Jack Niblo
Jack
Niblo
Nettie Cable
Benson
Mr. Fells
Bank
Nettie
Gregson
Cosh
George Castle
Facts About Mankind and Life Expectancy
A compilation noting that married people live longer than unmarried, temperate and industrious groups outlive gluttons and idle, civilized nations outlive uncivilized. It cites birth season effects, gender longevity shifts, and global life expectancy averages. It also states language diversity, religious confessions, and mortality milestones.
Awakening in Peking The past two years bring vast progress
A Century excerpt describes dramatic changes in Beijing, noting improved streets with macadamized central strips, brick side drains, trees, and sidewalks. Rebuilt shop fronts, reopened sewers, and compulsory conveniences accompany transformed roadways guarded by police. Telephone lines replace earlier chaos as progress accelerates.
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Peking
China
Joseph J’ranklin Griggs
Century
Underground Era Foretold by Engineer Ewen
Engineer John M. Ewen told St. Peters club that future cities may bury habitable spaces beneath street level and build skyscrapers fifty stories high. He cited the San Francisco earthquake to praise fireproof steel construction and proposed wire glass with metal frames for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Ewen
Men's Club
St. . Peter's Episcopal Church
Ewen
Chicago
San Francisco
San _Francisco Chronicle
Dining Room In an Apple Tree
Ingenious East Aurora family builds a tree dining room in a wide apple tree near the house. A platform with railing serves as the dining area, a pulley line from the pantry trolleying dishes and food to and from the tree.
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East Aurora
N. Y
A Lover's Scheme in a London Breach of Promise Case
A London breach of promise case featured a novel timing method. The engaged couple tracked 110 Sundays to their planned marriage by removing 110 cardboard squares, leaving 99 removed when the matter concluded. Damages of $625 were claimed and awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A Humble Heroine Receives Legion of Honor
Mother Mary Teresa, famed for selfless acts across Syria, China, Mexico and Magenta, is awarded the Legion of Honor in a ceremonial scene in France. The general lauds her heroism, recounting a grenade rescue and her return to duty at the hospital.
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France
Mother Mary Teresa
Balaklava
Magenta
Syria
China
Mexico
Reischoffen
Legion of Honor
Mother Teresa
Frederic Rowland Marvin
Pointed Paragraphs From The Atchison Globe
A quotation captures caution about truth and deception. It contrasts lawful behavior with easy missteps and warns against over apologizing while highlighting the dangers of romance and secret keeping. The piece reflects moral guidance from the era.
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Atchison Globe
When Musicians Were Scarce in England’s Past
The article notes that in the fifteenth century musicians were scarce and pressed by government order. It cites Henry VIII issuing warrants to impress children with good voices for cathedral choirs and Elizabeth I taking qualified children from parents without compensation for her majesty’s choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Brooks
England
The Cod as the Most Useful Fish
The cod is the most useful fish in the world as food and medicine. It is enormously prolific, provides tongue as a delicacy, and cod liver oil helps pulmonary wasting diseases. Norwegians feed cod heads to cows, Icelanders use the bones for cattle, Kamchatka dogs eat them, and dried cod is used for fuel in icy regions.
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Animal Kingdom
Kamchatka
London
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