Two Gentlemen Say Good By in a Rail Station Convo
Ardmore and Griswold chat at Atlanta station about a winking boarding school girl and Ardmore's plan to search for her in New Orleans. They joke about money, romance, and Ardmore facing his sister Nellie who pressures marriage. The scene pivots on a chance encounter and lingering hints of adventure.
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Ardmore
Griswold
Atlanta
Thrille
New York
Beniny
Fifth Avenue
Ita
Otto Town
New Orleans
Grisssiet
Mike
Ardy
Minneapolis
Bangor
Grissy
Alexandra
Ardy—" Griswold
Grisay
Browning
Mrs. Atchison
Nellie
Ardsley
Newport
Tireless Turbine at Ivry Works 150 Days Unstopped
A Laval turbine in a gas factory at Ivry near Paris ran for 150 days totaling 3 600 hours without a stop. An automatic oiler maintained lubrication and a worker re supplied oil every 12 hours. The disk rim spun about six miles per minute, sending a point along the circumference nearly 5 1/2 lunar distances in that period.
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Ivry
Paris
Laval
Lake Chad Mystery Spurs Knight Expedition Plans
Lake Chad is the focus of Mr Knight's proposed Sahara interior expedition seeking to resolve the lake's shape and size. Conflicting explorer accounts describe a divided lake with an island belt and disputed open channels, inviting further investigation.
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Lake
Chad
Knight
Sahara
Those Fine Pillows
A fragment from a humorous domestic scene shows Mrs. Jowers scolding and her husband asking what he did wrong as they discuss a pillow miscue. The dialogue suggests a light parental or marital moment captured in a newspaper snippet.
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Mrs. Jowers
Jowers
Financial Loss Through Tuberculosis Based on 1900 Census
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis estimates about 100,000 schoolchildren will die of tuberculosis before age 48, averaging six years of schooling lost per child. Annual wasted education is around $1,152,000, with higher infection rates than death rates suggested by New York, Boston, and Stockholm investigations.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
New York
Boston
Stockholm
Sunday School’s Want Ad Draws Brooklyn Youth
A church in Brooklyn uses shop window placards reading Wanted Boys and girls to join our Sunday school to attract local children. The signs claim benefits for attendees and describe the program’s attractions.
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Brooklyn
Change of Food Restores Health Through Postum and Grape-Nuts
An elderly Missouri couple report recovery from long standing stomach and nerve troubles after quitting coffee and adopting Postum with Grape Nuts. The wife credits their improvement to the two foods, noting substantial flesh gain and resolved nervous symptoms after about four months of use.
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Ana Reais
Cosanpe
Santnatty
Preveke
Bita
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