Love and scandal in a social triangle
Mrs. Berkeley Dexter narrates a tangled story of friendship, love, and interference as Johnny Weeks, age 42, flirts with her sisters and Lady Passay. The tale ends with Dexter’s bitter confession of being used, and Johnny’s engagement to Lady Passay amid a wedding invitation she cannot refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Berkeley Dexter
Iex
Gamlen
Eion
Lady Passay
Johnny Weeks
Mrs. Dexter
Hood
Johnny
Dexter
Berkeley
Berkeley Dester
Passay
Mia
Pinafores
Ine
Underwater Wireless System via Submarine Sound Waves
English scientist John Gardner proposes a sound wave method to rival Hertzian wireless. He uses a tuned metal strip and delicate microphone to prevent interference, triggering a sequence of electrical and mechanical actions. The lab apparatus mirrored his submarine system, proving movements like propeller rotation, rudder swing, and dummy torpedo expulsion respond to correct tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gardner
Rome
Gardner
Gartner
Sec
German Surgeons Discover Healing Membrane Used In Wounds
German surgeons found a delicate membrane lining eggshell to start granulation and heal open wounds. Used first at Seney Hospital in Brooklyn, the patient recovered and returned to work as a healthy man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seney Hospital
Brooklyn
Chaucer's House Sold in Berkshire Manor Transfer
Hart ford Manor at Faringdon in Berkshire, long linked to Chaucer, has been sold to leaseholder George Baylis of Wyfield Manor Newbury, noted as England's top barley producer. The Pusey horn relic from Canute era remains at Bouviere Pusey’s possession with inscription. Also brief miscellany on temperance cure, confectioners union, and a Market Report tease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaucer
Hartford Manor
Faringdon
Berkshire
England
Pusey
George Baylis
Wyfield Manor
Newbury
Canute
Bouviere Pusey
Kyng Knoude
William
A Child’s Bold Pledge To Report The Paperknife
A ten year old named Muriel, under King Edward VII, resists corporal punishment after multiple disobediences. Her mother uses an ivory paper knife to strike her legs, prompting Muriel to declare she will tell God and Jesus about the instrument and proceed to inform on her mother if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel
Edward VII
Marial
God
Jesus
Everybody's Magazine
Eczema Cure Story and Miscellaneous Snippets
A man recounts his son Clyde’s severe eczema and claimed recovery after using Cuticura products, while a mixed page includes a gag about fiancés, a sham medical oath, jokes about organ grinders, baking powder ads, and assorted quips reflecting early 20th century humor. Names like Mrs. Algy Cockburn and J. Cheney appear amid varied items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Red rust disease damages northeast Indian tea crops
A curious disease called red rust cripples tea leaves in northeast India. Copalourte virescens algae agents the ailment, described by M Hutchins on the Memoirs of the Agricultural Department of India. The disease stains leaves with yellow patches and spreads via two spore types, one waterborne and one airborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
M. Hutchin
Agricultural Department of India
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Authored Letter
A Manning Iowa resident credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of female medical complaints. The letter touts the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pound
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Lydia E. Pink
Lydia E Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnny Weekes
Ford Pub. Co
George M. Sheldon
Fifty-third Street
Seventh Avenue
New York Press
Sheldon
Cap
Belgium
Oogoooon
Underwater Wireless
Gandy
P Toper
Confectioners’ Union
Light
Ethel
Nwse
Nora
Cincinnati
New York
Little Sinner
Owen
Cuthura
Reginald
Lucas Corry
J. Cursey
J. Cheny de CO
Toledo
Cheney
Deemer
W. Glearon
FJ Cheney & CO
Renil Drugeiata
Margaret
Lippincott’s
Nce
de Tay
N.Y
Bone
Playera’ Club
Clasad
Cal
Misa Isadora Duscan
Mies Duncan
Brander Matthews
Columbia
Serosa
Love
Howard Bros. Buffalo
Dodds
Poune MaDe
Aero
Carters
Canada
Western
Law J. M. Will. AM
Toledo, Ohins
Ite
Gove Peer Vail
Herka
Preumonis
Parker
Stamidet
Wii Macque
Thompson's
Defiance Starch
Citer Aioe
AON
Old Virginia
Are & Cent
California
Salt Lake
Overland Limited
Chicago
Pullman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Electric
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Neb
Saite Wee Tobacco
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