Prominent Politician Describes Noted Spiritualism Seance
In a lobby interview a respected Indiana figure recounts twenty five years of investigations into spiritualism. He details a slate writing medium, cabinet tests, and messages from a supposed uncle and others, including a signature that read William H De Puy. He cautions he cannot prove spirits, yet notes remarkable demonstrations and widespread local interest.
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Denison
Alice
Fred
Bill
William H. D
William H. de Puy
Mount Vernon
Washington
Indiana
Christmas in the Selkirks warned by two Canadian railroad men
In a New York Tribune piece, L.8 Hathaway recalls a tale from the Selkirks where Canadian Pacific workers McGuirk and Ralston endured isolation during winter. A Christmas feast centered on a keg of whisky, but an emptied barrel and forgotten last toast led to a dry floor and unresolved mystery.
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New York Tribune
Hathaway
Ofontreal
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Selkirks
Canadian Pacific
Valey
Skirk
McGuirk
Ralston
Patent Gifted to Miss Calveard for Ribbon Change Device
Miss Frances L Calveard a Louisville typist private secretary devised a ribbon change aid for a writing machine to avoid ink staining. She patented the device in Washington and recently received a offer of 10000 for rights from a novelty concern. She is undecided.
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Frances L. Calveard
Western Union
Louisville
Washington
Miss Calveard
The Sunday excursion habit on the city streets
The piece describes young workers seeking Sunday relief in excursions. It contrasts winter indolence with June crowds at parks and interurban trips. It follows the typical Sunday excursion from dawn departure to late return, detailing crowds, heat, fatigue, and social dynamics aboard trains and at towns along the route.
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White River
Wabash
Indianapolis
Iit
Home talk as an insurance for children’s future years
Prof. James Morse argues in Harper's Bazar that open wholesome dialogue in the family guards children from harmful whispers and shapes their character. He cautions against turning the home into a classroom but urges free, honest conversation at the table and fireside to seed positive traits for the future.
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James Morse
Harper's Bazar
Vegetarian meals served at East Twenty-eighth Street restaurant
New York Post reports a restaurant on East Twenty-eighth street serves vegetarian dinners using meat substitutes. Nut and grain preparations canned for commerce form the base of dishes like nut roast with brown sauce, ragout of nutto lene on toast, Protose and rice hash, and nut nolene resembling ham or chicken hash.
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New York Post
East Twenty-eighth Street
A Song of Wind and Sea in Chambers's Journal
A fragment from Chambers's Journal depicts wind and sea themes with a wanderer seeking shelter in a gray walled town. The verse contrasts a choked urban scene with imagined open seas where the wind blows free and breath is sweet, ending with a garbled line attributed to Belt.
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North Sea
Belt
Chambers
Italians in Prosperous Italy Colony Face Emigration Pressure
A local Italian colony in Prosperous Italy is urged to grow, as New York immigration records show sixty three thousand Italians arrived last year and trends point to more Italian Americans in 191 than in 1900. Montani-led leaders describe a high class, self reliant community while warning of fraud by small banks and calling for reform in Italy’s social and political system to curb emigration.
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United States
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Montani
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Bresci
Mr. Montani
Bank of
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Commie
Chicago
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Calabria
Gabrielle d'Annunzio
Garibaldi
D'Annunzio
Chamber of Deputies
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