Old Man Duke's Winter End by a County House Death
A distraught father nicknamed Old Man Duke, proud of his son’s education and future as a physician, contemplates independence from charity as he nears the county house. After years of hardship, a final act of despair ends his life. a coroner and neighbor recount the tragic scene and the social stigma of public aid.
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Guke
Corneille
Nitin
Duke
Boners
Clarkatown
Dad
Nike
Jong
Alix- Jounly
Ife
Burns
Salthet
Watts
Mystery of the Lost Ring in Sophie Brock Case
In a complex tale from Raphie's garden to Brock household, Sophie Brock, Winifred, and Clarence Howes are drawn into a ring theft hidden by sleep and insistence. A ring reappears after Wilfred’s suspicions threaten friendships while a moonlit window and whispered motives drive the mystery toward a resolution.
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DNPH
Chitator
Sophie Bruck
Clarice Hewes
Sophie
Winifred
Bethea
Jona le
Abe
Hower
Sud
Tron Wilfred
Howes
Sueplclon
Wilfred
Bihieh
Becher
Mikeye
Winlfred
Brock
Tien
Sophie Tay
Kirchen
Raphie
Bophle Brock
Clarence Howes
Hemar C
Parrele
Summer in Mexico City Prompted by Heat and Attitude
An American visitor narrator explains how summer in Mexico City feels unlike American summers. The piece notes cool mornings and evenings, the habit of wearing layers, and a humorous contrast with U.S. weather, citing local lore from the Mexican Herald and a Country club dance with a log fire.
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Conte
Opera House
New York
Mexico City
Ptess
Mexico
United States
Saya
Mexican Herald
Country Club
Rio Grande
Hell
Texas
Mechanical Violin Adds Electric Keyboard to Robot Orchestra
The mechanical violin joins a crowd of automata including piano mandolin and banjo in a French inventor's ensemble. A dozen movable disks operate the keyboard replacing a human left hand and small motors drive the strings, making Paganini and beginner pieces easy. The price runs to about 6,000 francs, while a wire of gold could scarcely be weighed to circle the earth.
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Figaro
Paganini
Sweeping the Coast Survey and Its New Method
The coast survey replaces sounding with sweeping to gauge depths. The method uses a pipe bar dragged by two boats to detect obstructions and chart waters, revealing unseen threats and charted reefs along about forty miles of coast. The Brooklyn wreck highlighted the dangers this aims to reduce.
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Coast Survey
Crusér Brooklyn
Boston
Umbrella as Weapon in Parly Instruction
An article details a discipline where a woman trains in attack and defense using an umbrella. It explains blows to the neck or stomach with the umbrella point, describing the bors de combat as a decisive strike capable of stunning or crippling an assailant.
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Ali Umibresian
Municipal Theater Becomes City Landmark Plan
A Red Wing Minnesota project, funded by an $80,000 bequest, runs a municipal theater 40 miles down the Mississippi from St Paul. A citizens committee oversees operations and has paid dividends. Professor Richard Button predicts major American cities will adopt municipal theaters within decades.
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Cy Theater
America
Minsiewippi
St. Paul
Deltinen
Richard Button
Red Wing
Criterion
United States
Milk Bricks Trade Across Europe From Belgium To Denmark
Milk bricks and AMM bricks, traditional in Belgium and Denmark, are chipped to exact amounts for tea or coffee. The brick milk has become essential in warmer European countries. The Bolghini fund supports growing trade. In Copenhagen a worker ships about 800000 pounds weekly, with much of the product reaching distant nations.
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Belgium
Denmark
Europe
Bolghini Gon Uf
Copenhagen
Fem
The Comet Now and Then in Hallay’s 450 Year Recall
The Boston Transcript notes how comets were seen in 450 years past when Hallay’s comet was awaited. Then Christians prayed for deliverance from the devil the Turk and the comet. Now the devil is painted black and the Turk is negligible. The comet would be welcome rather than feared.
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Hallay
Boston
Balloons and Bullets Across Heights Tested Abroad
Experiments abroad show that base and traveling balloons can be hit only at certain altitudes. At 600 to 2000 yards shots fail to hit while at 5050 yards, the gas bag remains safe. Even when struck, escapes cause the craft to drift hours before landing.
Phonograph Political Record Scheme Aims at Taft Bryan
Details a plan by Democratic and Republican clubs to record speeches of Taft and Bryan on phonographs. Records cover foreign missions trusts labor rights and other topics, with Bryan recordings made at Fairview Nebraska and Taft at Hot Springs Virginia.
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Gerth
Peeriéne
Blank Democrate Clb
Republican Clube
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Sumimar
Mr. Taft
Thomas A. Edison
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Moorevelt
National Phonograph Cowpary
Hot Springs
Nest
Philippines
Bryan
Fairview
Nebraska
Portmau
Bryan Lycrum
Prince of Peace
Dloba
Pecmons
Mr. Tate
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