A Dash for Freedom in the Florida Times Union
Milburn family plots a dramatic getaway after hosting Laura's baby and a week of busy domestic scenes. The couple plans to move to a hotel, ending their role as live in helpers to Laura, Nell, and Ethel, as the husband hints at writing a brief tonight. The baby’s care and household duties thread through a lively domestic snapshot.
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Mrs. Milburn
Alice
Milburn
Manda
Ethel
Laura
Dagget
Nell
Pagget
Tom
Lottle
Jeb
ISOLD NO MORE BAD EGGS
Sir Gilbert Parker tells of a British officer in an Egyptian outpost who forced a merchant to swallow two rotten eggs to ensure fresh supply. The officer, wielding life and death power, punished the man for selling bad eggs and secured reliable future stock.
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Gilbert Parker
Valmond
Pontiac
Egypt
Gilbert
Notable Yet Poor List of Historic Performers Salaries
The article compares old era artists salaries with modern earnings, noting Chasse earned 3,000 livres fixed plus allowances, Antiet 4,800 francs, and La Camargo 2,700 francs, while top today far exceeds those sums. It mentions Louis XIV as a generous manager and details early ballet pay. It also highlights Dr Marion Dorset, a hog cholera researcher, who earned only a small salary yet saved the country millions through his serum and a secret ink invention used by federal meat inspectors.
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Chasse
Mile. Antiet
la Camargo
Louis XIV
Marion Dorset
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Dr. Dorset
Wireless Weather Bulletin Inaugurated For Great Lakes
The United States Weather Bureau launched a daily wireless weather bulletin for the Great Lakes on June 1. Distributed by the naval radio station at Radio Virginia, it provides current day conditions at Duluth Marquette Sault Ste Marie Green Bay Chicago Alpena Detroit Cleveland and Buffalo and forecasts wind and weather for the upper and lower lake regions for the next 24 hours.
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Great Lakes
United States Weather Bureau
Naval Radio Station
Radio
North Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Marquette
Sault St. Marie
Green Bay
Chicago
Alpena
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Funeral procession at Glasgow cemetery stirs crowd
A large crowd followed Sir M. Grierson's funeral procession toward Glasgow cemetery, with police struggling to maintain order amid curious onlookers, notably some elderly women. One old dame defies a barrier, declaring she will go in despite the ban.
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M. Grierson
Glasgow Cemetery
Aweel
Shells and Silent Distances Between Parents and Children
Mary Heaton Vorse writes in the Woman's Home Companion about how mothers overcorrect and push children into "shells" through constant cleaning, manners, and discipline. The piece laments eroded communication as kids grow isolated by toothbrushes and soap, yielding a distant parent child dynamic.
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Mary Heaton Vorse
War histories to flood 1913 book market says critic
A Philadelphia friend notes that many war histories will appear in 1913 driven by the European conflict and public appetite. The Ledger writer calls the trend a banner crop surpassing even major crop yields and predicts an army of historians will emerge as readers seek perspective on global war.
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Philadelphia
Girard
Philadphia Ledger
United States
Appomattox
Doctor Ramsey
John Witherspoon
Princeton
Enlargement of Kaiser Wilhelm Canal Locks Described
The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, begun 27 years ago and finished 19 years ago, proved too small for advancing ships. Old locks measured 145 by 28 by 9 meters, new locks will be 330 by 45 by 14 meters with 207,900 cubic meters of water, surpassing Panama locks at 124,511 double meters and 308 meters length.
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Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Panama Locks
Yawning Praised By Liege Professor In Curious Belief
Doctor Naegell of Liege University extols yawning as beneficial for breathing and throat muscles. He cites cases where yawning eased sore throats and argues there is an art to yawning akin to breathing. The piece notes Lord Charles Berneford’s irritation but questions how to induce a yawn.
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Doctor Naegell
Liege University
Charles Berenford
Swedish Emigrants to United States rise after 1912
The record shows Sweden sent 12,088 emigrants to the United States in 1912 and 17,208 in 1918. Combined with the three Scandinavian countries, 21,001 emigrated in 1912 and 38,797 in 1914. Finland sent 6,691 emigrants in 1912 and 12,778 in 191?1.
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Sweden
United States
Finland
Harris Condemned to Death in Electric Chair
State v Zack Harris a White man from Stoney Creek township found guilty of burglary and criminal assault on Nina Pate age 15. Judge Daniels set execution for January 22 1915 in Raleigh after jury verdict. Harris may appeal to the Supreme Court. Harris had been free on bond until the current term. The case drew wide attention in Goldsboro Dispatch reporting. STOP THAT COUGH NOW Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey ad follows.
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Harris
Goldsboro
Superior Court
Zack Harris
Stoney Creek Township
Nina Pate
E. M Strickland
Daniels
State Penitentiary
Raleigh
Supreme Court
Strickland
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Jane Cashion
Qrok
Florida Times ‘Union
Dr. Bell
Mr. E. William
Hamilton
Ohio
M. Waller
Live and Let Live Grocer
O. C. Curlee
Monroe
N. C
Willie L, Curlee
Vann & Pratt
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
Marshville
Matthews
W. B. Houston
Fitzgerald Building
Court House
Monroe, N. C
E. S. Green
Belk-Bundy Building
Belk's Store
Monroe, N
R. L. Payne
Postoffice
Onion Drug Co
F. S. Scharfenberg
Spoka
Symphony Orchestra
Spokane
Wash
Baptist
J. A. Little
New Salem Township
Union County
Ittle
Stack & Parker, Attys
Gordon Finvestnent CO
Opera House
Monroe, N. 0
Baker’s
Bank of Union Building
Monroe Insurance & Investment Company
B. Caldwell
BANK
The
Bank of Union
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