The Bakery Matchmaker and the Bookman Family
Lucretia the eldest daughter counsels practical marriage to solve the Bookman family's debts. She weds baker Fred Harris, while sisters Jennie and Lucinda marry coal merchant Hart and butcher George Atos, respectively. The plot shifts from scholarly pretensions to bread and cake, coal and commerce, ending with a reflection on practical gains over learning.
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Aus Bookiman
Mr. Bookman
Sahara
Bookman
Lucretia
Eiris
Fred Harris
Socrates
Beekman
Rookman
Fred Tarris
Jennie
Lucinda
George Atoas
Pookman
Absolute Proof of Death Test by Fluorescein Revelation
The piece explains a medical test to confirm death by fluorescein injection into the bloodstream. If circulation exists, membranes and eyes brighten. if no circulation, no change occurs. It argues there is no need to fear being buried alive and presents the method as simple and reliable.
Plants Have Mental Life Primeval Life and Sentience
The article argues that plants are alive and respond to stimuli, comparing their sensations to animal perception. It suggests psychology may include plant sensations and intelligence, noting variations in plant awareness and the potential for primitive conscious experience while warning that such language borders on science romance and is observer dependent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romance Department of Science
Naval Code Books Bound in Heavy Metal for Sinking
On each American Navy ship the commanding and executive officers receive secret naval codebooks bound with heavy metal backs to ensure they sink when thrown overboard. The books are designed to prevent capture. authorities say losing such a code would be more disastrous than losing a battleship in war.
Wax as Rheumatism Cure Promises Heat Therapy
Hundreds of cures and remedies are claimed for rheumatism but the latest method is non medicinal. It envelops the afflicted body part in a mineral solution and heats it to at least 50C, sustaining above 43C for 24 hours without renewal. It is said to aid gout arthritis lumbago and sciatica along with rheumatism.
Vestal Virgins of Rome and Their Sacred Duties
The vestal virgins served Vesta the hearth goddess in a central temple. Six priestesses kept the sacred fire, retrieved water for cleansing, offered salt cakes and libations, and prayed for the state. They were chosen by lot from 20 candidates, vow of 30 years, and trained across three stages of learning, practice, and teaching.
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Vesta
Feria
Igh
Her Only Chance
A mother scolds her daughter Tessie over a kiss she heard and warns against kissing before marriage while Bessie protests she wishes to be kissed someday. The dialogue reveals family views on romance and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessie
Bessie
Mother
Traced Movements of Fish Across the Moray Firth
A six pound nilse with a silver disk marked 1322C was captured at the North Esk mouth in sweep nets. The disk shows the fish was released at Learnie, Black Isle, Moray Firth on July 16, having traveled about 160 miles and lost three quarters of a pound.
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North Esk
Fishery Board For Scotland
Learnie
Black Isle
Moray Firth
Expensive Courtesy In Parliament Speech Gap
A statesman complains the member slept during his speech and notes he avoided attendance. The member retorts he could not afford to miss work as politeness would cost him a day’s wages.
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Comgress
Cardui Woman's Tonic Promises Help for Women
A Houston letter extols Cardui the woman's tonic as a cure for lingering womanly troubles. The writer credits two bottles with restoring health, gaining weight, and resuming housework. The ad touts its vegetable ingredients and decades of use. Readers are urged to start taking Cardui and contact Chattanooga Medicine Co for treatment guidance and a Home Treatment booklet.
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Houston
Texas
S. C. Burton
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Tree Bell
Chattanoga
Prompt Action To Stop Your Cough With King’s Discovery
A vintage ad explains how catching a cold begins with a sneeze or cough and urges prompt treatment. It promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as the remedy that soothes throat irritation loosens phlegm and makes you feel better quickly. Testimonials claim it reaches the cough’s target area and it’s sold by druggists.
Platinum price advance and global sources rise
Platinum advances to fifty dollars an ounce from forty five in the US market. Russia supplies the world with platinum, with major trade centers in London Berlin and Paris. The Ural mountains hold the largest deposits. Platinum enters the United States duty free, shaping global supply dynamics.
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Russia
London
Berlin
Paris
Ural Mountains
United States
Notice of Administration for J A Little Deceased
D L Little administrator of J A Little deceased notifies all creditors to present claims by November 10 1915 at his New Salem Township Union County North Carolina residence or be barred. Debts to the estate must be settled promptly. Stack Parker attorneys.
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J. A. Little
New Salem Township
Union County
N. C
D. L. Little
Stack & Parker, Attys
Proving an Alibi Amid Odd Courtroom Exchange
A Philadelphia Ledger account shows a prisoner denying burglary and insisting the jimmies and explosives in his bag were for lawful use. He claims daily travel between Swarthmore and the city with tools to open car doors, provoking a courtroom exchange with a punning observer.
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Swarthmore
Philadelphia Ledger
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Parthenon
Harvard
Army
Navy
Mr. Nookman
Mrs. Burton
Resh
I Dane
Dill, Pickle
M. Waller
Live and Let Live Grocer
H. B. Havely
C. E
Belk-Bunday
Monroe, N. C
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
Monroe
Marshville
Matthews
W. B. Houston
Fitzgerald Building
Court House
Tate Gordul
E. S. Green
Belk-Bundy
Appostte Belk's
Moares, N
R. L. Payne
Postoffice
Gates Drug Co
F. S. Scharfenberg
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
Spokane
Wash
Baptist Parsonage
Journal
W. T. Waller
First National Bank
S. Tryon St
Charlotte
W. C. Lemmond
Old Library Room
Gordon Insurance CO
Opera House
Monror
Baker’s
Bank of Union Building
Monroé Insurance & Investment Company
B. Caldwell
BANK
The
Bank of Union
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