Queen of Needle Diminutive Mexican Dolls Impress World
In Cuernavaca, Tsadel Belaunsaran crafts the smallest world class dolls. A wire frame, silk embroidery, and hair dressing create intricate miniature figures. Each 26 cent sale hides a patient, skilled craft that yields $1.25 per ten hours, risking her eyesight.
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Washington
Tsadel Belaunsaran
Mexico
Cuernavaca
Russell Hastings Millward
Isabel
Germany
Boy Hero Finds Lost Necklace At Devon Show
Vincent Beal Walsh McLean, son of Edward B. and Mrs McLean, recovered his mother's $16,000 necklace lost at the Devon horse show. While Mrs McLean and friends searched the sand, the boy cried a signal phrase and pulled the string of gems from the sand, bringing joy to his mother.
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Philadelphia
Vincent Beal Walsh McLean
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Vincent
Mra. McLean
Distillery Bought by WCTU in Seizure Auction
In Santa Fe New Mexico the Woman's Christian Temperance Union bought at auction a distillery seized by government agents to destroy it. In Chicago Mary C O Connell a policewoman fears returning home after dark and requests a policewoman escort when working late.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Woman Christian Temperance Union
Chicago
Mary C. O'Connell
Eer
Edison Announces Work on Electricity Direct From Coal
At a banquet of the National Light Association Edison declares he is pursuing a direct coal to electricity method. He claims partial successes but says commercial supply is not yet possible. He discusses electrical power for flying machines and notes he seeks nature for inspiration.
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Philadelphia
Thomas A. Edison
Natonal Light Association
Bee Wing Measurement Reveals Flight Secret
The speaker recalls observing a bee in a garden and timing its flight. He notes the wing about one inch long and a body roughly seven thousand times heavier than the wing. He concludes that the bee’s lift comes from rapid wing velocity as the key to flight.
Curious ideas of trading in Papua with rattan cuirass warriors
Judge Murray reports from Fly River districts near Lake Murray where tree houses and blockhouse style fortifications exist. Natives form disciplined military formations in canoes and wear rattan cuirass armor. They barter using human jaws skulls or stuffed heads for items like tomahawks.
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Sydney
Judge Murray
Papua
Fly River
Lake Murray
Deserted wife heir in Chicago Portland estate case
Augusta Ruttingh travels to Portland and claims the will of Charles Ruttingh who died March 23 leaving about 15000 dollars. His Chicago divorce and later Portland marriage to Emma Ruttingh sparked contested proceedings as Augusta and her son Benjamin are named beneficiaries alongside grandchildren. The Portland widow Emma Ruttingh is not mentioned in the will and may challenge the action.
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Portland
Ore
Chicago
Augusta Ruttingh
Benjamin
Charles Ruttingh
Ruttingh
Emma Ruttingh
Religion for Labor Evils in Charlestown
Vice-President Marsall urged a wider religion as a remedy to labor evils in Charlestown West Virginia, dismissing the initiative referendum and recall. In Woodbury New Jersey John G. Whitall claimed a cache of skeletons uncovered are remains of revolutionaries killed at Redbank in the battle.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Marsall
Woodbury
N. J
John G. Whitall
Redbank
The Green Box and Hidden Hearts Reunion
William Beatty narrates a tale of letters and a green box tied to Mrs. Lillian Hynes. A past romance with Ludema Sears resurfaces through a key and sentimental items, culminating in a vow to marry, as Armstrong is found and the lovers reconcile with a shared memory and a red apple incident.
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Mrs. Hynes
William Beatty
Glenbrook
Ludema Sears
Willie Henderson
Grove of Pines
Wille Henderson
Lillian
Panton
Harry Armstrong
Bat
Lilian
Ludema
Billie
Rare Ben Jonson rises from bricklayer to poet laureate
Ben Jonson, born to a bricklayer and his widow, left an apprenticeship, enlisted as a soldier in the Netherlands, studied briefly at Cambridge, and turned to the stage. He killed a duelist, gained royal favor under James I, and in 1619 was named poet laureate with a higher pay and an annual butt of Canary wine.
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Ben Jonson
Netherlands
England
St. John's College
Cambridge
James I
New York Times
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Bank of Union Building
B. Caldwell
Acc
R. B. Redwine
H. B. Clark
FORD
Detroit
THE
Henderson Garage and Machine Company
Monroe, N. C
Bank of Union
Charlotte Scale & Fixture Company
Butcher
Angldise
Howe Scales
Charlotte, N. C
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