Virginia Keeps Secret Love as Andrew Returns in Rivertown
Virginia Kelley faces a moral crossroads after a long secret engagement with Andrew, who left for the West and possibly the Klondike. A planned one year wait tests love as Brid Bridges pressures, and Andrew’s return with a wife shocks the family. Virginia must decide whether to marry Bridges or await Andrew’s possible reappearance.
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Virginia
Kaga
Virginian
Slater
Brid Bridges
Dorothy
Toms
Chilitty
Tess
Andrew
Otter Bay
Eluved
Virginie
Klondike
Arthur
Prilgesa
Andrew Bluir
Hla
Mra. Ward
Kla
Andrew Hall
War Stops Uniqua Paper in Europe
A European war forces a small local paper in Ebertwalde, Germany, to cease publication. The unique weekly is printed on one side to allow wrapping provisions without ink contamination. Rising paper costs and shortages driven the decision, with the Ebersswalde Lokal Anzeiger ceasing operations.
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Uniqua
Europe
Ebertwalde
Germany
Piper
Ebersswalde Lokal Anzeiger
Chicago
Practical Health Hint Boils Falons and Carbuncles
Medical note warns boils carbuncles and felons arise from infection by streptococci. Early physician treatment is urged to prevent pus formation tissue destruction deformity and possible systemic infection.
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Bentley
Immediate Home Remedy for Acute Indigestion
The article prescribes rapid intake of six to eight tumblerfuls of water to dislodge irritants from the stomach, provoking vomiting for swift relief from pain and nausea. After vomiting ceases, lie down and rest, suck ice, and consider small ice-cold brandy portions if weakness persists while awaiting a doctor.
Military aeroplanes fitted with phonographs for field notes
Observers in military aircraft often drive notes with pencils while scanning ground. The Phonograph now records observations via a mouthpiece, freeing hands for glasses and sketches. In Russia, vodka prohibition spawns illicit stills that reclaim alcohol from shellac to brew a crude substitute.
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Russia
Trussia
Nomen in Canada and Robin Hood Lore Rise
In Canada a wife must obtain a written notice from her husband to access her own bank account. Quebec law now grants widows a share of their deceased spouse’s estate after twenty years of agitation. A note on Robin Hood ties to Whitby and a critique of London’s electric advertisements, quoted from the Saturday Review, frame the piece with reflections on tradition and modernity.
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Canada
Quebec
Robin Hood
Whitby Towers
Little John
Tone Ringe
London
Han
Walla
Riverside
Space
London Saturday Review
Novel Grasshopper Extermination Planned in El Salvador
San Salvador faces a grave grasshopper plague as the government tests a new pest control method used in South America. Virus from Brazil will be released with inoculated insects in swarms to combat the pests, a plan described as highly fatal to grasshoppers.
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San Salvador
Brazil
Advice On Cold Sore Care And Prevention
A newspaper note describes home treatment for fever blisters with boric acid solutions and powders. It advises frequent washing, dissolving boric acid in hot water, dusting the crust at night, and preventing children from picking lips by using mittens at bedtime.
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Anderson the
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Poe
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Hoosac
North Adams
Mass
Ting
Aimerica
Roger Pays
Rocky Mountain
Canadian Pretste Railway
J. Hansen
Papa
Mr. Wise-Dresser
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