Enid Maitland Faces Mountain Reckoning and Love
Enid Maitland, a free-spirited Philadelphia girl, travels to the Colorado mountains with her uncle Robert Maitland. James Armstrong courts her while a tale of a mining engineer Newbold and a tragic wife unfolds through letters Kirkby preserves. Enid, alone in a glade, plans a mountain plunge, her innocence guiding bold need and a search for God among peaks.
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Enid Maitland
Philadelphia
Colorado Mountains
Robert Maitland
James Armstrong
Aitland
Armstrong
East Eusiness
Enid
Newbold
Kirkby
The Bear, the Man and the Flood Continues
A woman confronts a huge grizzly in a mountain canyon. After surviving a frigid swim and a terrifying bear attack she is rescued by a hunter, then faces a looming storm as she hurries toward camp. The scene ends with suspense and a cliffhanger.
Not His Line A Chicago social set admission tale
The piece recounts a wealthy couple facing social ascent in Chicago. The wife worries over her husband’s lack of confidence to “play the game.” He confesses he is not cut out for society work, saying talking spoils meals and eating interrupts conversation.
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Harry Lehr
Chicago
Marie
Gone to Stay Davis Leaves for Wisconsin
Booth Tarkington entertained college graduates in a New York club as a guest probes Davis’s fate. Tarkington notes that Davis always takes his mouth organ when leaving for a long stay, and investigators confirm the instrument disappeared with him. Davis has moved to Wisconsin to reside permanently.
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Booth Tarkington
New York
Davis
Mr. Tarkington
Wisconsin
Absorb Water Through the Skin in Frog Experiments
Researchers report that frogs rapidly absorb water through their skin pores and do not take water by the mouth. When exposed to dry air for hours, some frogs lost 14 percent of their weight, but after 24 hours in a shallow water dish the loss was nearly all recovered.
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Canon
Wealth per capita lags despite U.S. total wealth
An analysis notes the United States in 1910 held a total wealth of 125 billion dollars the largest single-country total. Yet per capita wealth was 1359 dollars due to rapid population growth while nations like France and Switzerland posted higher per person values. France showed 2070 dollars per person and Switzerland 866 dollars despite smaller totals.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Switzerland
Sweden
Geneva
Tessin
Weather as timeless topic shapes daily plans
The passage notes weather governs daily activity for all, from farmers to city dwellers, explaining why people always scan the sky each morning. It emphasizes the enduring influence of sunshine, rain, and snow storms on daily life across generations.
Beatrice Cenci and Rome's Castle of St Angelo
The article discusses the Beatrice Cenci tale connected to Guido Reni and Shelley's drama, notes doubts cast by iconoclasts, and surveys the Castle of St Angelo in Rome. It describes changes to the tomb since antiquity, including fortifications, the gilt angel, and reuse of materials, plus context on St Peter's Basilica and its evolving cross plans.
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Rome
Beatrice Cenci
Guido Reni
Shelley
Beatrice
Ley
Castle of
St. Angelo
Hadrian
Eternal City
Vatican
Tiber
St. Peter’s
Mecca
Seek New Light on Pigmies on Dutch New Guinea Expedition
London reports fresh insights into a pygmy race found by Captain Rawling’s expedition to Dutch New Guinea. The four to five foot high people lived in huts, showed relative intelligence, and had numeral words up to ten, but no children were seen and only one woman appeared, escorted from a wedding.
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London
Dutch New Guinea
C. G. Rawling
Rawling
Ornithologists’ Union
Nassau Range
Kapare
Nassau
Dog Bite Yields $1000 Damages in Mineola Case
Mrs May Milter, housekeeper for George Wintjen, claimed the collie learned to jump and seize dainties from her shoulder. The dog previously bit Miss Minnie Stockton, a laundress, causing four months of bed confinement. The court awarded $1000 in damages to Stockton.
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Mineola
L.il
May Milter
George Wintten
Minnie Stockton
Wintjen
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Brown Chamber
Cyrus Townsend
Enauer
Renee
Jord
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Pyonster
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