Mountain romance in danger and escape in the wild
Enid, a Philadelphia girl, is told a tale by Kirkby of a mining engineer named Newbold. Armstong woos Enid as a storm and a bear threaten her. a hermit engineer with a haunted past wanders the mountains while a violent flood and a mysterious cry from the hills unfold amid peril and suspense.
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Wnrd Maitland
Philadelphia
Colorado Mountains
Robert Maitland
James Armstrong
Maitland
Armstrong
Enid
Newbold
Kirkby
Joe
Adam
Selkirk
Man Rescues Woman From Grizzly Threat in Narrow Canyon
In a dramatic frontier scene a lone hunter spots a woman amid a river pool as a giant grizzly advances. He shoots the bear, then battles a sudden storm and flood to save her, risking his life in the canyon’s perilous rapids. The pair cling to survival as the storm rages, and the man’s courage tests his guarded heart.
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Aerie
Birds That Live Centuries In Australia Cockatoos
Melbourne readers learn that Australian cockatoos, especially yellow crested ones, can live well over a hundred years. Trained by Edward Montague, these highly intelligent birds perform dances, stunts, and even talk and swear, with their crest signaling mood. They thrive in cool climates but dislike heat, and require care to avoid illness.
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Melboune
Australia
Edward Montague
Montague
Richard Montague
Hadley
Mass
United States
Melbourne
Milk as a Cure for Obesity and Its Difficulties
The article discusses using milk as a simple nourishment for obesity treatment by Dr. Mitchell, noting digestive issues from curdled milk and suggesting lime water, buttermilk, gluten bread, and butter as easier combinations. It cautions that milk can form a solid mass in the stomach, requiring careful administration.
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Mitchell
Harper’s Bazar
Dictograph A Private Office Listening Device
A dictograph uses sensitive metal plates in a hard rubber cylinder to transmit speech from a private office. It lets a man speak over his correspondence without a stenographer present while the stenographer hears every word clearly from another room, aiding detective work already in use.
Camphor Treatment Reported To Heal Pneumonia
A 1906 case of double pneumonia with typhoid fever received subcutaneous camphor oil injections and showed rapid improvement. Dr Serbert documented 21 cases using camphor, including a severe double pneumonia in a 72 year old woman, all recovering without a crisis.
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Serbert
Muenchner Medizinische Wochenschrift
Philadelphia
North American
The Prime of Age Returns to Danby
A longtime Danby resident notes Lemuel Holland, age 89, has come back to live. He plans a brief stay to help start a new library and organize a bank, then he hopes to travel to California to finish his life there and enjoy the journey.
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Lemuel Holland
Danby
Peter Hobbs
Mr. Hobbs
Man Refused Marriage License After Consent
Herbert Smith pressed Mrs Mamie Neiss for three years to wed. They obtained a license but she balked before the ceremony and sought its return claiming she does not love him and never will. The incident occurred in Vincennes Indiana.
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Vincennes
Ind
Herbert Smith
Mamie Neiss
Deepest Hole in the World Progress Report
Slaughters Creek West Virginia sees W E Edwards drilling on oil fields to determine the earths geological character. The depth reached is 5230 feet. The world record depth is 6001 feet set in a South American well.
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Slaughters Creek
W. Va
W. E. Edwards
Seven Thousand Steel Workers Sought in Pittsburgh Mills
Pittsburgh seeks 7000 steel workers to fill orders for 726000 steel cars. Canvas men scour streets for labor as wages rise 50 cents a day.
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Pittsburgh
Guilty Man Pleads for Son In Counterfeiting Case
Patrick J. McGrath, sentenced to seven years, pleads with the court to spare son Brockton who faces trial for counterfeiting acts he claims were only under his orders. The father described the boy as acting under direct instruction.
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Brockton
Mass
Patrick J. McGrath
Painting Sparks Divorce Rivalry in Pittsburgh
Charles H. Bunting’s wife left him after he had his car painted red without asking her, a detail in the husband’s account resisting her divorce appeal in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Charles H. Bunting
Schoolgirl Selects Pall Bearers In Tragic Death
East Sparta Ohio reports Eva Teeple aged seventeen shot and killed herself after selecting six schoolgirl friends who would serve as pall bearers at her funeral.
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East Sparta
Eva Teeple
Klilet
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