Delicate bet on engagement ends in nuptial news
Thornton clashes with Count D Estreville over a wager on Bertha Paulding's engagement. Miss Paulding accepts Thornton's challenge to win a game of skill while rivals bet on her marriage to the count. In time the engagement is announced and Thornton muses on luck and losing.
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Thornton
Miss Paulding
D’estreville
Billey Renshaw
Count D’estreville
Mrs. Richmond
Chicago Record-Herald
If I Coulda Been Born Elsewhere Says Sy Slocum
Nixon Waterman in Success Magazine records Sy Slocum arguing that no one can achieve greatness elsewhere or in the future without taking action here and now. He laments the lack of worthwhile projects in the present while imagining ideal climates and eras. The narrator challenges his grandiose “might have been” views, urging present effort.
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Count
Bertha Paulding
Tom
Jimmie Farnham
Nixon Waterman
Success Magazine
Woman's Way in Henpeck Humor
A humorous exchange from the Philadelphia Ledger about how Henrietta’s phrases reveal true intent. Jenkins quips that his wife often asks for money, but Henrietta’s meaning is stronger and leads to a larger sum.
Pimples and Acne Causes and Home Remedies
The article explains pimples arise from the body’s attempt to expel poisons and links to hygiene, diet, and ventilation. It discourages arsenic remedies like Fowler's Solution and endorses the Home Health Club method using proper food and water to cleanse the system and clear the skin.
Heat intolerance and hair color remedies in health column
The letter from a reader describes heat intolerance in hot weather and guidance to relocate or work indoors, with Dr Reeder proposing Virginia's Piedmont valley and climate specifics. A second reader asks why hair grays at 22 and receives advice on nutrition, stress, scalp stimulation, and the Home Health club method.
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Washington
David HK. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Piedmont
Virginia
Fontanelle
David H. Reeder
I. E
Home Health Club
Laporte, Ind
Dear Doctor Advice on numb hands and a swollen finger
A reader from La Porte Indiana asks about morning numbness and tingling in both hands plus a stiff swollen index finger on an aunt after a ring jerk. The doctor recommends an osteopath for the patient and a reliable surgeon with possible X rays for the aunt to rule out dislocation fracture or periosteal injury and to consider ligament damage and time for recovery.
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David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
A. F
Smoke Rings and Japanese Smoke Trick Feats
Report notes Japanese performers excel at smoke rings with three in a row. Second ring passes through the first, the third through both. Performers form characters or words from smoke. A juggler allegedly proposed to his wife by forming love characters with smoke.
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Japan
Wonders of Nature and Healers Across the World
The article surveys legends and discoveries from Fort Davis Texas to Spain Mexico Java Iceland and New Zealand. It describes intoxicating gas on Hunter Mountain and healing springs for lovesickness from Dr Martinez Reguera and an American physician. It notes deadly sap from the upas tree and a Java island “home of the hot devils” with boiling mud bubbles. It mentions Sir Martin Conway’s Karakoram snow sea and Langisjor in Iceland and a smaller lake near Tauranga New Zealand.
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Hunter Mountain
Fort Davis
Texas
Martinez Reguera
Spain
Alante
Mexico
Java
Sir Martin Conway
Karakoram Range
Maispar Pass
Chamouni
Savoy
Switzerland
Herr Thoroddsen
Iceland
Langisjor
Tauranga
New Zealand
Unique Job On Transatlantic Liners Raises Curiosity
A man recently back from Europe describes a hidden onboard role on every liner. He says a worker appears to supervise dining saloon stewards, ensuring dishes are not tossed overboard to avoid washing, a duty unseen by most travelers. The tale, cited from the New York Sun, highlights a quiet, unseen guardian of shipboard proprieties.
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Europe
N. Y. Sun
Gabbie-No Refuses Doctor After Thermometer Complaint
In a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt a speaker recalls disliking a physician who kept a thermometer in her mouth most of the visit, accusing the doctor of monopolizing the conversation while the patient spoke little. The exchange frames a woman’s complaint about an overbearing medical visit.
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Gabbie
Queery
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
Mosquito Control by Electric Fans Proposed in 1902
Dr W F Arnold suggests using large electric fans to kill mosquitoes in infected districts as a public health measure during yellow fever crises. He notes fans, aided by oil pans, reduced mosquito numbers in Cavite and urges wider adoption despite evolving perceptions of insect behavior.
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W. F. Arnold
Cavite
P. L
Tell-Tale Collar Button
A seaside resort owner recalls a morbid old rule for missing swimmers. If a man vanished, investigators first check for a collar button as proof he left his clothes behind, revealing whether the man went ashore or drowned at sea.
Drew the Line Between Ex Judge and Col George
Col John H. George a longtime Concord attorney faced Judge Aaron W. Sawyer in a humorous exchange. The judge teased him with military ranks until the colonel replied to call him anything but ex judge.
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John H. George
Concord
N. H
Aaron W. Sawyer
Nashua
New Hampshire
George
Boston Herald
Bishop inquires about chaplain at lunatic asylum
A well known bishop while touring his diocese stops a lunatic asylum porter to ask how a chaplain he recently appointed is faring. The porter says the preaching is successful and adds the line the "hidi oush enjoys it partickier" in a mangled quip highlighting the chaplain's odd style.
Tallest Telegraph Pole Raised at Ilfracombe
A new telegraph pole in Ilfracombe England rises 116 feet 3 inches above ground making it the tallest structure of its kind in the area and likely in the country.
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Ilfracombe
England
First Easter Island visit in a year by single vessel
A vessel recently called at Easter Island becoming the first to visit that remote outpost in 12 months. The island’s two hundred inhabitants appear content to live apart from the wider world with virtually no emigration.
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Easter Island
Couple in Verjux Celebrate Platinum Wedding at 75 Years
In Verjux near Chalons sur Saone France a couple aged 100 and 90 marked their platinum wedding, celebrating seventy five years of marriage. The pair noted the milestone as a rare long union and friends joined in the anniversary greetings.
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Verjux
Chalor sur-Saone
France
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Henrietta
Jenkins
Philadelphia Ledger
David
Reevee
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