Orpha’s Resolve Brings Lovers’ Veranda Confession
Orpha remains silent as Mrs Healy critiques love then meets Stanley at dusk. He declares his love. Orpha, unmasked by restraint, responds that she loves him dearly and accepts his embrace in a quiet, hopeful moment.
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Orpha
Nake Society
Stanley Long
Stan
Healy
Stanley
Steve
Mrs. Healy
Hal Porter
Lts
Associated Literary Press
Unique Custom of Indians on Devil's Lake Reservation
A North Dakota report describes a Devil's Lake Sioux etiquette where hosts feed guests to excess and guests must eat all. If unable, professional eaters are hired to finish meals, sitting beside guests and consuming portions. They earn one to three dollars per meal, with one eater once known to consume seventeen pounds of beef in a single sitting.
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Devil's Lake Reservation
North Dakota
Indian Bureau
Devil's Lake Sioux
Travel tale ends with Paris lace misunderstanding
A middle aged traveler recalls a European trip, praising their voyage while recounting a shop incident in Paris. His wife asks if lace is imported, provoking a sharp reply from the saleswoman who questions the origin.
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Fountainhead
Europe
Paris
Slaughter of the Birds Sparks Alarm in 1911 France
In 1911 French naturalists in Meurthe and Moselle report over one million birds trapped in two months. They warn that global avian extinction would render Earth uninhabitable for humans within nine years.
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France
Alm
Meurthe
Moselle
Leprosy Mission Chooses Harsh Honeymoon in India
Rev Martin P Davis and his bride travel from Buffalo to Chandhuri in central India to join a leper colony run by the German Evangelical Missionary Society. They seek to improve life for 427 colonists who farm small plots of ground, with missionaries facing health risks and isolation.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Martin P. Davis
Chandhuri
India
Chandkuri
German Evangelical Missionary Society
Mary Reed
Himalayas
Indian leprosy policy aims to curb disease and stigma
The article describes welfare measures for lepers in India including food rations of twenty ounces of coarse ground wheat daily and eight cents weekly, clothing provisions of four yards of coarse cotton for men and two yards extra for women, and separate children’s homes under Mr. Davis to segregate offspring. It notes mothers with diseased children and the aim to wean healthy children away from diseased parents, citing a 200,000 pronounced cases in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Davis
Mother of 28 Children at 44 in Niagara Falls
Mrs. Philip L. Webster, 44, of Niagara Falls, has given birth to her 28th child, an eight pound boy. She married at 16 and has three sets of twins and two sets of triplets. Eight of the twenty-eight are living.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Philip L. Webster
Haunted House Ghost Tale Draws Racial Clash in Kent Conn
Ezra Blake offered fifty dollars and two months rent free to any tenant in a negro neighborhood house reputed haunted. After a Jackson family claimed ghostly visits, the owner repaired the place and faced prejudice, while the couple fled the scene amid alarming spectral events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake
Jacksons
Klamath Falls inventor uses sun powered curtain weights
A Klamath Falls resident devised a sun activated device to raise curtains. Weights attached to the curtains drop as sunbeams hit a sensitive plate on a mechanism that triggers a pawl release. A spring holder dampens noise and prevents abrupt stops in the motion.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
Care of Kitchen Utensils and Food Preparation Tips
Advice on cleaning drying and storing kitchen tools to preserve flavor and prevent rust. Includes cleaning methods for sieves graters and beaters and tips on proper washing, drying, greasing, and using ingredients like butter and coffee jelly in recipes.
Daring Rescue by Fireman Saves Tailor from Fifth Floor
Fireman Walter Signer of Engine Company 16 dramatically saved John Robinson a tailor from a burning tenement at 303 305 East Thirty first Street. He entered a fifth floor window and carried Robinson to safety amid a crowd cheering and other residents were rescued from the blaze estimated to have caused $3000 in damage.
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New York
Walter Signer
Engine Company 16
East Thirty-first Street
John Robinson
Catherine van Dren
Signer
Robinson
Colonel Taken for Hobo Near Soledad Tale of Disdain
A U S coast artillery colonel on leave walks with his son from San Francisco toward Santa Barbara. After failing to find lodging in Soledad due to prejudiced reception, they are turned away by a hotel manager and a village constable. The episode fuels the colonel’s dislike of Soledad.
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San Francisco
John P. Wisser
Coast Artillery
Presidio
Soledad
Cal
Edward
California
Santa Barbara
United States Army
Sole Dad
Beware of Sharp Nose Men Warning to Young Women
Chicago police matron Mrs. Anna Murphy warns young women that big men make the best husbands while small men with sharp noses should be avoided. The advisory appears as a precautionary feature issued by the authorities.
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Chicago
Anna Murphy
Woman in Overalls Drives Fire Repair at Butte Store
Miss Elizabeth O Boyle owner of a Butte grocery store wearing overalls completed carpentry repairs after fire damage to her shop. Union men jeered from a distance as she insisted no union funds pay for her repairs and had previously secured an injunction against union interference.
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Butte
Mont
Elizabeth O’boyle
O’boyle
Miss O'Boyle
Beach patrol bans stockingless bathing girls in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City, Dr. John T. Beckwith acting under William Bartlett's orders bans stockingless bathing girls on the beach. The move targets women wearing abbreviated outfits. Dismayed officials cite a rise in bare leg fashions and say men should face similar rules.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John T. Beckwith
William Bartlett
Department of Public Safety
Bartlett
Rabbit causes wreck near Dover Colorado
A rabbit attracted by automobile lights caused a wreck near Dover Colorado. A. Jack reported the incident with details of vehicle damage and local observations of the animal’s crowding near the road.
Old recipe for selecting a wife
A quip framed as guidance from a dated source urges a docile mind, temper guided by reason, passions kept in check, and faults as the price of perfection. It ends by inviting the reader to find this ideal and make a choice.
Sand wiches and savory fillings from wartime help
A wartime collection describes sandwiches using olives sardines veal egg curry ham and garnishes. Methods include chopping, mixing with salad dressing or lemon juice, and spreading on buttered bread. The text details spices and preparation steps for each variety.
Linen from 4000-Year-Old Mummy Wrapping Found Intact
Egyptian linen used to wrap mummies 4000 years ago remains in pristine condition according to Prof. Flinders Petrie. The fabric is believed to never have been laundered during all that time.
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Egypt
Flinders Petrie
Massachusetts Legislature to Impose Fine on Bachelors
A Cincinnati Enquirer joke notes the Massachusetts legislature plans a yearly $50 fine on all bachelors. The reply suggests the idea is worth it.
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Massachusetts
Cincinnati Enquirer
By Contraries
A dialog shows conflict over ordering in a restaurant with a cranky customer and a sardonic reply about how to order. The exchange highlights differing expectations and wordplay around temperature and beverage choices.
National Dairy Show outlines 1912 Chicago expo aims
The National Dairy Show plans a permanent home and a ten day 1912 Chicago exposition October 24 to November 2. It promises top judges, national experts, and demonstrations by Borden Milk Blue Valley Creamery and Consumers Co. to advance dairy breeding, feeding, processing, and marketing under one roof.
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All Things Dairy
National Dairy Show
Chicago
Borden Milk People
Blue Valley Creamery
Consumers Company
Universal Cement Company
Noted Author Blasts Modern Fiction Trends at Atlantic City
Richard Harding Davis, at a fish luncheon in Atlantic City, criticizes contemporary fiction for its artificiality. He recalls a Washington Star quip about a gentleman who, after eight glasses of water, mutters to a parlor maid asking if he reached home under the weather, and the maid replies with a risqué retort.
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Richard Harding Davis
Atlantic City
Adele
Trial to use motion picture footage of Los Angeles riot
A moving picture company will reproduce riot footage at the Federal building in Los Angeles for the trial of arrested rioters. It marks the first use of film as evidence shown to a jury, with an operator recording the scene as the disturbance unfolded.
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Federal Building
Los Angeles
Moving-Picture
Harris Trust Bank Publishes Investor Booklet on Bonds
The Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago issues a booklet titled Why Bonds Are Rare Investments. It explains bond purposes and uses for first time investors and indicates bonds as safe investments for individuals and institutions. Copies are free on application.
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Harris Trust and_ Savings Bank
Harris Trust Building
Chicago
Fragmentary exchange hints at tailoring payment in advance
A fragmented dialogue mentions a tailor named Snips and a question of suitability. The crude phrasing references paying him something in advance, suggesting a prepayment for tailoring services.
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Hobson
Harduppe
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic, priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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Winslow's
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