Mollie Crashes Telegraph Code to Save Beardsley
Mollie Crawford, night telegraph operator of Painesville, deciphers a coded telegram and warns police to arrest Vernon Beardsley, saving him from a suspected trap. The rescue leads to Beardsley’s arrest and Mollie’s romantic vindication.
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Terminus
Mollie
Barney Graff
Brown's Hotel
Bridgetown
V. J
Painesville
Vernon
Herbert
Jacob Bull
Vernon Beardsley
John Crawford
Oldest Lighthouse Celebration Traces Ancient Beacons
The Boston chamber of commerce and the U S government mark the 200th anniversary of Boston Light while noting humanity’s oldest lighthouses. References span from fifth century B C to Egypt’s Pharos in Alexandria, whose legend inspired the term pharelogy.
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United States
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston
B. C
Troad
Egypt
Alexandria Bay
Christian Science Monitor
Pneumatic Crutch Aimed At Pain Free Axilla
London engineer R C Pierce has devised a crutch that avoids pressure on the armpit. A cross-piece bass wood top and rubber tube form the new upper, inflated to about two to three pounds per square inch, with canvas hose protection, used in at least one British Red Cross hospital.
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R. C. Pierce
London
Red Cross
The Bigger Fish
Meandering Mike fears billion-dollar rivals could freeze him out of a million dollars. Plodding Pete asks what he’d do if he had a million, revealing anxious curiosity about wealth and power.
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Mike
Pete
Useless Fear of Bacteria on Money and Books
The New York Sun discusses a Journal of the American Medical Association article on bacteria on paper money and books. It argues that contamination risk is overstated and that studies, including Johns Hopkins, show limited transmission potential from money or books, with sunlight disinfection suggested only for returned, obviously soiled volumes.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Sun
Great Britain
Popular Science Monthly
Johns Hopkins
New York Sun
Great American Industry in School Enrollment
The New York Mail notes that 24 percent of Americans are in school, the highest among leading nations. It highlights 23.5 million people enrolled nationwide as an army of hope for America's future. It compares U S figures with Germany Great Britain and France and calls schooling the nation’s greatest industry.
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Bureau of Education
America
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
New York Mail
Paper Leather A Leather Substitute From German Process
The article notes paper may replace leather in shoes with paper leather already made to resemble morocco. In a German method long fiber paper is pulped, colored, softened with glycerine and oils, waterproofed with shellac, and textured by pressing in a leather grain matrix, then finished with lacquer.
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Morocco
Systematic Procedure
A dialogue fragment shows Mrs. Torkins proposing to proceed with expenditures and to appoint Charley as a committee observer to judge if the experiment succeeds. The exchange suggests a cautious financial plan and a test of outcomes.
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Charley
To Hold Friendship
A brief note on maintaining friendship by frequent handshakes and reaching out through shared gestures and support.
Letter From China Sentences Of A Soldier In 1917
A 1917 dispatch from Clifford R. Thompson of Company B 15th Infantry in Tientsin China describes a quiet camp in a valley ringed by mountains. He details drills up mountain paths to Tongshong and a planned visit to Shanhiqian to see the Great Wall area and local temples. He notes an American missionary woman, English concession fires, and humor about English girls, while mentioning a hospital stay for a noncommissioned officer and his own hope to avoid worry from home.
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United States
Tongshong
Shanhiqian
China
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Strength
An old advertisements claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the system. It is pitched as a general tonic for adults and children priced at 50 cents.
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Grove
Panthea at the Odeon Tonight Premiering on Thursday
A new encht reel picture Panthea will be shown at the Odeon tonight and is billed as one of the best films made. It drew a fair sized audience on Wednesday night.
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Encht
Odeon
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old medicinal ad offers a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine. It claims to stop cough and headache and treat the cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, with EH. W. Grove’s signature on each box and a 25 cent price.
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W. Grove
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Farm News
Whitewright Sun
Holland's Magazine
Farm & Ranch
the Whitewright Sun
Today's Magazine
Woman's World
Home Life
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New York
The
Sam All
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Clifford R. Thompson Co
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Panthea
A. 0. McCaughey
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