Circle G and Circle J by Captain Hopkins on the Alert
On the bay schooner Alert master Hopkins marks two boxes as circle G and circle J for Parson George and Deacon Jobe. A mix up leads to smuggling whisky, a pajama box swap, a pursuit, and a comic reconciliation with Annie George as townsfolk note the mistaken deliveries and letters explaining the error.
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Eth Hopkins
Alert
Parson George
Deacon Jobe
Hopkins
Manunky
Pete
Aircle J
Parson George's
Jean
Seth
Mr. George
Annie
Capt. Hopkins
Miss Annie
Miss George
Mariner
Hopking
George
Annie George
Express
Bundle
Old Maids Demand Franchise For Unmarried Men At Convention
At Salem Wisconsin a World Convention of 50 single women aged 8 to 65 gathered in the opera house to press a resolution for state legislators to disfranchise all unmarried men over 25. About 200 regret letters were read, a matrimonial bureau sent word, and delegates spoke on equal rights for women while praising Susan B Anthony and other suffragists.
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Chicago
Salem
Wis
United States
Congress
Old Maida of the World
Opera House
Susan B. Anthony
Indiana's Neutral Ground a Red Cross Sanctuary
The 782 acre Bedford Indiana tract gifted by Dr. Joseph Gardner to Clara Barton and the Red Cross is described as a perpetual neutral territory under Geneva treaty protection. Plans envision hospitals nurse homes and storage for Red Cross treasures with Gardner supervising the site. Mrs Gardner and Gen Shafter’s reminiscences anchor the narrative.
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Bedford
Ind
Western Hemisphere
Geneva
New York Herald
Joseph Gardner
Clara Barton
Red Cross
Miss Barton
Red Cross Society of
Red Crozn
Gardner
Gen. Shafter
Santiago
Harry L. Egbert
Philippines
Artin Architecture HIS Six-Room House Plans Cost 1700
The six room brick foundation home by Artin Architecture costs 1700 with a low front elevation and colonial simplicity. Front and rear treatments are carefully planned, rear reflecting kitchen sentiment. Interior features include large living room, oak wood, salt walls, three coat painting, two coat plastering, and upstairs color variety.
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GEO
What They Called the Dog in a Mississippi Case
A Mississippi county suit over a killed dog features a defense by Col. M who calls witness Sam Parker to label the dog worthless. Sam testifies the dog was a large, lazy creature who did not hunt or guard, and the neighbors dubbed him Lawyer. The piece includes a humorous aside from a Cincinnati Enquirer quotation about aging and memory.
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Mississippi
Col. M
Sam” Parker
Sam
Col M
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Ring fitting yields confession of first love
In a humorous exchange, Mamie asks Edwin if she is the first woman he has truly loved. He replies yes, admitting previous women were merely girls as he measures her finger for the engagement ring.
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Edwin
Mamie
London Doctor Announces Tuberculosis Serum Discovery
A London physician claims to have found a new tuberculosis serum capable of treating severe consumptive cases. He isolated the disease’s poison and used it to stimulate horses to produce an antidote. In one notable case of galloping consumption forty seven injections led to apparent cure in five months. He presented charts showing improvements in other patients, noting better results in acute cases. The audience urged caution against inflated expectations.
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London
Acid Fruits Kill Mosquitoes and Smokelein Coal Claim
Acid fruits such as tomatoes and strawberries are proposed to curb mosquitoes by reducing bite toxicity. Italian districts reportedly cleared of malaria where tomatoes are grown as mosquito food, with malarial parasites possibly destroyed by fruit acids. A new company plans to produce smokeless fuel from coal dust and oil through a secret process, as reported by B. H. Ridgely.
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Italy
B. H. Ridgely
United States
Conmul
Nantes
France
Soap from Fruit of Tree in Algeria Aims Large Scale
An Algerian enterprise researches producing soap from a tree named Spindus Utilus. The fruit is about horse chestnut sized, smooth and round with a dark oily kernel. Fruit matures in six years, yielding 55 to 220 pounds per harvestable season. Extraction uses water and alcohol yielding saponifiable material claiming no alkali content and superior soap qualities. Radium Therapeutics: Radium’s disputed cancer pain relief and nerve effects are reported by Dr Carier in Paris. Some neurological improvements attributed to stimulation or suggestion.
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Algeria
Japan
China
India
Carier
Paris
Testing Sense of Time Among Students and Women
In a sense of time test, intervals of a quarter of a minute and a half were overestimated by 45 percent by 15 male students and by 111 percent by 15 women.
Hypnotic Care of Alcoholism in Europe
European physicians report success using hypnotic suggestion to treat alcoholism, with some claim 80 percent cures. The technique is typically repeated 16 to 20 times within a year, reflecting a common practice among several practitioners.
IW Feminine Fields Women in Public Life Highlight Prominent Roles
The article profiles numerous women breaking barriers in the late 19th and early 20th century society. It notes Valparaiso conductors as women, San Francisco clubwomen pushing a municipal league, schoolteacher Sarah Louise Gilman resigning after 20 years, blind Della Pittsford leading a Sunday school and choir, Ada A. Sutermeister shaping Cascade Gardens, Providence police matron Mary J. Tillinghast directing duties for 13 years, English women in astronomy including Lady Huggins, Agnes Clarke, and Mrs. B. Walter Maunder, Monroeville banker Annie Brenz and Mrs. Stens taking bank roles, and Fannie Stenhouse linked to anti Mormon sentiment.
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Wm Valparaiso
San Francisco
Eo Woman's Municipal League
Mian
Sarah Louise Gilman
Hallowell
Misa Della Pittsford
Selma
Ind
Ada A. Sutermeister
Keauler
Mary J. Tillinghast
Providence
Lady Huggins
Agnes M. Clarke
B. Walter Maunder
Huggins
William Hugging
Fannie Stenhouse
Los Angeles
Cal
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Relief for Kidney Pain
A Bradford Pennsylvania resident reports chronic backache, swelling, and urinary issues blamed on kidneys. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her condition after doctors diagnosed diabetes-like symptoms. A free trial offer and mail-order details follow, with price listed at 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
W. M. Dausch
Water St
Bradford
Dean
Mra. Dauscher
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Williston
B.C. Coptrano
N. Dak
J. Cc. Plummer
World’s
Congress of Old Maids
Indiana
Hoonier
Artin Architecture
Qingh AX
Tibor
Wither
Whamber Agar
Aharober
Nellie
Cincinnat! Enquirer
Dominion
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Paxton CO
Becton
Bam
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