Ruthven and Alix at Willow Villa in Edgewater
Ruthven confronts clues of Alix's life at Willow Villa near Edgewater. He witnesses a masked confrontation with a doll bearing a revolver and a tragic pistol use. Selwyn continues to pursue his own fate amid war moves and a reunion with Eileen Erroll at Silverside ending in a private embrace. the story closes with a hopeful if controversial union.
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Ruthven
Edgewater
Alix
Neergard
Selwyn
Edgewater Station
Hallam
New York
Willow Villa
Alice
Jathven
Alize
Hitherwood House
Brookminster
Phil
Austin
Silverside
Nina
Eileen
Craig
Drina
Majority and Plurality in Politics Explained
The article defines plurality as the largest vote share among candidates and contrasts it with majority, which is more than half of all votes. It gives examples showing how a candidate can win by plurality without a majority and notes that a plurality occurs whenever no tie occurs, with the winner having the greatest number of votes.
Why Sailors Don't Swim From Sea to Dread of Prolonged Drownings
An exchange from the New Orleans Times-Democrat discusses sailors' aversion to swimming. A shellback and a druggist debate whether sailors avoid swimming to spare themselves long, painful hours of agony, preferring death by drowning over endless effort. The talk also notes sailors encouraging their sons not to learn to swim if they may later join the sea.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Moral of Playing Cards Across History
The London Blenheim club featured a lecture by M Alfred Whitman on how playing cards carried moral and historical lessons. Cards across eras and countries taught biblical tales, geography, history, or political ideas from Elizabethan pamphlets to French Revolution symbolism.
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Blenheim Club
London
Lecturin
M. Alfred Whitman
Mos
Italy
Germany
Louis XIV
England
Elizabeth
St Arts
France
London Saturday Review
Dual Signatures Foil Forgers in New York Businessman
A New York businessman touts using two distinct signatures to thwart forgers. He explains a forged check would fail if the signature on a letter or register cannot be recognized by the bank, making his dual-signature method a simple yet effective safeguard. He notes the bank would not recognize the forged sign.
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Eileen
Selwyn
Paradise
Austin
Boots
Gerald
New York
New York Globe
Navy recruit laments pocketless trousers
A yeoman at a navy recruiting station notes the annoyance of uniform trousers lacking side pockets. He says sailors instinctively thrust their hands into pockets and find it difficult when pockets are missing in the navy uniform.
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Navy
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J. L. Browwa
L. B. Cockrell
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Winchester, Ky
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Gffise
Tome
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