Edna Danvers Aids Family Man In Legal Case
Mrs Edna Danvers to save her husband Robert Danvers by aiding his case after learning of a felonious past. John Walters uses his old trade to gather evidence against the rival Boydston as Mary and Edna push toward justice and a fresh start for the convicted man. The trial ends with Danvers victorious and the Walters given a new life.
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Edna Danvers
Robert
John
Robert Danvers
Edna
Boydston
Mr. Danvers
John Walters
Mary
Freddie
Hugh Boydston
Cas
Danve
Walters
Mi ‘3
Danvers
Monmouthshire farmer offers odd challenge to thief
A Welsh farmer posted a curious notice after his cow’s suet vanished. He pledged a flour gift if the thief was in want, and a public fight with a reward if not. The thief did not respond, as the farmer’s boxing skill was famed.
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Monmouthshire
Cardiff
Philadelphia
Prolonging Life of Cut Flowers by Water Additives
Fresh roses carnations and orchids fade quickly but adding a small amount of sugar to their water can extend life by up to three times. Sugar keeps cells from collapsing and wilting, and a trace of starch also helps.
Doctor’s Cure For Talkative Mrs Talkative
A quip from the Baltimore American jokes about a doctor who treats Mrs Talkative for a nervous condition. He notes an acute attack of inflammatory verbosity and prescribes absolute quiet to avoid paroxysms of loquaciousness, leaving her scared dumb.
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Baltimore American
Light's Effects on Germs and New Bacterial Forms
Scientist Mme. Victor Henry exposed anthrax germs to a mercury lamp, destroying most but leaving survivors. The survivors became spherical cocci and did not revert on culture, forming a new disease when injected in animals. She proposes sunlight can transform germs into entirely new species, suggesting a mechanism for bacterial multiplication.
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Mme
Victor Henry
Henry
Roman weapons revived in modern trench warfare
The article imagines a Caesar era legionary waking in modern trenches and recognizes familiar elements like the helmet and the spear’s distant kin, here the trench knife. It notes the Roman broadsword as a revived tool, shorter at 15 inches, with a keen point and edge, and a plain hilt. Caius of the Tenth legion would be a formidable foe on Champagne’s chalk knolls.
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Gaul
Caius
Champagne
Reform Thermometer Promoted by Pacific Coast Representative
A bill proposes replacing Fahrenheit with Centigrade in government publications. The article notes Fahrenheit’s zero at 32 and the Centigrade scale’s zero to 100 points, urging metric system adoption and uniform decimal coinage worldwide.
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Pacific Coast
Gabriel Daniel
Newark Evening News
Man Faces Contempt Over Alimony Payments
George Lawson defied alimony by arguing daily shaves, movie outings, and other luxuries made payment impossible. Detective Earnshaw arrested him on a bench warrant issued by Vice Chancellor Leaming, with Lawson jailed for contempt after opposing the alimony in divorce proceedings.
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George Lawson
Earnshaw
Leaming
Lawson
Atlantic City Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Public tone on motor accidents and war mobilization
The piece laments frequent Sunday motor accident coverage and urges speed limits and license suspensions to curb dangerous driving. It contrasts this with public inaction toward war, noting Americans' reluctance to join arms and recalling past volunteer fervor during the Spanish War.
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Greenfield Gazette
Largest Crowd At Revere Beach Than This Season
Over 40 000 visitors crowded Revere Beach last Sunday in ideal weather. More than 500 swam as the water warmed to 62 degrees, comparable to midsummer. The Volunteer Life Saving Corps 35 opened as usual and traffic moved slowly with officers stopping cars to let pedestrians pass. No serious accidents were reported.
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Revere Beach
Volunteer Life- Saving Corps 35
Eliot Circle
Revere Street
Flag Day Tribute and German Freibank Food Practice
Flag Day observances praise the flag and national freedom. The piece reports on a German Freibank where low value meat is sold cooked in liquor for soup to the poor, restricted by social permit and personal-use limits to prevent hotel or restaurant misuse.
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Germany
New York
Freibank
Decorations for Women in Foreign Orders
Foreign nations lavish feminine decorations with twenty orders noted. Spain first to honor women by including them in chivalry. The Legion of Honor and the Russian Order of St Catherine are cited among prestigious awards, while female decorations grant status akin to rank without a knightly title.
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Spain
Democracy of the Dead and the Equal Reign of Death
A eulogy excerpt notes John J. Ingalls praising Congressman Burnes of Missouri. It proclaims in death all men share equality, wealth and rank lose meaning, and justice is tempered by the grave. The strongest and weakest alike fall before mortality.
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Dives
Lazarus
John J. Ingalls
Congressman Burnes
Missouri
Fear as a factor in disease and immunity
A medical authority links fear and nervous apprehension to contagion. Terror alters secretions and nerve cells, reducing resistance and enabling illness. During epidemics, cultivate calm, cheerfulness, and a defiant mindset to strengthen personal health.
The Psychology of Failure and Success
The text argues that sufferers of failure can turn success into noble uses and may tolerate insincerity from success lovers. It suggests those who were kind to failures may gain favor, while success can bring fear driven by envy jealousy and cruelty often shown by successful people.
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Virginia
W. G. Chapman
Suburban Gas & Electric CO
C. F. Chisholm
Europe
St. Louis
Democracy of the Dead
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