German diplomat locks eyes with Tommy over forged passport
Tommy argues his passport is real and challenges Von Steinveldt over mistaken identity. The interview exposes class snobbery as Tommy declares he will marry Calypso despite aristocratic plans. Von Steinveldt concedes a mistake may be coming, while Tommy taunts him as “the bridegroom arranged.”
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von Steinveldt
Tommy
Tye
Casimir
Troyte
Herr Cable
Calypso
von Steinfeldt
Berlin
Pastor
Wladislaus
Passport Plot In Berlin Hotel Shadows
Casimir plots to obtain a British passport for Janet by stealing Miss Gisborne’s passport, aided by Olga a hotel housemaid and former soldier Casimir leads Janet through a plan rooted in wartime patriotism. Janet reluctantly agrees as the danger grows with police scrutiny over the wrong Reverend Norreys passport.
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Casimir
Miss Gisborne
Miss May Gisborne
Colonel Heard
British Graves Registration Commission
Janet
Germany
Europe
Janet Church
Gisborne
Fraulein
Lystria
England
Berlin
Heard
Olga
Action Hotel
Colonel
Mrs. Heard
Wasimir
London
Thomas 4A
Norreys
Inca Adders Revealed By Knotted Quipu Discovery
A knotted cord quipu from a prehistoric Peruvian tomb shows 16 yards with 100 knots. Ten colored sections map odd numbers 1 to 19 and silver beads mark even numbers 2 to 20. The device demonstrates decimal counting and rapid calculation.
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Peru
Montreal
Stas
Read My Favorite Stories Ends With Checkerboard Kick
A Tennessee printer named Read recalls living with a storied couple famed for checkers and cooking. Hunger peaks as a dinner moment stalls when the husband ignores the meal to finish a game and Read theatrically ejects the checkerboard in frustration.
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Ople Read
Tennessee
Nand
One Little Yea Among the Noes At 1920 RNC
The 1920 Republican National Convention reveals Johnson repeatedly refusing second place on the ticket despite late appeals from Roosevelt family intermediaries. In the final hour, Johnson spoke with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. by phone and gave a wary no before the nomination.
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Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Col
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Blackstone
Chicago
Senator Johnson
Memory Ride with Fire Chiefs Sparks Historic Broadway Stunt
Croker took Waldo on a ninety horsepower ride down Broadway in his fast car. Winnie Sheehan rode along. Waldo jumped out at Canal Street to sprint into a building, muttering he forgot something. Croker paused to call headquarters and left the chauffeur and Sheehan in the car.
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Rhinelander Waldo
New York
Edward Croker
Croker
Waldo
Broadway
Winnie” Sheehan
Canal Street
Sheehan
Two-Horned Rhinoceros Sick With Whooping Cough At Zoo
An injured Two-Horned Rhinoceros suffers a severe bout of whooping cough in the zoo. The keeper provides medicine and care while Peter Gnome and a local character comment on the illness. The rhino gradually improves and expresses relief at being well again.
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Peter Gnome
God
John
Twas Mostly Talk On Vimy Avenue In New York Evening World
A garbled account describes a Southern man strolling with four friends on Vimy Avenue. He debates and misuses terms, abruptly stops to apologize, then addresses an elderly blind woman as the crowd reacts. The scene ends with a casual pat and vague farewell as the group moves on.
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Vimy Avenue
New York
New York Evening World
California Tops in Widow Population Says Census Bureau
More widows on the coast population California now claims more widows than any other state. About 13 percent of women over fifteen are widows, the census bureau reports, while North Dakota has the lowest percentage.
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California
North Dakota
Petes 80 4 Ointment promoted for skin relief
Advertising copy touts the healing power of Petes 80 4 Ointment for eczema itching scalp pimples rough skin ulcers and burns. It claims overnight relief for many in the country and cites Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo NY as the maker.
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Peterson Ointment Co
Buffalo N. Y
Six Year Old Heads Confucian Cult in China
A six year old boy now heads the Confucian cult in China known as the little duke of Kong. He lives near Chufoo, with records claiming a line of worship spanning 2,500 years. The site notes cultural figures who thrived from ancient Greece to the Roman era through the Dark Ages.
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China
Kong
Chufoo
Marathon
Berne Visit Chaotic Debacle Fueled by Cold
In the anecdote a traveler recalls a summer trip to a pretty Swiss city in Bern region that proved unexpectedly frigid, with a mention of a Yellow Jacket and a vivid city scene. The fragment hints at Glendale Tech reference without clear context.
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Switzerland
Berne
Gorgla Tech
May Need Them Both Horace and Phyllis Exchange
Horace asserts they may need both and can do more. Phyllis responds to try, noting dad is a minister while he is a lawyer, signaling contrasting professions in their dialogue.
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Horace
Phyllis
Dad
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