Amateur Company on Ay Ernest W. Hornung Chapter XIII
In a tense scene Blanche and Cazalet confront Hilton Toye about a past crime. Toye reveals he knows more, while Cazalet admits a risky flight from Naples and a shocking murder accusation. Blanche fears exposure as Toye offers a way out.
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Ernest W. Hornung
Tove
Cazalet
Blanche
Cazaret
Toye
London
Hilton Toye
Pye
Jess
Naples
Europe
Uplands
Henry Craven
Dea
Miss Blanche
Howry Craven
Scruton and Cazalet Reveal a Dark River Meeting
Scruton confronts Cazalet about the Craven murder case aboard a London house party. Cazalet recounts waiting by the river for his mysterious contact, not Craven, and describes a shadowy encounter near the lighted library as tension tightens. The exchange blends accusation with coded alibis as Toye and Blanche watch.
Fragmented Musings on Sunshine and Tables
A fragmentary, ironic monologue mocks polite dinner table talk in a boarding house. The narrator jokes about asking for butter capsules and critiquing the landlady's boarder care, ending with a distorted image of rent and manners in a sleazy town setting.
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Slo
Kangas City
Apt to Be Costly Dreaming of a Car
A reader quips about an extravagant dream of buying a beautiful automobile. The playful exchange hints at the cost and impact of lavish wishes on the buyer and recipient.
Stop Eating Meat If Kidney or Back Hurts
A well known authority says eating meat regularly can cause kidney trouble by overworking kidneys due to uric acid. If back pain or kidney issues occur, take four ounces of Jad Salts in water before breakfast for a few days to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids. The salts, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, are safe and widely used to keep urinary organs clean and prevent disease.
Queer Cattle and Quare Tale Talkers
In a humorous exchange, speakers mock story writers as the strangest narrators, insisting their tales spring from their heads. The banter highlights playful Irish dialect and ribbing about authorship and tale origin.
Too Conscientious Gardener Policeman Joke
A punny quip about a policeman who arrests the growth of a vine creeping into a house. The line implies the officer is too conscientious to be a gardener as he notices and acts on the intruding plant.
Marine Eye Remedy Co. Promotes Youthful Look
A Chicago company, Marine Eye Remedy Co., markets eye care with claims to keep eyes looking young. They offer an Eye Book upon request and urge customers not to reveal their age.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
His Summer Experience in a Humorous Exchange
Wigglethorpe questions Hawkins about servants at his summer home and is told by Hawkins that eighteen were employed last year. He explains that seventeen were cooks who stayed about five days each, while the remainder consisted of the hired man.
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Hawkins
Wigglethorpe
Scott
Difficult Commission From Petunia Man in Kansas City
A Petunia citizen recalls a humorous rail trip to Kansas City. A neighbor demanded two kinds of artificial eggs for his hens and geese, signaling sizes with his hands as the train pulled away, prompting the passenger to joke about finding such eggs with a sore thumb and a suitcase to carry.
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Kansas City
Petunia
Grape Nuts praised in family letter for child health
A Brooklyn mother recounts a weak digestion boy improving after eating Grape Nuts, noting steady appetite and visible health gains. She says her husband also preferred the cereal and an experiment by a friend with two malnourished children showed similarly positive results.
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Brooklyn
Bud
Dresk
Mich
Pryer
Tree
Harmony with God and the path to concord
A sermon explores how retribution, education, and a loving life drive individuals and nations toward harmony with God. It cites lessons from the prodigal son, stresses the universality of natural and moral laws, and urges active charity and personal morality as proofs of faith in action.
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Europe
Henry R. Rose
Universalist
Secarlet
Salt River
God
Lfe
Clean Inside, Bright Outside With Phosphated Hot Water
A promotional piece urges both women and men to drink hot water with Nuneston’s phosphate each morning as an inside bath. It claims cleansing the stomach kidneys and bowels improves health and complexion, reducing headaches biliousness bad breath and rheumatic ailments, and encourages buying a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to try the method.
Not Without Avail. Peter Cooper in Profanity Case
In a courtroom exchange a plainspoken white man named Peter Cooper defends his use of the word nigger amid accusations of profanity in a public place. He claims a Black man threatened his employer, asserting the insult was justified by the chase. The judge admonishes him to refrain from taking the name of the Lord in vain.
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Peter Cooper
California Syrup of Figs for Kids Adverts
A vintage ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims the product cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping, easing illness from constipation, sour stomach, and colic, and advises a teaspoonful for inside cleansing.
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California
Bowals
Slipping One Over Convict 1103 Talks of Fate
A fragment from a jailhouse exchange presents Convict 1103 boasting defiance to a doctor who warned of death within two years while Convict 1104 contemplates quitting. The humor shifts to a grim note as Convict 1103 declares a hanging next month.
Scented Soap and Ointment Trade Card Preview
Fragments describe soap for cleansing and purity and an ointment to soothe and heal skin. The ad mentions mailing a book and postcard offers, with scattered text about bread potatoes and a Denlon's Cotte advertisement.
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Addrean
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