Janus party schemes unfold in schoolyard plans
In a lively backroom scheme two girls name Janice and Lorna plot a January birthday gimmick. They draft a two faced Janus throne fortune event with friends acting as fortune givers and a smoke girl under the throne, plotting rhymes and mock prophecies for an audience of boys and classmates.
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Net Black
Lorna Dean
Janice
Lorna
Janus
Net
Buddy Dan
Jan
Professor Pen
Jimmie
Nell
Jong
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Oath of allegiance to James thickens teens dialogue
Fragmented dialogue features Peggy Lorna Net Janice and Jeff Blondy and a plan to draft an oath of allegiance to James as potentate. The scene centers on romantic fancies, marriage fortunes and playful gibes about alimony and betrothal. Humorous banter moves toward a mock pledge to a figure named James.
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Peggy
Janus
Lorna
Net
Janice
Jeff
Blondy
James
Longfellow
White Slipper Sale Thursday Morning at $1.95 a Pair
Tillman and Brown advertise a slipper sale for Thursday morning offering white slippers at 1.95 per pair. The brief notice lists Tillman & Brown as the sellers and includes size or quantity details hidden in the fragment.
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Tillman & Brown
Athena Brand
Janice's January Fortune Party at Brierly Estate
In a social fortune party, Janice and friends tease each other with prophetic slips. Lorna mocks a crowd’s cold plans while Dan reads Janice’s fate. Professor Penrose and Net’s flirtation set the mood as guests dance, ending with a joke about an umbrella.
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Janice
Net
Banker Brown
Lorna
January
Dan
Jan
Jimmie
Borneo
Professor Penrose
Doone
Fen
The Top Was Wise Marines Picked for Police Work
One marine at League Island Philadelphia is detailed for police duties by the first sergeant of his company. The marine protests that he has done nothing, but the sergeant explains the task is for what he may do in the future when not caught. The Leatherneck remarks set the scene.
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League Island
Philadelphia
Origins of coats of arms in medieval lordship banners
The article explains how coats of arms emerged with lords who led their people in battle. Chiefs carried banners and symbols on garments so soldiers could identify rank and lineage. Designs often reflected history, and today shields mark descent from historic lords who ruled communities.
Medieval watchmaking and royal prestige in guild halls
Before modern practice, watches were kingly treasures, each crafted as a masterpiece and bearing the maker’s name. Access was restricted to masters, the craft jealously guarded, and slow but precise work ensured perfect timepieces with penalties for substandard marks of the guild.
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Michael
You Are Not Like Other Girls, Mr Flubdub
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal quotes a dialogue where a character asserts individuality and defies stereotypes. The text suggests themes of identity and perception with conflicting lines about being different from other girls and resisting mislabeling.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Tuberculosis Notes Warn of High Death Rate in Georgia
The note urges legislative action for a larger white sanatorium and a facility for Negro TB patients. It stresses that Georgia’s high TB death rate remains a public health crisis and that treatment access must address racial disparities. The piece also counters the belief TB is inherited and attributes it to infection from other cases.
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United States
Georgia
State Board of Health
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