Village stroll with potters, carpenters, and mules mischief
A windy day keeps Little Bobbie and his father indoors, skimming village life. They chat with Frank Keener about potatoes, admire a carpenter and an ice house, and joke with a livery stable owner about a mule team as the pair conclude villagers would die for their simple ways.
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Thare
Bobbie
Abel
Yung
Frank Keener
Keener
Frank
Hare
Bill Thomson
Mister Thomson
Wich
Thomson
Eng
Favorite Stage Stars Cherry Roly Poly Recipe
A recipe feature highlights Katherine De Rohne of Rustic Theatre Palisades Amusement Park sharing a cherry roly poly. Ingredients include suet flour salt baking powder water and pitted cherries. The dish is boiled in a cheesecloth bag three hours and served with rum sauce made from butter flour water sugar and New England rum.
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Washington
Katherine de Rohne
Rustic Theatre
Palisades Amusement Park
New England
Within the Law A Dramatic Confrontation Unfolds
A tense scene unfolds in a police office as inspector Burke questions Joe Garson. Garson, fearful and defiant, fears a trap while a looming cell door and a threatening figure named Dacey amplify his dread. The inspector remains calm, determined to finish his writing before addressing Garson's pleas for a lawyer. To Be Continued Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Turner
Garson
Cassidy
Joe
Burke
Mike
Dacey
Eddie Griggs
A Bachelor's Diary Revels in Forbidden Passion
A diarist recalls a kiss with Sally Spencer and reveals mounting guilt over temptation. He condemns Mrs Brown and the widow, laments public scandal, and contrasts male infidelity with female complicity while noting tensions within marriage and social norms.
New York Police Eye Film for Criminal IDs
The police chief considers cinema as a new tool to identify criminals. A film segment of five feet costing 70 cents could record dress and carriage for observation alongside photos fingerprints motion pictures and Bertillon measurements to thwart escapes. A rabbit-proof fence in Western Australia runs 1200 miles with gates and sparse habitation. Silver conducts heat well while copper conducts electricity. Leopard skins from China are noted as best.
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New York
Western Australia
Advice to the Lovelorn Miss Fairfax Seeks Love Guidance
Dear readers Irene Watson advised a 17 year old to hide affection and end the relationship with a 23 year old suitor. A separate note from D D W describes a 21 year old man courting an 18 year old girl whose mother opposes marriage. the response urges patience and respecting the mother's wishes, suggesting waiting a year or two rather than marrying now.
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Miss Fairfax
Irene Watson
Had Every Time Smith Laughingly Praised Factory Escape
Had Every Time Smith joked about pulling legs and one day he and Brown gossip about a Johnson Street factory fire. Smith claims he saw narrow escapes with firemen bringing them down, though the morning paper said no one was in the building.
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Mister Maus
Maus
Mrs. Brown
Smith
Brown
Johnson Street
Not an Auto Either, Waitress Tragedy of Mock Turtle
A humorous verse recounts a young waitress named Me carrying a plate of mock turtle. She trips and the dish, once mock turtle, becomes turtle in a comic turn of fate.
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Little Bobbie
William F. Kire
Marvin Dana
Bayard Veiller
H. K. Fly Company
Veiller
By Max
Sony Spencer
Manette
Mrs. Spencer
Richards
Sarah Ray
Sally Spencer
Sirsrown
Jack
Sally
Max
Faust
Faust Spaghe
Maull Bros
St. Louis
Greco
Cheek-Neal Coffee Co
Nashville
Houston
Jacksonville
Historic College For Women
Wesleyan
Macon, Georgia
M. Co
Georgia
Brazil
Polly
Tropics
China
Randolph & Co
F” Street
N. W
Ington
D. GC
Beatrice Fairfax
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Orval
Rock Island
Rockies
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pueblo
Memphis
Kansas City
Colorado Flyer
Rocky Mountain Limited
Chicago
H. H. Hunt
North Pryor Street
Atlanta
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