Soap Shoplifter Plot Spurs a Romance at Star & Co
A tale from Star and Company reveals a bright detective force and a romance sparked by shoplifting. Miss Bessie Merriweather, a keen bargain hunter, and Mr. Hugh Barton collide in a soap sale miscue. Barton pursues the same girl after their store misadventure, only to meet her again at a Catskills hotel where they reveal their shared mischief.
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Star and Company
Jewett
Bessie Merriweather
Hugh Barton
Miss Merriweather
United States
Bunker Hill
Kittle Merriweather
Star & Company
Alabama
Miss Bessie
Mr. Barton
Min
Miss Perkins
Catskills
Care of Carnations in Pots for Perennial Bloom
Care of Carnations explains potting rooted perpetual flowering carnations in light sandy soil. Keep them close after potting until recovery, then gradually expose to air while avoiding cold drafts. Pinch at six to seven inches to form a bush, transplant to five inch pots to bloom, and stop shoots as they reach suitable length unless late in season.
Contrariness Sparks Separation In Baseball House
A humorous exchange recalls Miggles and his wife separating over opposing team loyalties. He rooted for the home team while she cheered the visitors, illustrating incompatibility in a playful, domestic vignette.
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Miggles
The bungalow in India and its American imitation
The article outlines the origin of the bungalow name bangla in India, its floor plans with verandas, and servant accommodations. It contrasts European usage in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay with modest rural examples, detailing a five room bungalow priced around $1,700 and a military or travel bungalow layout.
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India
Bangla
America
Calcutta
Madras
Bombay
Hie
Four Paintings Sold for Over Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
Four paintings by English French and American painters sold to American collectors for over 75000, including a Romney three quarter length portrait of Mrs John Blackburne bought by E J Berwind for 42000. Jules Dupre Twilight sold to a Brooklyn collector for 20000, Whistler Nocturne acquired by William H Sage of Albany from Victor G Fisher galleries.
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Romney
Whistler
Dupre
Innes
John Blackburne
George Romney
E. J. Berwind
Blakeslee
Jules Dupre
Brooklyn
Ralston
William H. Sage
Albany
Victor G. Fisher
Origin of Clerk and the word root of clerical
The Lordon Chronicle explains that a clerk is sixty because he can read and write. Etymology links clerk clerical and clergy to a Greek root meaning lot. Some say priests held God’s portion, others that they were the Lord’s portion, or chosen by lot. Later, clerks were the clergy who could write. thus any layman can commit a clerical error.
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Lordon Chronicle
Kleroc
Lot
There Is Always Room at Hades Entrance Quote
A fragmentary dialogue hints at a sentence to be written above the gate of Hades. The speakers recall a line suggesting endless space or inclusion beyond death, reflecting mythic or literary framing.
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Hades
On the Roof Garden a queenly figure sparks chatter
A brief comic exchange features two characters discussing a woman’s ample figure and status, with playful banter about weight and a joking notion of a queenly presence. The dialogue reveals social eyes on appearance and implied humor in a rooftop setting.
Captain Kid and the Joke That Walked the Plank
A playful exchange unfolds as Captain Kid answers mockingly about a prank. The banter centers on a lighthearted nautical jest with a mock rebuke and amused response.
Grace and Edith in a tense domestic vignette
Grace says she is unhappy in a marriage to a widower who talks only about himself and his first wife. Edith asks if she is happy, and Grace bluntly answers no, highlighting the self-centered nature of the husband.
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William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Grace
Edith
Bride Finds Way to the Altar in Darkness
A sharp remark about a bride’s path to marriage is dismissed as foolish. The speaker counters that she could navigate in the dark, arguing against the notion of an impossible wedding journey.
Quicksand Quip Echoes in Folding Bed Banter
A cryptic exchange centers on a remark about a bed of quicksand being the most dangerous thing on earth, followed by a wry返response about sleeping in a folding bed, signaling a playful yet puzzling dialogue.
Atlantic Iowa City Directories Match Local Professionals
A fragment listing multiple Atlantic Iowa professionals and businesses including physicians surgeons dentists dentists offices architects furniture and undertaking services with street addresses and phone numbers. Names include Dr C L Campbell Paul Gillespie Giffen W M Bailey and others, alongside Musson and Gillespie Building references.
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G. R. Miller
Musson
Gillespie Building
Atlantic
Iowa
Paul Gillespie
J. A. Giffen
C. Thurmey Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Ball
Bt Atlantic
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Associated Literary Ress
Star & Co
William
HE Was
Captain Kid
Dence Ranime
Chas. A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
4Th and Chestnut Street
T. B. Swan
J. B. Rockafellow
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
BEN U. Wood Co
Savery
Attorney-at-Law
Bixth and
Chestnut Sts
OD. O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
Jax Emmert
Ofice—Musson
Bell
C. G. Clark
R. A. Gamble
Chas. D. Finley
Cheatnut Street
C. L. Campbell
Glespia
U. S. Mullins
W. C. Heers
Smiley's
Munlo
Green
Butler
M. H. Butler
Musson Phoma
Ordur House
Happan
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