Pearl Island Quest of Barton Cortice in Half Moon Island
Barton Cortice and companions pursue a legendary pearl bed in Half Moon Island after a cryptic map and past-life recollections. They locate a vast pearl harvest off Borneo, fend off Malay pirates, and entitle Rajah Brooke to a share while Cortice tests his memory-based power.
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Cortice
Forbes
Wayne
Pearl Island
Indian
Pacific Ocean
Hongkong
Labuan
Singapore
Trincomalee
Barton Cortice
Lord Wayne
Spithead
Rajah Brooke
North Borneo
Sulu
Celebes
Java
Alexander Selkirk
Half-Moon Island
Barton
Far East
Half-Moon
Cortieé
Brooke
Alderman Day Intervenes in Hotel Register Incident
Alderman Elmer A. Day glances at a hotel register when a man clinging to a desk challenges him with a belligerent remark. Day replies calmly denying drunkenness and avoiding a confrontation as the man fears losing balance.
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Elmer A. Day
Newark Star
A Remarkable Preacher at a Clergy House
A young preacher in a clergy house spent hours daily practicing pulpit oratory in his room. His fervent hours filled the house with power and drew in Phillips Brooks who happened to be visiting a friend there.
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Phillips Brooks
Bishop startled by student’s earnest preachment prank
A humorous exchange finds a bishop reacting in staged fear as a friend calls out the prank. The dialogue reveals a student named D- acting on his professed principles in a lighthearted social moment.
Bald Heads and a Quick Growl of Hair
A five year old boy meets a previously unseen uncle with a bald head bordered by fringe. His astonishment, comparing the shape to a political cartoon of David B. Hill, plus the uncle’s extreme height and thin frame, prompts the child to remark that the hair did not have time to reach the top of his head.
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Thomas
David B. Hill
Tommy
Poem Fragments Reflect On Roses Thorns And Turns
A poet muses on roses and thorns while noting not every toe bears a corn or every lane has a turn. The verse uses a chestnut worm as a small, odd image.
The Baby Named Ebenezer Nathaniel
A couple wrestles with a string of family names proposed by relatives for their son. The christening ends with the minister bestowing the name Henry Arnold, leaving the parents astonished and amused by the cascading choices and the irony of the debt laden lineage.
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Jack
Henry Arnold
Ebenezer
Ebenezer Henry Arnold Hammond
Henry
Ebenezer Nathaniel Henry Arnold Hammond
Babenezer Nathaniel
Nathaniel
Uncle Than
Ebenezer Nathaniel
Sue
Granny
John Henry
Ebenezer Nathaniel John Henry Arnold Hammond
Ebenezer Nathaniel John Henry Arnold
St. John
Waiting for Mame in a Vaudeville Lobby
A bustling midafternoon scene in a vaudeville theatre lobby shows patrons forming lines at the box office while a hurried young woman in a fashionable toque frets over timing and missing Mame. She debates tickets and standing room, exchanges jostled courtesy with staff, and anxiously checks the clock as performances loom.
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Marie
Mame
The Lodger and Girl with the Toque at the Terra Cotta Theatre
A Chicago News piece describes a scene at the Terra Cotta Theatre where the Lodger eyes a vanity box and a nervous Girl with the Toque pleads to buy extra seats as confusion over theater names and timing unsettles patrons amid a delayed show and a bored box office chatter.
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Box Office
Mame Lannon
Marie
Chicago News
French Clock Sparks Christmas Gift Debate
Mandy Granger argues for buying a French clock she saw in town while Mrs. Granger-Silas doubts spending money on a device neither understands. They worry about telling time and the clock's practicality as a Christmas present.
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Labuan
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Scarsdale
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Lady Blanche
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Malcolm Forbes
Andes
Peru
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Westbury Wayne
Polynesia
Bally Island
Nero
W. G. Chapman
Tall Leon Island
Baby
Mr. St. John
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