Farmland Opportunity Draws City Dwellers Within Reach
A New York Globe note says warnings about rural drift are bearing fruit as over fifty people seek farm work through state employment offices. The move hints urban fatigue and a belief that country life offers more affordable, healthier living and steadier family growth. A Philadelphia Ledger column weighs divorce speed versus deliberation, noting Barrie case simplicity and pondering whether such rapidity would unfold in the United States. The Ram's Horn quotes warn that the devil cares little what you do with your hands as long as he can reach your feet.
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New York Globe
Free Employment Agency
State Statistician
Moer
London
Barrie
Philadelphia Ledger
Miss Henderson
Joe
M. L
Malvina
Thorneycroft
In the Garden of Life Poem by Buxton Going
A lyrical reflection on life as a garden with seeds planted and weeds plucked. The speaker recalls barren seeds and careless weeds, then a single bloom grows unseen, eventually thriving under sunlight and earth. The garden becomes a magic bower of perfume and roses, radiant in bloom.
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Charles Buxton
Life's Garden Lane
A Plot Thickens In A Summer Cottage Romance
Montagu Lacy seeks Leslie Brown’s affection while Malvina Henderson schemes to claim him. A love letter draft, jealous plotting, and a tense confrontation unfold as the two women collide in a twilight drama of manners and desire at a lilac-scented country home.
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Leslie Brown
Montagu Lacy
Leslie
Mr. Lacy
Thisorld
Mr. Montagu Lacy
Miss Henderson
Malvina Henderson
Malvina
Montego Lacy
Pat’s Pathetic Passion Puzzle Promotes Perfume Pictures
A whimsical Life magazine verse notes Pat’s quest for perfection through painting and puzzle prizes. The character buys, paints, and proclaims a flawless plan, but spirals into panic and reliance on pills. Prolonged struggle leads to tragedy, with parents and priest offering palliation and praise for a policeman.
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Pat
Camilla J. Knight
Love Letters Break Malvina's Plot in Society Tale
In a tense drawing room Montagu Lacy and Leslie Brown confront accusations of affection as Malvina Henderson exposes a forged confidant letter. The twist reveals the letter written to Joe Thorneycroft, not Leslie, and Montagu and Leslie quietly renew their bond while Malvina exits with humiliation.
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Leslie
Malvina
Mr. Lacy
Miss. Brown
Miss Henderson
Mal
Montagu
Cupid
New York Weekly
Chins and Character Across Histories
The London Spectator argues against judging character by chin shape, noting that prominent figures like General Wolfe and Mr. Pitt had little or no chins. It warns that basing judgments on physical traits, such as receding chins or square jaws, is as foolish as judging by skull bumps.
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General Wolfe
Mr. Pitt
London Spectator
Elektra laughter and deafness tale at Lambs
A Washington Star anecdote recalls the Elektra premiere chatter in New York where a doctor jokes a deaf patient may be cured by loud trombones. The tale ends with the doctor in the crowd becoming deaf himself. Also recounted is a humorous travel talk at sea and river about days without sight of land and a skiff capsizing near Topeka.
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Elektra
New York
Mme. Mazarin
the Lambs
Victor Herbert
Washington Star
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Kaw River
Topeka
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Capitol St
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Barain
Sam Hobson
Busick’s Pond
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Berry
Newton
M.E. Ward
Brandon
A. J. M’laurin, JR
Mississippi
Henry & Henry
Attorneys At Law
Brandon, Miss
Court House
S. L. M’laurin
Tally Heslep
Pelahatchie
J. W. Birdsong
C. R. Garraway
T. B. Doxey
E. Capitol St
Drs
Stingily & Shotts
Physicians and Surgeons
DR. H. J. Burnham
Rankin County Bank Building
Angford
Ww. H. Helton
Langford
Brandon Machinery and Lumber Co
Ram’s Horn
Jackson’s
Mostre Company
Jackson Lumber Company
Joe Thorneycroft
Mr. Lavy
Miss Brown
Libby
Vienna
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