Alluring Tryst Sets Stage For Hidden Desires
In a Pennsylvania Dutch setting, wealthy Creighton waits for his sweetheart Meely Schwenckten who arrives late. Meely, a schoolteacher, keeps him at arm's length while rumors swirl that Creighton may replace Marvin Schwenckten as suitor to an English heiress. Tense exchanges reveal secrecy and suspicion as the pair travel with a wary farmer observing their movements.
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St. Croix
Meely
Marvin
Creighton
A Night Ride Ends With a Robber Escape
Mr. Schwenckton helps a stranger aboard his car only to be robbed of his watch. The thief fled, leaving Schwenckton shaken and convinced the watch matched the one stolen from the stranger. Meely urges reporting the incident to police. the scene closes with a drenched young man arriving at the kitchen door.
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Rosy
Meely
Marvin Creighton
Sunbury
Sam Schwenckton
Mr. Schwenckten
Mr. Schwenckton
Schwenckton
New York
Nettle
Susie
Nette
Nettie
lItke
Meeley
Scranton Bride Refuses to Pledge Obedience in Nuptials
A bride rejects the traditional vow to love honor and obey. The piece notes a counterculture stance amid a city scene described as quirky and tax avoiding.
Intruder Finds Sow and Pigs in Hidden Cave
A motorist near Straddle Ridge saw a yell from a hill a man then fled downhill. The man claimed a cave held a sow and a litter of pigs that charged him, breaking his lamp and nearly stripping his clothes before he escaped.
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Kansas City Star
Old Bill Bachelor in frantic fire bell incident
In Petunia a stranger asks what happened near the corner. Constable Slackputter explains Bill Bachelor dashed to the fire bell ringing it madly after being cornered by Widder Huggins who keeps talking about her late husband, offering a curious motive.
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Petunia
Bill Bachelor
Constable Slackputter
Widder Huggins
Bill
Kansas City Star
Blue Star Soap and Remedy Advertises Skin Cure
An old advertisement promotes One Blue Star Soap as a cleanser and Blue Star Remedy for eczema itch tetter ringworm poison oak dandruff and related skin conditions. It claims germ killing and itch relief with restoration of health. Soap priced 25 cents Remedy one dollar.
Salvation Army to Use Recovered Still in Ventura
In Ventura California the Salvation Army plans to repurpose a 50 gallon still seized in a liquor raid. The sheriff asked who would want it and the Salvation Army replied they will knock off the spout and use it to cook beans, turning the recovered apparatus toward useful charitable work.
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Salvation Army
Ventura
Calif
Australia plans radium bank to aid physicians
The government plans to buy one sixth of an ounce of radium for a national bank. It would be kept ready for qualified physicians across Australia to use in treatments.
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Australia
Earth
His Fate O Fuddle Poor Weeks Heads to Marriage
A quirky local notice notes the underdog His Fate O Fuddle Poor Weeks will marry, with playful wording capturing a lighthearted town sentiment in New Bedford.
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Hook
New Bedford Standard
Notable Exchange Sparks Dinner Table Etiquette Debate
A witty dialogue contrasts the Upper Class First Laundress asking why Sadié seems stuck up with the Second Laundress’ quip that she is a white collar worker. The remark pivots on social status and the dinner table's social expectations.
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Sadié
Stranded Locomotive Remains 30 Miles From Town
A locomotive once owned by the Scott City and Northern is stranded 30 miles from any town in western Kansas. After the road failed a creditor attached the engine and two cars, the railroad was dissolved, leaving only the engine and its two rails as relics.
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Kansas
Scott City & Northern Gard
Pipits Help Cotton Growers Fight Pests
A cotton grower notes pipits as valuable bird allies, feeding heavily on white grubs and boll weevils to protect crops and improve yields.
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Dodd, Mead & Ca
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Chapter
Scranton
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Carter
Hanford
Dr. Peery
Dr Peery
Wie
Patchogue
N.Y
Parker
Mailor
Hiscox Chemical Works
N. Y
Clee
Houston
Ue Macon
Sieverssen Hide & Wool CO
Texas
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