Love and Loss in a Poet’s Wandering Life
John Levington a poet and impractical dreamer marries Mary Martin the heiress’s daughter. They move to a Michigan city where he works in a stove factory and writes on Sundays. Mary bears a child, Mary dies after hospital loss, Cornelius enters the tale, John leaves with his son to travel the world.
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John Levington
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Con Levington’s Outsized Performance Sparking Debate
The remark questions whether the same conditions could have yielded a larger output than Con Levington achieved, prompting debate on talent, effort, and opportunity in the competition.
Con Levington's Dark Path Toward Destiny
In Frisco again, Con Levington, son of John and living amid Dory street shadows, grows amid poverty and vice. He bonds with diverse figures, learns harsh truths, and after a perilous night at a lavish dinner with Cecil Wedger, schemes a covert act linked to a leather packet and a dangerous ally, steering toward an unclear fate.
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Frisco
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Dory Street
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John Levington
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Dowagiac
Destiny
Don Levington
Wedger
Cecil
Wedgers
John Leyington
Garden of Illusion
Cecil Wedger
Chee Ming
Leyington
Cow Leads the Horse Leather Weight Comparison
A historical note explains that cowhide yields 35 pounds of leather while horsehide yields just over half that amount, illustrating relative hides and their uses.
Bayer Aspirin Package Ad Promotes Safe Pain Relief
An early Bayer aspirin advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe for headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It claims physicians prescribe them for over twenty years and notes unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions and affordable 12 tablet tins.
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Bayer
Nervous Spells Near Heart Failure Eatonic Stopped It
Mr. C. B. Leats of Lay Maryland reports dramatic relief from nervous spells and heart pressure after one box of Eatonic. He says prior to meals he trembled and could hardly walk, but the remedy stopped the symptoms and offered quick relief with satisfaction guaranteed by the druggist.
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C. B. Leats
Lay, Md
Eatonic
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Welcome Relief From the Tortures of Rheumatism
Many forms of rheumatism are caused by germs in the blood and only a blood purifier can offer relief. S. S. S. is advertised as a thorough blood purifier that cleanses impurities and acts as an antidote to rheumatism germs. Sold by druggists everywhere. For literature address Chief Medical Adviser, 107 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Canada
Western Canada
Dept. of Immigration
Ottawa
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Hairless humans of the future and the bobbed trend
The article ponders a hairless future for men and women predicting early baldness for men and a deliberate bobbing of women’s hair. It traces the trend from Russian origins to its spread in the United States among bohemian circles, with some women using false bobbed hair.
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United States
New York
Exchanging Confidences at a London Party
At a London party last night Maud teases Edith about Jack being forgetful. The narrator recalls reminding him he is engaged to Edith, not Maud, revealing tensions among friends.
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Edith
Jack
Maud
London
Real Reason For His Tears
A Terre Haute graduating class presents a teacher with a parting gift. During the speech one boy sobs, and the teacher wonders if he mourns the departure. Another student reveals the boy cried over losing his 50 cents to add to the gift, not because of the farewell itself.
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Terre Haute
Jim
Playing the Game and the Sphinx Question
A summer boarder asks why Farmer Countessel avoids political talk. He asserts he is already in politics through interest in elections and explains his aim is to be recognized as a sphinx rather than join discussions.
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