Molly McDonald A Tale Of The Frontier
Sergeant Hamlin, guarding Molly McDonald and Major McDonald, notices a coded note from Molly during a frontier ball at Fort Dodge. The note requests Hamlin meet during intermission in the hotel parlor to discuss a suspected plot involving Mrs. Dupont. Hamlin senses danger tied to Le Fevre and Gaskins while Molly travels toward Dodge with Sutler Bill Moylan and learns of broader intrigue.
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McDonald
Fort Dodge
Molly
Brick” Hamlin
Fort Ripley
Bill” Moylan
Gona Gambler
Indiroe Speer
Hamlin
Amilin
Haversack
LeFevre
Sible
Gaskins
Hamlin Wes
Kting
Full Confession unfolds in a tense hotel hallway
Sergeant Hamlin asserts control over a crowded hotel parlor driving out card players and threatening a rival as Miss McDonald appears unseen. The tense encounter hints at a looming private meeting and a possible hidden motive behind the confrontation.
Modern Science Proves Distance by Sound and Lightning
The piece explains how sound speed and sight affect lightning safety. It notes lightning travels about 150 times faster than sight and sound moves 1142 feet per second, about a mile in five seconds. By timing sound and sight, one can estimate distance and safety.
Unwarranted Criticisms of City Women Cited by Major Cashalton
Major Hubert J. Cashalton, in New York ten days, argues from authority on life in the metropolis. He observes that beautiful young women eighty to twenty five are more prevalent there than elsewhere, but notes they tend to lose their figure after twenty five. He, a member of the Indian army, adds Orientals prefer curvy figures to slim ones.
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Miss Molly
Gaskins
Hamlin
Mrs. Dupont
McDonald
Connors
Miss McDonald
Hubert J. Cashalton
New York
Lfe
Metropolis
Pirfie
English Author Praises Algerian Colonial Drive
In a recent book About Algeria Charles Thomas Stanford lauds British colonists and notes a vivid motor tour of a rich plain ending at a farm equipment display, highlighting the energy and persistence of settler life.
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Charles Thomas Stanford
Algeria
Twin babies spark a store scene
A young man in a drug store boasts to clerks he has twin babies at his house. He repeats the claim to proprietors while waiting for talcum and other remedies. A doctor moments later is asked about whooping cough in town, as the father seeks news and notices his twins at home.
Swede in Minnesota Case Questioned on Window Stone Size
A Swede in a Minnesota town faces questioning over breaking a plate glass window with a large stone. The judge asks about the stone size, and the Swede answers it is larger than the stated measures. The exchange prompts laughter as the Swede compares the stone to his head.
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Minnesota
Saturday Evening Post
House Designed to Sag to Keep Peace in Family
A curt agent touts a house built downhill on purpose to prevent family disputes. He boasts the floors slope so a husband can always find his collar buttons, presenting the dwelling as a clever invention for domestic harmony.
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Home Seeker
Liberty Ball Player and Actor Joke Exchange
A humorous dialogue where a young girl asks about two popular professions and a mother explains the winter role as a ballplayer and summer as an actor, highlighting a lighthearted view of alternating work.
Lobster Hatch Figures Questioned by Fisheries Bureau
A dialogue notes the U S Fisheries Bureau hatched 202 million lobsters last year while someone remarks that not all lobsters originate from that agency. The exchange highlights uncertainty about lobster sources and industry roles.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Reckoned That Way
Cartoon caption features a neighbor described humorously as having a large family. The dialogue notes the neighbor has only a wife and one child, but a playfully imagined weight of the child and wife suggests an exaggerated household size.
Last Civil War Veteran Deaths Predicted in 1955
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports a pension office study predicting the last Civil War veteran will die in 1955. It notes survivors of earlier wars lived long after peace, citing Kronk of the War of 1812 and Bakeman of the American Revolution as examples of century-spanning lifespans.
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United State Pension Office
Lee
Kronk
New York State
Bakeman
Philadelphi Public
Old Salt Objects to Uncertainty as Boys Teeter on Pier
In Soumpton a group of boys plays near a pier edge while an old sailor onlooker watches. He leaves his post to cuff one lad, sparking protests from others. He admits he does not care if they fall, but cannot stand the uncertainty.
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Hamlin
Miss McDonald
Charlie
Fati
Soumpton
Fittsburgh
Telegraph
Womanliness and gender psychology in Weininger
The text debates whether womanliness can be shed and questions the idea of desexing. It cites Weininger noting some are anatomically male but psychically female, while asserting a woman's psychic traits stay distinctly feminine regardless of appearance.
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Weininger
Mr. Weininger
Grass Adapts to Environment Says Lord Redesdale
Lord Redesdale told the King Edward memorial fund committee that country grass withers in London while London grown seeds thrive. The remark was made during talks on shaping Shadwell market site into a pleasure garden, illustrating environmental adaptation.
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Lord Redesdale
King Edward Memorial Fund For
London
Shadwell Market
London Globe
Cartoonish ad copy and quips from a historic page
A collage of vintage ad lines and captions references include Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup 25c, a $50,000 prize for an Atlantic flight, LEWIS' Single Bindo cigar ad, and aphorisms about learning by doing and aimlessness.
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Atlantic
Buggs Bloodhounds Claim Credit in Bank Pursuit
The dialogue belies a claim over funding the bank chase with Buggs credited for supplying the bloodhounds while denying any financial contribution. The exchange centers on who supported the pursuit and how the resources were provided.
Ever keep a Mary Weary A record of wot a feller does
A terse exchange hints at police attention to a man’s actions. The fragment suggests law enforcement involvement in a local matter and hints at a neater label for a record of conduct.
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Hostetter
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Free Homestead
Province OF
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