The Auction of Women in Paradise Society
In a futuristic community, twenty women compete for mates as a crier announces the slips in a basket. Pearl Huntington refuses Schiller, Lang proposes, and Pearl accepts, spurring a kingly decree. Lang and Pearl move into a haunted house with Louis and Wilson under surveillance. The plan unfolds as tension rises over revenge and power.
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Lang
Wilson
Jane
Siercery
Pearl Huntington
Golden
Schiller
Miss Huntington
King Schiller
Pearl
Louis
Paradise
Jouls Lang
Rogers
Hunington
Dr. Huntington
Hunters dismiss bears and a skull mystery at pawnbrokers
Maj Frank Foote describes bears roaming Wyoming hills unthreatened due to no bounty. A Des Moines pawnbroker finds a woman's skull in a package. a medical student later claims it, resolving a suspected murder. Local stores note Defiance Starch outselling competitors.
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Maj
Frank Foote
Evanston
Wyo
Rugs House
Washington Post
M. Levich
Des Moines
Uncle in Ireland Leaves Pat Kern Ten Lakh Dollars Shock
A Philadelphia man Pat Kern on a ladder cleaning windows is told by a lawyer that his Irish uncle has died and left him 1000000 dollars. He falls from the ladder but is unharmed and returns to work. He quips he will quit only when the money arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iller
Schiller
Golden
Han
Filson
Pat Kern
Philadelphia
Ireland
Pat
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Sparks Quip on Service
Fragmentary ad copy cites Red Cross Ball Blue and The Russ Company of South Bend with verse quotes from Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The text mentions charitable service lines and a contrast between attention seekers and steady work, ending with a marketing aside about Slow and Sure delivering bulk business.
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Russ Company
Soun Bend
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Harry & Worry
Slow & Sure
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Ries Morris Butler
Louis Lang
Colden
Ple
Albert Fish
Schille
Yoo
New
Bears
Castoria
Price
F. W. Diemer
M. D
Springfield
Thornton & Minor
Kansas City
W.L. Douglas
W.l. Aglas
L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Douglas
W. L. Dowlas
Oeorne
W.l.doupglas
Bettow
W. OL. Douglas
Irockton
Frorough
Tee A. Paxton
Boston
Base
Aramided
Thompson
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