Morning Train Hurry Joke and Witty Quip
A brief humor piece contrasts Mr Jones rushing to the morning train with the train puffing in or out. A schoolmaster quip about wisdom of a serpent and a light joke about marriage follow, ending with a wife’s question about past lovers and the husband’s flippant answer.
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Torn
Mr. Jones
Movie Director Demands 1000 for Indian Role
In a quirky exchange a director asks for a $1,000 film fee to cast an actor as an Indian, while the manager counters with $500 and a half breed label. The dialogue also notes a bigamist repeats mistakes and comments on actors' tough times and seedy appearances.
Mystery of Brief Tower Ends in Hidden Truth
Richard Exon learns he is linked to Rudolf Elbert Virgil, Count of Brief, as he hunts a family secret. Across Raven and the Brief tower, Exon, aided by Herrick, exposes Ferdinand’s forgeries, rescues Elizabeth, and uncovers who truly holds the secret of Brief.
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Richard Exon
Matthew Gerling
Gering
Rudolph Elbert Virgil
Brief
Ferdinand
Exon
Percy Elbert Virgil
Inskip
Winter
Percy
John Herrick
Elizabeth
Gerling
Raven
Percy Virgil
Herrick
Virgil
Max
Doorway Hidden in Tower Stair Revealed by Clever Brains
In a tense escape within Brief Castle tower Richard discovers a sliding panel on the thirty-sixth step. The panel hides a miniature well with an iron bolt securing the rising tread, a clue after hours of brute force and patient inspection. Elizabeth and companions move to pull the bolt and unlock the concealed doorway.
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Elizabeth
Herrick
Richard
Hmne
Brenda
Science Ousts Sourdough as Canada Gold Trail Shifts
A Vancouver report notes old prospector methods fading as geologists and college trained miners lead Canada’s northern searches. Government expeditions surge, geophysical prospecting digs deep into pre glacial beds, and dredges replace surface placer mining in the Yukon.
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Canada
Vancouver
B. C
United Press
Detroit Free Press
Dominion
Cariboo Rit
Columbia Placer
Yukon
Millennium Fear and Fervor Before 1000 Prophecies
A historical note describes medieval expectations of Christ's return as the millennium neared the year 1000. Believers divided street life from sacred duty, renounced possessions, and gathered in remote places rumored to harbor the second coming.
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Christendom
Christ
Pretty Workaday Fashions For Indoor Season
Bright new workaday clothes and aprons for self and daughter. Describes Two-Way Apron design and Charming School Frock for growing girls with puff sleeves and flared skirts. Includes fabric options, sizing, and material requirements. Also advertises Fall and Winter Pattern Book with ordering details.
Around the House Tips from a Wholesome Kitchen
Practical household hints covering bread animal shapes for soup meals, coring apples to prevent waste, cleaning dingy towels with lemon and blueing, making a scrap book for clippings, using apples in salads with skins on, untangling fringe mops with a clothespin, and saving celery tops for flavoring soups and salads.
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