An Unusual Welcome in a Suburban Subway Incident
A job seeker named Collins and Grace Loomis meet in a crowded subway car after Collins defends Loomis from an aggressive man. The aggressor turns out to be Robert B. Allison, president of Western Manufacturing, who realizes Collins and Loomis are his prospective secretary and applicant. They end with an involuntary engagement as Allison offers to hire both.
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Collins
Collings
Brooklyn Bridge
Alnna
Robert B. Allison
Western Manufacturing Company
Fate
Allison
Frank Collins
Mr. Allison
Grace Loomis
Collns
Old Jerry's 8 Contract Ends In Pirate Mirror Fortune
Walter Lane is fired after a colossal eight by sixteen foot mirror shatters at Richland & Co. Old Jerry Gowan offers a new chance buying fragments to craft medallion mirrors. The venture sails to a tropical island port where a king buys the wares, yielding a $16,000 haul and a path to love with Leah Moore.
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Walter Lane
Walter
Richland &Go
Richland & Co
Leah Moore
Jerry Gowan
Jerry
Mirror Service
Old Jerry
Leah
Gowan
Istand
San Francisco
How the Movies Saved a Farm
An elderly couple, John and Sarah Hayden, planning to move to their son David’s farm, face foreclosure on their decaying home. Rupert Dale and the film crew offer to buy their house for cash and burn it for a shoot, saving the Haydens from losing their little farm as they depart for the west with lured happiness.
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Brookdale
John
Laura
Sarah Hayden
David
John Hayden
David Hayden
Rupert Dale
Dale
Hayden
The Safety Valve and Equal Opportunity Rhetoric
A satirical note cites North America as a land of equal opportunity where both spouses may sue for divorce, reflecting on social norms and gender roles in West-Yes. The New York Sun frames the idea as a legal and cultural commentary without endorsing specifics.
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North—America
West
New York Sun
Pretend Officer Case Provokes Loud Local Debate
In a Winnipeg Post excerpt two men denounce police impersonation and express strong distrust of officers. They discuss a man charged with pretending to be a cop and suggest he would commit any act to deceive. The dialogue reflects tension over policing and authority.
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Bill
Winnipeg Post
Miss Kent in Love and a Conflicted Columnist
Miss Kent, a bright metropolitan paperwoman, replaces her reporter duties with answering Cupid’s victims under Miss Agnes Mayhew. A tale of propriety, romance, and a late dinner with McLaughlin ends as Kent declares love while seeking an escape from the agony column. Richard’s kiss reveals her longing for Mayhew’s strict rules to be abandoned.
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Alice Kent
McLaughlin
Mayhew
Kent
Agnes Mayhew
Ohio
Miss Mayhew
Miss Kent
Cupid
Miss. Mayhew
Mr. McLaughlin
Richard
Alphabet Garden Turns Laughing Stock for Newlyweds
A newly married couple in a country home plant vegetables and flowers with playful schemes. Jim alphabetizes crops and Alice plots a surprise garden spelling their names, but an all too literal turn shows the flowers spell cabbage heads instead. They reconcile with a hired hand tending the plot and renewed domestic harmony.
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Alice
Jim
Williams
James
William
The Barrett Scandal Ends In Long Corners Marriage
A Long Corners banker Barrett uses power to advance himself, while his secretary Charlie exposes Barrett’s past thefts. Luella Mason, once involved with Coolidge, learns Barrett has married her after a tense confrontation and a confession of past misdeeds.
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Owas
Antholén Barrett
Charlie
Meadows
Long Corners
Barrett
House of
Luella
Charle
Luella Mason
Mr. Coolidge
Anthony
Teachers Question Pops in Classroom Grammar Roar
In Connecticut a teacher asked a grammar question. Freddie answered that “it don’t sound right” and the class roared with laughter.
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Connecticut
Freddie
Front Page Celebrities Quote on Fame and Prison Meals
A father and son exchange views on the speed of fame and the lure of headlines. The joke pivots to prison fare, suggesting quick notoriety can come with harsh consequences. The quip reflects a glossy view of celebrity life contrasted with prison realities.
Business Revival Signals More Girls Returning to Service
An evening paper notes a revival in labor, with many more girls going back into service as crockery manufacturers anticipate improved conditions and demand.
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Western Newspaper’ Union
Western Newspaper Union
Western Newspaper ‘Union
Western
Union
Claire Smith
Sae Fathee
Sweatern, Nespap
W Union
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