The Synthetic Lover in All-America Circus
Daisy Hemphill, a wardobe sewing girl for the All-America Circus, faces heartache after her parents die in a train wreck during a show tour. Façade of glamour hides danger as Daisy navigates romance with Joe Taggart while Bob Sloan protects wardrobe jewels stolen by McGuire, and Felice Hebert weighs loyalty against starting Daisy in life.
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Daisy Hemphill
Hardenburg
Felice Hebert
Empirio Fuo
Daisy
Bob Sloan
Circus
Mme. Hegert
Mme. Felice
Nand Enoch Prout
All-America
Enoch
Felice
Winter Quarters
Bob
Joe Taggart
Joe
Blaney
Sloan
McGuire
Americans study every field with endless newspaper reading
The Kansas City Star argues Americans consume many newspapers and magazines across interests, professions, and sports. It notes each field has its own publications while general papers cover all topics, leaving no corner of public discourse untouched.
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Kansas City Star
The Mood of the Time Insight from a Senator
An admiring friend praises potential reminiscences but the senator doubts a book. He says people now focus on what is going to happen rather than what has happened, reflecting a forward looking mood.
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Senator Sorghum
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Small Beginning of a Political Boss
Senator Sorghum recalls how he became a political boss by chance when voters sought a candidate for a small office. He notes they chose him as the only man who was 80, prosperous, and could take the salary as an inducement.
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Senator Sorghum
Nevada Citizens Drive Health Rules in Six Communities
Public spirited Nevada residents, aided by the USDA and the State Agricultural College, plan sanitation work in six Clark and Lincoln county towns for 1922. Efforts focus on clean yards, water, ditches, and street safety with women forming town organizations to enforce health ordinances. Mesquite in Clark County held a second clean-up day, clearing ditches, building culverts, and reducing mosquito breeding sites by kerosene treatment of ponds, with residents dining at home to maximize work.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Clark
Lincoln
Nevada
State Agricultural College
Mesquite
Clark County
Beacons to Warn Drivers of Lamp Posts on Winding Roads
C G Beck of Cleveland invented a boulevard standard with colored glass bull's eyes about one third up the post to warn drivers. When the main lamp is lit the telltale glow is faint, but a lamp failure causes the telltale to receive higher voltage and shine brightly.
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C. G. Beckwith
Cleveland
Bull's-Eyes
Col
Popular Science Monthly
Plan to Beautify Kenosha Under New City Manager Form
In Kenosha Wisconsin the new city manager government aims to beautify the city. A resolution hires a city planner to draft a development course and create a more beautiful urban area. The county board agrees to cooperate and will align court house construction with the city plan.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Court House
Invisible rays reported from incandescent mantles
The French Academy of Sciences notifies Professor Blondlot discovered invisible rays that penetrate solid substances and emanate from Welsbach mantle light. He later claimed similar radiations from an Argand burner and a sheet of incandescent silver. Rays from polished silver are polarized but polarization vanishes when coated with lampblack.
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Blondlot
French Academy of Sciences
Welsbach Lght
Washington Star
Five year old Mary Jane’s hen plans to hatch more chicks
In Indianapolis News style a child calmly explains her bantam hen is in the coop getting ready to lay more eggs to hatch additional chicks after she refused to care for the six hatched young. The father threatens to sell the hen if duties aren’t fulfilled.
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Jane
Mary Jane
Indianapolis News
Cuticura Remedies for Scalp Itching and SkinSoft Hands
Advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment on dandruff and itching, followed by Cuticura Soap with hot water each morning. Promises clear skin and soft, white hands when used as everyday toilet preparations.
Barefoot Memorises Jump From Box Cars
The Kansas City Star recounts a boyhood memory of leaping from box cars into piles of sand and flax seed. It notes the thrill, brief season, and the riskless-feeling landing on sand despite hidden dangers.
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Andover
Kansas City Star
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Bright Whites
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the true blue for snowy white clothes. It claims snow white results and urges shoppers to try it, noting that all good grocers stock the product.
What is a fortification
A drill instructor tests recruits with a tough question. With no answer, he demands a definition. The most intelligent recruit finally offers a quip that the fortification is two identifications, provoking a stark, humorous moment in London Answers.
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London
Answers Call of Blood Chief Returns to Fiji Islands
An Nfiji Islands chief with a notable lineage is an Oxford graduate who served as a cook with the Royal Mamarines corps in France in 1916 and later as a clerk with the Royal Scots Borderers. He earned a king's medal for bravery but deserted civilization to live among Fiji islanders.
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Nfiji Islands
Oxford
R. M. A. Corps
France
Royal Scotch Borderers
King George
South Pacific
Fiji
Senator Likely to Broadcast Speech, Courier Journal Says
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a senator who once used his staff to mail speeches may now broadcast them. The quip suggests a shift from franked dispatches to public airing, reflecting a change in how speeches reach audiences.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Pet chosen for knowledge not riches says old saying
A rural proverb notes that a pet is valued for wisdom rather than wealth. It emphasizes choosing a companion for usefulness and intelligence over material status.
Bright Idea Not Patented Marine and Girl’s Broadway Meeting Scheme
A U S Marine and his companion stroll New York as they initiate a street kiss handshake plan. They meet along Broadway with repeated goodbyes and remeetings, turning a public kiss into a calendar of handshakes and partings. The gag prompts reflection on street courtesies and timing. Celotex: New Building Material From Bagasse Cells Readied in Marrero Factory. The cane fiber board is produced by a slow system, forming a dry solid sheet usable like wood.
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New York
Broadway
Lissen
Lucille
Leatherneck
Marrero
Scientific American
Quote about flattery and self-deception
A succinct adage warns that heavy flattery leads a person to flatter themselves. The saying underscores vanity and the ease of self-deception when praise is constant.
Corn liquor tale in North Carolina mountains
An illustration from American Legion Weekly recounts two men in the North Carolina mountains opening a jug of potent corn liquor. A tumble bug is startled by a drop, replies with a boastful gesture, and the scene shifts to a cotton bale as the men prepare to continue their challenge.
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North Carolina
Big Boy
American Legion Weekly
Girl fears dark porch with man sign of danger
A statement notes that a girl who avoids a dark front porch with a man is signaling fear and potential danger rather than consent, reflecting cautionary tone about safety and boundaries.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Serge
Frank
Mike
Mac
America
Nation OF Readers
Daddy
Recruit
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Dept
Fresno
Calif
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek
Mich
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