Elopement on Train Stirs Pageant of Wedding Plans
Lieut Harry Mallory and Marjorie Newton flee toward elopement but a taxi wreck delays their minister. On the crosscountry train they face romantic intrigues as fellow passengers and Mallory’s classmates arrange a wedding hazing while jokes and sobs mix with a hasty ceremony and farewell.
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Harry Mallory
Philippines
Marjorie Newton
Porter
Ira Lathrop
Alopers
Jimmie
Wellington
Reno
Sammy W Whitcomb
Jimmies
Mallory
Temple
Marjorie
Chance Encounter on Train Sparks Old Flame in Vermont
On a train, Ira Lathrop the notorious bachelor insults weddings but warms to a shy spinster with silver hair. He abruptly softens, calls her a familiar face and asks if she has ever been in Brattleboro Vermont, hinting at a shared past and rekindled memory.
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Brattleboro
Reunion Sparks Between Ira Lathrop and Annie Gattle
In a crowded moment of nostalgia, Ira Lathrop and Annie Gattle reconnect after years apart. Old flirtations resurface as they ponder each other’s lives with humor and jealousy while Chicago’s glow fades behind them. Their paths reveal differing futures as he proclaims a worldly role and a blunt admission of his true job.
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Ira Lathrop
Ira
Mr. Lathrop
Annie
Anne
Miss Gattle
Chicago
Li Ke
Charlie Selby
Ogden
Utah
Lathrop
Elm
China
The Needle in the Haystack on a Train
Mallory hunts for a clergy member on a crowded railway journey to wed Marjorie, facing delays, comic misdirections, and a mix of pretenders as he canvasses passengers in search of a real minister while Snoozleums waits in the baggage car.
Unhurt by Long Fall From Second Story Window
An elderly Philadelphia woman fell from a second story window while leaning from the bathroom window and landed in the yard. She sustained only a few bruises and no bones were broken, with doctors expecting a quick recovery within a day or two.
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Philadelphia
Best Vacation Wrapper and Underfixings Guide
Mary Dean describes a bedroom wrapper in blue and white phal lic for travel and leisure. She recommends Japanese crepe fabrics and light lawns with belts and cuffs of silk, plus accessories like a dark silk petticoat and Shetland spencer to cover cool mornings. A midseason travel coat in black taffeta is advised for versatility and comfort.
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Mary, Dean
Simple gowns steal the show in cache mire de soie and crepe de chine
Fashion notes describe two chic frocks one in black cachemire de soie with a cherry belt and lace guimpe and another blue crepe de chine with chiffon details and a waterfall back. Writers warn the trend toward wasplike waists may bring health issues as well as style.
Serge Bathing Suits With Dark Blue And White Serge
An unusual bathing suit uses dark blue and white serge. White fabric is applied to short sleeves with deep armholes and a round stitched yoke collar.
Paris Millinery Creates Modern Hatpins and Feathers
Fashion notes from Paris describe hatpins of moderate size with round or ellipsoid heads in demand. Designs showcase gold and tourmaline, pink coral, turquoise matrix, lapis lazuli, and silver pieces. A photographed example by Jeanne Lenveen features black Neapolitan straw with a white ostrich feather and pink rose accents.
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Ladeiwoud
Laueiwoud
A. dL
Jeanne Lenven
Paris
Attractive Favors for Informal ServIces
Spreading fans of a celluloid like material that resists breaking when bent are offered as trifling favors. The two small sizes come in white or black and are hand painted. They make pretty, handy gifts for informal gatherings and fit easily in a shopping or bridge bag.
New Double-Decker Bonbon Dish in Sterling Silver
A new two tier bonbon dish for the steatable features two stacked dishes with sterling silver handles and rims. Its design emphasizes elegant presentation and durability for serving bonbons.
Senator Sorghum Debates Use of Statistics in Speeches
In a candid exchange, Senator Sorghum says he includes statistics not for impact but to make his remarks appear more interesting by contrast, sparking discussion on rhetorical methods in public addresses.
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Senator Sorghum
Still Hoping for Dixie-Free National Convention
A speaker asks a father if he remains an optimist and the reply affirms hope to attend a national convention where no band will be allowed to play Dixie. The exchange hints at protest and cultural tensions surrounding music at a future gathering.
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Dixie
The Trained Nurse Revealed by a Child's Observation
A farm family discovers their daughter's visitor is a trained nurse rather than a nurse in disguise. The boy overhears a plan to show him the nurse and follows the girl to the kitchen where the nurse speaks briefly and leaves, prompting the boy to exclaim the nurse is just a girl.
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Rita
Harper’s Bazar
Women admitted as students and professors at Salerno and Bologna
The University of Paris scholar notes that Salerno and Bologna, among Europe’s oldest universities, opened to women from their origins. Women used the chance, attending as students and serving as professors, and did not miss the opportunity.
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Charlotte J. Cipriani
University of Paris
Europe
Salerno
Bologna
Paris
High Handed Justice at the Canal
Mr. Bishop praises Col. G W Goethals for his big engineering role and his stand against corrupt practices in Panama. He vows to battle trusts and seeks quality over tainted meat and shoddy materials, citing past failures with the De Lesseps era.
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Canal
Bishop
Col
G. W. Goethals
Panama
Colonel Goethals
Copper
Goethals
Panama Canal
de Lesseps Company
World’s Debt to Books
A reflective note on how books reveal human ignorance and teach without judgment. It extols readers as beneficiaries of patient masters who instruct, question, and guide without scorn or material display.
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Richard de Bury
Love and poets trace famed affairs through history
The piece notes Alfred de Musset’s intense affection for George Sand elevating his poetry and Chaucer praising various queens, with his enduring, nine year wait to marry Philippa Picard de Rouet the Lady in Waiting to Queen Anne of Bohemia.
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Alfred de Musset
George Sand
Chaucer
Philippa Picard de Rouet
Anne of
Bohemia
Man Buys Car from Ottawa Farmer Through Misunderstanding
A Kansas City Star item recalls an Ottawa man who, moved by a farmer’s dire finances, went to buy the farmer’s motor car. The farmer was away but the daughter is asked which car, revealing a miscommunication.
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Ottawa
Kansas City Star
Light of the Color Blind
A color blind person perceives light as white or gray and dark colors as dark gray or black. The condition arises from intertwined light and color nerves with separate pathways for light and color perception.
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Rupert Hughes
Mrs. Temple
Tate
New Orleans
Snoozleums
Rules
Yassum
Snoozbums
Doctor Temple
Portland
Moses
Moline
Dept
Restnol Chemical Co
Baltimore
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