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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
6
Lydia and Craven confront misunderstandings over a necklace and a planned delivery to Betty Merrilees. Betty, Quoin, and Mrs Beggarstaff uncover a smuggling plot with Craven suspected, while Lydia hides the truth as events unfold aboard a hotel suite.
Lydia ends up at the Margrave hotel after a tire blowout on a taxi in midtown Manhattan. The driver lacks a spare tire and must call for a repair car while Lydia, wary yet grateful, navigates the lonely avenue and seeks a safe place to resolve the incident. She moves to separate from Craven and reclaim control of the situation. The hotel desk confirms her arrival under the name Mrs Merrilees and apologizes for the delay.
Johnny could not attend the party because he had to accompany his mother to the depot to meet his uncle. The uncle promised a baseball if Johnny behaved, and Johnny volunteered the idea that the gift could be bought immediately for his good behavior.
A compact aphorism contrasts the rattler who warns others with the sneaky one who does not. The line plays on the bold distinction between two types of behavior.
In the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem Zedekiah rebels, the city is starved and falls after a year and a half. Zedekiah is captured, his sons slain before him, eyes put out, and he dies in Babylon. The temple and palace are plundered, walls torn down, inhabitants dispersed, and temple treasures seized.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer describes two couples face to face on a street. Jack Jurgens, unable to speak after a prior rejection, is silently judged as thinner and unsteady, while a woman reflects on past romance and possible dissipation. A companion notes a familiar face glimpsed but not identified.
A humorous anecdote from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald describes Johnny B-, age eight, who prefers hockey to school. After several offenses, his teacher asks for an excuse from his father, who she suspects is poor at making excuses, prompting the boy’s sly retort.
Vice President Marshall praised Newark Ohio as home to the politest man during a campaign stop last fall. A man approached the platform to shake hands but declined to continue, saying he must go home, as reported by F C Kelly in Cotler's Weekly.
Mulford recalls his wife’s musical past and asks about her, citing their children as a blessing. Sulford responds that motherhood has kept her busy, noting she has had little time recently.
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