Secret London Gambler Club Scene Turns Night Apace
Major Easton is lured into a discreet gambling parlor by Benton in Park Lane. Easton watches Benton turn a tenner into winnings amid a roomful of players while a violinist girl lingers in his thoughts. A pale, studiously cold man surveys Easton with wary eyes as tension builds.
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Charles
Waston
Easteon
Tam
Park Lane
Haton
Haston
Faston
Benton
Easton
Merry
Bright
Tay
Benton of
Taston
Maston
Sire
Aston
Trnston
Tonston
Jones Drives Motor Into Building in Garage Incident
A motor vehicle struck a building yesterday in a garage area. The driver is identified as Jones, with no further injuries reported and authorities continuing to investigate the accident.
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Jones
Piot
Motor Garage
The Athletic Cup For Police Fitness And Respect
The article argues police should be kept free of politics and maintained in peak physical condition through gymnasiums and team sports. It praises officers like Casey for heroic acts and warns that cowardice harms public trust. It cites Frank Gotch endorsing daily gym routines for officers.
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New York
Chiclago
United States Navy
Crook
Vogg
Casey
Frank Gotch
Kelloge Dysentery Cordial Promises Quick Relief
The advertisement claims Dr J D Kelloge’s Dysentery Cordial relieves the most acute simmer or dysentery by acting instantly on the stomach and intestines. It urges immediate use at onset, promising rapid relief and convincing results from a trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Kelloge
Auctioneer Catches Offbeat Bidder Night Door Exit
A Yorkshireman bidder interrupted an auction with a loud bid question startling everyone. The auctioneer misread him as a customer and the man departed with a humorous farewell. Laughter halted business for a while.
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Hill
Nagy Perkata Council Deadlocks Over Bachelor Tax Plan
The Nagy Perkata town council votes 1 to 1 to levy a special rate on bachelors for a children’s hospital. One opponent, the sole bachelor, appeals to county authorities claiming the resolution is ultra vires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Nagy Perkata
Hungary
Baby's Own Tablets Warn of Dangers in Heat
A vintage notice urges parents to keep Easy's Ow tablets at home to prevent infant stomach and bowel troubles during hot weather. It cites diarrhoea dysentery and cholera infantum as common in high heat and promotes prompt treatment, with a testimonial from Mrs Adelore Ouillette of St Bruno Quebec and a mail order price of 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Adelore Ouillette
St. Bruno
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Dramatic Snap in Lambs Club Sparks Debate on Stage
A crowd at the Lambs Club discusses what constitutes snap in drama and a proposed one act play by Eugene Walter features a wife, husband, and a gunman with a twist. Walt Mason praise and a Dr Kellogg asthma remedy ad conclude the page.
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the Lambs’ Club
Mone
Eugene Walter
Husband
Queer Materials Used In Making Artificial Flies
Fly makers use bears eyebrow and mouse whiskers to craft lures for fishing. The grey gnat fly benefits from whisker fibers while jungle cock hackles are less relied on. Bear eye brows from brown bears supply precise lines though costly. Agents seek birds like the screamer for scarce shoulder feathers worth about 15 dollars per bunch, enough for about six flies.
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warning
Notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as harmful to smell and system. Recommends Lill's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective when taken internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure also sold, with testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lill
F. Ul Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Hilo
F. J. Cheney & Co
Teatimoniam Trea
Druggiats
Arice
Per Bottiy
Tomtit Turns On London Street Lamp Mystery
For weeks a Greenford lamp near Ealing stayed lit each day though the lamplighter doused it. He hid to catch a prankster but found the lamp lighting itself. A tomtit nested in the lamp and hopped to the by pass ring to switch on the light.
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Greenford
Ealing
U.S
Conversation Fragments Hint at Daily Life
Dialogue snippets show a hurried exchange about timing and an unexpected phone interruption. A friend misidentifies a caller and hints at a dental appointment as the likely reason for the confusion, revealing ordinary moments of social etiquette and minor misunderstandings.
School gala prompts playful history quiz
A young pupil answers a question about Mary Queen of Scots at a school gala. The principal seeks facts before many ladies, and Grace explains Mary was born at Linlithgow because her mother was tooting there.
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Grace
Mary, Queen of Scots
Linlithgow
Mary
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Alfred Wilson Barrett
London
Cuthura
Dept
Boston
Zam
Dregan
Walt Mason
Belfast
Walt
Canada
The
Northern Trusts Company
Winnipeg
Acta
Thompson Sons & Company
Grain Commission Merchants
the Pedlar People Limited
Oshawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Lombard St
St.w
Moose Jaw
Whitlock & Marlat
Ridge
Fifth St
Rebecca Kissick
Philadelphia
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