Tolliver Family Prepares Daughter For Beauty Pageant
In Red Thrush Iowa Rev Tolliver's motherless daughters Helen Miriam and Billen Ella groom their sister Marjory for a beauty pageant that evening. Marjory leaves with Eddy Jackson, a prosperous young farmer, as her escort while the father faces threatened blindness from overwork. Ginger strives to help boost the family's income but stays hopeful.
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Mr. Tolliver
Red Thrush
Iowa
Helen
Miriam
Billen
Ginger Ella
Marjory
Eddy Jackson
Horace Langley
Professor Langley
Marjor
Father
Olympus
Ginger
Cinderella
Tub Andrews
Detroit
First National Bank
Tub
Gelen
Aorace
Paul
Reg Thrush
Horace
Unanimous pageant prize fills parsonage fund
Marjory wins a fifty dollar prize in a beauty contest and plans to use the money to fund her father’s Chicago trip. The sisters and friends fill the parsonage with joy as the plan unfolds and Tub Andrews returns to town.
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Marjory
Providence
Chicago
Darling
Ginger Learns Of Andrews Visit Amid Parsonage Plans
Ginger frets over a new suitor as Mr. Andrews, a bank employee and Tub, plans a drive with Miriam. Father Tolliver, blind and devoted, longs for sight and for the church dedication to go smoothly while managing finances and family tensions at Red Thrush.
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Ginger
Milrina
Andrews
Tub
Tub Andrews
Detroit
First National Bank
Mills
Flavor of First Wife’s Cooking Found at Last
A middle aged spinster married a widower who mourned his first wife after fifteen years. The bride, raised by a homemaker mother, tried to imitate Mary’s cooking. One burned meal later the husband praised Sadie for the flavor he remembered from Mary.
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Sadie
Mary
Houseclean
Ing
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Amsterdam's 90 Islands Divides City by Canals
The phrase notes that Jelands and Canals Amsterdam are cut by canals into 90 islands. A second line suggests flattering a man to gain hint of faith in judgment, implying guidance about trust.
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Jelands and Canals
Amsterdam
Modernized Chinese Death Squad in Nanking Rides with Rifles
In Nanking a squad of seven with an officer now enforces law with rifles. A flag bearing a warning leads the procession and the unit operates around the clock, delivering swift justice as it supplements the police.
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China
Nanking
New Film Technique Demonstrates Slow Motion Images
A London invented rotoscope machine will capture objects rotating at 500 revolutions per second and slow them to one per minute. Test pictures show water droplets as spheres, a single bright light spot in lightning, and gas flame fluctuations rather than steadiness.
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London
Experienced Help The Managing Editor Miss Flapper
A light exchange from the Detroit News shows a candid job scene with the managing editor questioning the applicant and Miss Flapper offering to oversee the make up. The skit hints at newsroom dynamics and hiring banter in a period setting.
Temptation to accept undeserved praise tested
A compact reflection notes that many people struggle to resist flattery they do not deserve, suggesting a common human temptation and the urge to seek validation.
Traffic officer warns on health and Nujol ads
A fractured passage portrays a police officer promoting Nujol as a health aid with claims it is not medicine. The narrative cites doctor advice and mentions the product’s natural, drug-free status from Nujol Laboratories in New York.
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Nujol
Najol
Nujol Laboratories
Park Avenue
New York
Nature's lai O. K. Najol Drugstore Listing
Fragments advertise Najol sold at all drugstores in sealed packages. Consumers urged to pick up on the way home.
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