The Telephone Case and the Johnsonian Blackmail Plot
Dr. Philip Jensen faces blackmail by Harold O'Brien over a compromising past. Col. John V. Cheney uncovers the scheme using a hidden telephone transmitter in Jensen's hat to record O'Brien’s incriminating threats. O'Brien confesses his defeat and leaves, while Jensen is urged toward honest life.
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Philip Jensen
Dr. Jensen
Jensen
Eastern Medical School
Peter Stirling
O’brien
P Philip Jensen
Harold O’brien
Harry
Phil
Luther M. Miller
Mr. Miller
Jove
Cheney
Lonergan
Rock Building
Colonel
Mr. Elliott
George
James Elliott
Elliott
O'Brien
Jimmie Elliott
Boen
W. G. Chapman
The Spirit of Flowers and Lavender’s Scent
The article praises lavender for its scent as central to its value and links lavenders aroma to its spiritual role in funerary rites among South Sea Islanders. It notes the Welsh name dating to the 13th century and suggests lavender’s name derives from lavare meaning to wash connected to Roman baths.
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Lavare
Moslem Table Etiquette Rules for Food and Conduct
A compact list of traditional Moslem table manners includes washing hands and mouth, eating with the right hand, starting and ending with thanks to Allah, breaking bread by hand, eating modestly, and avoiding criticism of dishes. The guidance emphasizes cleanliness, moderation, and gratitude during meals.
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Allah
Lipton Tackles Bachelors Versus Marriage Fun in Chicago
Sir Thomas Lipton in an after-dinner Chicago speech jokes about bachelors and marriage, noting that bachelors are villains. He frames bachelor life as a challenge to social expectations and hints at future domestic plans.
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Thomas Lipton
Chicago
Goose Leads Pack As Stage Animal Fact Or Folly
Helen Grant quotes Leslie's Weekly on animal acting drills. Geese train in 60 hours while pigs reach stage readiness in 30 hours and ducks in three days. Chickens take a week or more, turkeys six months, and peafowl impossible. geese singled out as most intelligent and affectionate among domestic fowl.
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Clyde Powers
Powers
Helen Grant
Leslie’s Weekly
A Bachelor’s Dance Prank Sparks Grudging Confession
A humorous tale recalls a bachelor teased about never marrying. A wife needles him at a dance, and her husband, amused, reveals the bachelor could have married her but chose to hold a grudge. The exchange ends with light laughter over the old joke.
Decorative Salads and Potato Creations For Elegant Service
The article describes decorative salad presentation and potato artistry. It details serving styles such as tomato cups and pepper cases, rose tomato jelly, and garnishes like green herbs eggs radishes olives and nasturtium. Potatoes form pyramids baskets and molded shapes with parsley and egg white glaze.
Simple Three Course Menu For An Afternoon Affair
A compact guide suggests three course options for an afternoon gathering. One substantial dish such as hot scalloped crab or lobster, a salad made from hollowed green peppers filled with varied vegetables, and a sandwich element like jellied chicken sandwiches. A dessert idea uses orange apple and banana peels to mold a fruit jelly served with whipped cream.
Advice on two story cottage homes by William A. Radford
William A. Radford answers readers on building affordable two story cottages. He emphasizes lot size location and proportion, outlines a sample plan 23 by 33 feet with three upstairs bedrooms, a front porch and efficient kitchen. He notes durable hardwood floors, linen storage, and cabinet design to reduce dust and mice ingress.
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William A. Radford
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Ill
Danish Dumplings and a Second Boiled Dumpling Recipe
A first recipe describes dumplings made with suet bread crumbs flour sugar baking powder nutmeg salt eggs and milk dropped into boiling milk and served with the cooking liquid. A second recipe beats yolks sugar suet currants flour and baking powder with nutmeg salt then folds in beaten egg whites and cooks as balls in cloths served with wine sauce.
Two Table Suggestions Aspic Jelly Garnish Ideas
Aspic jelly serves as a garnish for salads cold meats and game pies. It can be colored shaped and presented in rings cubes or chopped form. Pale aspic with green pepper rings creates a pretty effect. bread shapes browned in butter add decoration topped with parsley or chopped egg yolk.
Testing Cake Doneness with a Wooden Skewer
A simple doneness test for cakes uses a wooden skewer inserted into the center. If the skewer comes out clean and dry, the cake is done. if sticky, it needs more baking. The skewers are preferred over broom straws for clearer results.
Orange Sponge Pudding with Custard and Meringue
Cut five oranges into small pieces and place in a pudding dish. Pour over them one cup of sugar and then a boiled custard made from one pint of milk, the yolks of two eggs, one half cup sugar, and one teaspoon corn starch. Pour custard over oranges. Make a meringue from the beaten whites with two tablespoons powdered sugar, spread over and brown lightly in the oven.
Candy Brittle Squares From Brown Sugar Mix
A simple candy recipe combines one pound brown sugar one cup strong coffee one half cup cream and a tablespoon butter. Cook until brittle in cold water and pour into buttered tins. When nearly cold cut into squares for serving.
Stains on Marbie Cleaned With Lemon and Soap
Instructions advise rubbing stains on Marbie with a cut lemon or scouring with crystal soap. The guidance emphasizes simple household methods for removing blemishes from marble surfaces.
If you’ve always got an appetite and the dough
The Houston Post extols a readiness to spend to satisfy appetites. It frames wealth as a solid foundation for looking good, feeling content, and sharing laughter. The tone suggests consumer abundance and general wellbeing tied to financial means.
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Houston Post
Language and speed prompt a quip about cars
A quip contrasts running an automobile with the struggles of making it run. The joke suggests that failing to get a car started invites harsher language while the act of driving provokes more refined speech.
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Houston Post
Bank of England Notes Kept White to Foil Forgery
The Bank of England refuses to color its notes, arguing whiteness and simplicity deter counterfeiting. The paper’s whiteness comes from using only the finest linen rags in production.
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Bank of England
Lost in a 100000 Acre Pasture
Tom Johnson, a 14 year old boy and son of John Johnson, is reported missing from near Gates. The search spans vast pastureland, with authorities coordinating ground and air units to locate him.
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Tom Johnson
John Johnson
Gates
London boy bunco man tricks youths at dog and goat ruse
In a London police court Frederick Martin aged 17 faced charges of obtaining money by trickery from several younger boys. He posed as the son of a horsekeeper with a herd of goats and used round discs to lure the youths into a mews where he disappeared with their wages, while other boys asked about the goats.
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London
Eng
Frederick Martin
Martin
Boyish Answers Describe Word Definitions In School
A British schoolboy defines a suffragist as a person who creates a disturbance. Another pupil calls a surf a form of sea weed from the Pacific. In an essay on dogs a pupil says small dogs improve by keeping, and another misstates the plural of twain as worsted.
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Pacific Ocean
Man Lost In Vast Pasture Found After Three Days
A 35 year old man from Atascosa County wandered a 100000 acre pasture for three days while lost. He lacked food and water until a searching party located him about 35 miles from home. He survived the ordeal.
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Atascosa County
Old Blue Law Retained In Westofen Germany
Westofen enforces an old ordinance banning walking in the streets with a lighted cigar. The measure remains in force as part of the town’s traditional regulations.
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Westofen
Germany
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