Various Society Notes and Editorial Jottings From Defiance
A miscellany of items on society pursuits walking and health editorials on Latin inscriptions and foreign influence humorous vignettes about Mary piano and music taste opinions on marriage law and global rising prices. Notes touch on milk costs public figures and the appetite of wealth for Paris and London homes mixed with light comments on science artifacts and automobile speed.
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Mary
Chopin
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Cynthia ‘Westover Alden
Success Magazine
Lucy Smith
Mythic Wealth Woven Around Mexican Peon Pedro Alvarado
In Parral near the Palmilla mine, Pedro Alvarado, a Mexican peon with a bouanza silver mine, is famed for generosity yet lacks real wealth. The piece portrays his delusions of grandeur, reliance on others, and mismanaged profits while detailing the mine’s lavish machinery, smuggling aids, and his aloof ignorance of daily operations amid a flood of inflated tales.
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Mexico City
Pedro Alvarado
Parral
Mexican Central Railroad
Jiminez
Alvarado
Palmilla
United States
Paival
Seeing Things With The Googan Girls 9
A fragmentary ad style item notes the Googan Girls and a studio contact. It mentions a tall building, a phone line, and promotional phrases in an unclear sequence. The readable text suggests a nostalgic period voice with quirky branding and hopeful appeal.
A Day in the Country for Archie
A narrative mix describes Alvarado in Parral with mine details. It notes the chicken ladder used by Mexican workers and the daily tortilla and friola meals. The piece blends mine life, charity touches, and a light tale of Archie and a car caper with the Googan sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvarado
Alvardo
Googan Girls Use Motoropathy to Solve Social Crisis
In a comedy oddity set at a country dinner, Lilly and Tilly Googan employ their Motoropathy to help a motorist and secure an invitation for Archie Van Stile. The scheme wins social entry and saves the day for Mrs Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Smith Dayton
Angie Breakspear
Forest Hill
Sheridan
Tiny
Dreese
Lilly Googan
Lily
Tilly
Lilly
Percy
Clarence
Archie
Renue
Mrs. Huntington
Bobby Cartwright
Archie van Stile
Cotillion
Brother Jim
Cartwright
Archi
Tilly Googan
Ed Lilly
W. G. Chapman
Cement Block House Plans by William A. Radford
William A. Radford offers free expert guidance on cement block construction for readers. The piece covers block design, materials, mixing, and foundation details, including hollow blocks, cement floors, cellar drains, frost proofing, and window sills, with cautions for contractor selection and proper leveling.
Molasses as Horse Feed Spurs Remarkable Results in New York
A Brooklyn firm reports dramatic gains in horses fed on black New Orleans or Porto Rico molasses mixed with hay and oats. Two previously weak horses gained 400 and 356 pounds in two months, their coats improving as they returned to duty.
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New Orleans
Brooklyn
Victor Smith
New York
Porto Rico
Luxury for Motor Tourists in France Planned Hotels and Garages
France will be divided into eighty operating nodes each built to serve motor tourists. The scheme, by the Touring Club of France and Automobile Club, aims to provide comfortable restaurants, bedrooms, shops, garages, and electric recharging plants. Shelters will be light, removable structures to suit travelers, with peaceful behavior encouraged.
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France
Be Pol
Touring Club
Automobile Club
Monumental Pyramid Critique Sparks Travel Tale
An American contractor judges a colossal Egyptian style pyramid, mocks its stonework, and longs for US standards. He then rides with a companion, is ambushed by two armed men, and the plot culminates with the curtain falling on a staged climax.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defiance Express
Will C. Kegel
Office
Latty Bldg
Defiance
Ohio
Northwestern
Ella M. Bault
the Independent
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Rome
London
Paris
West
Fifth Avenue
Turkey
Persia
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Gabriele
Wiley
Mak
Croesus
Long Hhis
Thi
Mexico
the Googan Girls
Studio
Chihuahua
Jim Swift
Demme
Ana
Jim
Swift
William A. Radford
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Jack
Whitefield
Exo
Islington
Pall Mall Gazette
Chicago Tribune
Egypt
Hoboken
Foti
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