Tom Wins Big Job Chance Through Sister's Plan
Bert Loring hesitates as Mary Rodney urges her husband Tom to take a high profile insurance job. Tom gleefully accepts a test assignment calling on prominent citizens, including a plan to win a $100,000 policy, and leaves the office with confidence, determined to climb the ladder.
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Bert
Asten
Rodney
Mary
Tom
Tui
Loring
Tam
Toodleams
Butt
United States
Pye
Lan
Lst
Vandermorgan
Tal
Inneh
Mr. Vandermorgan
Insurance scheme changes a modest plan into a fortune
Tom persuades his brother in law Bert Loring to take a five thousand dollar policy for the sake of “Toodleums,” then boasts of a swift commission as he races to tell his wife Mary. Dick Williams greets Tom on the way, and Tom jokes about his new life as a millionaire.
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Bert
Tom
Vandermorgia
Weill
Loring
Mary
Lttle Toodleums
Yoo
Toodreums
Dick Willhams
Tfe Insurance
The ascent of sap in plants explained
A discussion of how water moves against gravity in plants. Water evaporates from leaves and is replaced by upward sap flow, with a mature maple releasing vast amounts of water daily. The overall water movement in plants parallels river water quantities in scale.
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Rivera
Rehearsal Tale Of Saint-Saens And The Kettle Drummer
Walter Dumrosch recalled at a Chicago dinner how Saint-Saens held seven rehearsals for a Lille concert. The kettle-drummer attended every one while others pursued private lessons theaters or other duties. Saint-Saens praised steadfast work, but the drummer noted another job at a ball awaited him.
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Walter Dumrosch
Chicago
Saint-Saens
Lille
Art dealer and artist clash over painted salad style
An impecunious artist asks the dealer to fund a dining room themed oil painting. The dealer agrees but refuses vinegar and insists the artist prints instead of eating the salad. The exchange highlights a dry joke about money and art.
Early vanity bag found in Otbin tombs of fifth century
In the ruins of the ancient Otbin colony a Professor Zuffer discovered one of the earliest vanity bags from the fifth century. The small bag contained a metal mirror, rouge-like substance, and an eyebrow darkening ointment.
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Otbin
Zuffer
Preston Maryland Seeks Bids for Water Bond Issue
Sealed proposals are invited by the Preston Maryland Commissioners for purchase of 310000.00 par value water bonds dated January 1 1926 at 7 30 pm Monday April 12 1926. Bonds bear 5 percent interest semi annually, are tax exempt, mature starting January 1 1929 for ten years in 500 increments, with annual retirement option and right to reject bids. A 500 bid security check is required.
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Preston
Maryland
Commissioners of
General Assembly of
House
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