Never Too Late for Love in a Fortune Tale
Margaret Howard, jilted by Howard Harrop for wealth, runs her aunt’s fortune and meets Phillip Cummings, a loyal secretary. Their growing bond turns to love despite gossip and fear of scandal as Margaret contemplates a life beyond spinsterhood.
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Margaret Howard
Howard Harrop
Howard
Margaret
Wover
Mar-garet
Beane
Marrop
Anit
Tonto Aorutner
Sintrop
Philp Cummings
Tennyson
Becgar
Philip
Flapper Folly Threatens Willie’s Pocket Money
Wille, a mother’s favored child, is accused of being a secret steppER while his mother rages at a 2 am phone call from a flapper seeking him. The incident jeopardizes his liberal allowance as the Sun and Globe report his hidden social escapade and the mother’s fury.
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Wille
Heaven
New York Sun and Globe
Willie
Rapper
Ex Post Facto Roller Towel Dispute in Kansas
A salesman-like inspector protested a dirty roller towel in a washroom arguing a new law. The landlord replied no ex post facto law applies in Kansas and the towel tower predates the law, per Topeka Capital.
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Kansas
Topeka
Portrait in a London window sparks a family reunion
A penniless nobleman admires a portrait priced at 12 pounds 10 shillings. He offers ten pounds and is refused. Later at a host’s London house the nobleman discovers the host owns the portrait and jokes that the sitter was his ancestor, implying a shared lineage and a fortune of shillings.
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Minin
Portrait Inn
London
Tuan
Everyboys’s
Housing Shortage In Bagdad Dialogue About a Furniture Van
A Bagdad exchange during a great housing shortage features a furniture van owner and a citizen. The citizen proposes renting the van, joking about the lack of place to move to, while the van replies with begrudging humor and a pun about relocation.
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Bagdad
Effendi
Efendi
Evergreen trees keep roads and rails open in snow
Evergreen trees protect highways and railways from drifting snow by forming windbreaks. Railroads in the east plant double rows along rights of way to prevent snow banks and drifts from blocking tracks, aiding open transportation nationwide.
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Nature Magazine
Returning the Favor in a Barber Shop
A clergyman awakes from a nap during a haircut and thanks the barber. The barber replies that the act was a fair return for the clergyman's church attendance last Sunday.
Grizel Grizel Returns to Life by Love and Dogs
Grizel Grizel, known as Impatient Grizel, recovers from a near fatal crash that left her reliant on a roadster lover, Acton, and a devoted dog trainer Tip Lawrence. After a dramatic rescue, she slowly regains mobility and finds true love with Tip, who resigns any inheritance dreams to care for her. Two years after their wedding she walks unaided, declaring her love.
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Grizell Grizel
Grizel
Acton
Ashley Garden Jmrty
Miss Waring
Ike
Tip Lawrence
Grizet
the Pines
Sonderhelm Amialie
Urizel
Lawrence
Joe
Wile. Xagers
Tip
Pianists' Hands Must Make Wonderful Speed
A renowned pianist played Mendelssohn presto as a scientist counted the performance. He reported 5595 notes in four minutes three seconds with three distinct finger wrist elbow movements per note. At 24 notes per second, 72 movements occurred each second, each with four qualities and constant sensory feedback from hands, fingers, and touch.
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Mendelssohn
Still alarms rise as telephone calls to fire crews grow
Fire department records from large cities show a sharp two year rise in still alarms. People increasingly call the fire department by telephone rather than hunting for a fire alarm box. The boxes remain vital, but phone calls are becoming a quicker route to alert crews.
Trapped in a village as wary constable blocks escape
A tourist pauses in a rural town and asks the speed limit. The rustic constable warns him against leaving, threatening arrest if he tries to depart. The exchange creates a tense moment as the man considers his next move.
No Such Luck From a Reform Speaker at County Jail
A zealous reformer gained permission to address inmates urging repentance while a skeptic warned from the rear that he would be there for eight more years. The London Opinion frames the exchange as a sharp contrast in outlook within the jail setting.
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Jull
London
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Denton
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T. R. Benson
Journal
Mirro
C. Leslie Walls
Irving King
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Philp
Phitth
Pau
Mr. Cummings
Flapper
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Athunta Journal
Martha Williams
Heck
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