Family at Breakfast Highlights Hopeful Colbys
The Colby household begins a Saturday with John Colby Sr. reading the morning paper while Mrs. Colby keeps peace and the daughters Mabel and Clarissa scurry for garments. Son Johnnie, 16, daydreams as the family discusses future jobs and a possible manager position for John Sr. at Haskell’s.
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Colbys
John Colby, Sr
Johnnie
Mabel
Clarissa
Mrs. Colby
Mr. Colby, Jr
Miss Mabel
Miss Clarissa
Local school play brings comic turn to Colby family
Mr James Haskell attends a school show with Colby Sr as manager. Mrs Colby learns of the plan at High School hall as their son Johnnie stars in gymnasium costumes. The evening ends with jokes and a dream of college funds from a film studio offer.
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Colby
High School Hall
Haskells
Mabel
Clarissa
Haskell
Burleigh
Colby, Sr
Colby, Jr
Wind Finally Carries Man From Buked Peak During Ten Thousand Smokes Trek
A harsh Alaskan gale during the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes expedition forces tents to be lashed by rope. Wind snaps poles, hail pumice blocks shelter, and a crew member is carried away by the storm. The narrator recalls nearly being blown off the mountain and ending up in mud after a violent ride down the slope.
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Ten Thousand Smokes
Alaska
Buked Mountain
Robert F. Griggs
National Geographic Magazine
Prime Sport and Swordfishing on Northern Seas
The Monitor arrives in Seattle from a South seas cruise with a swordfish attack report. A sword pierced six inch hull planks, leaving its teethless weapon behind after investigation. Swordfishing is described as prime summer sport along the northern US coast with harpoons used behind waist-high protec tion.
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Barkentine Monitor
Seattle
South Seas
United States
Pacific
North Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
Antilles
Witty New York socialite mocks modern art in studio tea
Misty Catherine Wendell of New York to marry Lord Porchester, heir to the Earl of Carnarvon. At a studio tea she quipped about cubism and avant garde painters, recounting a joke about a painting shown upside down and then righted, finding it lovelier both ways.
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Misty Catherine Wendell
New York
Porchester
Earl of Carnarvon
Saving Wild Life and the Bison Preservation
The Atlanta Journal notes a gain of 9 000 bison in America over twenty years. The piece argues conservation success shows how states and citizens can protect birds and game, predicting a brighter history if similar effort is extended nationally.
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America
Atlanta Journal
Clarence Reformed by Dorothy Dwight in Modern Romance
Clarence Muncy, a shy bookkeeper, falls for Dorothy Dwight a bold cashier. She pushes him to demand a raise, which he secures, gaining confidence. He announces engagement to Dorothy and plans marriage, while aunts marinate in astonishment at his new boldness.
Aircraft Spotting Advances Navy Observation Role
Admiral Moffett argues in Current History that air spotting of gunfire marks a practical naval function now in fleet practice. He notes three years of progress, stresses the need for aircraft carriers, and warns the experimental ship's limitations and treaty tonnage gaps despite two carriers under construction.
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Admiral Moffett
Questions of a Humorous Night in the City
A string of sharp witticisms recalls awkward encounters in a bustling city. The speaker mocks social missteps from cabarets to pawn shops and taxi rides, ending with a quip about a blind date on a fourth floor.
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Iever
Fat Women Society Members Detained At Basle
Swiss customs at Basle stopped ten German women believed to be Fat Women's Society visitors. Screeners found their underclothes hid cocaine scent and liquors. Forty quarts of liquor seized. the group faced fines and imprisonment.
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Basle
Germany
Geneva
Ulrthe
Court declares rare Whistler painting a fake
A 150000 franc still life attributed to Whistler is ruled to be the work of French painter Stanny Stasay. Painted eighteen years ago in one day on a bet, it was sold for eighty francs and later circulated as Whistler. The court ordered Stassy's signature replaced Whistler's, affecting buyers and dealers in a case likely to continue.
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Whistier
Stanny Stasay
Whistler
M. Stassy
Bebin
New York Tribune
Up-to-Date Society Silly Misunderstanding
In a society sketch, Yvonne, a coy sixteen year old, faces scrutiny from her mother after a party. The mother questions kissing a stranger, Yvonne denies, then reveals she was simply asking for eight, and the mother says it is quite all right. The vignette captures curious humor over youth and propriety.
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Yvonne
The Victory Promenade Begins With Tom Alden Dilemma
In 1924 Sireee QD column shows Tom Alden fretting over finding a prom partner. His mother quietly engineers a plan by inviting him to a country home where he notices a capable cowgirl leading calves to order. Tom admires her patience before blurting a playful cheer.
Victory Prom and Ball Bring Town to Life
At a county fair scene a handsome athletic girl trains prize jerseys for the Victory promenade and is revealed as the famed Jean person of gossip. Tom and Jean lead the dramatic Drame club ball, wrapping the evening in laughter and lively mischief as calves reset after a fault in a barnyard comic moment.
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Mother Alden
Jean
Tom
Honest Friendship Tests and Alaska Fox Farming
Be honest in friendship to test a friend’s spirit through frank discussion of fears and jealousies. Tests may reveal true character or lead to disappointment as new people threaten long-held bonds. In Alaska, 40 fox farmers met in Cordova, 29 in Petersburg, 18 in Ketchikan, with USDA biology survey backing fox farming’s large-scale potential and island-to-coast connections.
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London
Alaska
Cordova
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Hig
Alaskan
What Was Missing Jimson Returns to Swimming Hole
Jimson longs for his boyhood river swim and travels hundreds of miles to the mossy bank. The familiar hole remains, but the thrill is gone as the missing element is the boys from his youth, William Sanford in Judge.
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Jimson
William
Sanford
Judge
Terms of Sale by De Cree Trustee Calvert C Merriken
Terms of sale require one-half cash on the day of sale with the balance in six months. All cash at the purchaser's option, securing any deferred payment by the purchaser's note bearing interest and approved security. Title papers and revenue stamps to be paid by the purchaser. CALVERT C. MERRIKEN, Trustee.
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Calvert C. Merriken
Calvert C
Merriken
Leonard I
Covey
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Howard Melvin
Benj. H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publismers
Featuring John Colby, Jr
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John
John, Jr
Dr. Burleigh
Nettle
POWER
Clarence
McClure
Synicate
Clarence Muncy
Dorothy Dwight
Nan
Dorothy
George
Maxey
Hannah
Aunt Agatha
By Janette R. Pratt
Sireee QD
SfcClare Newspaper Syndicats
Alden
Ben
Sue
Allen
Laurie
Mrs. Alden
Giirl
Tom Alden
Bryant’s Palace Theatre
Denton, Maryland
the Devil
Buster Keaton
Agnes Ayres
Conrad Nagel
Edna Murphy
Louis S. Stone
Douglas MacLean
Madge Bellamy
Rivoli
Baltimore
Africa
Marc Bryant
Bryant
Second Street
Refined Photo Productions
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Emma Rash
Charles Rash
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Mary- Jand
Hoptens Halls
Butler’s
Rose Chance
Hopton
Joseph Pippin
William Richardson
Joseph Harris
John W. Rash
Joan W. Clark
Thomas & Messer CO
W. Balto
Baltimore, Md
the Board of Education
Court Room
Fountain Pena
R. ‘Pr. K. Garey
Pepper
Maryland Trust
Elkton
ST. Paul
W. A. Smith
Marker
Federalsburg
Lottie C. Coulbourn
Michael J. Coulbourn
John W. Hurlock
Thomas S. Halt
John W. Hurlock & Co
Calvert CG
Liber L. B. T
Libery Street
Ids Neal
Thomas S. Holt
Auditor’s Order
Nisi
Raymond L. St. John
Virginia W. St. John
Equity
Geo. A. Deakyne
W. B. Deen
Mestgnes
Louis St. James
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