The Fussiness of Herbert Arlett
Herbert Arlett suspects a reading-mad intruder at his boarding house and engineers a literary trap. He learns the culprit is Gladys Beekman, his aunt’s charming niece, who has quietly shared his rooms via a hidden closet passage and aided by her canaries. They plan an ice cream celebration for their engagement.
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Herbert Arlett
Maggie
Mr, .Arlett
Russia
Mrs. Beekman
Gladys Beekman
Herbert
Gladys
Catherine de’Medici
Merbert Arlett
Catherine de’ Medici
Mrs. Jordan
Aunt Beekman
Blank’s
Boy Tied by Rope Fixed to Front Door in Detroit Yard
A boy on Euelld Avenue West was found with a rope tied to his left ankle attached to the door knob of his home. He explained that his mother told him to stay in his yard and he disobeyed. He sat on his front steps while friends played in a nearby vacant lot.
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Euelld avenue
Detroit News
Climbing a Hill Reveals Surprising Work Values
A pedestrian climbing a 1,000 foot hill would perform work equivalent to lifting 205,000 pounds one foot in one minute. The implied figures for a high mountain climb are far larger and striking.
The Old Stage Coach Era in American Routes
The fragment notes the first stage coach in England in the late sixteenth century and mentions early American routes between New York and Boston in 1732 and New York and Philadelphia in 1736.
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England
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Courts through history span Athens to U S Supreme Court
The text notes courts were established in Athens in 1507 B C and by Moses in 1401 B C G C. It states courts were common in Europe and that the U S Supreme Court was founded in 1789 with one chief justice and five associates.
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Athens
B. C
Moses
Europe
Supreme court
Tamblyn Plate Sparks Family Wedding of Love
John Tamblyn family feud centers on a Wedgwood plate that split two kin. Jean Lanning and Rod Tamblyn marry with the plate shared between families, dissolving old grudges as Mrs Willard and Miss Robina witness the union. The couple depart to start their life while the plate’s authenticity is questioned yet love remains genuine.
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Jean
Sud Tamblyn
Robina
Red
Tamblyn place
Maryland
Rod
Lanning
Reddy
Hod
Adah Willard
Henry Tamblyn
Miss Robina Lanning
Rodney Tamblyn
Adah Ward
Miss Robina
Rodney
Miss Hobina
Rats World’s Worst Pests Warn of Organized Control
A public notice asserts rats infest the world and cause vast damage to produce and property in the United States reaching about 200 million dollars annually. It argues that individual efforts fail and calls for organized cooperative action by farmers and communities to curb the rodent menace.
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United States
Indianapolis
Commencement Night Speech Sparks Cosmetic Debate
On commencement night Miss Doe prepared to address why cosmetics should be abandoned by high school pupils. A nervous speaker dropped a purse and makeup onto the stage, causing classmates to roar while the speech unfolded, leaving the presenter mortified by the chaotic scene.
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Miss Doe
Pineapple Peeling Made Easy Tip
A vintage method describes peeling a pineapple by boiling. Submerge the fruit in boiling water for three to five minutes, then remove and eat into slices, peel, and cut out the eyes. Repeats with the next fruit without cooling.
Two Prosperous Men in a San Francisco Hotel
A Boston Transcript witty snippet describes two well-off men in a San Francisco hotel joking about wives away at Del Monte and on a T. EK. K. voyage to the Islands. They mused about a radio message home with terse slang and a punchy farewell phrase.
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San Francisco
Del Monte
Boston Transcript
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PRESTON MOTOR CO
JOHN W. NOBLE
L. F. Stevens
R. E. Bowdle
EE. R. Satterfield
Sam Messick
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THE PEOPLES BANK
HENRY T. NUTTLE, Prest
T. F. JOHNSON
SAMUEL G. NUTTLE
H. EARLE SMITH
American Corner
Hickman
Vernon
Del
Denton
Goldsboro
Sixth St
Main St
NUTILE & SMITH
Accident & Health Insurance
JOHN B. GREENE
Federal Casualty Company
Equitable Building
Baltimore
CLEVELAND SATTERFIELD
Babes
WM. PEPPER CONSTABLE
Maryland Trust
Elkton
ST. PAUL
ALVERT C. MERRIKEN
Atorney-at-Law
THE
DENTON NATIONAL BANK
DENTON, MARYLAND
RIDGELY, MD
HUBER
Aunt fhartha
JOURNAL
Alec Clare
Mother
Courts of Justice
Tamblyn
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
NEWSPA PRess
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