Fooling Benson Ends Bank Shortage Mystery
Jack Niblo faces a $200 weekly shortage at the bank amid suspicions of cooperation with his boss Benson. Nettie Cable allies with him, discovers magnets hidden in foundry cash, and together they expose Benson’s scheme. Benson’s fraud hinged on afternoon deposits and a magnet-tied bill. The couple plans to marry with the cashier position’s salary.
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Robert Cable
Jack Niblo
Jack
Niblo
Pam
Nettie Cable
lnnes
Benson
Mr. Fells
forelgn
Nettie
Netrie
Gregson
George Castle
Ife
Henson
Nettle
Longevity and social facts from a broad age study
A fragmentary summary of various claims on longevity and social trends. Married people live longer than single ones. tall people longer than short. women up to age fifty have better life chances than men but worse afterward. Global birth and death patterns favor night, with 3,000 languages and 1,000 religious confessions. Life expectancy around 33 years. one quarter die before seventeen. only about six reach sixty-five and one thousand reach a hundred. Additional notes include a British army pay calculation for a lost greatcoat, and a sketch of Australia's northern territory with Palmerston as capital and large Chinese presence. A brief humor item and a commercial note on improving living standards and its social cost follow.
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Billy Weston Tries To Win Back Miss Huston
A country road drive with Billy Weston and Katherine Huston leads to a staged reunion. Billy admits loving another woman, introducing Miss Deering as his fiancée at Mrs Monteith’s May party, where Huston sees the real reason behind his ruse and the budding engagement.
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Billy Weston
Billy
Katherine Bluston
Billly
Huston
Miss Huston
Miss Nuston
Scott
Mrs. Monteith
Katherine
What the Bollers Were For
In a shipboard joke an engineer explains machinery to a curious mate then reveals the boilers exist to keep the firemen from wearying. The tale mocks nautical ignorance with a blunt punchline.
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imate
Mac
Adam MacPherson and the minister’s Eden question
A Scottish tale from London Tit-Bits recalls Adam MacPherson who loved his wee drapy whisky. He falls after a night out, forcing bed rest, while his Presbyterians hosts, a visiting minister, and the wife joke about the fall of Adam. She whispers the cause was the drink.
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Adam MacPherson
London
Eden
Just Quit Worrying Eldorado Republican Quote
The Eldorado Republican reflects on the mystery of earthquakes and knowledge, arguing that nobody truly knows past, present, or future events. It suggests the only workable approach is to avoid overreaching for understanding and to accept uncertainty.
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Eldorado Republican
Alarm Clock Purchase And Office Hours Oddity
A Philadelphia Press item quotes a young lawyer buying an alarm clock and telling the clerk he would never change the set time. He clarifies he does not rise at six in the morning but uses six in the afternoon when he closes his office and goes home.
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Philadelphia Press
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