Muriel and Peter's failed engagement under porch scheming
Muriel awaits Peter as Dorothy flirts with him and Mary Crawford, Ned Lamson, and Helen collide with a planned engagement reveal. Peter returns Muriel’s ring, confesses jealousy, then learns of Helen and Ned's engagement while Dorothy crafts further romantic mischief. Muriel and Peter plan a new bungalow and a next door future.
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Muriel
Peter
Apollo
Dorothy
Mary Crawford
Ned Lamson
Nell
Helen
Ned
Mariel
Lamson
Annabel
Ters
Vina
West
Maury
Drews
Veter
Trade Jargon of Indians Reveals Complex Native Trade
Adventure Magazine notes that North American tribes maintained fixed territories and traded along extensive routes. Despite linguistic differences, a shared trade jargon developed across many divisions, enabling exchange from Pacific shells to Far West goods. Clarence Slutchinson discusses how language diversity coexisted with active commerce.
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Indiana
Clarence Slutchinson
Pacific
Mississippi River
Adventure Magazine
Deserted Village Sold for Providence Water Project
North Seltuate known as Rhode Island deserted village sold for about $1500. Houses cleared to make room for Providence water system. Many century old homes brought $5 each, a few with colonial doorways fetched $40 top.
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North Seltuate
Rhode Island
Auethon
Providence
Wool on Wild Sheep Explained by Nature Magazine
The article explains that wild sheep lack domestic wool and bear coats like deer. It notes that outsiders may mistake ewes for goats. The bighorn's skin is described as thin and porous, not suitable for leather.
Substituta Goodbye Message From Wartime Letter
A fragment shows a farewell note from a wife to a temporary substitute, urging care and expressing hope the counterpart returns. The writer asks to write daily and to God be with you, promising to look after you if you come back.
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Peewee
Dearie
Beck Hese
Japan's Record Fish Catch in 1921 Reveals Diet Shift
The 1921 Japanese fish catch reached 1 765 065 long tons with 1 124 077 tons for food. Oil and fertilizer uses accounted for the remainder. Wealthier classes increasingly favor imported meat as earnings rise, though fish still dominates the diet in the nation.
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Japan
Department of Commerce
Blondie Birthday Break Questioned at Fast Eatery
Claudine asks if Blondie will take a day off tomorrow to celebrate her birthday. Heloise the head waitress replies that Blondie will not, estimating about six years.
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Blondie
Claudine
Heloise
Not So Good Comic Quip In Waiting Artist
A playful exchange centers on an art editor laughing at a drawing misread as comic. The office boy notes IT heard the laugh while the waiting artist sighs at the misclassification.
Practices What He Preaches Inheritance Newsroom Rise
Stanley Munn inherits the Yatestown Daily News to carry on his uncle's political policy. He revamps the paper, pushes reporters to cover society items, and covers a tea where he unexpectedly reunites with Madelaine Pitt. She reveals they will marry, and the Daily News breaks the engagement news.
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Stanley Munn
Ls Wnele
Ccame
Stanley
Yatestown
Monatre
Madelaine Pitt
Madelaine
Daily News
Aittle
Yil
Csty
Clavering Aris
Clavering Arms
Clavering
Madellaine
Aladelaine
Lady Hopewell
Bob
Lady Y Hopewell
Buffalo Grass Recalled as Prosperous Pasture Memory
In Adventure Magazine Frank H. Huston recalls buffalo grass once thriving across North America from Saskatchewan to the Nin Grande and Platte valley. The drought resistant, low height turf fed vast buffalo and game herds until civilization and plows erased it. A memory from New Mersey brings tears to an old-timer reminiscing.
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North America
Frank H. Huston
Saskatchewan
Nin Grande
Platte Valley
New Mersey
Empire of the West
Adventure Magazine
Two Farm Twins Turn Auto Venture on the Town
Linny and Fanette Aymar, poor girls with a taste for risk, trade a car for market berries and apples then drive it to Bellsburg. They sell the haul for fifteen dollars and attract two suitors, Tommy Hinton and Billy Speed, who press them to choose a partner in life through comic competition and clumsy romantic maneuvering.
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Fanette
Maud Muller
Linny
Sim Jones
Skeesicks
Nand
Tommy Hinton
Joe- Bob Jenkins
Bellsburg
Aymar Twins
Tive
Joe-Bob Jenkins
Hinton
Billy Speed
Aymar
Tommy
Nef
Toom
Queer Street quip about a firm's outlook
A London Mall joke where a junior partner teases that the firm’s lack of grumbling signals poor soundness. The senior partner questions the idea, sparking a brief exchange about optimism versus prudence in a law firm. The line notes a humorous take on firm morale.
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Queer Street
London Mall
Birds Learn to Fly Across Animal Teachers
The Cincinnati Exquirer describes how birds and other animals teach their young through demonstration. Falcons show fledglings flight, ducks and geese practice water entry, weasels train hunter skills, and cats tutor kittens with play before delivering real prey.
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Cincinnati Exquirer
Branded and Beaten in Burton County Cashier Incident
An employee of Burton County Limber Company, Allen Fits, reports two unidentified men assaulted him and burned him with a hot poker to coerce signing a document. They allegedly forced him to read a paper and attempted further pressure before fleeing. a customer later found him rendering aid. Details unclear and under investigation.
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Allen Fits
Burton County
Kansas
Fits
Inn
Alg
Science to Pick Your Job and the Rise of VYUC National Selection
Dr Herbert A Topps of Columbus University argues that personal inclination is unreliable for choosing work. The article describes tests measuring general intelligence mechanical ability quickness and executive skill to guide career fit. It cites biographies in Who's Who in America noting many successful people changed fields before settling on a career.
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Herbert A. Topps
Institute of Educational Research
Columbus University
Vyuc
Clement
Rolling Stone
Hindon Prodigy Demonstrates Rapid Mental Math at Columbia
A Hindu mathematical genius named Someh nan Bose impressed Columbia University professors by performing tong multiplications and extracting square, cube, and fifth roots without tools. He solved seven and eight digit problems nearly as fast as a calculating machine, astonishing both mathematics and psychology faculties.
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Hindon
Columbia University
Mathemat Yes
Psychology
Nania
Bose
No Appreciation for Act With Kisses
The adtante greeted the principal scene of AH hope, and the drama ended with a heartbroken playwright saying it pleases the public while the manager insists the audience wants its money back.
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Gre Jang
Babylonian Civil Code Highlights Roadhouse Raids And Debt
The article describes Babylonian civilization with raids on gay roadhouse parties and wine regulation enforced by merchants. It notes penalties for riotous gatherings, high interest rates, and harsh measures such as seizing a debtor’s household as a hostage. Notaries, temple records, and clay tablets codified contracts and deeds.
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Babylon
Enormous Damage by Rats Across the World and U S Losses
Rats inflict greater damage than any other pest, infesting nearly the globe and spreading disease. In the United States, annual losses reach about 200 million dollars, affecting farm production from planting to consumer shelves and raising food prices for all. Information on public health links is available from the U S Public Health Service and the Bureau of Biological Survey. The piece also explains how to test egg freshness using appearance, bloom on the shell, storage color, and a saltwater test to gauge age.
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United States
Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Wfe
Bureau of Biological Survey
United Statey
Department of Agriculture
A Real Tragedy On Missed Boat Delays Week Stay
A Boston Tran script quotes a dramatic exchange about missing a boat and delaying travel. The speakers lament limited clothing options and express intent to acquire more dresses to cope with the extended stay.
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Boston Transcript
Preparedness and reassurance amid wartime driving concerns
A proud wife tells a nervous friend in an automobile that she feels safe with George driving since he joined the Med Cross. He is learning first aid and knows where all the hospitals are, reflecting civilian wartime readiness in London Answers.
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George
Med Cross
London
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D. W. Griffith
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Lois Wilson
May McAvoy
Elliott Dexter
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Todd Et al
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Geo. A
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J. Robert Butler
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