A Wayward Heiress Marries a Chauffeur Soon
Connie Bord of Washington Square New York engages in a bold plan to marry Sam Wakefield the would be chauffeur while her brother Jack hatches a practical joke. Rogers the chauffeur becomes the suitor, proposes quickly, and Connie agrees after a tense night of hesitation.
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Come
Vollies
Abe
Fourteenth Street
Connie
Jaueck
Chicago
Southampton
James
San Wakefield
Jack
Sefton- Washes
Southwampton
The
Star
Salles
Sefton-ilkes
Rogers
Sarah
Connie Bord
Washington Square
New York
Seliom
Rovers
Rogers Wakefield
Davek
Canute
Samus
Gonius
Connmie
High priced antique chairs spark a Derbyshire case
A furniture dealer testifies that in October he brought ten Chippendale chairs and two settees from Lord Vernon's Derbyshire home to town, sold them in days for about six hundred pounds, then to Messrs Dighton for a thousand four hundred, and finally to Mr Shrager for three thousand pounds, highlighting a two thousand four hundred pound profit.
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London
Hed
Sudbury Hal
Messrs Dighton
Messrs. Dightan
Wise Judge.
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Cuthbert
Bowas
Ebatts
Sou
Observation as a key skill for police training
A New York police department defectives school lecture by Cornelius D. Fleming stresses observation as crucial in daily life and law enforcement. He cites common misperceptions about the moon and body balance, noting many people misread simple facts and overlook obvious details.
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Cornelius D. Fleming
New York Police Department
Fleming
Ife
Tony Transfers From Shine to Hat Cleaning
A long standing shoe shiner named Tony moves to the hat cleaning department after a customer notices his color blindness. The boss explains Tony cannot shine shoes now due to his inability to distinguish colors like green blue red and yellow, and jokes about the pink paste on a blue shoe.
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Tony
Flo
Long Range Presentation Honors Millikan At Del Monte
At the Pacific coast convention of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Del Monte California the Adison medal was awarded to Prof. Robert Andrews Millikan of the California Institute of Technology Dr PLB Jewett president gave the presentation speech from New York The audience heard the remarks in California Millikan's work on electron identity and X ray advances was praised for reducing experimental uncertainty and bridging gaps in spectral phenomena
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Adison
Robert Andrews Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Pacific Coast
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
del Monte
Cal
Plb. Jewett
Institute
New York
Wes
Caliifornia
Millikan
Jewett
Millikin
Monkey Kiss From Burma Described By Fraser
In Burma a monkey tribe called human by locals lives in trees and leaps between limbs. A passerby witnessed a young monkey climb under its mother and kiss her, an act the mother welcomed with affectionate rubs. The scene reflects intimate mother child behavior in the wild.
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Burma
W. A Fraser
Saturday Evening Post
Tragedy of Aged Buffalo in The Old Santa Fe Trail
The Detroit News cites Col. Henry Inman on aging buffalo, describing a pitiable, isolated creature in the range who loses courage, fears rustling leaves, and is abandoned to a harsh fate with predators like coyotes and wolves lingering nearby.
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Col
Henry Inman
Detroit News
How to Make a Hectograph From Gelatin Pad
A hectograph uses a gelatin glycerin pad in a 1 to 6.5 ratio heated slowly in hot salt water. After pouring and hardening the mixture yields a smooth surface for inking. Copying ink from a stationery store is applied and the writing is placed face down to transfer the imprint. About one hundred copies can be made by rubbing blank paper over the tracings.
Dining bill joke at continental hotel
An Englishman dining with his bride in a continental hotel disputes a 10 franc charge for fruit. The manager points to fruit on the table and the man quips that the fruit was eaten, but the kiss on his wife is the reason for the charge. The man settles the bill leaving 10 francs as the implied tip for the supposed kiss.
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Engilehman
Boston Transcript
Pulling Teeth In The Emerald Isle Way
Owen McCarthy, a recent arrival from Ireland, endures a day of toothache and seeks a dentist. He learns the charge for pulling a tooth is fifty to seventy-five cents with gas, reacts in disbelief, and vows to return at dawn for treatment.
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Owen McCarthy
Emerald Isle
Owen
Everybody's Magazine
Illustration of a quarrel over language in domestic scene
A Wife boasts of improving in French and thinking in the language while her Husband, reading his paper, asks to hear her thoughts in French. The exchange reveals a domestic humor moment from the New York Evening Post.
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John
New York Evening Post
Rich Dowry of Faith and Sorrow
A reflective piece on how sorrow enriches the soul and strengthens faith, citing enduring vision and trust in God. The quotation emphasizes inner riches over worldly wealth and the steadfast grip of spiritual belief.
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Alford
Sleek-Haired Chaps Clash Over Oil and Water Beliefs
A terse clash unfolds as sleek-haired chaps promote a union of opposites while opposing views on mixing oil and water surface. The piece hints at a broader social debate without graphic details.
Borrowed Trouble
A brief quip noting that people who borrow trouble tend to fearfully seek to pass risk to others, reflecting on anxious behavior and shared wisdom about handling concerns rather than offloading them.
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Tarria Direct
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Denton, Md
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Greensboro
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