When Tony Intervened In a Family Wedding Plot
A fragmented dramatic vignette centers on Aunt Alice plotting a wedding to secure the fortune and power of Senator Core, while her precocious ward Tony challenges the plan. Uncle Bill travels, Tony charms all, and Alice’s resolve softens as the impending marriage cards promise a new future.
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Avery Moth
Alice
Tony
Jerekind
Jere
Senator Core
Baste
Mrs. Core
Ab Putny
Jinny
Lou
Uncle Bill
Bin
Mamuy
Hill
Bunton
Bil Cnute
St Atte
Bill
South Algerica
Ahee
Loy
Sere
Laoyyee
Btu
Diary Sparks Family Turmoil as Uncle Bill Returns
Allee plans to delay until October to preserve her freedom while Yung’s scheme unfolds. Tony vents in the den as Uncle Bill’s homecoming nears, Alice’s diary reveals secrets, and two men read it, prompting reactions from Bill and Sawyer Eads.
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Yung
Bil
Tony
Allee
Uncle Bill
Sawyer Eads
Alice
Bill
Joseph
Uncle Bil
Corpus Christi Bay and Coastal Scene Described
A descriptive passage paints Corpus Christi with its blue gulf, Nueces mouth, and a looping river. It notes stone and brick buildings along a bluff, a boulevard overlooking the bay, and homes on the narrow sand strip. The scene shifts to rural Texas with cotton, cattle land, orange groves, and native flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi Bay
Nueces
Texas
Charles Led in Artcraft and Jacobean Decor Elaboration
Horace 2B Cheng notes readers urge Korean manufacture while Charles II is portrayed as the craftsman king who championed national art and industry. The Jacobean era is praised as distinctly English, blending Low Country influences with native craft, culminating in refined woodwork, ornate ceilings, tapestries, and grand hall splendor under a patron of Rubens and Van Dyck.
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Korea
Horaca
Cheng
Charles
James 1
Christendom
Tke Fraunels I
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Rubens
Brillant van Dyck
Something to Think About by F Ad Walker
An essay warns against covetousness and the lure of items beyond reach. It traces how desire disrupts friendship, ambition, and happiness, describing a social drift from independence toward servitude under consumer temptations. The piece ends noting youth’s impulse to chase fleeting possessions, with publication credited to McClure Newspaper Syndicate in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ad. Walker
Nour
McClure Nawapaper Syndicate
Fugitive Eludes Pursuers in Theatrical Farce
In a manateur performance a fleeing prisoner hid under a small table. The pursuer charged the stage and tripped over the fugitive’s legs, then rose in mock drama and cried Hau, the villain has eluded us again, provoking laughs.
Minister’s card prank shocks parishioner visit
A church minister visiting a female parishioner found no one home and left a card saying Sorry to find you out. Mary the maid then explained she had taken charge and whispered that it would not do for the master to know the minister’s found you out.
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Mary
Gossip Sparks Interest In Mrs Muggs Return
Gossip circulates about Mrs Muggs as Miss Cayenne shows surprise at her comeback. The exchange highlights how Mrs Muggs had long been deemed not newsworthy and now becomes the focus of chatter.
San Francisco to Build World Largest Saltwater Pool
The city plans a reinforced concrete pool for 10 000 bathers with a 50 foot promenade and a 600 foot dressing building. It will be used for official meets and Olympic events, with a 14 foot diving pit and 31 000 feet of tank area. Eighty thousand dollars funds the project at Great Highway and Ocean Boulevard.
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San Francisco
Float Boulevard
Ocean Front
Absorb This Two Opinions In One House Often Result In Two Establishments
Two viewpoints in one discussion lead to two distinct outcomes as reflected in a McClure Newspaper Syndicate opinion piece. The piece contrasts political or organizational splits with practical divisions that echo in local governance and business setups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Synidicate
The Evolution Of Mister And Mrs In English
A historical note on how Mister became the chosen title for men while Mistress contracted to Misgis and then to Mrs. The piece traces linguistic shifts from Master to Mister and the transformation of Mistress into Miss, Missis, and finally Mrs, with comments on pronunciation and form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Hand poses reveal character and temperament
An oblique old note explains hand positions as signs of determination and temperament. It describes fists clenched at the sides, or a graceful arm curve with specific finger arrangements, attributing these poses to educated women more than men, and linking them to refined life and temperament noted by Wheeler Synileate, Inc.
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Saturn
Apollo
Jupiter
Mercury
Wheeler Synileate, Inc
Two Rugs Valued at 50000 Stolen From Cleveland Home
Two silk Oriental rugs valued at 850000 were stolen from Frank B. Carpenter's Cleveland residence while the family spent the weekend out of town. Silverware and other valuables were not taken.
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Frank B. Carpenter
Cleveland
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Ve. Bez
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
NpewePar
Corpus Christi
Peggy Shaw
Miss Shaw
New York
By E. A. Peyser
Mister
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Caluab
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the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
Herevier
Bell System
The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Feld
Henry G. Budd, D. D
Dover, Delaware
Ernest G. Cooper Denton, Md
John Kendrick Bangs
Call Journal Office
Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro
Maryland
Robert Jarrell, JR
Just
Flint
Michigan
Fisher & Roe
Denton
R. C. Jackson
Greensboro
James J. Ross
WM. Denny
Sec’y-Trena
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
Delaware
T. Carter
L. Irving Jones
Agt
John
WY. Pawne, Agt
Preston, Md
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