Playing with Fire in Clavering Heights
May Innis and John Barbour, locals of Clavering, engage in a flirtatious contest that spirals from tea-table wit to public intrigue. A rumor of May’s engagement to Captain Clayton ends the game, both confessing a mutual burning crush. They marry two months later.
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May Innis
John Quincy Adams Barbour
Amy Rogers
May
Clavering Heights Country Club
Clavering
Claverlang
Sivelier
Innis
Mr. Barbour
John Quincy Adams
John
Muy Innis
John Barbour
Many
Clayton
Philippines
Easy Guidelines for Maintaining Goldfish Health
Practical advice on goldfish care notes there is no fixed rule for changing tank water. Oxygen levels, plant life, and natural conditions affect comfort, with emphasis on partial water changes and keeping plants to provide oxygen.
Harp Fragment Among New Louvre Antiquities from Euphrates
A harp played 3700 years ago is among new exhibits in the Louvre from Syrian excavations led by M. Franz Cumont. Relics along the Euphrates reveal a long vanished civilization. The Louvre displays mutilated statuettes and a gold mounted silver mirror, with carved chests and a sarcophagus shaped lid fueling speculation about ancient beauty and treasure.
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Antiquitoides
Louvre Museum
M. Franz Cumont
Euphrates
Louvre
London Mall
Speeding Driver Confounds Wales Court
In a Welsh town a motorist faced a speeding charge. The constable could not state the exact speed, admitting, I did not see him till he was out of sight, as he sped away from the court observers.
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Wales
Radio on Delivery Truc in Philadelphia Bakery
A Philadelphia bakery outfits delivery trucks with receiving sets and aerials. Drivers wear receiving devices and periodically contact the manager to receive instructions, enabling calls and route coordination that save time. The system allows constant contact with each driver and knowledge of city conditions for efficient deliveries.
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Philadelphia
New Aerial Bomb Displayed as WWI Gear Obsolete
The United States ordnance department perfected a new aerial bomb weighing 4000 pounds and capable of creating a crater 150 feet wide. Shown on exhibition, it dwarfs the aerial devices used in 1917 and 1918, which are deemed obsolete.
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United States Ordnance Department
Millions of coins defaced yearly estimate by mint official
Millions of 1 cent and 5 cent pieces are defaced annually in the United States. Coleman, superintendent of melting and refining at a Philadelphia mint, estimates that the nickel and penny returns to be melted within five years would fill five trains of 56 cars each, each car carrying 50,000 pounds.
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United States
Philadelphia
H. D. Coleman
Salmon Grow Scarce Under Current Conditions
Three years more under present conditions and there will be no more salmon for the canneries. Ruthless competition and pirate methods of canners and fishermen have caused this condition.
A Fair Weather Fiance
Kitty weighs two suitors amid debutante life and romance in 1920s society. Jack Eldridge seeks status through a Hegenbecker car agency while Link Chase flaunts wealth, prompting Kitty to choose before the dance. Jack unveils his plan and hopes for a chance as Kitty has already promised herself to Link.
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Jack Eldridge
Kitty
Jack
Dixwell
Link Chase
Lincoln
King of
Link
Helgho
Eldridge
Ays
Chag
Franko
New York
Hegenbecker
Chase
Country Club
Kitty declares love for Jack while planning clever escape
Kitty tells her mother she loves another man, Jack, and argues that miserable people push to fix things. She believes Jack will adjust to any climate, and vows to keep control of her happiness despite his flaws.
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Link
Kitty
Jack
Man of Stone Age by No Means a Dumb Belly
A New York Sun piece notes paleozoic humans likely possessed brains rivaling modern averages, per Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn. The column contrasts Stone Age manners with today, citing rude streetcar conductors, waiters, and typists as humorous examples.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
Museum of Natural History
New York Sun
Tracing Evolution of the Yankee of Today
A study argues Yankee ancestry reflects New England heritage rather than a pure bloodline. It notes Hanoverian Germans in Maine and Hessian prisoners in Vermont after Bennington, with Irish and Presbyterian Irish influences in New Hampshire and Maine. The piece cites names, rosters, and historic military service to illustrate complex race elements shaping regional identity.
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New
Absent minded man trapped to lamp post by coat
An absent minded man, curious about electricity, stops by a lamp post to check his watch. He unbuttons his coat, threads it around the post, and cannot move. A policeman, arriving, unbuttons the coat and frees him, exposing the humorous mishap.
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Diot
Blue
Crusty Village Band Receives Water Surprise
Christmas Eve carolers from the village band visited the crusty neighbor known for his temper. After a dispute the group played Good King Wenceslas. The old man poked his head from the window and poured a jug of water on them, telling them to share it among all twenty.
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Wenceslas
Western Mustangs and the Origin of Bronco Ponies
The ponies of the western states known as mustangs are mostly southwestern in origin with Moorish ties and arrived via Spain and Mexico. Brought to America by the Spaniards, they have mixed with American trotter, thoroughbred, and Arabian lines. These ponies are still called broncos and are now primarily used for herding as cow ponies.
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Mexico
Why He Looked Tired Tale of insomnia joke overheard
A large business head questions a pale clerk named Jones about tired looks. Jones reveals he suffers from alternate insomnia, explaining that whichever roommate falls asleep first keeps the other awake all night. The exchange ends with a lighthearted pun about the condition.
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NEW Brick & Tile CO
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C.H. Bullock
Denton, Md
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Hoosier
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Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
H. Irving King
ALAR
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Truc
Intentinter
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Western Mustangs
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