Murray the Waffle Fiend at the Gentry House
Ruth and Bob shelter a wandering next door guest, Murray Mellvalh, whose waffles charm Ruth as he courts her through breakfast chatter. Amid gossip and a mistaken welcome, Ruth agrees to hire him as a cook and keep the Gentry mansion from becoming a boarding house, preserving a family home.
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Buth
Ruth
Bob
sis
Aturray Mellvalh
Rath
Murray
Buddy
Frath
wales
Bub
Bubh
bey
Ruth aogreed
Aluitay
Old French Bottle Books and Bizarre Bound Volumes
Wal ter Hart Blumenthal profiles rare antiquities in Bookman, noting French bottle books from southern France a century ago carried fortified contents for judges and scholars. He cites bindings in human skin tales, including a poet gifting sonnets bound in his own tissue and an astronomer inheriting skin bound copies of his work with peculiar legacy instructions.
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Bookman
Walter Hart Blumenthal
Mr. Blumental
France
levant
Perfectly Scandalous Summer Elopement at Willard Mountain
Miss Belmont and John Anderson Gray flee the Willard Mountain hotel after gossiping matronly observers expose their liaison. The two elope by train, declaring their love and disregard for the town’s prying chorus, while hotel guests mourn the ruined illusion and boast of renewed youth.
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Willard Mountain house
Mailen Bollingt
John Andersen
hotel tegister
Pete
Miss Lapham
tume
Ots
Wttle Arks Scoble
little mountain lake
Marion Belmont
register
John Anderson Gray
Alan
Betty
Miss Belmont
Brad
Ailis Belmont
Miss Scoble
Mr. Gray
Paper never refused ink and fake titles
A cashier at a famous U S hotel hesitates to cash a check for a newcomer who brandishes a richly engraved business card claiming to be president of a large development company. He quips that paper cannot help itself, a reminder to business people not to be swayed by letterheads and stock certificates.
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United States
North and South American Development company
Trishenshier
Fred Kelly
Clever Smuggling Scheme At Border Post
Two customs officers on a Belgian road stopped a young woman who approached their post. A surprising corsage hid a breastplate containing alcohol. another container was worn on her back. She was taken to Arlon jail.
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Elsdhen
Brussels
Parls
Vultures at Ganges Indicate Massacre Amidest Skeleton Find
A correspondent recalls December events near Massacre Ghat on the Ganges. A vulture hunts on water, drags a white object ashore, then hovers as birds mob it. A human skeleton is found the next day amid a frenzy of birds and flotsam on the riverbank.
Sea Shells as Currency in Native Trade Networks
On Atlantic coast tribes, butter tasters or Juckahank shells served as currency. Indians chipped and polished colorful clam shells into durable money, trading with inland groups. Polished violet-tinted shells resemble rare gems, valued for hardness and luster, suitable for embellishment with pearls and amethysts.
Quebracho Wood Transforming South American Tanning Industry
The Youth's Companion notes quebracho wood, once a natural monopoly in South America, has grown from logs to a flourishing extract industry over 25 years. Though not indispensable, quebracho speeds tanning, delivering days rather than weeks to results, and its wartime demand boosted its use before leather demand declined.
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bureau of foreign and domestic columerce
South America
Germany
Tudia
Force of Habit in the Courtroom
A judge scolds a former soldier charged with shoplifting asking how he learned theft. The inmate explains that in the army he policed company streets and picked up things as he went along, noting the habit formed. American Legion Weekly mentions the anecdote.
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American Legion Weekly
Farmer Corn Narrates Mule Incident Over Filmver Honk
Farmer Corn tessel recalls a mule reacting to the honk of a new filmver. He describes the animal entering a violent jealousy fit, backing up and kicking the rear transmission clear through the radiatear.
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Corn tessel
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Iron Ore Discovery in the Philippines
A government report obtained by the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce says the Philippines hold the finest unworked iron finds. Mindanao deposits near good harbors total 275 million tons, with 180 million more within easy reach of Darkin Bay. Over 500 million tons surveyed in total, signaling a potential future for U S iron and steel.
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Philippines
United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce
United States
Mindanao
Darkin bay
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