The Engagement Ring That Failed at the Store
Tessie, a jewelry counter clerk at the world’s biggest store, amuses a floor walker named Mr. Harper. He courts her with dinners and theater, but Tessie reveals his past marriage and threatens to testify in a wife's suit, tossing him a Falcon Detective Agency card and a summons.
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Tessie
siitation
earth
Mr. Harper
Trene
Harper
Irene
Martha
Miss Murtha
Tilgol
lessie
Stacey's
Free Falling and the Art of Falling in Crashes
London Answers argues a fall free approach minimizes injury in aviation and general falls. It notes aviators often escaped serious harm by abandoning restraint, and that resistance amplifies damage. The piece extols collapsing with the body to reduce bone injury risks in a crash.
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London
Bride Found Dead After Hiding in Chest Tale
The Cornhill tale recounts a bride on her wedding day who hides in a large carved chest, cannot escape, and is found dead years later when the chest is opened. Variants claim chests in Modena, Bramshill, and Marwell Old Fall, with Catskin noted as a similar motif.
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Rogers
Modena
Bramshill
Hampshire
John Cope
Marwell Old Fall
Winchester
Bishop’s Waltham
Europe
Cornhill Magazine
Blundering Reporters and Misquoted Classics
A humorous note on journalistic errors from mishearing famous lines and misquoting authorities. The piece cites Bishop Maxee, Lord Salisbury, Sir William Harcourt, and Milton, illustrating how reporters garble phrases such as drunkenness as folly, manacles and men at the bar, Diana of the Ephesians, and L Allegro.
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Maxee
Lord Salisbury
William Harcourt
Diana
Dinah
Milton
Euphrosyne
Loudon
Submarine sightings from aircraft eyed by experts
Scientific American reports on how far a plane can spot a submerged submarine. If water is smooth and clear a sub at typical depths up to 100 feet may be visible, though bubbles on a calm surface aid or reveal its position. Rough seas hinder detection. disturbances obscure observations from air.
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Denton National Bank
Caroline County
Maryland
SUNSHINE POULTRY FARM
C. P. HoLsInGceR & Son
Guantanamo
Cuba
Annapolly
Scientific American
Incident of War A Drinking Gift From Hugo
General Hugo, father of Victor Hugo, rode with a single hussar and gave water to a wounded Spanish soldier. As the hussar leaned over, the Moor fired a pistol at Hugo, but he urged, Give him the drink all the same, and the horse bolted in fright.
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Victor Hugo
Cararmabal
The Real Need and The Victim Philosophies
A brief feature notes a quotation from the Philadelphia Ledger contrasting a book on economizing with a desire for living freely. It echoes Tennyson’s idea that a nation’s heart is expressed through its songs and deeds.
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Philadelipiia Ledger
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J. L. EVERNGAM
DENTON, MARYLAND
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LOTHES
Douglas and Rice & Hutchins
Lore
J.T. EVERNGAM
DENTON, MUD
ata
The
T. C. WEST
Cashier
HARVEY L. COOPER
The Peoples National Bank
DENTON, MD
ALBERT G. TOWERS, Prest
T. I. JOHNSON
FRANTZ BROS
M. K. FRANTZ
READING TERMINAL
PHILADELPHIA
THE FALCON DETECTIVE AGENCY
TERESA SHAW
Hugo
Tennyson
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