Race plot and schemes loom in cattle ranch melodrama
In a Western style tale, ByNopsib Cowboys lose a prized phonograph after a champion runner is challenged by Centipede ranch cook. Helen Blake schemes to have Covington win back the phonograph, while Speed, Willie, and trainer Glass face training pressures and looming jail delays as a ten mile race approaches amid mounting tensions.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Centipede Ranch
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Ashe
Covington
Helen
Larry Glaas
Peed
Wally
Fresno
Giee Clut Singer
Stanford University
Gines
Glass
Willie
Omaha
Jean Gayly
Mr. Speed
Gala
Sqeed
Gilxs
Wally Seech
Peril of French Fashions at a Denver Tea
A Denver tea event discusses the immorality of French fashions while praising American styles for American women. Rev. Alpheus urges moving women away from French fashions. An anecdote from Easter opera era notes a countess's diamond attire and a gown held by one strap. The text also alludes to fashion trends rising then fading by November.
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Alpheus C. Karr
Opera
Denver
Alpheus
Gotsa Golde
Middleham Village Lingers in Months Without Sun
In Lyn valley North Devon a hamlet named Middleham endures three sunless months each year as surrounding hills block sunrise. The sun first appears on February 14 the villagers call their valentine and children feel deep disappointment if fog hides it.
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Lyn
Lyn‘mouth
Devon
Middleham
Darkey excusing himself in Nashville gossip
A Nashville correspondent recalls a darkey who deflects blame and excuses for poverty and failure. In a ragged meeting with a former employer the man parries with a proverb about the rainbow, keeping a wry grin as he argues his case.
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Nashville
Darkey
Bill
Slow Tidea Influence Lengthens Day Very Slightly
For a long time it has been known that the ideas act as a brake on Earth's rotation and tend to lengthen the day. The effect is so slight it cannot be measured within human time. MacMillan estimates one extra second every 460000 years using engineering data and assumptions.
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MacMillan
Promise Keeps or Breaks in Marriage Riddle
Dialogue shows Maud promising to become his wife but a friend counsels not to worry as women often break promises. The piece mirrors social attitudes on marriage and fidelity in its era.
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Maud
Hungry Percy Packer Upsets Pantry Thief Rumors
Mrs. Packer confronts her son Percy about missing sweets and desserts in the pantry. A running exchange shows seven doughnuts left from seven, cookies cut in half, several tarts and pie missing, plus honey coffee cake marmalade and more, all blamed on a ravenous boy. The family debate ends with a label of imagined gluttony.
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Percy
Jane
Percy Packer
Puck
Boy Scouts Compared to Knights of King Arthur Era
A writer in the Christian Herald draws parallels between Boy Scout training and medieval knighthood. He details early instruction from ages seven to eight, including religious and moral tutelage, military drills, athletic drills, and tests of endurance. The piece notes the Scout oath echoes chivalric vows of loyalty and kindness.
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Knights of Old
Arthur
Christian Herald
Alleged Gentleman Notice At Cardiff Club
A quaint club notice from Cardiff quotes the Pall Mall Gazette warning about an alleged gentleman who borrowed three brushes from a color box. It states he cannot paint poultry without the master hand and should return them to the rightful owner.
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Cardiff
Pall Mall Gazette
Secret of Perpetual Youth Lecture Advice
Dr Josiah Oldfield argues in a lecture that perpetual youth comes from repeatedly falling in love. He urges married couples to rekindle affection to avoid nagging and aging, and declares those who never loved should be drowned.
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Josiah Oldfield
Dr. Oldfield
Goth Feed and Medicine Plant Axyparague Described
Axyparague is touted as one of the healthiest quick-growing plants for food and is presented as both medicine and nourishment.
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Goth
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Geal
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Gale
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Yeu
Lalty
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Carara
Cloudy
Murphy
New Mexico
Bjorth Kjelliner
Ron
Prairie Dog Hole
Peateal
Paul Armstrong
Beggar Be Smt
Harper & Brothers
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