Mayor and mischievous girls scheme in resort comic caper
In a summer village a jovial mayor is under siege by ten laughing girls who sentence him to their bidding for ten days. Misadventures ensue as arrests, disguises, and a wild chase unfold with hotel rooms, a baby carriage spill, a clutch of cigars and a secret measure about women’s suffrage woven into a lighthearted plot.
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May
Andrews
Miss “Vining
Mabel Arney
Mayor Bedight
Bedight
Bess
Jackie
Miss. Vining
Lakeville
Mabel
There is the mound and a stormy encounter
In a Sylvan Lake scene Har tlet Brooks guides Mayor Bedight to a mysterious mound near Glen Isle. A humorous dig turns tense as rain falls, fear and flirtation mix, and the couple retreats to a dory, leaving the outcome to be continued. Later, a haberdashery head storms an employment agency, accusing recruiters of recommending collectors who never pay.
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Hartlet Brooks
Sylvan Lake
Glen Isle
Bedight
Towa
Cedar River
Darby
Joan
Miss Brooks
Haberdashery
Iit
How to Take a Sun Bath in Simple Steps
An old guide promotes sun baths with cautions for safety. It notes Romans used solariums, advises covering the head, wearing a swimsuit, lying on a rug away from wind, and turning every ten minutes. Limit the session to no more than an hour to avoid dizziness or faintness. It mentions Berlin as a center for adherents.
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Sara
Quaint Hotels and Curious Bath Charges Abroad
A Philadelphia Inquirer item recalls unusual inns in Iquique where street vendors enter dining rooms to sell food and baths vary in price. It also mentions a hotel in Africa and a Peruvian hotel built from a sunken American warship hauled inland by a great tidal wave, repurposed and popular.
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Iquique
Africa
Peru
Hera
Philadelphia Inquirer
Little Doubt About It Marriage Court Tale
A young husband tells a magistrate that a wife married a month tore the marriage certificate pawned the ring tore up her wedding dress assaulted him and followed him to court but he dodged her. The clerk notes you took her for better or worse and you seem to have got the worse.
Dining room trouble at Torpidville tavern ends in laughter
Landlord recalls a minor scuffle between two waitresses Maxine and Sylphie over etiquette and their men as ketchup and glass were cleaned from their hair. He notes there was no real trouble and reasons that ladies will be ladies.
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Torpidville
Maxine
Sylphie
Sylphi
Kansas City Sun
Made-to-Order Kind Gives Dental Hygiene Tips
A man complains his wife buys too much toothpowder while his friend recounts a bathtub cleanser as a teeth cleaner. They stroll Chestnut Street and discover the cleanser is the kind bought at a dentist.
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Chestnut Street
Gloomy Outlook on Winter and Salary Increases
A terse exchange notes a hard winter ahead tied to a low salary. The speaker mocks poor spelling in a love letter, suggesting that financial strain and language flaws spoil romance. The tone blends skepticism with humor about economic hardship.
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A Ee
Byron Williams
Bynopbiis
Marie
Bess. Winters
Miss Vining
Miss Winters
Miss Arney
Walter
Harriet Brooks
Gien-Island
Rosa
Mayor Sedight
Margaret Farnsworth
Berlin
Dean
Michigan
Mre
G. W. Burger
Sherman Ave
Coruins
Mich
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, New Yo
Post
Hutchison
Postum Cereal Co., Led
Batile Creek
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