Mystery of a House Party Foot Race in Yale Camp
Speed and Culver Covington mingle at a Yale set house party in Wallingford as Helen Blake plans a track rematch to win back athletics loving rival and Mrs Keap seeks a desperate ruse. Speed agrees to protect Culver and considers a tricky wire to halt him.
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Flying Heart
Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Ain
Hele
Larry Glass
Rainer
Wally
Helen
Glasa
Speedt
Culver
Mrs. Keap
Berkeley Fresno
Jack Chapin
Jack
Watt
Jonet
Jean
Roberta
Scott
Tim
Training Quarters Spark Debate At Berkeley Fresno
In a lively bunk house scene, Miss Blake tours decorations while Fresno jokes about athletic status and Speed’s training quarters plan. Helen, Freano, and Larry Glass discuss trophies, race officiating, and the California backdrop as Bill Stover eyes the transformation and the pace quickens toward a continuation.
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Blake
Mr. Speed
Fresno
Helen
Freano
Miss Blake
Jean
Larry Glass
California
Presno
Bill Stover
Glass
Speed
Berkeley
Fresno Wai de
Deception Over a Champion Cheerleader Causes Tension
Mrs Keap confronts Speed over a staged deception involving Helen and a champion turned into a nonathlete. Speed argues to do his best while peering at possible fallout from the athletes and cowboys discovering the ruse. Mrs Keap retreats indoors, leaving Speed to debate the plan in a dazed hurry.
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Helen
Speed
Mrs. Keap
J. Wallingford
Extravagance Wasted in Missing Date
A humorous local column notes two tradesmen, a tall plumber and a short bricklayer, discussing an evening out. The bricklayer laments his date stood him up after he dressed up and shined his shoes, reflecting on wasted effort. The tone is light and anecdotal.
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Youngstown
Two Rest Periods Boost Health for Busy Men
A medical man reports a health regimen for busy men involving two daily rest blocks from 5 to 7 pm and two separate recuperation periods, totaling nearly nine hours in bed to support greater work output and better health. A German design introduces a bulletless gas gun aimed at nonlethally deterring threats, with five cartridges, marketed for travelers, professionals, and police.
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Bev
Lucky Bill Wins Pension With Touch System Aid
Private William McDermott nicknamed Lucky Bill uses the army surgeon’s claim that his leg is nearly healed to secure a pension. He explains his limp won’t stop him from living, and jokes about dancing with a prosthetic leg after learning to type with the touch system.
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William McDermott
Lucky Bill
Bill
Bilt
Library Etiquette In Kansas
A Kansas Industrialist urges proper library behavior and explains that overdue fines reward the borrower's carelessness, not a librarian’s favor. It advises quiet gum chewing, patience at the delivery desk, and courteous interaction to help every borrower maximize library use.
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Kansas
George Eliot
Dickena
Avery
Pericles Rendered in Burmese Amateur Ceremony in Mandalay
An amateur troupe drawn from Burma's legal profession staged Shakespeare in Burmese in Mandalay. The play Pericles won, adapted by district judge Maung Tin with a scene set in China. Encouraging financial results prompt plans to extend the concept with shifting scenes as imagination guides.
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Mandalay
India
Pericles
Maung Tin
China
Medieval Theaters in Cornwall Offer Open Air Pioneers
In Cornwall Parran Round and other open air venues hosted early British drama. An amphitheater once seated over 2,000, with medieval plays produced and later forgotten. Sands may have buried several of these pioneer temples of the dramatic art.
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England
Parran
Cornwall
Commanding Attention Sparks Vigorous Public Comment
A publisher recounts how a controversial item stirred strong reactions online while families in four adjacent flats stayed awake as it was produced on the typewriter. The tale highlights the friction between publication and private life.
Jones Takes Extra Vacation Days
A clerk reports that Jones extended his vacation and will need several more days to rest before returning to work. The judge notes the situation as a routine absence and awaits Jones’s return.
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Jones
Poor Human Nature In Courtroom Banter
Dialogue captures a judge pressing Marjorie to seek medical advice while she laments her doctor always prescribes actions she cannot follow. The exchange highlights tension between medical guidance and personal resolve in a courtroom mood.
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Madge
Marjorie
On the Trolley Despair of crowded rides cited in humor
A quip about transit crowds notes there is "always room at the top" but counters that sometimes riders cannot find a strap. The line reflects commuter frustration and urban life humor.
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