Phonograph Heist Sparks Ranch Rivalry and Midnight Training
Cowboys of the Flying Heart mourn the loss of a prized phonograph after their champion loses a foot race to the Centipede ranch cook. Yale cheerleader J Wallingford Speed and Culver Covington join a house party as preparations begin. Helen Blake suggests Covington win back the phonograph, Speed agrees to race as an unknown, and both camps plot. Speed trains under Larry Glass amid lively banter and bets while the ranchers fear overconfidence and distraction from singing at night.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Centipede Ranch
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Alen
Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Helen
Larry Glass
Rainer
Helen Blake
Wally
Glaass
Jean
Stover
Miss Chapin
Glass
Miss Blake
Holy City
Willie
Fresno
Wille
Bill
Jack
Larry
New York
Romantic Gymnasium Plans for Speed at the Ranch
Fresno and Stover plot to pace Speed for a race with Miss Blake and Jean in attendance. They install a comical gym setup including a shower bath and chest-developer while Glass questions Covington’s arrival and Speed contemplates stay and sleep. Speed and Glass jog with a hidden plan as the day ends with a card game and lunch.
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Speed
Mr. Glass
Lawrence
Glass
Flying Heart
Mr. Speed
Miss Blake
Jean
Helen
Stover
Fresno
Freame
Yale
Socrates
Hentlock
Covington
Carara
Willie
Nix
Wally
Jerry
Ellen Terry critiques Russian ballet and its Italian influences
Miss Ellen Terry writes that she dislikes ordinary dancing on the toes and sees Italian influence in Giselle. She praises Russian refinements while resisting full acceptance of their classical style, noting fluent toe work but accusing rhythm of false hammer strokes. She questions whether Russians could conquer Europe otherwise.
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Ellen Terry
Ry Jgcek Streleht
Europe
Baby Mittens or Calf Drinking Feat Creates Debate
Opinions differ on which is harder a baby wearing mittens or teaching a calf to drink from a pail. The playful debate contrasts infant care with farm animal training in a lighthearted note.
Revival of classical dance credited to Tschaikowsky
The text discusses how revivals in classical dancing owe much to Tschaikowsky, noting a shift from mechanicality to renewed artistry driven by his influence.
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Tschaikowsky
Wireless operator steels to adjust his instrument
A wireless operator declares he and a friend will have a word over nothing as he prepares to manipulate his apparatus, offering a glimpse of a tense moment during a station operation.
Fewer Out Desires Draw Closer to the Gods
A reflective line attributed to Socrates hints that diminishing outward wants brings humans nearer to divine perspective. The quote emphasizes inner restraint as a path to higher understanding.
Brothers Reunited After Ten Years in Workhouse
Two elderly men aged seventy and seventy three, once unknown half brothers, meet again in a Bermondsey workhouse after ten years of separation. One had gone to sea at fifteen, the other deserted, married under a false name, and later became paupers. Their mother bore them both.
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Bill
Jack
Bermondsey
Daily Thought: Humility and Wisdom
The saying notes humility as the hallmark of wisdom attributed to Jeremy Collier.
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Daily Thought
Jeremy Collier
A Wife Describes Ideal Man Far From Husband
A married woman’s word picture of her ideal man fails to portrait her husband. A theater critic notes the play ends happily only after refusing money in act two. The page also mentions Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and a line about a new telephone line in town.
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Patrice
Horticulturial Memo Sparks Domestic Banter
A playful exchange about remembering plant watering while a spouse is away. Bocker jokes about being in the bathtub as a humorous reply to the question.
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Bocker
His Business. A bar ber at the polls
A terse exchange clarifies that the man in question is not a professional politician but a barber who works at the polls. The remark deflects rumors about his role and labels him a skilled tradesman rather than a political insider.
Towheaded boy hired after interview but smokes after supper
A tow headed boy was interviewed by a manager for a job and told to start. The manager then recalled he had one condition asking if he smokes. The boy replies he does not during work hours but will smoke after supper if acceptable.
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George
Quip on Beauty Trick Turns Into Watermelon Skid Joke
A bystander lady asks a man with pitted skin about smallpox. He reveals his face w as treated by a beauty specialist to prevent slipping while eating watermelon.
Banished Coffee Finally Had to Go
A reader recounts converting a nervous coffee addict to Postum and reports headaches fading after the switch. The letter explains two Postum forms, Regular (boiled) and Instant, with brewing tips and a call to try it, ending with the slogan There’s a Reason for Postum.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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K Beagh
Paul Armstrong
M'sa
Silen
Terry
Grothers
Libby
Seville
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