Entangled finances push a father to new sales gambits
Edward Patterson, cashier for the Chicago life insurance agency, rumors of infidelity drive family tensions as he resigns to back James Mariner’s auto choke invention. Edith, seventeen, plans to become his stenographer, while Edward tests his nerve selling from garages to raise money, learning tough lessons about business and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huth Ingraham
Edward Patterson
Chicago
Julia
Edith
Latterson
Edward
James Mariner
Patterson
Mariner
Insurance Company
Allert Willard
Dith
Collrse
Roper Morgan
Roger Morgan
Bert Willard
Julian
Ned
Tie
Froward
Eaith
Mariner Auto Choice
Kent
Vitieh
Teo
Kaith
Silesmen
Tye
Ite
Charlie Franklin
Martner
Cabbage as a Global Icon in Enduring Folklore
In a witty overview, the Chicago Tribune notes cabbage’s worldwide cultural reach. It cites French affection as my little cabbage, British fairy tales praising conquest, German pickled dishes, American corned beef pairing, and Russian Polish contrasts, illustrating the vegetable’s universal appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Henry
Lewis Carroll
Times
Chicago Tribune
Billfish A Fighter Of The Men from Boston Gloucester and Portland
Sailors from Boston Gloucester and Portland seek swordfish but aim to land billfish as an early season venture. The billfish, seen as more belligerent than the swordfish, demands great risk to capture, and fishermen prize any successful catch as luck in a southern waters round sail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gloucester
Portland
Target Tobacco Promises Real Cigarette Quality
A reader touts Target Tobacco as a cost saver and easy to roll. She notes her husband prefers Target blends Virginia Burley and Turkish tobaccos and that gum papers help roll firm cigarettes. The ad claims Target costs only 10 cents per package and yields thirty plus cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Target Tobacco
Target
Virginia
Supplying Sponge Trade Centers in World Regions
Sponge production centers in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. The Mediterranean fisheries are larger and largely exploited by Greeks, with Americans also harvesting. In the western hemisphere, Florida fields near Tampa Bay and Key West are valuable, while the Bahamas and Cuba supply most West Indian sponges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Gulf of Mexico
West Indies
Florida
Tampa Bay
Key West
Bahamas
Cuba
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A Nordboy
Henry F Kitewell
Webster
Iby
the Bobbs- Merrit ‘Co
Chapter
Pye
Dive
Billfish
Rne
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Louisville, Kentucky
van Shies
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