The Duke Bluffs his Way into a Southampton Home
Barry Gilbert, a 23 year old jobless youth, hides in a summer home during a storm. A butler and chauffeur arrive as the real owner’s son Jack Ridder is expected. Barry learns of a letter from Jack’s supposed mother and pockets a hundred dollars. Planning to vanish, he heads toward Montauk, meets Patricia Hambidge, and becomes entangled with Judge Hambidge and a taxicab murder tied to Tammany Hall.
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Barry Gilbert
Southampton
Willetts
Evans
Jack Ridder
Germany
Jack
Barry
Montauk
Judge Hambidge
Patricia
Mr. Ridder, Sr
the Globe
Tammany Hall
Peter Winslow
Winslow
Hambidge
New York
Mike Kelly
Tammany Boss
Contradictions and danger push Peggy toward a fake Ridder
In a tense confession, Peggy O Day details a hard life from Palm Beach to New York. She and Jack chased a rescue for their sick child, but when Jack kills a man or is accused, she seeks help from the Duke and a famed lawyer Winslow while fearing the old man’s wrath.
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Jack
West Palm Beach
Miami
Ian
Palm Beach
Jay Rogers
New York
Duke
Cocoanut Bar
Brooklyn
Lula' Morano
Morano
Kelly
Harlem
Luis
Station House
Bad Nauheim
Patricia
Mike Kelly
Nauheim
Peggy O'Day
Barry
Roomy Beach Pajamas Pattern No 1791-B For Size 16
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1791-B offers a one piece yoke sleeve and front panel beach pajama top with large center front buttons and a self fabric belt. The pattern covers sizes 14 to 42 with busts 82 to 42 inches and requires 4 5 yards of 39 inch material for size 16. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Ill. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Peter
W. Adams St
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Gardener Identifies Ball in Garden After Boy’s Question
A gardener asks a boy if the ball is in the garden. The boy fears possible damage yet confirms no windows are broken, and the gardener asserts ownership, resolving the moment.
Just Like Hare Soup Timidity Cure Quote Satire
A scientist jokes that eating low meat cures timidity and mocks the idea with a playful recipe line. The fragment hints at satire and wordplay about courage and appetite.
Minin Rastus Ezlas Trade Shoptalk
Ezlas confirms mining work while Rastus probes the kind of mining. The exchange hints at a casual, workaday chat about mining endeavors.
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Rastus
Ezlas
Kalso
Dramatic Society Preview Reveals New Husband Role
Dialogue excerpt shows interrogation of a character in a play with a husband role as core plot element. The scene features emphasis on performance stakes and actor preparation within the dramatic society's upcoming show.
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Dramatic Society
Properly Placed Wife Who is that
A mysterious dialogue centers on a wife and husband with a humorous exchange about propriety and perception, suggesting social norms and marital roles in a domestic setting. The snippet hints at mistaken identity or miscommunication within a middle class home.
Bitter Truth About Money Talks And Selfless Giving
A small boy laments that money talks yet never relinquishes itself, highlighting a moral tension between wealth and generosity. The wry remark captures a distrustful view of money's motives and generosity.
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Jack” Ridder
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John Clarke
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En Eit Stas Lighting Obreman
Wichita
Kans
Wrigley
Mary
Erves
General Foods
Cone
Gruneral Foods
Battle Creek
Mich
WM. U
Tate
Address Foods, Ltd
Otter
MR. Brady
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