Broadway Jones Learns to Stand by Town and Trade
Broadway Jones, heir to a gum plant fortune in Fonesville, exposes a New York deal’s fraud by Pembroke. He rejects the sale, reveals ethical motives, and earns town support as Wallace and Josie drive a bold advertising counterattack to keep the plant local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay" Jackson Jones
Broadway
New York
Robert Wallace
Dasa
Gerard
Wallace
Charg
Abner
Europe
Petey Pembroke
Roadway
Jonoaville
Apotswood
Tonie Richards
Tudge Spotswood
Clira
Josie
Pembroke
Jackson
New York City
Isroadway
Higgins
Mr. Jones
Jonesville
Thia
Tiggins
Broadway Jones
Ohio
Theard
Empire Advertising Company
Umpire Advertising Company
Jones
Rocky Mountains
John
Corker
Ifty
Tobh
Best Bread Eraser Tale in Rhode Island Sketches
Ralph Perkins, an artist on a Rhode Island sketching tour, stumbles on a picturesque old barn and is watched by a farmer and wife. After realizing his eraser is lost he asks for bread to use as an eraser, and the wife generously invites him inside promising bread with butter to satisfy his hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaly
Mount Kenia
Kilimanjaro
Ralph Perkins
Rhode Island
An Unfortunate Mix Up At The Florist
A man ordered two flower bouquets from a florist. One for a lady friend with inscription To help you bear the heat, the other for a deceased friend's home marked Sympathy. A delivery error caused the sympathy bouquet to reach the wrong recipient who asked why she was given sympathy. The man sent back the misdelivered box, ending the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Broadway
Pembroke
Wallace
Mr. Pembroke
Japanese Funeral Observed by Chapin in Yokohama
William W. Chapin reports to the National Geographic Society on a Japanese funeral in Yokohama. The rite features bamboo coffins, elaborate urns, rikisha mourners, Buddhist temple ceremonies, priests with a gong and cymbals, and ritual tea and smoking trays for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Chapin
Kant
National Geographic Society
Washington
Washington, D. C
Far East
Sam
Umoesuke Saiki
Egyptian mummy found in cellar tied to New York man
Detectives traced a tip that a murdered man lay in the cellar of Max A. Moloxas in New York. They found a mummy Moloxas bought in Alexandria, Egypt. Moloxas claims the mummy has been dead since about 4000 B.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max A. Moloxas
Moloxas
Alexandria
Egypt
Six Months for Cussing in Front of Children
Los Angeles Col. Walter Johnson Wab sentenced to six months in jail for using profane language in the presence of children. The case drew attention to conduct in front of minors and sparked local debate on discipline and decorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Col
Walter Johnson Wab
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George M.coran
Edward Marshall Yewith
Hartford
Oscar Jones
John Nat
Andrew
George
King
Vmpire
Empire
Leary
Jesh
Wilson
Jogla
Jorle
Blanry
Henry
Aaid Pembroke
Jack 300
John Wanamaker
Rankin
Moe
Rush
Thers
Joste
Lippincott's
Yokohama
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