A Smiling Villain Chapter X Ends In Christmas Mood
Moyra Beresford shares quiet reflections on Lulu's Christmas birthday and past sorrows as Moyra and Angus Robertson weigh memories, family ties, and future plans amid a festive schoolroom gathering. Billy Fenton pursues Aileen Beresford with determined, if playful, persistence on a harborside boat trip and in town.
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Perry
Flig
Moyra
Ebair
Lulu
Alicen
Haw Yan
Elad
Mr. Robertson
Angus
Gaye
Miss Beresford
Hin-Self
Hammond
Father
Vera Fenton
Delda
Airien
Yialter
Aileen
Caterham
Billy
Miss Prior
Miserior
Lige
Mr. Fenton
Thera
Ehd
Tilly
Sefton Park
Aileen Naurally
Lewisson
Rde
Lewinson
Hobson
Tewisson
Terry
Marriage Offer Turns Sour In Divorce Demand
A witty exchange from the Houston Post features a proposal that promises everything, followed by a demand for divorce and alimony as the first order of the marriage. The exchange highlights comic irony over marital expectations.
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Mme
Houston Post
Nine Massachusetts Deaths Prompt Airship Ban Quip
A Philadelphia Ledger remark cites nine Massachusetts residents killed by cars in 26 days and quotes residents demanding safer streets while chauffeurs retort that airships are available, reflecting early automotive hazards and public frustration.
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Massachusetts
Philadelphia Ledger
Barred from hazardous undertakings prompts insured doubt
A Houston Post snippet shows a dialogue where a person asks if the company will insure hazardous ventures. Response denies coverage, prompting the person to conclude the insurer would not cover the activity and opt out.
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Houston Post
Debt collector doctor in Houston Post remark
A quoted exchange notes a doctor who helps people pay debts in a blunt line about debt and payments. The dialogue suggests the doctor enforces obligations, prompting a remark that his role resembles debt collection rather than a lawyer.
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Houston Post
France’s 1938 Match Monopoly Profits Revealed
In France last year 39,211 million matches were sold generating 5,216,050 francs for the treasury. The sale is noted as a state monopoly with significant fiscal impact and government involvement in the industry.
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France
How Hen Lice and Poultry Hygiene Are Managed
The article surveys poultry care, detailing lice control by thorough cleaning, plastered walls versus rough boards, and kerosene emulsion applications. It notes lice habitats, mites moving to hens, and the need for saturation of surfaces. It emphasizes seasonality for lice and practical spraying methods.
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Hoa
Bsaha
Itea
Farmer Advice on Corn Meal and Soil Fertility
Indiana Farmer notes corn meal may aid hog finishing and urges avoiding grain sales while livestock on farms supports soil fertility. It cites Ohio declines in livestock and soil quality, Indiana and Illinois parallels, and says farmers should grow cow peas, clover, and alfalfa while increasing live stock to reduce reliance on fertilizers.
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Ininoia
Hay for Young Stock and Clean Milk Practices
Hay for young stock recommends saving a light clover up land field cut and cured green to tempt winter feed, reducing mould risk. Clean milk guidelines from a New York producer stress clean stables, brushed cows, two washings, sterilized cans, and rapid cooling to command twelve cents a quart.
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New York
Farmer's Guide
Keep the Cow Quiet for Better Milk Yield
A Weekly Witness note urges maintaining a quiet stable to avoid disturbances from loud talking strangers and new milking hands. The advisory links calm conditions directly to higher milk production and economic efficiency.
Marine Monster of 1800 and the Indomitable Contrast
The Westminster Gazette recalls the Indomitable launched at Glasgow and compares her size to 1809 naval theories. It notes a French ship of 172 feet keel and 2,850 tons, yet calls that vessel unfit for service while the 1800 monster was only a third as long, two thirds as wide, and a sixth of the tonnage, built for less than one tenth the cost with timber from a fifty acre forest and 20 shipwrights a year.
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Glasgow
Indead
Westminster Gazette
Florida Shark Story Surprises Two Fishermen Near IG Garden Key
A shark leaped onto a skiff near Garden Key, injuring Beiton Larkin as the hull split. Tarpon pursuit caused fishermen to ignore the approach and become entangled in a net. The shark bit Larkin, splitting his body, an event rare for sharks in these waters.
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Arden Key
Beiton Larkin
Larkin
Labor unrest and union activity across cities and nations
Reports show a general strike in Lodz with 82000 plus workers out, unions affiliating with broader federations in Bedford and Duluth, and conventions planned in Detroit and Boston. Wage disputes drive action from India to Jersey City, while rail and garment workers organize new unions and seek labor temple funding.
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Lodz
Russia
Bedford
Mass
Duluth
Minn
Trades Assembly
St. Paul
Baltic
Dibe and Weser
San Francisco
Stone Cutters’ Union
Emma Gruber Foley
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Paat
Paat President of the Women’s Auxiliary
Boston Garment
Calgary
Canada
Paris
National Institute For the Blind
Norfolk
Minneapolis
United States
Jocn
Germany
France
la Crosac
Wis
American Federation of Labor
Trades and Labor Council
Brotherhood of the Moatboard
Detroit
Mich
Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Transportation Service
Massachusetts State Commission On Commerce and Industry
Gov. Guild
Jersey City
Jane
Executive Council
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Violet M. Flinn
Ani
Fin
Dewisson
Moira
Christie
Billy Fenton
Vern
Drelda
Maine
Baldwin
Groening
New England
Deane
Dudley
King Sweet
Rolie
Blarkey
Stowe
Indiana Times
Wisconsin Station
Florida
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