Intrigue and Power Struggle Over Appleweight Crisis
Thomas Ardmore and Henry Griswold clash as North and South Carolina governors quarrel over Appleweight an influential outlaw. Griswold pairs with Barbara Osborne while Ardmore backs Gerry Dangerfield both ladies seeking to fill their missing fathers roles. Battles on the border rise.
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Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
North
South Carolina
Griswold
Barbara Osborne
Dughter
South Carolna
Ardmore
Gerry Dangerfield
North Carolina
Appleweight
Jerry
Ardaley
Barbara
Ardsley
Gov. Osborne
Mil
Flight of Gillingwater Amid Troop Movements
Ardmore and allies plot to move Appleweight into a South Carolina jail while avoiding a dangerous political crisis as Osbourne and Dangerfield disappear. Collins jokes about governors, and North Carolina troops mass along the Sapphire road to confront unfolding turmoil.
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Gillingwater
Col. Gillingwater
Jerry
Cooke
Mr. Collins
Rutherford
South Carolina
Collins
Raleigh
Ardmore
North Carolina
Gov
Dangerfield
Appleweight
Chateau Bizet
Turner Court House
Guv
Osborne
Columbia
New Orleans
Old Dangerfield
Charley Rosa
Mars
Colling
Paul
Night pursuit ends with valuables spilled on moonlit road
In a siege of misadventure a mule team caravan carries a baggage load for Col Gillingwater as three men chase a fleeing rider. A spill scatters trunks and perfume amid a moonlit hill chase, ending with Ardmore injured but the pursuit continuing toward Ardsley and a Civil War era ruse.
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Ardmore
Collins
Ardsley
Cooke
Col
Gillingwater
Colling
Lke
Woodpecker's Foresight in Storing Acorns
In California a woodpecker stores acorns each fall by boring holes in a pine tree and placing acorns in them. The bird eats none of the acorns yet foresightfully years ahead preserves them for winter. Maggots later decay the nuts, allowing the woodpecker to benefit when ground is snowed over and scarce.
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California
Colorado
Nevada
Alaska
Alabama
North
Caroline
Georgia
South Carolina
South
Texas
Birmingham Age-Herald
Policeman Rescues Eighteen From Bronx Fire
Patrolman Thomas J. McManus reported rescuing eighteen people from a Bronx blaze on One Hundred Eighty-seventh Street near Arthur Avenue. He carried out three children and directed families to safety through smoke filled hallways, first saving the Errico family, then the Romano and Penno households, and finally the Tarranzio family.
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New York
Thomas J. McManus
Rose Penno
Lulu
Matilda
McManus
One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Street
Arthur Avenue
Bronx
Nicholas Errico
Pietro Errico
Antonio Romano
Ferdinand Penno
Frank Tarranzio
Erricos
Romano
Penno
Tarranzio
Boy's Ashes Sent by Mail From Denver to Japan
A two pound tin box containing the cremated remains of five year old Shizuma Nakano was mailed from Denver to Yokohama by registered mail after cremation. The father pursued mail as the cheaper option and the post office allowed sending the personal remains within weight limits and postage of 22 cents.
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Denver
Col
Yokohama
Japan
Shizuma Nakano
Saboto Nakano
Shizuma
Orient
Shizama
Riverside Cemetery
Nakano
Register Department
Register Department of the Post Office
Sanderson
Egg Explodes in Frying Pan Scorching Mrs Nettle Reipie
A found fragment reports an Ohlo egg exploded in a frying pan while Mrs Nettle Reipie was preparing breakfast. The blast splattered hot lard and badly burned her face and hands. The cause remains a mystery.
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Ohlo
Findlay
Witnessing in the Bible How believers testify for God
Rev. Arthur T. Pleason urges Christians to witness as a core duty. He cites the penitent thief and the blind man as exemplary testifiers and argues witness enriches experience, while silence harms others and spiritual life.
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Jesus Christ
Peter
Christ
Hell
Lord Jesus Christ
Paul the Apostle
Israel
Jesus
God
Son
Lot
Sodom
Daniel
Dariua
Arthur T. Pleraon
Doan's Kidney Plug Recalls Paralysis Claim
Mrs Narcissa Waggoner of Carterville Illinois says ten years of backaches headaches nerves and dizzy spells ended after using Doans Kidney Plug. She credits the remedy with a permanent cure after doctors said they could do nothing more. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo distributes.
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Dean
Narcissa Waggoner
Carterville
Doan’a
Foster-Milburn Co. Fuffalo
See Men as Trustees Walking
A late entering clergyman, formerly a solicitor, misreads a Bible lesson aloud as trustees walking, after abbreviating terms like trustees and executors to exors and admors. The anecdote highlights lawyers fondness for abbreviations and a humorous slip during ordination sermons.
Five Cent Washwoman in Evanston Sparks Savings Craze
In Evanston Illinois washwomen earn two to two fifty daily plus transit costs. Five years ago wages were a dollar fifty. A nickel washday worker from Easy Task laundry soap claims to cut effort costs fuel and wear, solving many households servant issues.
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Evanston
Illinois
Scene snippets reflect marriage humor in old clip
A Louisville Courier-Journal item mocks marital roles with jokes about what a wife and husband keep each other in. It includes lines about dresses and hoot water and references Uncle Tom's Cabin and a character named Eva and Lawyer Marks.
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Gatem Henderson
Henpeck
Louisville, Courier-Journal
Opinions Aired On Commencement Exercises
A dialogue contrasts public figures offering career guidance with graduates proposing how to run the government. The remarks discuss the value of commencement speeches and the impact of public advice on future leadership.
Creditor Debtor dispute over bill payment exchange
A brief comic exchange portrays a creditor pressuring payment while the debtor deflects with a sly mockery of choosing never. The tone hints at a casual, familiar dispute over an outstanding bill.
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Acout
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Meredith Nicholson
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Rutherford Gillingwater
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