Quarreling Governors Spark Youthful Power Play
In a North and South Carolina intrigue, Griswold backs Barbara Osborne and Ardmore supports Jerry Dangerfield as both seek to fill their fathers roles. Appleweight, a powerful outlaw, drives turmoil while Ardmore organizes a grand hunt and Griswold fields his own. Frank Collins is arrested then kept as press agent. Griswold’s men capture Appleweight.
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Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
North
South Carolina
Griswold
Barbara Osborne
Ardmore
Jerry Dangerfield
North Carolina
Night chase and woodland escape on the Ardsley border
Amidst a South Carolina border night, Habersham and Griswold plan to move captive Bill Appleweight after a church seizure. Miss Jerry Dangerfield frees Appleweight from masked captors, then guides him back toward Ardsley as distant shouts echo through the woods.
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Habersham
Griswold
Bill
North Carolina
Kildare
Appleweight
Gov. Dangerfield
Columbia
South Carolina
Hill
Mount Nebo
Jerry Dangerfield
Duke of Ballywinkle
Ardsley
Jerry Mangerfield
Jerry
Ardmore
Dill
Neten
Drough
Bill Appleweight
Poteet
Potomac
Sle
Turpentine Tapping Threatens Florida Forests
P Powell argues in Outing that turpentine tapping methods threaten vast pine forests across the Southeast. He contrasts crude American tapping with Kroneh technique which preserves trees, while old methods exhaust stands in six to seven years, risking widespread lumber waste and mass deforestation.
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Florida
P. Powell
Plana and Mistresa Speak of Illness and Duty at the Bridge
In a tense scene aboard the Bridge Her Plana Mistresa voices dire illness and fear. Maid Faith responds with steadfast duty and loyalty, offering comfort and excuses to protect both master and mistress.
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Bridge
Franklin
Ella Hughes
Frank Hughes
Miss Hughes
Indiana Elks aid poor children at Christmas in state drive
The Indiana Elks plan a state wide Christmas charity for poor children, organized by lodge participation and school officials. Fort Wayne hosts 1911 convention with a parade and $400 in prizes, and officers are elected. Other brief items include a naval cadet oath at Culver, a drowning death in Gas City, a lightning strike near Bridgeport, a dog causing a motorcycle crash, a man’s death blamed on heart disease from poisoned salmon, a voice recovery in Franklin, a strong Rushville gas well, and a fatal apple core incident in Boonville.
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South Bend
Frank Earle Hering
Indiana Elks In Convention
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Frank E. Bougher
Alvin Padgett
Washington
Thomas G. Hedian
Indianapolis
Culver
T. HH. Gignillate
Culver Summer Naval School
Great Lakes
Fiancee Witnesses Tragic Drowning at Wawasee Lake
Roy Debew nineteen son of John Debew Goshen drowned at Oakwood Park Lake Wawasee shortly after missing his train to Nappanee. He cramps while swimming near his betrothed Gladys Johnson of Nappanee who had rented a boat. Debew worked for Copes Zook Mutchler of Nappanee and was visiting his employer Dane Cok at the lake.
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Goshen
Roy Debow
Lake Wawasee
Debon
Nappanee
Roy Debew
John Debew
Nappanes
Wawasee
Hig
Danie Cok
Poets Decry Poems in Magazine Ads and Letters
The writer mocks the current monthly’s Kipling modeled piece titled "Vampire" on page eleven calling it poor art. They complain about repetitive rhymed verses sent to magazines and vow to quit poetry sales. They vent frustration with the poetry market and its reception.
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Kipling
Woodshed
Advertising Perils and Cascarets Candy Cathartic Merit
The piece argues that strong advertising alone cannot sell worthless goods and praises Cascarets Candy Cathartic as an example of merit backed by persistent ads and word of mouth. It warns buyers to beware of counterfeit tablets mimicking popular products and to avoid substitutes.
The Gas Meter Joke at Sunday School
A minister speaks on a vital organ to a Sunday school class and asks about its function. A child interrupts with a humorous quip revealing the gas meter as the unconscious rhythm of life. The moment blends sermon and lighthearted wit.
Those Awful Roaches and Easy Task Soap Adverts
A vintage ad touts Easy Task soap as a cure for roaches in kitchens and for moth prevention in woolens. It claims roaches thrive in unclean crevices and that standard soap cannot clean them, urging hot suds to reach cracks and recommending soap for laundry to deter moths.
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Mr. Roach
Pattern or Map Causes Comical Mix Up at Desk
A humorous exchange in the Chicago Evening Post has a husband asking about a large diagrams filled sheet on his desk. He believes it is Halley’s comet path map while his wife thinks it is the dressmaker pattern for her shirtwaist.
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Chicago Evening Post
He Rose to It
A five year old boasts to a companion that his father and he know everything. When asked where Asia is the boy coolly replies that it is one of the things his father knows. The exchange is recounted in Harper's Bazar.
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Asia
Harper’s Bazar
Bachelor Button Invention Sparks Curious Debate
He observed a discussion about naming a new gadget a Bachelor Button. LT suggested the title to appeal to bachelors, but the inventor feared it implied restriction. He noted expected appeal to both married men and bachelors as he prepared to market the threadless button.
Summer Resort Encounter Hints at Past Engagement
A fragment from a Summer Resort scene shows two characters recognizing each other. One asks about a prior meeting and mentions a past engagement supposedly arranged four persons ago, hinting at a forgotten commitment amid unclear circumstances.
Fortune Knocks and Knocks Again Phrase
A reflective Daily heed: fortune makes sudden entrance in life. The saying about luck pounding at each man’s door appears with a wary note on persistence and change.
Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Quick Relief Say Portland Reader
A Portland reader asserts Doan's Kidney Pills cured swelling and edema caused by kidney trouble. The testimonial describes frequent urine, discolored output, and dropsical swelling improving after use. The ad urges the product be purchased from dealers for 50 cents a box.
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Dean
A. E. Fulton
Skidmore St
Portland
Ore
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Unflattering Truth From a Chicago Doctor
A Chicago physician was teased by five measles patients during a long stay at an improvised home hospital. The youngest child revealed they wanted to be naughty and feared more harsh medicine, so they stuck out their tongues to please the doctor and nurse.
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Chicago
Spontaneity vs Compromise in a Campaign Exchange
An aspiring statesman seeks the office and insists he is the people's choice. His campaign manager counters that becoming the people's choice costs more than backing a compromise candidate.
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Peopleg
Notes and Comments on Civic Etiquette
The Yonkers Statesman notes that public resolutions often follow the morning after a social dispute while Gotham remarks on neighborly music and the need for thoughtful commentary.
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Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
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Little Brown Jug
Meredith Nicholson
Ray Walters
ELKS
Marion
Donald Schooley
Ed. S. Schooley
Gas City
Muncie
Vincennes
Arthur Moore
Bridgeport
Moore
Noblesville
Doctor Phillips
Sheridan
Rushvile
Rush County
Charles Hugo
Boonville
Ida Folsom
Folsom
Armour’s
Armour -Fertilizer Works
Mattiad
Post
Groceria
Popsium Cereal Co., Ltd
Batile Creek, Mich
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