Aronville Magic Draws Margaret Toward Avonville
Margaret Grant contemplates moving her ailing father to Aronville while a budding artist becomes her model. In Avonville, John Eagen, mill owner, returns to finalize contracts and deepens a personal bond as the plan to shelter her father takes shape amid business dealings and emotional tension.
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Aronville
Margaret
Fead
Lem
Mr. Eagen
Avonville
Tahanald
Jdes
Paves
Scaup
Johnagen
John
Sealey
Mika Grant
John Engen
Magen
Hite Amie
John Eagen
Ahs
Attile
Not His Name and The Clerical Diplomat Wit Notes
A fragmented pasted text from Harper's Magazine parodies social scenes. Passengers and a hotel porter clash over identity while a country gentleman insists on plain naming. A parish pew controversy sparks a quip about choir duties and a minister’s restraint. A humorous exchange about working hours and domestic roles closes the excerpt.
Indulgent Father and Interview Tug of War
A fragmentary dialogue frames an indulgent father recalling spending over a hundred dollars on books by Grat and an interview scene. The exchange touches on finances, health costs, and consent to interviews, with tangential notes about professors’ salaries and a stock company typo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Bad Men Attract Women Says A Psychology Note
A fragmentary discussion argues that women are drawn to "bad men" due to primitive appeal and strong personality. It suggests women hope to reform such men, recounts how even cruel husbands may elicit sympathy, and notes that good women often end up with bad partners while good men seek unworthy mates.
Ghoeg Debate Over Trees Stirs Quiet Night
Bud argues that ghœg grow on trees while Marjorie counters they are made. A puzzling exchange unfolds with a mention of a nighttime purchase of another pair of slow trees, hinting at a quirky, cryptic dispute.
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Bud
Marjorie
Cargo Includes Oranges Pineapples and Yellow Fever
A ship’s captain reports to an officer that the cargo holds one thousand cases of oranges, one thaw band Capes of pineapples, and three cases of yellow fever aboard the vessel.
A cryptic shopper's banter about cash and luck
A fragmented dialogue reveals chatter on hard cash easy gains and moving pictures replacing dime novels. The exchange touches on getting rich, scams, and the lure of low cost offerings, with stray phrases about purport and suckers.
Downtown Elms and Oaks Targeted by City Widening
The Minneapolis city council voted to widen a street, marking thirty or more trees including elms and hackberries for felling while the oldest oak on the Sweet studio grounds will remain safe from the project. The chopped wood will be sent to the city yard as fuel, illustrating the irony of urban lumbering and the fate of forest products in a city-centered plan.
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Minneapolis
Mary Place
Minneapolis Tribune
The Philosophy of a Man Who Has No Use for More
An aging boy contemplates work when a stranger offers a job with delays in pay. He rejects the lure of material gain, preferring a solitary life described by Charles Dudley Warner. The tale contrasts contentment with the world as it is and a disdain for clientelist ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Crossiote
A. G. Keller
Seateas
Charles Dudley
Warner
Citizens Party Club to Meet Next Wednesday
The Citizens Party Club of YO will hold its next regular meeting at Hoon Hall 7403 Madison Street on Wednesday February 4 1920 at 8 pm The secretary invites former members to attend to update addresses and rejoin The note promises lively entertainment and urges applicants to submit membership forms for review at the next meeting.
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Cissens’ Party Club
Hoon Hall
Madison Street
Tour
Frank J. Beader
Dream Brought Him Wealth on London Bridge Tale
In Henry VII era Swatham Market Norfolk a peddler John Chapman dreamed of meeting a finder of good news on London Bridge. A London shopkeeper echoed the dream and Chapman dug beneath a tree behind his yard, discovering a pot of gold that made him wealthy for life.
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Henry VII
Exiger G. Goodspeed
Aulaatic Monthly
Swatham Market
Norfolk
John Chapman
London
London Bridge
Nan
Iorg
Bwattham Market
John Chapin
Traveling Clinics for Smaller Communities
The Chicago Tuberculoma Institute has approved plans for a county wide extension of its clinical and medical pursing service to smaller local communities. The program expands from prior limited service to broader reach, aiming to deliver care and preventive measures across the region.
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Chicago Tuberculoma Institute
Traveling Clinic Brings Tuberculosis Exams to Towns
The Traveling Clinic, designed by James F. Phillips, will provide medical examinations led by Dr. Whsot Rufin Abbot in smaller towns. The staff, overseen by Ming Anna Y. McVady, includes nurses trained in public health with many overseas service experiences, marking a large statewide outreach.
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Avasinbhi
Whsot Rufin Abbot
James F. Phillips
Ita
Nurding
Ming Anna Y. McVady
Patent medicine claims and clinic contact details misread
The fragment hints at medical advertising urging women to seek help from the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute on South Dearborn Street with a Chicago Central phone number. It mentions doubts about a husband’s veracity and general promotional rhetoric for a patent medicine, reflecting sensational public health ad language.
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Atatom
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King Georget
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Harper
Sine
Norne
Plunkville
Lenden Weiler
Hollan
Loudon
Rie
Citizens Party Club
Citizens’ Party
Olt
Vielen
Oscar A. Fritz
E. Cor
Madison & Beloit
Forset Park
Murste
Chicago Tubercolosta Institute
Born Street
Chicago
Phone Central
Forest Park
Beloit
Rudolf —Eurkart
Atore
Madison St
Madison
F. P
Shacea
Fono
Billy Burke
Charles Bay
William Desmond
Peggy
Christie
Olive Thomas
Tae
soNer
Srd
Childran
Sarai Teat Ee
Keith Ce A Maclaine Traverse
Dorothy Phillips
Fata
Leo Orth
PATHE
Thoraday
Breamer
Robert Gordon
Charles Chaplin
de Gladys Leslie
Bao Tha
Anh
Pisa
THE
Circle Theater
Robert Warwick
Elaine Hammerstein
Albo
Ryad
ADI
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