The Extreme Monogamy Of Mr. Rawn
John Rawn, head of the International Power Company, engineers a lavish life for Grace and her husband Charles Halsey. He pressures Grace to live with him, arguing business needs and social advances while hinting at a future windfall if Halsey advances his battery motor project. The drama examines marriage, selfishness, and ambition amid wealth and power.
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John Rawn
Texas
Laura Johnson
St. Louis
Grace
Charles Halsey
Halsey
Rawn
Chicago
Virginia Delaware
Grace Rawn
Miss Delaware
Tie
Washington
Laura
Laura Rawn
Mr. Rawn
Graystone Hall
Domo
Rawne
Lola
International Power Company
Fortune
Charles
Europe
New York
Johnson
Brotherhood of Man
What is the first thing to consider in tariff talk
Senator Sorghum says the initial step in discussing tariffs is to identify the constituent’s line of business. This frames how duties affect their ore or trade. The remark appears in a political discourse highlighting practical concerns over policy specifics.
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Sorghum
Ships That Made History in the Navy List
A New York Herald piece urges preserving historic warships such as the Constitution, Constellation, Portamouth, Hartford, and other veterans of naval days. It frames their legend as national patrimony and warns Congress against letting them fade into the Port of Missing Ships. Christmas Eve Superstition notes bread baked on Christmas Eve will not mold.
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Navy
Pacific
Hartford
David Glasgow Farragut
Congress
New York Herald
Day's Experience on Skis and a Pastor's Godfather
A London writer recalls a vivid second day on skis on a steep alpine slope with sunlit snow and a distant view of the Southern Alps. The anecdote shifts to Dr Milo Hudson Gates, vicar of the Shapes of the Intercession, a benevolent godfather to about 80 baptized children.
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Day
Pastor's
London
Alps
Milo Hudson Gates
Dr. Gates
Broadway
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street
Meelo Hudson Gates
New York Evening Post
A Skier’s Journey From Slopes to Slow Descent
A vivid reminiscence of skiing mishaps and triumphs as a novice battles crashes and entangled limbs on snowy slopes. The writer recalls spurting speed, a lightning-like fall, and bruises healed by hardy sport, while praising skiing’s brave, joyful appeal and the effort to rise after each tangle.
Death mystery of Aberdeen body theft echoed in old case
London recalls the 1881 Dunecht vault body snatching of the Earl of Crawford. Charles Souttar, aged 73, was found guilty of theft and jailed five years. Police said several were involved, but the mystery remains unsolved and the secret dies with him. In Chicago, Mrs. Joseph T. Cowan warns of children pawning schoolbooks to buy candy and gum.
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London
Aberdeen
Charles Souttar
Earl of Crawford
Dunecht
Aberdeenshire
Souttar
Chicago
Joseph T. Cowan
The
Juvenile Protective League
Kalman to Buy Farm With Fox Pelt Proceeds
Isaac Kalman will purchase a farm in L'Anse Michigan using the money from selling the pelt of a red fox he killed. The fox pelt is valued at between 800 and 1 000 dollars, and the deal involves acquiring the farm from Pelt Sale.
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L'Anse
Mich
Isaac Kalman
Kidney Pills Restore Otterbein Man After Long Suffering
R M Fleenor of Otterbein Indiana describes a 26 year struggle with kidney trouble that progressed to bladder inflammation. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports quick improvement and full recovery. Advertisement offers 50c pills and free household hints, national anthem music, and dainty recipes.
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R. M. Fleenor
Otterebein
Ind
R.m.fleenor
Dodd
Mr. Fleenor
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pearls as Medicine Across Cultures and Time
The article notes Scotland still produces freshwater pearls from mussels and recalls historic medicinal uses of pearls in Europe and China. It cites a Chinese authority claiming treated pearls mixed with serpent gall could be drawn to three or four feet, made into pills, enabling a patient to live without food forever.
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Scotland
Cleopatra
Europe
Materia Medica
China
Fox in the Park Startled Winifred and Host
Modern Winifred visits a countryside gentleman of sport and strolls in a park when a red fox suddenly darts across an open space. She clings to her companion's arm exclaiming in astonishment at the running fox fur.
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Winifred
Castoria and old time remedies ad and joke
An odd collage of old advertisements and jokes includes a Castoria promotion touting its 30 years of use, a quip about a person named Graspins as a wag, Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills touted for stomach and liver relief, a free sample offer, and a London Sketch dialogue about a cat.
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Graspins
Graspina
Light Talker and Colorado City Treasurers
Light Talker is described as a conversationalist who prefaces remarks with Apropos of nothing in particular. Putnam Fadelesa Dyes color more goods than others. Colorado has eight women city treasurers, indicating a notable number of female officials in municipal finance.
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Whipple
Putnam
Adv
Colorado
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