Bonded Prisoner Game Among Scho Field Boys
A daylight autumn game called Bonded Prisoner unfolds in the Scho field neighborhood with Masters Penrod Schofield and Samuel Williams leading boys including Vermin Williams. The plan escalates as captives are hidden in a yard and a sister’s closet while mock battles rage through alleys, yards, and a kitchen, with Penrod devising a risky ruse to keep their captive safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schofield
Sam
Verman
Alma Meewer
Penrod
Sai Williams
Herman
Hermin
Vermin
Maurice Levy
Georgie Bassett
Sam Williams
Roddy's timely plan ends boys' violent brawl
In a tense scene from Penrod and Sam, Roddy Bitts intervenes during a mock duel between Sam and Penrod. He uses a saber to halt the aggression, prompting a shift from conflict to uneasy peace as the boys break into a long, wrestling clash that ends with them exhausted and exhausted but not conclusively reconciled.
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Pris
Roddy
Penrod
Sam
Saber
Maurice
Levy
Georgie Bassett
Roddy Bitts
Roderick Magsworth Bitts, Jr
Old Editor Craves Daydream of the Past
The Kansas City Star piece imagines an editor longing for the old homepaper days. He recalls a boyhood gate, the clover mill hum, and a spout spring trail as night falls. A funeral notice for Hon Pursiey Pouch is humorously referenced amid memory and coffee scents.
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Dad
Willer Creek
Pergola design rooted in Italy guides garden architecture
The article notes pergolas borrow from Italy with solid brick or stone pillars or lighter larch construction. It emphasizes strong poles, correct slope to prevent sagging, and the rapid beauty of rambler roses and clematis. Simpler forms suit cottages while brick or stone piers suit larger homes.
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Italy
Tramp Vessel Concept in Freight and Passenger Costs
The text discusses what defines a tramp ship a vessel operating without a fixed schedule and the role of “potential” competition in keeping freight and passenger rates low. It notes that even regular-route chartered ships with irregular sailings are not true tramps and compares the idea to motor cars using railroad right of way for cheap service. It emphasizes the need for continuous service and price discipline to prevent high costs when regular services fail.
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Gertain
Navy
Merchant ‘Marine
Marsh Rabbits Sold as Muskrats Across Cities
Correspondents warn that barrels in Washington New York and Boston markets carried plump dressed and skinned animals labeled as marsh rabbits but were in fact muskrats. The hoax fooled many families at dinners while critics liken it to Barnum shows and quote a mother lamenting overworked students amid poems and notes on cotton industry debates.
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Peoria Journal
Washington
New York
Boston
Barnum
Wild forest foods and nuts praised as nourishing staples
An exploration of edible forest bounty notes persimmons pawpaw and wild fruits as nutritious staples. It highlights beechnuts butter nuts walnuts chestnuts chinquapin hickory pecans and acorns as traditional foods, with Indians drying grinding and leaching acorns for flour and bread. It also mentions buckeye kernel paste and various berries including hackberry mulberry shadbush redbud honey locust and mesquite as edible or used in dishes.
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Daniel Boone
Galt
Uncle Sam
Middle Western
North Carolina
West
Louisiana
Figuratively Speaking Stage Ploy Sparks Dressing Room Flashes
A stage life ploy shows flashes of chorus girls in the dressing room. Kriss notes a man who selected the girls had a keen eye for them. He calls him a good mathematician in a brief exchange on the film yuan.
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Kriss
Kross
Yuan
Record Gas Output in 1916 Sets New US Benchmark
U S Geological Survey data show natural gas used in 1916 reached a record 758,170,258,000 cubic feet, up 20 percent from 1915. Average price at consumption was 15.96 cents per thousand cubic feet, total market value about $120.2 million. Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, West Virginia, California and Louisiana led gains. industry demand from munition production fueled growth. Domestic consumers paid about 98.63 cents per thousand, industrial users 10.21 cents.
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Northrop
Uncle Sam
Geological Survey
United States
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
California
Louisiana
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Illinois
New York
Montana
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Pennsylvana
Ohio
Dorpat Dorpat Dorpat a Baltic city with shifting rule
Dorpat a Baltic Livonia center on the Embach river with rail to Reval Riga and a triweekly steamboat to Pskov. It shows a turbulent history with German Polish Swedish Russian rule, medieval relics mostly destroyed by fire, and a population around 50 000. Before WWI it housed the Eighteenth Russian army corps and hosts an August agricultural fair.
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Dorpat
Livonia
Petrograd
National Geographic Society
Embach
Peipus
Reval
Riga
Pskov
Velikaya
Baltic
Russia
Rall
Reva l
Yurlev
Dorpt
Tarto
Tartolin
Tehebata
Kiev
Teutonic Knights
Domberg
Poland
Sweden
Hanseatic League
Novgorod
Uncle Sam to Catch Sharks for Leather Substitute
A contract for 1,000 shark hooks has been awarded by Uncle Sam to a Connecticut blacksmith. Three varieties of hook in 11, 10, and 9 inches will have a chain and swivel attached. Washington reports the government plans to prospector a new feather field of shark skins. Tests show durable leather can be made from shark skins and an industry may be profitable.
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Uncle Sam
Connecticut
Washington
His System. van Speederiey I’d like you to get my wife
I request help to separate from my wife claiming she is attracted to a cold, indifferent man and suggesting the helper could influence her away from me. The speaker asks for assistance in pursuing the wife’s departure.
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van Speederiey
New Zealand market shows potential for American shoes
A U S government report says American footwear could gain in New Zealand despite tariffs. Retailers urge “Latest American Style” in windows as licenses to higher prices persist. In 1916 New Zealand imported 2 million dollars of footwear, only 175 thousand from the United States, with room for stronger sales if more energy backs American shoes.
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New Zealand
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Napoleon Bonaparte Defeats Austrians at Wagram 1809
Historical note places Wagram known as Deutsch-Wagram in Austria near Vienna. It recalls the 5th and 6th July 1809 when Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Austrian forces commanded by Archduke Charles in the Battle of Wagram on the Marchfeld plain northeast of Vienna.
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Wagram
Deutsch-Wagram
Austria
Marchfeld
Vienna
Napoleon Bonsparte
Arenduke Charles
Plenty of Them Antique Question in Old Neighborhood
A fragment presents residents discussing antiques and local households. Two or three families with three or four old maids apiece live in the next block, reflecting a snapshot of neighborhood life and social composition.
New Devices and Projects Highlight 20th Century Efforts
A New York man alerts on burglar alarms while a Kansas City project plans a 20 million gallon daily pumping plant. French naval officers unveil an electrical aiming device for searchlights aiding aiming from a distant stand.
To Warn Future Kings Placing a warning plaque in Athens Chamber
Premier Venizelos plans a marble plaque in the chamber of deputies to warn future kings against usurping the people's rights. He cites Westminster’s 200 year old example of Charles I and vows to inscribe a note praising constitutional restraint, citing King Constantine’s dismissal of parliament.
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Venizelos
Chamber of Deputies
Athens
London
House of Commons
Westminster
Charles I
England
M. Venizelos
Constantine
Pocket Knife Style Still Reigns In Navy Utmost Simplicity
An old navy pocket knife design, celebrated for instant action and reliability, remains the most approved style across generations. The two versions slide rather than push out, allowing one-handed use and easy cleaning when fouled in long use, praised for its simplicity and practicality by Popular Science Monthly.
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Jackie
Jackle
Popular Science Monthly
The Lieutenant and the Soldier in Uniform Pride
A humorous exchange unfolds between a self important lieutenant and Private Spudlock. The officer scolds the private over a trivial matter, prompting the soldier to retort that he has worn chloroform longer than the officer has worn uniform.
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Spudlock
Distracting Attention in Old Town Scolds
The piece contrasts past and present attitudes toward town scolds. It humorously notes the ducking stool is out of fashion and suggests coaxing a scold to a movie as a remedy. It implies husbands once objected to many acts but now yield more.
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Jyst
Penrod
Sam
Bugs
Verman
Vorman
Wil- Mats
Margaret
Ovine
Elegadt
Vermont
Airmen Food Plan Aids Hot Meals On Base
Airmen may receive hot meals as sirpline builders suggest installing wall cases to hold vacuum bottles of preheated r-4- somethings. this proposal aims to improve meal service and efficiency on base kitchens.
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