Derelict composer recalls love at Blackie Joe's club
Al Stone, a singing waiter at Blackie Joe's in New York, loves Grace Farrel but marries Molly Winton. Molly elopes with Al's friend John Perry, taking their child to France. Al loses his family, vanishes from Broadway, becomes a derelict, then glimpses Grace on the street and returns to the club, speaking with Blackie before a patron calls him away.
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Blackie Joe
New York
Grace Farrel
Molly Winton
Junior
Molly
John Perry
Perry
France
Broadway
Blackie Joe's
Blackie
Blacke
Grace
Grace Persuades Al To Return Through Stark Truth
Grace confronts Al with blunt truth about his son and his waning career. Blackie urges Grace to break his despair, and Al rallies as Grace uses firm, maternal pressure to revive his sense of responsibility and purpose.
To Be Continued Threat From Grace to Al Stone
Grace warns Al Stone she will reveal everything about him and his life. Al, filled with anger, advances with a murderous threat as Grace stands firm, preparing for the confrontation to come.
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al Stone
Grace
Cedar Grizzly Bear Gift to Paris Museum
A cedar grizzly bear carving from Niskinwatk travels to Paris as a gift from Canadian National Railways for the Trocadero ethnology hall dedicated to North American Indians. Paul Coze will place and study the piece after reconstruction. T. B. Campbell arranged shipment from Kitwanga and Hazelton BC where totem poles stand. the pole measures twenty feet tall.
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Paris
Niskinwatk
Canadian National Railways
Trocadero Museum
North America
Paul Coze
Coze
Kitwanga
Hazelton
B.C
Canada
T. B. Campbell
Canadian National Railway
Skeena River
British Columbia
France
Growth Of Airplane Express Service
The piece recounts air travel’s rapid expansion from the 1919 London Paris aeroplane express by Captain E H Lawford with a two passenger biplane to Imperial Airways planes carrying 20 passengers plus crew. It notes Europe’s organized airline network growing from about 3 000 miles in 1919 to 50 000 miles and worldwide routes totaling 90 000 miles.
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London
Paris
E. H. Lawford
Imperial Airways
Europe
Asthma Remedy Proclaimed Best Hope By Thousands
A testimonial flood supports Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as the most positive blessing for asthma sufferers. Letters from many users attest to its effectiveness and urge readers to obtain it from their dealer today.
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J. D. Kellogg
Interesting Domestic Inventions At London Exhibition
A London Exhibition of Inventions showcased several domestic ideas. A woman patented hook and eye that attaches without sewing. A saucepan boiling-over guard drew attention, and a cord-activated device started a fire downstairs from the bedroom.
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London
Violin Design Stays Largely Unchanged Over Three Centuries
The instrument's shape and core construction have remained essentially the same for around 300 years, reflecting a lasting design that endures in modern violin making.
Burning Bush at Kew Gardens Sparks Scientific Curiosity
The Dictamines or Burning Bush at London’s Kew Gardens glows briefly when touched by fire, due to red glandular oil secretions on its stalks. The plant stands about three feet tall with pink flowers and ashlike leaves, inspiring legends from India and Afghanistan about fiery flora.
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Nature
London
Kew Gardens
India
Afghanistan
Safed Koli
Kew
Miniature writer creates vast works on tiny cards
Hugo Reichner, a German in the United States, developed minia ture writing by testing postal cards. He copied major documents including the Constitution and the Gospel of St Matthew in minute form across 23 271 words, with pages measuring two by one and a half inches. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a healthful cure for worms in children.
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Hugo Reichner
United States
Coolidge
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Kansas City
Canada the Centre of Empire and Population Growth
A former statesman predicted that by century's end the British Empire would center in Canada with a population rivaling the United States. He argued Canada’s vast lands suit further expansion, its loyalty to Britain remains strong, and its economy encourages free enterprise for vast industrial growth.
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Canada
United States
Minard's Liniment for Chapped Hands Mentioned
A fragment references Minard's Liniment for chapped hands and a joke about a large fine for wrecking a car. The speaker cites luck and a friend in court who could fix things, noting that the friend was the person encountered.
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Minard
Educational Riddles Prompt Farm Versus Film Payrolls
The dialogue contrasts categories to illustrate counting rules with examples about cakes cheeses and milk from cows. It notes that film companies in the United States employ over 325000 people on permanent payrolls.
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United States
Soviet Union Decrees Death Penalty for Refusal to Return
The central executive committee orders that Soviet citizens who refuse summons to return to Moscow face treason charges. If captured they go to prison and are shot within 24 hours after identity is confirmed. The decree retroactively labels deserters as enemies, confiscates property, and broadcasts their names as outlaws.
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Russia
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
M. Bessadovsky
Paris
Moscow
Supreme Court of the Union
Keep Them Happy by Keeping Them Well
It is natural for children to be happy and active. When fretful or disinclined to play, something is wrong usually in the digestive tract. Baby's Own Tablets gently regulate the stomach and bowels aiding digestion and teething pains. A Dover reader says they are essential for fretful babies with colds or sour stomach. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
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W. E. Forsyth
Dover
N.B
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Made Successful Flight by Wind Mill Plane Visitor
An airplane fitted with four wind mill planes completed a European tour and landed at Lympne England. Despite fairly strong wind, the craft remained steady in flight and was piloted by M. Elton of Paris. It circled over Lympne then descended from several hundred feet for a perfect landing.
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Europe
Lympne
England
M. Elton
Paris
Chesterton on Writing Delays and Berlin Travel Times
A humorous note recalls G. K. Chesterton's secretary being sent to complain about factory noise and the manager conceding Chesterton's writing limits. The item also compares a London to Berlin journey by land and water at twenty hours versus by air in nine hours and three quarters.
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G. K. Chesterton
Berlin
London
Give Generously This Week In Holy Reflection
A devotional urging cheerful, abundant giving inspired by 2 Corinthians ix 7 invites readers to give as a divine example, using vivid imagery of flowing morning light and ocean waves. The piece notes the uncertainty of future possessions and emphasizes enjoying the present abundance while it lasts. It also includes an advertisement for Holloway's Corn Remover claiming root destruction with no flesh injury.
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L'Fe
Defeated Boxer Recalls Brutal Knockout
A boxer recounts a brutal match where a straight left broke his nose and a left hook fractured his jaw. His wife bluntly questions whether he wishes to remember any of it.
Pope Restores See of Iceland After 379 Years
The Pope reconstitutes the See of Iceland, long decayed since Danish reformers executed Bishop John Arason in 1550, restoring church authority to the Nordic region.
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Iceland
John Arason
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