The Wyncoop Sausage Prize and Ernest Bingley
Ernest Bingley wins a blue ribbon for a sausage display as the Wyncoops plot to elevate their show. Mrs Phelps objects citing taste as the judges award the prize and Ernest departs with his animals amid chilly reception. Ernest plans to sail to England with prize money while Mr Slocum teases him about Lucy Bingley.
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Mrs. Wyncoop
Mrs. Phelps
Dubuque
Mr. Wyncoop
Council Bluffs
Clara-Martha Phelps
West Point
Wyncoop
Des Motina
Ernest Bingley
Ernest
Uncle Sam
Iowa
Bear Falls
Mr. Slocum
Lucy Bingley
Longer hammocks issued for tall sailors on request
Admiralty orders announce longer hammocks available on demand for exceptionally tall sailors on His Majesty's ships. In Greater London nearly 100000 youths enter the workforce each year. A person with a phema can think and write but cannot speak.
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His
Admiralty
Greater London
Art Treasures For Sale From China's Heirloom Trade
War fans the flames of China’s treasure exodus as jade carvings tapestries and ancient vases leave households once guarded by law. London markets host pieces from wealthy student families while Miss Jessica Borthwick details a rare Ming hollow jade vase and a 10th century incense-burner carved in red bamboo.
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China
London Daily Sketch
London
Jessica Borthwick
Modern Poison Taster Titters Returns From Cairo
Dignified Eric Titterington known as Titters arrives in London on leave from Cairo. He describes the modern poison tasting as a chemical process in hot countries, recounts palace duties as a Cairo bacteriologist, and shares anecdotes from Eastern palace life including a guest who dropped a gold shell on a sentry.
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Eric Titterington
Titters
London
Cairo
Mr. Titterington
Maiden voyage of Prins Albert ties world railship record
The Prins Albert, newest cross channel packet of the Belgian State Railways, made her maiden voyage. She reached 25% knots on trials and promises imperceptible noise and vibration in passenger quarters. A feather explains quill structure and silk coloration via colored matter in silkworm diets.
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State Railways
Ideas For License Plates Across States
The piece notes 1938 Colorado plates will be dipped to glow at night for about a cent each. Connecticut issues initialed plates to safe drivers at one dollar extra with 8000+ issued. Plates signify safe driving and require continued good conduct. Also includes humorous exchange about fishing on a boat.
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Colorado
Connecticut
Toronto Star Weekly
Little Helps For This Week Sermon Reflection
A devotional meditation cites Genesis 38 15 urging trust in God s plan and presence. It counsels not to fear the future, to leave to God what depends on Him, and to stay faithful in all that depends on us. It notes God can replace what He takes away through other means or by Himself.
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Mrs. Phelps
Mr. Slocum
Ernest
England
Ernie
Taos
God
Primitive Soda Fountain Roots and Biographies
A digest of curiosities notes how carbonic acid was first introduced into water by a nonconformist preacher, making soda popular for the public. It mentions Dr. Joseph Priestly as a pioneer, Longfellow’s 1867 poem for Aldrich, and annual per person food consumption estimates.
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Joseph Priestly
New York Herald-Tribune
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Weenie
Armina
Chicago
Mr. Siocum
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Led
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Ont
King Features Syndicate
G. F. Ltd
Royal Navy
Palace
Longfellow
Thomas B. Aldrich
United States
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