Yvonne Courant and Roddy Kenilworth in a Riviera parlor
In a fashionable London style setting Yvonne Courant and Roddy Kenilworth share a winter garden bench scene. He teases and probes her past while ordering highballs as they discuss a mysterious girl and the glow of high society in Cairo Nice Cannes and Tangier.
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Vonge Coutant
Shepherds
Cairo
Nice
Cannes
Casino
Mone Carlo
Villa
Riviera
London
Marfai
Yvonne Courant
Roddy
Kentlworth
Teddy Durminster
Paris
New York
Teddy
Roddy Kenilworth
Brandon
Kenilworth
Walker
Chicago aquarium eyeing ice block fish export
The Chicago aquarium director studies importing live Alaskan black fish in ice blocks to thaw for show tanks. Similar plans were discussed at London Zoo. Fish are chilled until sleepy then frozen in hollow ice blocks and revived later under care.
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Chicago Aquarium
London Zoo
Siberia
Cumberland
Chicago
Brunette popularity and changing beauty ideals across eras
An English doctor’s study notes that among about a thousand women 78 percent of brunettes were married versus 68 percent of blondes. The piece traces beauty tastes through history noting dark-haired women as famed beauties and suggesting fair-skinned males are less common. A later line mentions ocean wave measurements via a special camera.
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January Mortimer
London
Byron
Tom Moore
Europe
Strange Wolves and Missing Children In Hindu Folklore
Reported by Lieut-Col Faunthorpe in Calcutta papers, tales describe Hindu children abducted by wolves and made to crawl on all fours, a eight year old captured boy dying of fright after imitation. Wolves seen as pests prompt government efforts at destruction.
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Lieut-Co! Faunthorpe
India
Faunthorpe
Calcutta
Remus
Romulus
Col
Little Helps For This Week On Power and Purpose
A compact meditation on duty and charity cites biblical and literary voices. It emphasizes that aid is measured by one’s available means, not by desires, urging heedfulness of outward deeds while seeking inward Spirit. Notable quotes include Augustine Pfeiffer and Amiel on usefulness and effort.
Lawyer and client meet after ten flight climb
A Kansas City lawyer on the tenth floor of a skyscraper expected a country client. The client burst in gasping after an energetic climb, explaining he missed the elevator by mistake.
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Kansas City
Ancient 1600 Year Old Wine At German Museum
A bottle of wine over 1600 years old attracts visitors to the wine section of the Historical Museum of Sparer in Germany. The relic is reputed to be the oldest wine in the world and serves as a highlight of the collection.
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Sparer
Germany
Strange Ways Of Lightning In Trees And Giants
Lightning often strikes the same place and trees show multiple scars from bolt impacts. California giants may be repeatedly struck yet survive with broken leaders and stunted tops. Oak and cork oak attract strikes, shaping their trunks and crowns oddly. Muscular rheumatism relief is claimed with Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil and brisk rubbing.
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California
Thomas
Parrot Suicide at London Zoo After Mynah Rivalry
Polly the parrot, famed as the zoo's best talker, grew jealous of a new mynah from Ceylon that outshone it in the third talking championship. The bird died by submerging its head in a drink basin. The piece notes mynahs' superior talking ability.
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London Zoo
England
Street Accident Notes In Natural Economy Englishman
A fragment describes a street accident scene with a man from Natural Economy speaking and a suspicious native ordering "Give him some air" while someone adds "Give him some 7 yersel', mon" indicating a colloquial rescue exchange.
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Aberdeen
Baby’s Own Tablets Touted To Fight Cholera Infantum
Cholera infantum is described as a sudden summer danger to children. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted to regulate bowels and soothe the stomach to prevent summer illnesses. The product is claimed safe with no opiates and offered by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. for 25 cents a box.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promoted
The advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a standard remedy with years of use enhancing its reputation for protecting the child from worm infestations.
Prevention Captain What is the best method to prevent diseases caused by biting insects
Cor corporal Don't bite the insects.
Prominent Businessman Joined College Board
A well known businessman with little formal schooling was named to the college board of trustees. The students gave him a serenade and the old gentleman expressed deep pleasure and appreciation for the honor. He stated his belief in education and confessed education is his idiosyncrasy.
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College Board of Trustees
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Seidwert
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Bank OF Nova Scotia
Romantic
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Fai
Yvonne Coutant
Ina
France
Hus
Alfred Courant
Beny
Yvonne
Lumbago
Bayer Cross
Wilsons
Tose
Emily Pfeiffer
Saint Augustine
Henri Frederic Amiel
T. Milburn Co, Limited
Www
N. U. Ida
Polly
Minard
Holloway
Keen’s D.S.P
Colman Keen
Canada
Ken
Keen
Dewa
Eliner
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