Night in Camden Ville Ends in Vintage Family Scene
In Camden Ville ind Prof Elwell, his artist father and Mollie host two grown twin daughters aged seventeen and their brother Jim now twenty two. The scene shifts to June 1916 as the girls play with theater curtain art and mock vamping, while Prof recalls Mollie and a past stranger's death, pondering family loyalties and aging.
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Prof
Mollie Elwell
Camdenville
Ind
Martha Dalton
Martha
Prof Elwell
Jim
Mollie
Jack
United States
Jim Elwell
Betty
Rusty
Margaret
Mollse
Chicago
Mary Garden
Elizabeth
Europe
Twins
Betty Elwell
Camdenville Cottage
Mollie Elwe
Palm Beach
Cascarets for Headache Cold Constipation Ad
A long ad promotes Cascarets ten cent boxes to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels. It claims relief from headache coated tongue cold biliousness and upset stomach and urges readers to compare with salts or castor oil. A drugstore purchase promises a clear head and cheerful months.
Free Dreco Sample Offered At Mann Drug Co
An invitation urges all in this area to obtain a free Dreco sample from the Mann Drug Company. The ad promotes Dreco as a remedy to support liver kidney stomach and bowel function and prevent serious health problems among younger residents.
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Mann Drug Company
High Point
Dreco touted by Durham man as cure for stomach woes
Mr. J. C. Robertson of Durham testifies Dreco relieved constipation nervous spells and bloating. He says sleep and appetite improved and backaches ceased. Dreco claims to correct stomach related ills and restore vigor with a free bottle offered by Mann Drug Company representative.
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J. C. Robertson
Grace St
Durham
N. C
Dreco
Mann Drug Company
Creomulsion Promises Relief For Persistent Coughs
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a twofold remedy for persistent coughs colds and throat troubles. It claims creosote plus healing agents soothe inflamed membranes inhibit germs and medicine absorbed reaches the blood to fight illness. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and urges ask your druggist.
Virginia North Carolina peanut carnival opens in Windsor
More than 180 peanut growers from Virginia Tidewater and eastern North Carolina attend the first annual exposition in Windsor December 27 to 31. The event, under the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, features 183 peanut products by Dr. G W Carver and an opening address by Rep. John H Kerr.
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Windsor
N. C
Tidewater
Virginia
North Carolina
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Bertie County
United States
Suffolk
G. W. Carver
Tuskegee Negro Institute of
Tuskegee
Ala
John H. Kerr
N. G. Bartlett
Eastern Carolina
Aulander
Ahoskie
Lewiston
Winton
Murfreesboro
Coleraine
Williamston
Plymouth
Scotland Neck
Enfield
Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary
Littleton
Tarboro
Nashville
Askewville
Powellsvile
Jackson
Weldon
Seaboard
Washington
Edenton
Hertfort
Elizabeth City
Gatesville
Rich Square
Franklin
Courtland
Holland
Smithfield
Whaleyville
Waverly
Wakefield
Zuni
Ivor
Myrtle
Driver
Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
Jim Faces A Rough Customer In A Surprise Rescue
In the next chapter Jim gets into a fight with a tough customer. Help arrives from an unexpected source, changing the course of the confrontation and the scene's tension.
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Jim
Charge for Stabling a Car Despite Horsepower Claim
A motorist argues with an innkeeper about an inflated 80 shilling charge for overnight car stabling. The innkeeper explains lack of prior experience with motor vehicles and asserts a standard two shillings per night Horsepower-based rate.
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Iit
Plan to resume medicinal whiskey by two distilleries
Rye and bourbon will form America's future legal whiskey stock under Lincoln C. Andrews plan. He proposes Congress authorize a corporation to resume manufacture of medicinal liquor at two distilleries one for rye and one for bourbon.
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Washington
America
Lincoln C. Andrews
Congress
Music Box Revue Brings Berlin’s Songbook to American Theatre
The fourth edition of Irving Berlin's Music Box Revue visits the American Theatre for one night on Wednesday December 15. The show features Berlin’s tunes such as Tell Her In The Springtime and Tokio Blues, with a large cast including Helen Brown Dave Burns Sonia De Calvo Ames Harper and the Lyons Sisters. The production promises lavish song and dance numbers plus a celebrated troupe of performers and the Famous Music Box Girls.
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Irving Berlin
Music Box
Mr. Berlin
Lewis Carroll
Berlin
Broadway
Helen Brown
Dave Burns
Curley Monnett
Sonia de Calvo
Ames Harper
Jenny Lind
Charlotte Granert
Six Jolly Jesters
Alvarado
Jean
Snyder
Sifrit
Lyons Sisters
Henry Thompson
L. A L. Besson
Joe Smith
Anita Bowles
Jeannette Brown
Varda Chalmers
Fragmented Oslo exchange about injuries in accident
An exchange discusses injuries after an accident in Oslo. One person mentions a smashed back and screws loose, while another says the wife only has a broken leg. The tone suggests confusion and concern for a spouse.
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Karikaturen
Oslo
Fragmentary verse dialogue found in Punch London
A brief exchange shows a poet asking to see the editor and a boy stating the editor is not present, followed by a directive to place the piece in the wastebasket. The fragment reflects a satirical mood and a moment of editorial dismissal.
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London
Passing Show London Echoes Family Life
Dialogue excerpts show Bert enjoying life in London while remarking on the high costs of keeping a cat. Bob asks about Bert’s wife and daughter, and Bert responds that they are doing the same as before.
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Bob
Bert
London
Hill's Cold Cure Promises 24-Hour Relief
advertisement boasts a million dollar method to end colds in a day. It claims fever relief, gut stimulation, and full-body toning from Hill's Cascara Bromide Quinine. Promotes purchase at drugstores in a red box with a portrait, price 30 cents.
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Hill’s
Lai LL
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