The Woman Who Lied About The Losing Victory Play
A woman feigns having seen a hit play to impress a man at a theater. He presses for opinions about actors, notably John Farley as Harmsworth, while she hides her lack of firsthand view. The scene ends with her realizing the risk of deception and resolves to avoid such embarrassment in the future.
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Earley
Harmsworth
John Farley
Farley
Mr. Wentworth
Miss Lane
Mrs. Howard
Jin
Vertrees
Mr. Vertrees
Unjust Charge Read In Court Over Theft of Trap
The court read a formal complaint accusing a defendant of feloniously stealing a vehicle from John Doe on about August 14, 1969. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, stating only that all he did was steal a trap. The case framed the offense under a state statute and queried the defendant on guilt.
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John Doe
Lenders and Borrowers Banter Over Quick Loan
Sutton balks at parting with money yet offers a loan if the borrower promises not to hold it long. Gayboy vows to spend every penny before tomorrow morning, signaling urgent financial pressure and a tension between haste and obligation.
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Sutton
Gayboy
Aviation From a Medical Standpoint
The London Lancet notes that aero travel challenges are being overcome yet warns air trips demand nerve. Giddiness, sea and air sickness, elevator descents, and pendulum swings induce unease, while many fear heights and a false sense of equilibrium.
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London Lancet
City of Rest in Life Journey Poem by Wilcox
A reflective poem portrays life as a perilous journey toward the City of Rest. Travelers encounter darkness and fear yet are urged to trust the Master, with the final station offering peace, reunion, and permanent joy after life’s trials. The piece blends metaphors of tunnels, trains, and distant cities to comfort readers.
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Rest
Building Their Nest How She Solved the Problem
Dorothea and Robbie delay their wedding to spare a pair of birds nesting in their butternut tree. After weeks of debate and tension, Dorothea climbs the tree to relocate the nest to a new elm, ending the dispute and letting the couple proceed with plans.
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Rogers
Sproat House
Jerry Smith
Young Rogers
Robbie
Dorothea
Bobby
The Garden God Returns As New Year Faithful
A reflective poem traces a sun warmed garden where faded gods are reborn as a fresh faith. Roses, sunflowers, lilies, and pansies crown a renewed divine presence in a sunlit sanctuary. The verse blends themes of renewal, desire, and nature worship.
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God
Are you Raising Up Criminals by Poor Parental Training
Dorothy Dix chronicles Warden Flynn’s warning that most criminals come from improper parenting. She links heredity and environment to crime, urges parents to teach obedience and self control, and cautions that temper, vanity, and neglect lead to theft, drunkenness, or murder. The piece calls for proactive parenting before prison doors shut.
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Flynn
School Report Ranks and a Prayers Snicker Moment
A humorous vignette from a woman's magazine describes Mildred’s first term at school using a decimal grading scale where 100 is perfect and 60 is serious. Her prayers are punctuated by giggles as she jokes about the Lord giving her a 60.
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Mildred
A Hard Heart in Cowboy Sermon Tale
Judge Ben B Lindsey cites a charity address lamenting that youths are deemed ruined after one misstep. A Detroit Free Press quote relays a cowboy’s grim reply to a prodigal son tale, saying if a son returned he would shoot the boy and raise the calf.
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Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Detroit Free Press
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Desmon
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Claude
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the Lincoln
Bold Square Theatre
Lincoln Square
Say Mosher
Nwillain
Lincoln Square Theatre
Jimmy
Jimmy Lewis
Mary Ellen
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Valley of Tears
Kennett Harris
Bibberly
Dorothea Sproat
Ted Baker
Ted
E. G. Buckeridge
Dorothy Dix
Warden Flynn
Lombroso
Mildren
John J. Vertrees
Secretary of the Interior
State Democratic Committee of
Tennessee
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