Through the Wall A Thrilling Detective Romance
Pussy Wilmott confesses to the detective and defends her husband as the Palais de Justice approach looms. Coquenil pressurizes her for possible testimony and deeper truths about her letters and the motives surrounding the Martinez murder.
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Anita
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Martinez
M. Paul
Gale
Kittredge
The Fumigated Band
A whimsical verse about a baby, a bunny, and a prophylactic pup forming a hygienic band in a garden. They purge a lurid microbe with steam baths and chemical washes and nominate it as a member. The trio now bathes in formaldehyde daily and drinks from a hygienic cup.
The Commonest Folly A Wife's Flirtations
A long moral essay condemns married flirtations as a danger to virtue and family. It argues that admiration from other men harms a wife’s dignity, warns that flirtations lead to divorce or worse, and urges women to choose self respect over fleeting vanity. It cautions readers to uphold noble womanhood for lasting values.
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Ife
Velna
Maryland
Peace Protest Sparks Household Discipline Act
Mrs Lysander John Appleton burned her peach tree switch bundle once kept behind the kitchen door used to punish children after reading the Pearce congress appeal for world disarmament. She urges all thinking mothers to join the movement, the Atchison Globe reports.
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Household bargains on Jelly glasses to wash and bake
Local ads promote low priced household goods including Jelly glasses at 15c each, tin lids, brooms at 39c, galvanized wash tubs and boilers with covers, and assorted ceramic planters and shopping bags. The sale emphasizes value items from Newport and Persian design flower pots.
Stationery sale offers varied envelopes and tablets
A local advertisement promotes 24 French Dimity Envelopes for 20 cents and a package of 24 white and tinted envelopes at 10 cents along with per new writing tablets.
Hamlet Actor Macready and King Defy Stage Death Prank
The anecdote recalls Macready during US rehearsals being challenged by a local favorite cast as the king. He planned to die center stage, but the king refused, declaring kingship and dying where he pleased. William Terriss similarly adapted with humor in The Corsican Brothers.
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Hamlet
United States
William Terriss
Cief
Irving
Women demand half of humanity not a fraction
A long speech from a keynote scientist at a conference critiques the era’s male fantasy of sole leadership and argues women seek half of brains, money, property, motherhood, and political voice. It contends men and women are complements and that governance requires both halves working together.
The Wanderers Wander in Freedom Under Sunrise and Stars
A lyrical meditation on wandering souls who seek freedom beyond the familiar. The poem contrasts wanderers moving toward unknown faces and new horizons with those confined by home, lamplight, and walls, praising the gift of freedom and continual renewal.
Autumn Plant Imagery in a Poem
A fragmentary verse excursion depicts Ana admiring poetic imagery at twilight. The speaker contrasts a Summer tree’s blossoms with a Winter tree’s bare branches, using nature as a metaphor for emotion and seasonal change.
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Ana
Car Talk Sparks Banter About Charley’s Splendid Vehicle
Fodd teases Charley about a remarkable car used to carry a pen. Charley smiles, then praises the imagined grand vehicle, while Fodd shifts the focus from writing to the car’s impressive form. The exchange highlights pride in craftsmanship and humor between the characters.
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Charley
Health and Beauty Talk Transcript With Mrs Martyn
Advice columns present home beauty recipes and tonics for complexion, hair, skin, and eyes. Readers D. Sally Ann Edith Harriet Zella Viola and Q share remedies using spurmax canthrox almezein crystal quinola and other ingredients with instructions for facial care scalp and foot washes.
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