Tim Moffat and Marcie Doyle Doomed by Love and Deception
In a tale of pride and passion set around theater life, Tim Moffat battles heartbreak as Marcie Doyle falls for actor Jack Hilton. Jealousies ignite a web of schemes, ultimatums, and a dramatic pursuit to Epping Forest where Tim finally claims a future with Marcie after Hilton’s downfall.
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Tim Moffat
Marcie
Marele
House O' Lords
Bartel
Jack the Dandy
Marcle Doyle
Tim
Epping Forest
Southend
Epping
Harry Moffat
Abe
Ance
Marelo Doyle
Jack Hilton
Jack
Milton
East Hind
Marele Doyle
Jan Hilton
Phe
London
London Bridge
Hilton
Satan Hilton
Marcle
Timeoff
Hermitage Wharf
Owlock
Weil
Tower Bridge
Moffat
Hiltons
Mile End Road
High Beach
Had Ambitions and Tuberculosis Blank Prank
Secretary Shaw circulated vital statistics blanks to Treasury clerks asking disease questions. A healthy negro messenger falsely claimed tuberculosis to fit a fashionable trend, prompting the secretary to question his honesty and humor the moment.
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Shaw
Treasury
Fighting Mosquitoes in Jersey From the Popular Science Monthly
New Jersey areas were once crippled by marsh mosquitoes hindering resort and home development. An improvement society drained breeding grounds, restoring value and attracting settlers as mosquito populations declined. A camping area became a site for 100 new homes next year, with continued progress against pests. The piece also notes a quirky anecdote of two girls asking for huckleberrying and skim milk gifts on Christmas morning.
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Jersey
Popular Science Monthly
New York City
New Jersey
Country Club
Hol & Large
Erratic school tale with a pointed family confession
A confused student George faces a reprimand after a misdeed at school. The teacher asks if he told his mother and she responds that his father did the worst. The text shifts to a fragmented, whimsical narrative about a man overworking to compensate for missed chances.
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George
Young woman teaches parrots languages in New York
Bertha Schalavinki, a Russian immigrant who fled to America as a child, runs a small parrot language school with her mother. She describes teaching French English and German to birds, using simple words then sentences, songs, and distinct perches as classes.
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New York
Mins Bertha Schalavinki
Russia
France
America
Hill
Eli
Everble
John
Mary
Nick
Fie
Cling
Parrot
Women in Proverbs Across Cultures Expose Harsh Views
L. P. Flobert surveys how proverbs from Spain, Arabs, Hindus, Persians, Turks, Albanians, Servians, Bulgarians, Greeks, and French folk sayings depict women. The collection shows frequent hostility and stereotypes, labeling women as property, temptress, or burden, with few friendly expressions.
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McCall's Magazine
L. P. Flobert
Paris
Mun
A Useful Addition: Emergency Bag for Medicine Closet
A reader describes a DIY emergency bag made from denim or tinene fabric, about eighteen inches by six to seven inches deep, with multiple pockets and nine flaps. It lists contents such as bandages, old doctor items, wax, oils, a bottle of carbolic, Jamaica ginger, gloves, and assorted odds and ends for field medical use.
Trust conferences and fair judging in a governor's view
Governor Sheldon of Nebraska says a trust conference should be fair and free of prejudice. A humorous anecdote follows about a countryman in New York who misreads a museum admission, mistaking a free entry for a scam and returning in disbelief.
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Sheldon
Nebraska
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Noiseless phonograph dream alters a dreamer
A collage of quirky quips and ads from an Atchison periodical hints at technology dreams and everyday humor. It spans mentions of Sioux City Typewriter Co offering rebuilt typewriters, Allen's foot powder ads, and social musings on money, fishing, baseball, and domestic life among observational snippets and light satire.
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Sioux City Typewriter Co
Sioux City
Iowa
Secret taste sways coffee buyers in market tale
Two men discuss the flood of food products. A gover notes trying a sample of Postum as coffee, learning customers may differ from his own taste. A woman explains proper boiling time yields a rich, Javielike beverage with gluten and phosphates, transforming opinion and easing stomach troubles.
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Gover
Laney
Mastin Army
Yhelmey
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Hmearat
Sucttt
Dodds
Allen
Olmsted
Atchison Globe Sights
Atchison
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