The Enchanted Barn Dreams of a Summer Home
Shirley, exhausted and poor, rides past city streets toward a grand rustling barn she cannot afford. The barn, described with inviting light and water, becomes a symbol of escape for her family as she contemplates a risky summer move and wonders if a dime-nickel might unlock a chance to glimpse a better life.
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Shirley
Doris
Market Street
George
Ashe
Allister Avenue
Walter Graham
Ward Trust
Mother
Carol
Johnny
Global war talk and political oddities from a wartime column
Arthur Brisbane notes Germany leads Europe in industry and labor values, while Will Hays praises perspective. A comic railroad tale warns against judging distance, and nudges reform with justice over brutality. Napoleon’s legacy sparks French debate as Canada moves on railways.
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Arthur Brisbane
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Germany
Europe
Praises President Harding Style in Early Address
The New York Times notes praise for President Harding's literary style after his inaugural address. Critics, including Mencken, mock or question the aims of a presidential address while admiring its ease.
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The
New York Times
Mr. Harding
M.r. Mencken
Remel
Perils of Carelessness in North Carolina Silk Mill Village
Dr McBrayer warns that tuberculosis runs high in a small rural mill village. Of 92 families, only 13 contributed to all cases, with contagion tied to close contact and shared spaces rather than housing alone. Infection risk remains lower than active disease among the population.
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Aoalte Mill Village
North Carolina
MecBrayer
MaBrayer
Thi
Hisa
United States Public Health Service
Wisconsin
McBrayer
Night in Persia and a Poem by Bryant in One Read
A National Geographic piece by L Bird describes a nighttime Persian caravan journey across the Elburs, moonlit peaks, and distant bells. Included are verses about violets by William Cullen Bryant and reflections on spring, wealth, and humility.
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Persia
L. Bird
National Geographic Magazine
Elburs
First Trademark Infringement Case Recorded in History
The Wall Street Journal notes an early case in Queen Elizabeth's era where a Gloucester shire clothier's private mark was copied by another tailor. The court ruled for the complainant who had used the second tailor's cloth, showing the protection of marks and goodwill.
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Wall Street Journal
Eliabeth
Auth
Eet Hart
Heatfoord& Mera
Sigmett Yener’ Company
Same Mule Saga Pushes State Lawyer to Power
Friends recount a lawyer’s rise in the state to a top post in the conservation department. His early cases involved proving a mule belonged to a specific man, then to another. Elected district attorney, he faced a mule theft case in Mississippi, urged by a former client to pursue it, and the mule figure reappears as a running motif.
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Col. W. H. Holmes
Department of Conservation
Mississippi
Connel
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Homemade sugar cookies soothe hungry Joe at grandma’s
At a grandmother’s dinner Joe avoids food until coaxed. She offers homemade sugar cookies that trigger his excuse about trying too many before dinner. The scene closes with a prayer verse from Psalm XIV.
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Joe
Granmother
Trick Beggar Tale Sparks Reform Debate
Dr Wilbur P Crafts of the International Reform bureau cites a street encounter between two beggar women to argue against false charity. One woman claims a coat from Mrs Gobsa Golde and fabricates a tale of begging for the heathen to gain sympathy and a coat.
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Wilbur P. Crafts
International Reform Bureau of Washington
Gobsa Golde
Electric Boll Doll Patented in East Orange
The Philadelphia Ledger reports David Zalden of East Orange New Jersey has patented an electric doll. A head armature with a spring linked to an electromagnet makes the arms imitate lifelike movements when energized, aided by a spring’s resilience for added life-like motion.
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David Zalden
East Orange
N. J
Philadelphia Ledger
Wanted a Divorcee Joke Sparks Quiet Quip
A witty exchange plays on desire and mishearing as Zee clarifies his wish for a divorcee while Ekke asks about a divorce. The dialogue closes on a quip about silence easing a mistaken remark.
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W. Ekke
Y. Zee
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J. B. Lippine
Halyer
Grahan
Arden Way
Will Hays
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Napoleon Bonaparte
the Invalides
Paris
Napoleon
Rousseau
Voltaire
Canada
Grant Trunk Railway
New York, New Haven
Hartford
New England
Rock Island
April
William Cullen Hryant
Wrigley’s
Got Golda
Postum'Cerea) Co.,Inc
Battle Creek
Rtich
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