The Sugar Plot and Wall Street Fraud Exposed
In a continuing saga, Beulah Sands and Judge Sands confront Reinhart’s alleged crimes and a Wall Street system that drains the public. Bob and Jim untangle schemes where Sugar stock soars while Conant and others push prices, harming ordinary investors. The narrator vows to oppose the corrupt network while warning of looming calamities and market manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Conant
Camnemeyer
Standard Oil
Washington
Jim
You
Jim Randolph
Wall Street
Bob
Fable of the Pansy and its Family Symbolism
An illustrated note on the pansy describes its five petals and five sepals and recounts a popular fable linking the flower to a family: husband, wife, and four daughters with step-daughters noted. The plain petals are called stepchildren, the two small petals daughters, and the largest petal the wife. The father is said to appear when petals are removed, revealing a figure like an old man, and in France the pansy is universally called the step-mother.
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France
Wrong Babies Mistaken at Amiens Hospital Vaccination
A London Mall correspondent reports at Amiens hospital two new mothers were given swapped babies after vaccination. One mother received a girl instead of her newborn boy, and the other a boy instead of her girl. After frantic confusion, the two women reunited their infants and left reconciled.
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Amiens
London Mall
Open Air Sleeping Benefits Prominent in Country Life
The passage extols open air sleeping for fragile individuals, claiming it greatly improves health. It asserts outdoor exposure steadies nerves, wards off colds, and restores vitality, requiring only a small shelter and persistence for assured results.
Hopeful wives and cautious husbands in a moral tale
In a dialogue the moralist claims women are naturally more hopeful than men. A plain man counters with his wife who, whenever buying fish, asks the dealer if they are fresh hoping to hear that they are not. The exchange highlights gendered perceptions of optimism in domestic life.
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited By Waterville Woman
Mrs A Moore, a Waterville Missouri restaurant proprietor, reports long kidney troubles with backache and fatigue. After a few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills she experienced great relief and eventual cure. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
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A. Moore
Waterville, Mo
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Spain’s literacy gap and postal woes widely noted
In a 20 million Spain, about 36 percent can read and write, 2.5 percent read only, leaving 62 percent illiterate. South Spain lacks literate servants and many postmen cannot read addresses. Postmen are paid by recipients, costing at least one cent per letter. Jokes persist about residents who pay best receiving more mail.
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Spain
Parrot Outsmarts Owner With New Phonograph Record
Mrs Jones plays a phonograph in her absence to amuse her parrot. Polly, startled by the tune In Old Madrid, ponders, then exclaims Great Scot Youve got the old man boxed up this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Polly
Making a Good Start in Stray Stories
A brief dialogue from Stray Stories sets a comic quarrel between a doctor and a madam about rent and obedience. The exchange hinges on a sharp opening line and a playful miscommunication, delivering a quick humorous clash suitable for a daily column.
Grape-Nuts Food Spelled as Brain Nourishment
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a brain friendly food for brain workers, citing Dr. Felix Oswald on outdoor exercise and diet. It markets Grape-Nuts as a natural source of phosphate and potassium for brain and nerve repair, prepared by Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, and invites readers to read related health literature.
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America
Felix Oswald
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Litus
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John Wilson
New York
John
Reinhart
Father
Wilsons
Mr. Randolph
Beulah
Sands
Torough
Heulah
Judge Sands
Beulah Sands
Sugarth
Gono
God Almighty
Damemeyer
Stock Exchange
Ike Bloomenstain
Avenger
Fifth Avenue
Diog Hyntor
To-Tay
Ike
Barry
Aldo
Pates
Senate
House
Mooney
French Hospital
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