Flirting floorwalker foiled by Tessie at the big store
Tessie, a jewelry department worker, spurs a flirtation with floorwalker Mr Harper. After a costly dinner, she reveals and exposes his past marriage by presenting a court summons, warning she will testify if he fights the divorce case.
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Tessie
Earth
Harpert
Misty
Tony
Lin
Yessie
Kerper
Tessies
Harper
Irene
Miss Murtha
Mr. Harper
Ghosts and a Heppelwhite Mirror Confront a Fashionable Hoax
The Falcon Detectives Harley and Rogers unravel a haunted mirror ruse used by Jane Pray and her actress daughter Amy Pray to scare heiress Mrs. Blight into funding the house. They expose a hidden panel and a hired accomplice, turning fear into a clever sting.
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Harley & Rogers
Harley
Rogers
Jane Pray
Emily
Jane
Mrs. Blight
Emily Winn
Amy Pray
Amy
The Man by the Side of the Track and Rural Labor Change
Collier’s Weekly notes in 1915 that railroad workers, described as difficult foreigners with tools, attract attention at Weighty conferences. Engineers discuss loyalty, fair pay, vacations, housing, and fired tools, aiming to treat workers by the Golden Rule. The piece contrasts past foremen’s brutality with emerging worker protections. The second item reports astonishing 1915 U.S. ratios of people to horses and mules, Texas leadership in cattle and swine, and Missouri as a close competitor in certain livestock.
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Collier’s Weekly
United States
Texas
Missouri
Nliinois
They Say You Think Hard of Me A Brick
A brief, period tone exchange expresses mutual regard with the lines about thinking well of another as a brick. The phrasing hints at a casual social note or light dialogue from a local feature.
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Bajti
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Larper
Anne Ghiss
Possie
Harper Lad
Luneuiddy
Mr. Ucarper
Womin
Stacey's
the Falcon Detective Agency
Teresa Shaw
Aunt Emily
Attor
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