Gorham and the Gas An Unlikely Meeting in London Flat
Journalist Gorham sails to London chasing a cafe life story and finds romance in a gas company kitchen. A skilled demonstrator with blue eyes teaches him gas stove use, sparking longing that fades when a widow arrives, leaving him longing for the blue-eyed tutor and a homey kitchen he cannot keep.
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London
Gorham
New York
Plymouth
Gas, Light and Coal Company
Kensington
Mr. Gorham
The
Gas Light, and Coal Company
Tam
Case Life
How to Stop Stomach Torment From Acid Indigestion
A physician advises against relying on pepsin pills for dyspepsia and recommends Bisulated Magnesia after meals to dissolve stomach acids. He claims it neutralizes acidity, prevents distress, stops sharp stomach pain in five minutes, and is inexpensive and harmless.
Grenfell Presses Wilson on Colorado Strike Stand
Mrs Helen L Grenfell vice president of the Colorado Law and Order League and penitentiary commissioner told President Wilson the group’s view on the strike. She opposes closing mines to punish 8 000 workers while only 1 600 hold out for union recognition. She has long served in public instruction roles in Colorado.
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Helen L. Grenfell
Colorado Law and Order League
Wilson
Lindsey
Grenfell
Widow and Daughter Demo Showpiece in London Visit
Gorham recalls meeting a widow and her daughter both trained as demonstrators. The interviewer sought a magazine feature with photographs while the mother praised her daughter's beauty. Gorham travels to London, jokes about finding a wife and learning to use a gas stove as the Plymouth coast recedes.
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Gorham
Atlantic
Plymouth
London
Night phone call sparks domestic dispute tale
In a Boston or nearby town style chat, a husband explains his wife called his friend at 1am to check his whereabouts. The friend admits anger, noting he was out too and the wife was left awake. The exchange frames a late night domestic concern and blame.
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Tpetreit Free Press
One on the Judge
A legal exchange unfolds as a lawyer argues a case before a judge who declares the attorney’s points of law upside down. The lawyer retorts that the judge will change his mind when rulings are reversed, underscoring a sharp clash over legal interpretation.
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Mr. W
New York Tribune
Ammonia Trap Sparks Suit in Chicago Home
In Chicago on June 4 Mrs Adeline Lyle said she found her husband with Miss Mabel Charlebois after popping from a clothes hamper. Using an ammonia cloth she claims to have stunned the blonde, who was to be arraigned that day for allegedly stealing a ring Mrs Lyle says she missed.
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Chicago
Hubby
Adeline Lyle
Portland
Ore
Miss Charlebois
M. H. Dale
Dale
B. B. Hovey
Pelican Rapids
Minn
Hovey
Preston
Edward Anderson
Ferry Street
Olaf Johnson
Andrew Tagland
Winona
Dan Eggen
Dubuque
Iowa
Miss Arnold
Brooklyn
Eggen
Silas Shervin
Rex
Abrahamson
C. L. Colman Lumber Company
Johnson Coal Company
J. H. Craig
H. S. Craig
Lime Springs
Peter Hall
James
Elmer
Maland
Jenson
Mitchell
Nellie Towey
Whalen
Miss Blanchfield to Leave Rushford for Nursing Course
Rushford Min June 4 The Presbyterian choir held a potluck after practice with 14 members present to honor Miss Effie Blanchfield who leaves Friday for Rochester to pursue nursing. She received a Bible token of esteem and will be sincerely missed after over a year of faithful choir service.
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Rushford
Min
Presbyterian Choir
Effie Blanchfield
Rochester
Blanchfield
Hugh Irwin
Final stage advice sparks playful classroom exchange
A professor of elocution tells pupils to go bold at the front of the stage for their annual entertainment. A confident student asks about forgetting parts, and the professor replies that forgetting more can please the audience.
If We Have a Mean Disposition There’s No Cure
A terse reflection notes that a persistently cruel or harsh temperament resists remedy. It argues that even with effort or remedies, a disagreeable outlook remains a stubborn trait rather than a curable illness.
Polo Teams Named for Meadowbrook International Trophy
New York June 4 Official announcement of British and American polo teams for the Meadowbrook inter national trophy match beginning June 9. British roster includes Captain H. 4 Tompkinson No 1 Captain Leslie St G Cheape No 2 Major F W Barrett No 3 John Traill with W N Lockett as alternate. American squad led by J M Waterbury No 2 Devereaux Milburn No 3 L W Waterbury back H C Phipps Malcolm Stevenson and others as substitutes. Lord Wimburne and possibly the Duke of Penaranda may relieve British players if needed.
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New York
Meadowbrook
H. L. Herbert
New York Polo Association
H. 4
Tompkinson
Leslie St. G. Cheape
F. W. Barrett
John Traill
Capain
Distinction Between Character and Reputation
A quote from G. Holland explains that character can be attacked by slander while reputation, held by others, cannot be harmed except by the person themselves. It asserts that reputation is not in anyone’s keeping and that people can only shape what others ought to think and say about them.
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Daddy
Ble
Tortoise
G. Holland
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