Little Miss Millions and Merrick in Nice Escape
In a dramatic Paris to Nice journey Constance and Mark Merrick flee danger after a hotel blaze. On the Riviera their strained reunion deepens amid pursuit by Count Leon and a dangerous game with the Monte Carlo milieu. The voyage ends with a street brawl by drunken sailors as intrigue continues.
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Constance
Paris
Merrick
Mark
Deliverance
Jones
Little Miss Millions
Nice
Mark Merrick
Europe
Monte Carlo
Strand
Villebois
Cires
Africa
Count Leon
Prized Class Ring Recovered From War Time Theft
Lieut. Fred Alstaetter’s West Point ring stolen by Filipino forces during the war was recovered after a deserter with a ring matched the emblem. The ring, a treasured memento, was found on a captive after later capture and was eventually delivered to Alstaetter by officers including Gen Funston. The tale blends war peril with a personal memento restored.
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Alstaetter
West Point
Fred Alstaetter
Fort Leavenworth
Philippines
Percy H. Longley
Topeka
Kan
Funston
Washington Post
Kansas
Humor of the Day Snippets and Whimsical Exchanges
A collage of light jokes and anecdotes features a bachelor’s take on family leadership the baby’s sharing of a metaphorical scepter and aging quirks. Other vignettes include a doctor’s oxygenarian remark and playful exchanges about marriage vanity and social notions.
Gloucester Maiden Rescued From Frightful Bull Attack
A prim maiden of Gloucester encountered a bull that charged and gored her feelings with fear. She escaped with only fright and a near fainting, though she remained physically uninjured after the peril.
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Gloucester
Toucester
Coucester
Reason Enough Justice and the Drunken Groom
A print dialogue depicts a lawyer and staff debating a couple's marriage. The man's drunken state causes moral concerns, while a female worker defends him. A sarcastic exchange follows about a bookkeeper slipping wages into run jobs expenses and the need for sanity, ending with a judge questioning absent mindedness and an attorney citing a stopped automobile at a watering fountain as proof.
Evidence of a Sleepy Boarder and a Grafted Quip
Early morning scenes unfold at Meadowland household with a city guest fatigued from travel and breakfast awaiting the weary visitor. A joke circles a skin graft patient, noting the double meaning of skinning and grafting tied to the bill.
Keeping Him Quiet
A terse dialogue shows a person asking why the noise persists and another replying they are keeping the baby quiet, with the baby reportedly under a tin. The exchange implies a tense, potentially alarming domestic scene.
Careless Girl Accusations Echo Through Harsh Exchange
Dr Price Price condemns neglect as criminal as a nurse pleads innocence over a baby's illness. Mrs Lassiety Lieder chokes back tears while the baby remains under the mother’s care. A separate report details a woman burned when her dress caught fire in an accident, with one comment doubting the desire to recover.
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Dr. Price-Price
Sugar Controversy Sparks Cain and Eve Parody
A jokey exchange about rag-time music at a restaurant leads to a pun filled digression on Cain and Eve. The quips tie to a playful Watergate era style debate with a hint of moralizing about appetite and fame. The piece ends noting the young man’s future remains uncertain.
Recrimination and Vignettes in a Night Scene
A witty exchange unfolds with Eve and Adam debating a crab or lobster apple as Abel is cuffed and left to the night. The Small Brother comments on a nickname Duckie while a landlady and a boarder tease in a joke setup. A dreamer asks to be king for a day and a practical man voices a frugal punchline.
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Eve
Adam
Abel
Frilly Shoulder Capes Replace Boas Among Fashionables
Fashionable society at home and abroad favors frilly shoulder capes over boas. Capes feature long scarf ends of lace or chiffon, tied with velvet bows, sometimes adorned with roses or silk poppies. Some models use chantilly lace with intricate embroidery in Armenian Flemish and Louis XIV designs.
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Boa
Chantilly
The Better Half of the United States pamphlet notice
A fifty page reprint titled The Better Half of the United States offers best parts of The Conquest of Arid America. Send four cents in stamps to Zeph. Chas. Melt 102 Boston Building Denver Colorado for a copy. It was a woman who first noticed the King's crown was not on straight.
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West
America
United States
San Luis Valley
Zeph
Chas
Boston Building
Colorado
Perrin Shorthand Learned Thoroughly
A fragmented dialogue about pie portions and manners frames a lesson on learning to eat pie with a fork. The piece shifts to a consumer note arguing that some grocers stock 12 oz Defiance Starch while others offer 16 oz for the same price, claiming Defiance requires no cooking.
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Johnny
Defiance
Dyfiance
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Little Miss
Riviera
ST. George Rathborne
Pauline
New York
Miss Caprice
Street and Smith
Vie
Wederly
Italy
Tom
Addie
Cain
Paradise
Duckie
Perrin
the Royal College
Denver
Denver Directory
Larmer Street
Brown Palace
Ford Hote Union
C.H
Napto Supply CO
Fifteenth Street
Optician
Denver, Colo
The
Colorado Tent & Awning Co
Street
Turner Moving and Storage CO
Loue
Wehrli
Fidelity Savings
GEO. A. Voly L
Cata- Co
Bos
Pasteur
Westerm
Colo~ Rado
L.A. Watkins Mose CO
Warne St
Colo
Denver Marschants
Lhera
Fairbanks, Morse & CO
the Central Trust CO
Champa Street
Littleton Creamery Company
Market Street
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