Bright Chicago Miss Cable Delays Father For Yale Game
In a sunlit Chicago afternoon Miss Cable waits beside her trap for her father, Mr Cable, at a tall office building. Graydon Bansewer arrives with witty banter and a hint of strain as the pair discuss Medford and club gossip before heading off to a Yale game.
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Miss Cable
Chicago
Mise Cable
Gy Sply
Spartan
Packer
Jane
Cable
Graydon
David Coble
Mr. Cable
Inspec
Ion
University
Clacb
Cambridge
Marvard
Fang
Gray
Dash Receives Peculiar East Question Whisper
In a London hotel a well known politician, Mr Dash, chats with a friend when a young man from an evening paper asks for his view on the East. The politician guides him through rooms to a corner and admits, I don’t really know anything about it.
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Hils
Po Uceman
Dearborn Avenue
Cable
Tle
Ehe
Tim
8. Holmes
Tmbecile
Medford
Beyradly
Jackson
Garrison
Cardo
Miss Cable
Mr. Jackson
Mrs. Bowden
Uke Medford
Saint of Te World
London
Mr. Dash
Tam
East
Cash
Christian Observer
Duel on English soil sparks curious family tale
Lord Jersey, nearing his sixty fourth year, recalls a 1851 park duel at Osterley between Sir William Gregory and Captain Vaughin observed by his sisters. Gregory fired in the air with Peel advising restraint, while the anecdote notes the children ran home to tell their mother with glee. A second item describes a traveling man in a smoking car who, after asking for whiskey to aid a fainting woman, proclaims the drink cured his illness of the sight.
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Lord Jersey
Osterley
William Gregory
Vaughin
William
Robert, Peel
Fairfax Standard
Night Air Not Injurious, Says Physician
The belief that night air harms health is incorrect. Night air is purer than daytime air, especially in large cities, so keep at least one window open for ventilation. Living rooms should stay between 65 and 68 degrees with not too dry heat, says a physician.
Pale Genius Seeks Stage Work for New Light on Play
A pale young genius tells the stage manager he can shed new light on the production with head work. The stage manager dismisses him, saying the business needs foot lights, not locomotive style headlight ideas.
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Bob
Locomotive Brotherhood
Out of sight sparks new auto device rumor
A Houston Post fragment notes chatter about a man named Cholly and a new spark er device on his car, with a terse denial of flirting and a casual nighttime ride anecdote. The brief item centers on the gossip and the unspecified device.
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Cholly
Houston Post
Courage Fails Tom in Proposal to Miss Honmley-Rich
Tom admits he began proposing to Miss Honmley-Rich last night but lost courage. He explains that her father intervened, which caused the setback in his plan.
Bad Meter and a Quip from Weary Willie
A fragment shows Mrs Housekeep asking about the meaning of a remark as Weary Willie recalls his youth and missteps. The line hints at a rustic frontier tone with folksy dialogue about aging and mistakes.
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George Barr McCutcheon
Beverly of Graustark
Dodd, Mead &Company
Rigby
Prestic. Lakes Sed Atlantic Allroad Company
Daaty
State Bank
DOVER
Dover, MO
England
Colorado
Merrien, Missouri Pacific
A. S. Loomis
Missouri Pacific
R. R
Kansas City
Chicago & Alton
L. A. Vermillion
Higginsville, Mo
Malta Vita
Uneeda Biscuit
J. R. Wilmot
General Hauling Service
C. Lt
Kenney
Willie
Seiter’s
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