Katherine Faces a Fiction Mist of Love and Revenge
Katherine, a magazine writer, discovers a photograph resembling her and realizes her life is mirroring a story she edited. She plots to outwit Julian Fletcher with help from Jerry Page, rekindling old feelings as she negotiates romance and career, ending with a kiss.
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Katherine
Mga
Talla Fletelue
Aid
Tim
Nicl
Julian Fletcher
Jerry Page
Jerry
Kite
Abio
Delidatexon
Pumpellys and locals fuel small town gossip
A local column mocks a rural society page focusing on the Pumpelly family and their kin. The piece lampoons frequent visitors and gossip spread by a youth named Smith who fancies a Pumpelly inn lodger, predicting future love and shifting correspondents across nearby towns.
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Pumwily
Pumpetlys
Abhutt
Pumpelly
Smith
de Pumpelly
Anidby
Nole
Tntent
Herflefingers
Daubensperks
Kroms City Star
Comforts for the Soldiers in Wartime
A diary-like note praises air cushions for soldiers in trenches describing their value as soft headrest after long marching. It mentions dissolvable tablet ink as a useful writing fluid and notes ink sometimes runs dry, making access difficult.
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RIC
Wolman
Dusty globe sparks desert joke in school inspector tale
An exit inspector notices a dusted globe in Claasrvngis with a two word laugh line. The master says the finger rests on the Saharan desert, prompting a humorous exchange about geography and dusty globes in a classroom.
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Siharn
What They're Putting Up
A cryptic local item notes little new construction in town and mocks the idea of ongoing building. The piece implies only temporary or cosmetic changes, lampooning the notion that any substantial structures are actually rising.
Soldier's Letter From Thornton Gordon Overseas 1918
Thornton Gordon son of Mr and Mrs N J Gordon of Waverly writes from Chatel Guyon France August 3 1918 describing hospital recovery from a bursitis wound on his shoulder and an American post office assignment. He notes French admiration for American troops en route to church, details a frontline sniper tale of a gunner named Flynn and a near river crossing, and contrasts France's rock roads stone fences and wartime rationing with news of Paris and home life. He hopes to meet Chick Williams and requests his contact info through families.
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Thornton Gordon
N. J. Gordon
Waverly
Chatel Guyon
France
Funston
Drs
Herve
Germany
Gott
Flynn
Gordon
Volnteers
Ecanure
Cheesman
St. Joe
Dane
Lawrence Epps
Castle Tournsel
States
Newport News
April Ltd
Meon
Letters From War Front Mentioning Cooties And German Retreats
A WWI letter describes finding old unit G Company 350th Infantry on July 4 and jokes about lice while noting German retreats on the American front. The writer shares emotional memories, asks to save pictures, and signs as Corporal Thornton B. Gordon, KY 4th U. S. Infantry. Also includes an advertisement for pianos in Lexington Missouri.
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350Th Inf
Thornton
Thornton B. Gordon
U. S. Inf. Am
France
Lexington
Strube
Hammond
Straube Piano Company
Straube
McCall Piano Company
Kranklin St
Missouri
Married a Native And Other Quick Wit From 1900s
The item notes a Boston Transcript quip about a Native Australian joke and a Boston Globe cartoon caption. D A Ruebel of St Louis visits his parents Mr and Mrs Daniel Ruebel Sr. The light anecdotes show social humor and daily life references of early 20th century newspaper page humor.
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D. A. Ruebel
St. Louis
Daniel Ruebel
Boston Globe
Mrs Hunt Returns Home After Visit From Napton Relatives
Mrs. Claude Hunt returned Monday to her Napton, Missouri home after spending a few days visiting relatives here.
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Claude Hunt
Napton, Mo
Discreditable Invention Rumor Sparks Coffee Debate
A Washington Star item alleges Japan invented an artificial coffee and suggests rumors are spread by agitators aiming to discredit a great people. The piece notes plenty of bad coffee exists to meet any demand for inferior products.
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Japan
Mrs James Hunter Visits Kansas City After Gallatin Stay
Mrs. James Hunter of Gallatin Missouri, who has been a guest of Dr and Mrs Williams for a week, traveled to Kansas City on Monday for a visit.
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James Hunter
Gallatin, Mo
Mrs. Williams
Kansas City
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Composie Girl
By Louise Oliver
I Iherreten
Ererees Spr
McChire
Palth
Aulihe
Dres
Millady
Fine
Julian Mletcher
Kate
Julian Pletcher
Metropolitan Daily
Chick Williams
Castoria
Sean Rawbable
Dapar Nicegran Chet
New York
Castieia
Australia
Pat
Boston Transcript
Fletcher
J. L. Peak
Lexington, Missouri
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