Wit and wisdom from a candid era on manners and missteps
The excerpt offers cheeky maxims on gender, appearance, and ambition. It mocks double standards about beauty and talkativeness, notes how luck vs. ability is perceived, and lampoons the idea of reputations with boozy humor and snapshots of social expectations.
The La Follette tax plan questioned by pro and anti camps
The speech discusses wealth in America totaling about 300 billion dollars and questions whether taxes would hit farms homes crops and public assets or target millionaires railroads and big manufacturers. It argues the plan could raise taxes on broad property while sparing the wealthy.
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Barolletto
America
The World’s Shame and Human Decency
A publisher markets writings titled the shame of the world while arguing that humanity holds far more chastity and goodness. The piece contends mass habit shapes perception, warning that constant focus on vice can corrode the collective spirit.
Fan Mystery Heats Up at Tyrlingham Estate
In a languid Norfolk coastal estate, a Parisian fan draws suspicions as Count Montani’s interest spurs caution. Antoine and Terrence suspect a German plot involving a fan, a conspiratorial maid Elsie, and a possible burglary amid feudal theatrics and literary play.
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Montani
Alice
Stamford
Mr. Farnsworth
Mra. Farnsworth
Paris
Japan
Tokio
rAlices
Montini
Antoine
Amer
Flynt
New York
Elkton
Giuseppe Montani
Tyringham
Rtean State Department
Montana
Constance
Antoinne
Palad
Malory
Knights of the Round Table
Mrs. Farnsworth
Browning
Martinsville Woman Honored in Armaments Conference List
Washington reports President Harding named Eleanor Franklin Egan and three other women to the advisory committee for the conference on arms limitation. Egan, traveler and author known for Philippines expertise, is married to Martin Egan of California, with a career spanning Manila, London, and New York assignments.
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Harding
Conference On Imitation of Armaments
Eleanor Franklin ‘Egan
Martin_Egan
Philippines
Martin
Egan
California
Associated
New
York
London
Tokios Peking
Manila
The
Star
J. Po Morgan
Europe
Asia
Africa
Das “Egan
A Howard
Toile
Mar
Fragmentary text notes Christmas gift mention
Partial OCR fragment references a Christmas gift and a tied item. Names, places, dates, or clear actions are not present to identify a full event.
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