Wonder Berry Plant by Luther Burbank Promises All-Season Harvest
Luther Burbank unveils a Wonder Berry that grows anywhere in any climate and bears abundantly all season. Seeds mature in three months and fruit can be produced in summer in gardens or in pots during winter. Introduced by John Lewis Childs of Floral Park and promoted globally with agent opportunities. One thing at a time.
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Luther Burbank
Wisard
California
Burbank
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
N. Y
Childs
America
Too Much for His Mind Satirical Exchange
A humorous exchange features the Sad-Eyed Individual lamenting his issue of acting on second thoughts while never having three successive thoughts. The baronessa mover is noted for talking about others, yet rarely about herself. The banter plays on hesitation and self-doubt with witty asides.
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Baronessa
Anger Reduces Vitality Says Dr de Fleury
Dr Maurice de Fleury, a French expert, advances the theory that every time one becomes angry their vitality shrinks. He holds that anger is a cerebral excitement and that both hyperasthenic and neurasthenic subjects react similarly once let loose.
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Maurice de Fleury
Dr. de Fleury
A Slight Misunderstanding in a Child’s Letter
Five year old Helen Bentley of Los Angeles hears of her grandmother’s trip to Seattle through a read letter. The child mishears grip as life and relays that grandma had a terrible fight with her life, prompting a charming misinterpretation.
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Helen Bentley
Los Angeles
Grandma
Seattle
Helen
Mrs
Editorial verdict on a jesting note from a wife
A serious editor receives a note with jokes and a humorous letter claiming a wife’s laughter proves a couple’s bond. The editor returns the note with a margin line finishing with She is, implying the witty punchline.
Joy Work And the Other Kind
A persuasive ad discusses JOY WORK and the value of proper nutrition. It links daily labor, health, and energy to using Grape-Nuts cereal, citing testimonials and mentioning the Road to Wellville in each package as a selling point.
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Arch of Health
Wellville
The Natural Life on Ozone Island farce continues
Mr Solomon Pratt narrates the New Yorkers James Hopper Van Brunt and Martin Hartley seeking rest on Ozone Island. Hartley grows worse yet clings to a dream of Agnes Page as the party endures a Fourth of July picnic and island misadventure ending with Van Brunt’s departure and Sol Pratt’s chores fading into camp life.
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Solomon Pratt
Nathan Scudder
Edward van Brunt
Martin Hartley
Pratt
James Hopper
van Brunt
Agnes Page
Hartley
Heavenlies
Hannah Jane Purvis
Sol. Pratt
Nate Scudder
Eastwich
Reddy
Miss Page
Ratt
Hopper
Scudder
Ozone Island
Quabaugh
New York
Miss Talford
Oxone Island
Redny
Van
Margaret
Martin
Agnes
Wall Street
James
Twins
Misa Talford
Sol
Andrew Jackson
Ito Redny
Marcellus
The Voyage of the Ark Heavens Begins a New Garden Plan
Sol and the Heavenlies settle into farm tasks at sea side with loam deliveries hens pigs and a growing garden. Nate ships supplies and Van Brunt Hartley plan crops while Scudder coordinates labor as Martin the narrator handles chores and jokes about cucumber bets. The chapter ends with a promise of continuation.
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Heavenlies
Lord James
Sol
Van
Scudder
Von
Nate
New York
Hartley
Skipper
van Brunt
Martin
Hardy Ann
Ostable
Scudder's Express
Undertaker
Azad
Yan
Iere
No Kick for Beerbohm Tree in Reading Row Impasse
An amused incident centers on Beerbohm Tree and an unnamed playwright during a reading of a manuscript. Tree offers terse feedback, scribbles notes, and the playwright protests that the work was a year of effort, prompting Tree to quip that any fair judge would award five.
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Beerbohm Tree
Tree
Harper’s Weekly
Government of
Canada
Dialogue fragment from a humorous exchange
A short, witty dialogue between Billy Question and a female speaker. The woman asserts she is 25 and dismisses insult while Billy questions engagement status. The exchange reads like a playful vintage banter.
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Joseph C. Lincoln
Marne
Capraveal
Barwes An Company
Margaret Talford
Miss Taford
Mr. van Brunt
Rm van
Talford
Akipper
Gupper
eLusrearrens
Billy
Minneapolis
Minn
L E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. McLean
Ays
North
Lydia E. Parm
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Carter
Ss. c
Western Canada
Belbway
Pilve Pampaleta & Apa
Raliwa
Ottawa
Chawford
Kansas City
Ino
Chicago
Toarides
Worth & Fortune
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