A Circus Scheme Ends in Cavalier Courtship
Amelia Hicks schemes to push her daughter toward Billy Batson while her mother feigns interest in a circus outing. The ride turns tense as Gillam the minister confronts Amelia and Sandra, the circus rider, before a dramatic parade reveals deceit and heartbreak.
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Billy
Brother Gillam
Gillam
Batson
Mathewses
Amelia
Mrs. Hicks
Mathews Haven
Sandra
Hopeless Case in Love Seeks Father’s Consent
A Chicago News excerpt shows a betrothed couple facing parental opposition. The girl’s father will not consent to the marriage until the suitor can support her, prompting the young man to exclaim in frustration at the idea of his daughter remaining unmarried.
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Scott
Chicago News
Millionaire Marauder and the Umbrella Chase
In a comic tale Dick Barnaby’s morning of swapping umbrellas ends with a mistaken arrest by a jealous guardian at Milly Wells’s home. A daring break in leads to a comic discovery that Dick is the son of a western gold mine heir, provoking family intrigue and a blush of romance.
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Joe
Mildred Wells
Milly-with
Bradstreet
Milly
Mildred
Carrie
Mamma
Bridget
Daniel
Providence
Brown
Richard Jones-Brown
Boomville
West
Fancy Butter For Paris Pulls In Luxury Prices
Normandy dairymen produce Cotentin butter praised in Paris for 125 dollars a pound. Cows are brushed and udders washed, attendants kept clean, milk doubly strained, and churning done with modern scientific methods. Odors blocked, feed and water inspected. producers earn fame and fortune through strict standards.
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Paris
Cotentin
Normandy
Advice to Besinners From a Chicago News Quip
A fragmented exchange suggests advice to beginners about self-reliance and skepticism toward a politician, noting a seller intends to market a car while a political figure is humorously called a "mud thrower." The dialogue reflects wartime or editorial wit.
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Gunner
Guyer
Chicago News
Remarkable Fortress in Madagascar’s Rocks
In northern Madagascar a vast natural fortress rises 1,000 feet high and occupies eight square miles. The wild tribe within calls themselves the people of the rocks. Its sheer sides resist ascent without artificial aid, and a single subterranean passage is the fortress entrance.
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Madagascar
Origin of the Sidesaddle Traced to Anne of Bohemia
The sidesaddle practice spreads from Anne of Bohemia, daughter of the German emperor, who married Richard II of England. Before her era Englishwomen rode astride. a deformity in the German bride led to the adoption of the sidesaddle, and the custom then became general.
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Anne of Bohemia
Emperor
Germany
Richard II
England
The Human Head and Happiness Reflections
The passage contrasts a crude Irishman view of the head as a multipurpose peg and the idea that happiness cannot be earned by pursuing it as a profession. It declares happiness a byproduct of noble action rather than a deliberate quest.
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Success Magazine
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Indianapolis
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