The Singing Fool Fights to Save His Family
Al Stone, a New York nightclub singing waiter and prolific composer, learns Molly Winton has run off with his best friend John Perry and taken their son Junior. A newspaper interview confirms Molly plans a Paris divorce and departure on the Ile de France, prompting Al to seek a halt to the voyage and then consider leaving Broadway forever.
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al Stone
Blackie Joe
New York
Molly Winton
Molly
Junior
John Perry
Bombo
Perry
Marcus
Merry-Go-Rounders
Blackie Joe's
Cline
the Biltmore
Ile de France
Paris
Broadway
Billy Cline
Club Bombo
Europe
High Seas
Billy
Biltmore
Minard's Liniment for Warts in Creaking Dialogue
A playful scene features John denying drinking brandy as a man challenges him over a wart cure using Minard's Liniment. The dialogue pivots to a remark about the American lotus nearing extinction, adding a curio of natural history to the humorous exchange.
Giant African reptile fossil dwarfs all known creatures
Tanganyika Territory discovery reveals a herbivorous reptile at least 160 feet long with a 100 foot tail and a body height of 20 to 30 feet. The find is considered the largest animal ever unearthed, dwarfing the Diplodocus Carnegii and the biggest whale.
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Tanganyika
Africa
Carnegii
Wyoming
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
England
No Medicine Like Baby's Own Tablets Delights Mothers
Canadian mothers praise Baby's Own Tablets as a safe pleasant laxative for children. Testimonials from Maidstone Ontario report relief for ailments of childhood, with claims of constipation and indigestion relief, teething ease, and general wellness. Sold by dealers or 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
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Canada
John Hollinworth
Maidstone
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Butter In Tibet Like A Sacred Everyday Resource
The piece describes Tibetans using butter in place of fresh milk, burning it for lamps, shaping it for altars, eating and wearing it. It notes butter as rations for soldiers, carried by travellers, stored by housewives, and prized even as rancid. Winter customs include smearing the body with butter and buttered tea soup thickened with tsamba.
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Tibet
His Best Excuse and a Century of Comets
A man relies on his wife to cover excuses and fumbles a weekend invitation. He cites an air races trip to Cleveland and a funeral four weeks from Sunday to dodge plans. The text then notes that about five naked eye comets appear each century.
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Cleveland
Monkeys Talk in Baboon Language Finds Curious Natures
Naturalist Cherry Kearton reports baboons communicate with lip movements and long exchanges at a water hole in Central Africa. A mother lifts her baby to the troop leader and interacts as the nurse and audience observe the evening circle.
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Cherry Kearton
Central
Africa
Kearton
Wooden clock built by four convicts in Europe
A clock crafted from wood by four convicts who completed a 20 year sentence is housed in a cupboard. It runs without supervision and contains 30 watches showing the time in the world’s 30 largest cities. An additional watch tracks sun moon and stars, a barometer forecasts weather, and a calendar handles days weeks and months without leap year aid.
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Europe
Noted street musician jokes about bass drum
A bystander taunts a man with a bass drum during a band performance. The drummer concedes the music is not good but quips that he drowns out a lot of bad music.
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Pounder
Little Helps For This Week and The Asthma Remedy Ad
A devotional note quotes Christina Rossetti and Fenelon on giving the heart. An advert claims Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy offers affordable relief, reaches many with its claimed efficacy, and states dealers can supply it.
British road mileage vastly exceeds railway travel
It is calculated that road transport in Britain covers about 12 000 million miles annually, while railways total about 600 million miles per year. The motor mileage is therefore roughly twenty times that of rail travel.
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British Railways
Bisulated Magnesia for quick relief of indigestion
When stomach discomfort hits with gas sourness nausea or post meal pains a single dose of pure Bisulated Magnesia brings almost instant relief. The remedy is pleasant inexpensive and promises prompt results even in stubborn cases. Ask your druggist for BISURATED MAGNESIA.
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The
Hubert Dail
Bill
Borden the Co. Limited
Teese
Peat Montreal
Erat
Putnams
Isos
Minard
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jam-Buk
Goliath
Monster
Christina G. Rossetti
Jesus Christ
Fenelon
Eveready Layerbilt
Eveready
Canadian National Carbon Co., Ltd
Montreal
Calgary
Vancouver
Toronto
Winnipeg
WATS
Batler Seon
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