The Ivory Flute and the Missing Ring Mystery
In Surajpore a carved ivory flute draws Englishman Thomassin to a beggar boy and a green turbaned man. Paulet and Hira Singh pursue a chain of theft that ends with the ring recovered and the culprit captured near a church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirza ‘Achmet
Mthomassin
Paulet
Hira Singh
Philip Thomassin
Thomassin
Mirza Ahmet
Sahib
Mark Paulet
Suraj
Lahore Gate
The Ring Exchange in India
A narrator describes a brief concealment and exchange scene in India. He notes he pretends the ring is money, while Ali slips away unseen. The moment passes quickly and both disappear, leaving the other man still as if unmoved.
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Ali
Sahib
India
Treasure sites of Capt Kidd blamed along Maine coast
Wiscasset resident F R Johnson cites multiple spots in eastern Maine said to hold Kidd treasure. He points to Musselridge channel near Twobush Island and Owl's Head triangle and to Cod Lead marsh inland from Penobscot River where decades of digging left little more than coins and exhausted labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Capt. Kidd
East Africa
F. R. Johnson
Wiscasset
Musselridge Channel
Thomaston
Twobush Island
Twobush
Owl’s Head
White Head
Codlead Marsh
Marsh Creek
Penobscot River
Penobscot Bay
Codlead
Kidd Wealth
Some as Adjective and the Rise of Raise in American Usage
The article discusses American slang shifts led by the word some used as an adverb and adjective to convey approval, enthusiasm, sarcasm, or surprise. It notes regional roots in Britain and traces how Americans also repurpose raise to mean bring up children, not crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Jefferson Weber
North American Review
Teign Valley
Devon
Cornwall
Lancashire
England
America
Vaudeville Row Over Salaries Hits Hammerstein
At Hammerstein's Bessie De Voie closed a one week vaudeville stint with a neat dance act but critics says she did not warrant a four figure salary. Dr Herman offered to electrify anyone who volunteered and a rude patron shouted to electrify Bessie prompting a chorus of reactions from the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammerstein’s
Bessie de Voie
Miss de Voie
Georgia
Herman
Rise of Evalyn Longman from clerk to sculptor in New York
Evalyn B. Longman, youngest of six from Ohio, saved 265 dollars to study art at Olivet College then returned to Chicago. After two more years of work she moved to New York with 340 dollars and entered Daniel C. French's studio, rising quickly and earning bronze doors for the Naval Academy memorial chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evalyn B. Longman
Festival Hall
Ohio
Chicago
Olivet College
Michigan
New York
Daniel C. French
Naval Academy
Politeness Pays From Please Usage
A mathematician quantifies that the telephone company loses 125 hours of work daily due to operators saying please, yet the practice is deemed beneficial financially. The finding highlights politeness as a cost with potential efficiency or customer-service benefits.
Army bonus form letter circulated for 60 payment
Discharged soldiers and sailors may apply for a $60 bonus under the Revenue Act of February 24 1919. A suggested form letter from Monticello Iowa and guidance on sending discharge papers to Washington or Lloyd Soper in Anamosa Iowa is provided for the application process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Monticello
Iowa
Lemon Building
Washington
D. C
Lloyd Soper
Anamosa
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offers Systemic Remedy
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, a internal treatment is needed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works through the blood to the mucous surfaces. Prescribed by physicians, it blends tonics with blood purifiers to address catarrh and related disorders. Testimonials are available on request.
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Hall
Ball
BP. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Stock remedy ad promises better digestion for livestock
Do not buy items you already possess. When you need medicine buy only medicine. B. A. Thomas' Stock Remedy is sold with a guarantee to tone up the whole system and aid digestion so stock get full value from grain. Geo. Stuhler's Sons Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Thomas
Geo. Stuhler’s Sons Co
Storekeeper’s Awakening Through Phosphated Iron Tonic
An unassuming prominent merchant recounts a sudden recovery after taking Phosphated Iron. He describes renewed energy, optimism, and a return to long hours at work, crediting the tonic for a transformative change in health. Special notice urges buyers to insist on genuine Phosphated Iron capsules, via W. W. Stickford and other druggists.
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Aldis Dunbar
Short Stories Co., Ltd
Lahore
Mirza Achmet
Suraspore
Paulet Sahib
Thomasgin
Abdallah
Mirza Rehmet
Surajpore
Anthony Garth
the Red
Garth
Famine
Naples
Arno
Sahit
Ark
Allah
Garth Sahib
Rasala
Yours Truly
W. W. Stickford
Goodrich
Akron
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Goodrich Silvertown
Silvertown
Goodrich Tires
DELCO
the Safe Electric Light and Power Plant
Delco-Light
Army and Navy Departments
Red Cross
Eivery
Frank Ferring
Monticello, Ia
Ihlfaction Guaranty
Emhical Co
U.S.A
L. H. Lang
J. E. Bateman
Pai
Old City Scales Building
Monticello Hide & Fur Co
Mayr
H.M. Remley
James Remley
Remley & Remley Attorneys AT Law
Main Street
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
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