Pledge Recalls College Bond in Dinner Meeting
Floyd Unwin and Howard Bettington renew a college pledge with Alfred Gibbons, financial magnate, to aid Unwins son Bob and daughter Mary. Gibbons waives legality concerns yet offers a place for Mary in his firm. Mary, a stenographer for Elgar Radway, refuses to betray secrets as Radway plans an ocean voyage with family aid.
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Floyd Unwin
Howard Bettington
Alfred Gibbons
Unwin
Bob
Mary
Gibbons
Mary Unwin
Elgar Radway
Radway
The Man Called Gibbs Fakes Death and Finds a Safe Haven
Jonathan Gibbs feigns death after an elaborate abduction and assumes Bettington's identity. He hides in a secure New York studio, living off supplies and rent, while Bettington endures captivity and danger at sea. A later twist reveals Gibbs narrowly escapes a police trap and restarts life unseen, while Bettington remains missing.
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Jonathan Gibbs
Bar Harbor
Bettington
Gibbs
Sam
Howard Bettington
New York
Capt'n Hallett
H. B
Westfield
Portland
Grand Central
J Gibbs
Blackport
Prisoner Hatches Escape Plans Aboard Ship
Bettington spends hours in confinement weighing impractical escape ideas. He questions Sam's demand for silence as the ship anchors near East Twenty fourth Street. Sam brings a razor kit for Bettington's “ready money” makeover before the owner’s arrival.
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Bettington
Sam
East Twenty-fourth Street
Burning Bush gas plant lights up with flame when touched
In London at Kew gardens a plant known as Dictamines or Burning Bush emits a brilliant scarlet flame along its flowering shoot when a match is applied. The glow comes from etheric oil secreted by tiny glands that fade as fruit forms. Similar luminous plants feed legends of fire on Afghan mountains like Safed Koli.
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Nature
London
Kew Gardens
India
Afghanistan
Wide-Awake Lawyer Court Dismisses Case After Slump
In a jammed courtroom a portly man fell asleep after lunch during a petty theft case. The defendant asked to wake his lawyer, and the deputy sheriff complied. The assistant district attorney was nearly finished with the first witness when the matter was dismissed.
Mrs. Monmouth'sFaithful Labor for Canterbury Church
The Worsted church in Canterbury New Hampshire completed in 1889 by Free Will Baptists and Congregationalists faced financial distress. Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Harper Monmouth served as associate pastor for eight years and created worsted religious motto decorations. In 1878 she stopped labor and published a 25 cent booklet Living on Half a Dime a Day detailing her claimed experiences.
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Canterbury
New Hampshire
Free Will Baptists
Sarah Elizabeth (Harper) Monmouth
Monmouth
Ever Changing Time River of Passing Events
Marcus Aurelius notes time as a river where events swiftly pass. each sight yields to a new one, and the current remains strong as the next moment replaces the last. The reflection emphasizes impermanence and the relentless flow of life.
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Shipboard intrigue and Sam's threats on Unwin yacht
Sam, a lecherous sailor aboard a steel steam houseboat, schemes around the owner's guests and targets Tubby Unwin. Bettington fears a forthcoming confrontation as Unwin signals possible danger with Sam aboard.TO BE CONTINUED
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Nor
Metzger
Sam
Bettington
Unwin
Mr. Radway
Mary
Bob
Hammer
Leary
World's northernmost church planned for Cape York Greenland
Cape York native settlement will see a church built this summer at the northwestern tip of Greenland. Funded by fox skins totaling 1050 dollars two years ago, plus further donations from natives and Danes, the Thule committee led by Dr. Knud Rasmussen will also fund a parsonage from its own resources. Cape York lies on Hayes peninsula near 0 degrees north and about 900 miles from the North Pole.
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Cape York
Greenland
Copenhagen
Thulee
Knud Rasmussen
Hayes Peninsula
North Pole
Constipation Relief with Cascarets Candy Claim
When feeling out of sorts with headaches dizziness biliousness coated tongue poor appetite and low energy it is blamed on constipation. Take a Cascaret tonight and again tomorrow night to clear waste and normalize bowels. Made from cascarara they strengthen bowel muscles and cost ten cents at drug stores.
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Bettington
Jonathan Gibbs
Gibbs
Maine
State of Maine
Blackport
Rettington
Sam
Mail romance ends with Cedar Rapids reunion
Miss Helen Taylor a Brunswick Ga clerk dropped her name in a mail bag. It reached Cedar Rapids where Charles Ingram found it, wrote to her, exchanged photos, and then traveled south. Now Mr and Mrs Charles Ingram return to Cedar Rapids.
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Helen Taylor
Brunswick
Cedar Rapids
Charles Ingram
Stray Stories prompts a playful exchange in family vignette
A humorous line from Stray Stories features a mother urging Freddie to kiss Aunt Martha and Freddie replying with defiance. The brief exchange captures a domestic moment with light, affectionate tone.
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Freddie
Martha
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Safed Koli
Miss Unwin
Mr. Unwin
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