Entitled and Angered at a Gilded House Party
Leila Seton arrives at the Keller residence for a house party and longs for Nora Marriden. She vents fury at perceived social slights, recalls rival guests like Alan Deck, and frets over status, art duties, and the delay of meaningful work on the Keller collection.
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Leila Seton
Alan Deck
Harridens
New York
Harriden
Nora Harriden
New England
Nora Marriden
Keller
Kellers
Gallery Secrets and a Dinner Worth Waiting For
A discerning art expert recalls his ascent in the field after catching a Lorenzo substitution. At a Keller estate dinner, he encounters a tormented gallery figure and watches a tense scene unfold among Mrs Keller and guests as he enters the house party.
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Berenson
Lorenzo
Detroit
Paris
Keller
Hiram Keller
Return of Petey the carrier pigeon fascinates readers
Glenn Butcher a World War I doughboy near Lockport bred carrier pigeons. Petey, his prize performer, was kidnapped in Lockport and taken to Chicago where a thief threw him from a tall building. Petey survived a 600 foot fall, retrieved a box, and navigated 45 miles back to Lockport in seven days on a swagger stick crutch.
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Petey
Glenn Butcher
Sixth Infantry
France
Lockport
Butcher
Chicago
Butcher’s Yard
Buffalo chase ends near Texas border in wild rescue
Buck Pyle recalls Sam and Henry two cowboys who shot at buffalos on a hunting trip. Sam clung to a wounded buffalo by its tail while the animal charged toward the Mexican boundary. He diverted it back into Texas with a poplar twig trick until Henry returned with help.
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Buck Pyle
Clarendon
Texas
Sam
Henry
Donley County
Pyle
De Leon Springs palm gains fame as ball magnet
A royal palm at the De Leon Springs golf course in Florida allegedly caught and dropped hundreds of golf balls, including John H. Fisher’s, after a caddie retrieved them from the tree. Fisher recalls balls bearing his full name, linking his misdirected shots from Chicago to the Florida palm.
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Florida
France
de Leon Springs
John H. Fisher
Chicago
de Leon Springs Links
Fisher
Union
Rattlers shed at varying rates across years
Biologists dispute common beliefs about rattlesnake aging. They note a rattler's rings do not reliably indicate age, since rings form with skin shedding. Most snakes shed about three times yearly, but shedding frequency varies from two to four times per year.
Temper and Circumstances
The quotation notes that happiness comes from circumstances matching temper, but true excellence lies in adapting one’s temper to any situation. It frames adaptability as a higher virtue than mere alignment with favorable conditions.
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Hume
New Coleman Safety Range Lights Instantly and Uses Gas
A Coleman Safety Range lights like city gas and makes its own gas from ordinary gasoline. The stove uses Band-A-Blu Burners for a blue flame and efficient cooking, with an average meal for five costing about 2 cents in fuel. Porcelain enamel finish and attractive colors accompany performance. reader inquiries offer illustrated literature and a store check chart via postcard request to W. C. Coleman Wichita Kansas.
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W. C. Coleman
Coleman
Wichita
Kansas
We Have Noticed None of Life’s Pleasant Episodes
The remark observes that what people call experience often misses the positive episodes. It implies that real growth comes from recordable events rather than mere moments of ease?
Cardui described as vegetable medicine for female ailments
Mrs. W. E. Barnett of Taylors S C reports relief from cramping headaches nervousness and chilly feelings after using Cardui for functional periodic pain due to poor nourishment She says six bottles reduced pain and regulated her condition but cautions to consult a physician if relief is not achieved
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Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Deck
Mitchell
Alan Deck
Monty Mitchell
W. E. Barnett
Taylors, S.C
Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N. Y
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Supposed To Clear Skin Blemishes
A reader letter from Mrs. L Whetzler of Floreffe Pa praises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for clearing facial blemishes described as red hard and large. The ad claims long proven effectiveness for pimples rashes ringworm eczema and other external skin issues with prices listed as 25 cents each.
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St. Floreffe
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Mary Hastings Bradley
D. Appleton. Century Co., Inc
WNU Service
Mrs. Harriden
Leila
Tall Tales
Frank E. Hagan and
Elmo Scott Watson
Rattler
Cardui
WNU
Ray Ste Cras
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