The Real Man Chapter XVI Continues Turbulent Plot
In a cafe scene and private talk, Montague Smith faces Kinzie's campaign to probe his past. Verda Richlander taunts him while offering a risky map as leverage, and they scheme a play to keep her father out of reach as Kinzie's man hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Napoleon
Crawford Stanton
Backus
Miss Richlander
Lawrenceville
Tucker Jibbey
Tucker
Kinzie
Topaz
Montague
Baldwins
Merci
Father
Darling
Carter Westfall
The Megalomaniac Unravels at Brewster Dam Clash
Bartley Williams and Colonel Baldwin confront mounting peril as Smith governs a high stakes stock maneuver to block Kinzie and save the High Line project. Smith threatens a radical course, arms are smuggled, and a plan to recruit Miss Richlander aims to cool his fury before a looming deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Denver
Dexter Baldwin
Bartley
Bob Stillings
Baldwin
Brewster
High Line
Starbuck
Dick Maxwell
Kinzie
Brewster City National
Littles
Billy
Williams
Stillings
David Kinzie
John
Kinzle
Music Need of Fighting Men as War Entertainment
Charles H. Parsons of New York says military bands and canned music boost morale for troops in modern warfare. He notes Spanish-American war tunes from vaudeville and Civil War melodies like Dixie and Stars and Bars as favorites, and predicts phonograph records and star performances will entertain the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Parsons
New York
San Juan Hill
North
M. Parsons
Light-Activated Glass Pendant for Night Visibility
An inventor created a glass pendant filled with a substance that absorbs daylight and glows at night to help locate light switches in dark rooms. This device aims to improve ease of finding pull switches and enhancing safety after dusk.
Texas Garden League Seeks Wartime Home Gardens
In Austin 16 year old Sam Williams of Lancaster applies to join the Patriotic Garden League of Texas. W C Barrickman leads a drive to produce food and feed in 1918 with 100000 applications printed and 150000 more on order. Members include school officials teachers scouts and women’s groups across the state.
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Austin
Tex
Sam Williams
Lancaster
Patriotic Garden League of Texas
Texas
Garden League
W. C. Barrickman
Texas Industrial Congress
League
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Bastrop County
Hill County
Hopkins County
B. F Johnson
Texas Food and Feed
State Council of Defense
Alvin C. Owsley
Denton
Liberty Theaters at Texas Army Camps
The war department mailed plans to Camp Logan Houston Camp MacArthur Waco and Camp Bowie Fort Worth to erect liberty theaters seating 1000. The project aims for occupancy in ten days with a military entertainment council led by Harold Braddock. Shows from chautauqua talent and New York hits to be offered via smileage book passes. Camp Beauregard Alexandria La and Camp Doniphan Fort Sill also have theaters.
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Washington
War Department
Camp Logan
Houston
Camp MacArthur
Waco
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Military Entertainment Council
Harold Braddock
United States
Chautauqua Field
New York
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Camp Doniphan
Fort Sill
Vernon Castle Buried in Honours at Funeral in New York
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Captain Vernon Castle, famed originator of modern dances and Royal Flying Corps member, who was killed when his plane crashed at Fort Worth Texas last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vernon Castle
British
Royal Flying Corps
Fort Worth
Texas
Draft evader sentenced to twenty years in Leavenworth
Camp Funston Kansas George Yeager of Troy Kansas was convicted by a court martial on charges of evading the draft and cursing the government and was sentenced Thursday to twenty years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Funston
Kan
George Yeager
Troy
Federal
Leavenworth
British Captures During Year In War Reporting
London reports that in the past year British forces captured 168 heavy howitzers 68 heavy guns 437 field guns 1 055 trench mortars and 2 814 machine guns from the enemy reflecting a steady material gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Koppelmann
Mrs Koppelmann of McLean Nebraska recommends Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all women suffering from functional disturbances. She reports health improvements for herself and her husband praises the remedy's long history of aiding relief from displacements inflammation irregularities backache headaches nervousness and the blues. The ad invites letters for special ailment suggestions to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
Re No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
Lydia E
Death Lurks in a Weak Heart Adverts Warn of Remedies
Advertisement text promotes Renovine as a heart remedy and Vader Balm for colds pneumonia and croup. It warns of punishment for Delany and mentions a price of 1.50 dollars. The tone implies woman beating and urging household use of remedies. The style reflects period sensational medical ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delany
Durian Desire and Danger in Malacca
Excerpt recounts an experience with the durian fruit in Malaysia. The author notes the fruit's large green form with spikes and the intense, lasting impression of attempting to eat it. Beebe praises the durian's bold personality and the daring nature of tasting the fruit despite its odor and risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaysa
William Beebe
Atlantic
Fragmentary quarrel hints at housing tensions
A brief, clipped exchange reveals a tense moment about living arrangements. One speaker insists a flat would be terrible, while the other counters that living with someone else would be worse.
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Herald
Mark Allen
Sligh
Mr. Crawford Stanton
Stanton
Martin
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Hophra
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Boy Scouts
Liberty
Missouri
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