Side Show Quip Sparks Romantic Oddity at Event
A sideshow card teases a spectacle titled The War Lady is in love with the Armless Wonder. The caption jokes that if he can make love without arms he is a wonder, reflecting carnival humor of the era.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1928
Page
15
A sideshow card teases a spectacle titled The War Lady is in love with the Armless Wonder. The caption jokes that if he can make love without arms he is a wonder, reflecting carnival humor of the era.
Doris considers private detectives to uncover the truth about Jim's alleged scandal with an unnamed woman Ning Morgan. Waterman plans to investigate, but Doris fears revealing Nina Morgan. Bromfield pressures Waterman for verification of an engagement, warning of consequences as a telegram arrives for a late meeting at the Barclay.
Waterman visits the quiet Hotel Barclay to meet Nina Morgan where she reveals the engagement. Nina and Stanley react as he heads to India after a forced business transfer as part of the couple’s surprising future. The telegram summons mark a turning point in their plans.
Jim Stanley, a New York businessman, plans to finish dictation at home when partner Rollo Waterman arrives. Both men love Doris Colby. Waterman wins a coin toss to propose first, Nina Morgan pressures Doris, Doris woos Stanley but accepts Waterman. Stanley gives Waterman his share and prepares to go to India.
Doris wrestles with Nina Morgan's shocking accusation as she conceals her engagement to Jim Stanley. She seeks truth while fearing her father's reaction and plans a church walk with Waterman to gauge their next steps.
George A H Dacy cites archery as a growing outdoor pastime while a Washington entomologist discovers a new use for bowmanship. He coats arrow fletchings with glue, shoots into a swarm under linden trees, and captures unidentified gnats that Smithsonian researchers could not collect before.
A remark attributed to Joseph Addison notes that some people say little yet possess great inner wealth. The quote contrasts speaking sparingly with vast mental resources, suggesting ability to draw on inner reserves without showing off.
The passage notes Berry Wall’s portrait by Styka as a hit in Paris with mature taste in dress. It recalls Wall’s youth title king of the Wades and a New York reunion in a hotel where Wall comments on mourning colors and his friend’s attire in pink shades.
Castoria provides quick relief for fretful babies and restless infants. The vegetable product is described as safe for daily use and helpful in emergencies for constipation and stomach pains. Parents are advised to keep an extra bottle and consult the accompanying guide for older children.
The Royal chapel of St. Peter and Vincula in the Tower of London was consecrated in the early 12th century and serves as the burial place for nobles executed within the Tower. Notables interred include the Duke of Somerset and the Duke of Northumberland beside Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Katherine Howard, plus Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guilford Dudley, the Duke of Monmouth, and Scottish lords Kilmarnock Balmerino and Lovat for their roles in rebellion.
A brief Paris exchange recalls a relief moment as one person explains they had been unconscious for eight hours and then woke with no illness, just sleep.
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