Beatrice and Jack Face Three-Year Sailor’s Departure
In a London drawing room, Beatrice and her cousin Jack Phillimore confess love as Mrs. Lyme Wregis learns of their hopes. Jack, to leave England for three years as a flag lieutenant, asks Beatrice to marry him when he returns, but she initially refuses while admitting her long-held love. The grandmother’s wily watchful eye shapes the couple’s plans.
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Sack Phillirmore
Jack
Grandmamma
Mr. Phillimore
Mrs. Lyme Wregis
Beatrice
Jack Phillimore
Trixie
England
Mack—De Broke
Tallor
New Orleans Picayune
Boston Transcript
Smith
Fritz
Meggendorfer Blatter
Wall Street
New York Herald
Philadelphia Record
Impostor Intrudes At Miss Caterham Home In Mystery
Mary Chichester confronts a courteous stranger who claims to be Ringwood an associate of Mr Carbuckle but Miss Caterham suspects imposture. The conversation reveals rival inquiries into the disappearance of Terence Finnigan and references to Mr Pegram and the Great Yeutine as potential motives. The scene ends with Ringwood planning to see Carbuckle as suspense builds.
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Mary Chichester
Miss Caterham
Miss Chichester
Mises Chichester
Mr. Carbuckle
Mary
Caterham
Ringwood
Carbuckle
Terence Finnigan
Auntie
Pegram
Mr. Ringwood
Ife
Robert Pegram
Yeutine
Finnigan
A Difference in Degree
A child struggles with speech as his mother correcting his words. Johnnie learns to adjust phrasing to sound more proper. He repeats phrases with substitutions like Ike for love and very for awful, then questions if the new wording still refers to cake.
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Johnnie
Ike
Johnnia
Foreign title on credit prompts playful exchange
Mrs. Dough-Oh remarks that anyone can buy a foreign title nowadays. Mr. Dough-Yes counters that it cannot be bought on credit.
Abyssinian Detectives Use Drink and Child to Trap Thieves
A Paris report from Addis Ababa describes a strange local method where a child, after drinking a secret beverage and inhaling from a pipe, is guided to a home and allegedly points to the thief. The implicated suspect is arrested, with the chief receiving a commission, an incident provoking diplomatic protest from a European legation.
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Paris
Abys Sinia
Addis Abab
Heft
Corporation
Lieb Acai
Miode
Quotations and quips from playful newspaper dialogue
A collage of humorous exchanges and jokes from various papers. Topics include marriage, money, envy, vaccination, fashion, music, and daily life. Notable lines feature lovers debating marriage, wives and husbands bantering over shoes and fur, and playful banter about work and luck.
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Rounder
Chicago
Daily News
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Puck
Shamrock Circle
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Smith’s Hall
Mabel Roberts
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I Mann
Neeureee W. F. Hendricks
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W.M
Jewell
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W.S. King
R. W. Lundy
Roberts
Myrtle Point
Oregon
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U. S
Coquille River Electric Co
Frank Morse
Coquille
Transportation
Steamer
ECHO
W. R. Panter
Coquille City
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F. D. White
Masrin
Bandon
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