Desert Witch and Lovers End in Escape and Flight
A tiny witch and a centuries older wizard guard their relatives as two young lovers plan to flee across a desert. A jealous wren spies the plot and the witch pursues them in bird form. The couple crosses a magical yellow river and settles safely in the North. Plus news that actress Bessie Love recently graduated from Los Angeles High School with honors.
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Don
Adele
Pon
Wren
Saiid Dan
Bessie Love
Los Angeles
Miss Love
Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter
Hester rises from prison to a cottage with Pearl and rejects separation. Governor Bellingham, ministers, and Dr. Chillingworth weigh the child’s fate. Dimmesdale suffers under Chillingworth and falters on the scaffold. Hester urges mercy. Dimmesdale’s confession and death follow, with Chillingworth dying and Pearl marrying.
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Hester
Pearl
Bellingham
John Wilson
Mr. Dimmesdale
Chillingworth
Roger Chillingworth
Dr. Chillingworth
Arthur Dimmesdale
New England
England
Dimmesdale
The
Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
United Kingdom
Dominions
Boston
Mass
Houghton, Mifflin Co
Authorized
Household Gymnastics For Women From Edna Forbes
Beauty By Edna Kent Forbes argues women prefer comfort rituals to exercise. She notes housewives, stenographers, and machine operators lack targeted routines and urges personalized workouts to develop unused muscles and counteract daily postures.
Da Prohibition Dilemma in a Frustrated Narrator
In a rambling DaVinci of dialect prose a speaker contemplates making whisky, fearing police, jail, and fines. He questions why prohibition creates more crime and considers changing the system by penalizing silence. The piece hints at public unrest and messy motivations around banned drinks.
Benefits of Regular Exercise for All Workers and Youth
A brief in a health guide argues that regular exercise improves beauty and health for both workers and families. Repeating a set of motions with varied exercises prevents one sided development. Fifteen minutes daily, including bath time, boosts efficiency, youthfulness, looks, and vitality supported by scientific study.
Pucker Brush Encore Draws Praise in Dallas County
Fragments show local sermon by Wignett drawing strong impact as ten worshippers come forward to confess faith with minister and gospel workers guiding the response. Includes stray verses and scattered chatter about advertising and time.
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Pucker Brush
Aer
Wignett
Pucker
Dallas County
Hawthorne and the Scarlet Letter in Colonial Beacon
A combined reflection on Nathaniel Hawthorne born in Salem on July 4 1804 and his literary path from Maine to Salem. It traces his Maine boyhood, return to Salem for college prep, writings at Oneord Old Manse and later works including The Scarlet Letter, The Blithedale Romance The Wonder Book and unfinished novels. It also recounts a Hawthorne obituary and a long excerpt from The Scarlet Letter scene with Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale noting the scarlet letter motif and key characters.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Salem
Mass
Maine
Hawthorne
Oneord
Old Manse
Brook Farm
West Roxbury
Septimus Felton
Dolliver
Plymouth
N. H
Sleepy Hollow
Concord
Footcare ad promises painless corn removal with Trezeone drops
An advertisement touts easy at home corn and callous removal using a tiny bottle of Ireezone. It claims you can lift off hard or soft corns between the toes and calluses from the feet instantly, with no pain, using a few drops from the drugstore bottle.
Sun’s Age Reestimated by French Academician
M. Peronnnet presents a sun age calculation noting the Sun’s internal temperature around 12,000 C and mass about 2 10^30 kilograms. He asserts the Sun formed no more than 2 to 6 million years ago, contrasting with extreme cases of hotter stars forming in days.
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M. Peronnnet
French Academy of Science
Bayer Aspirin labeled for best results with water dose
Bayer Company notes its genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin advise one or two glasses of water after taking a tablet for best results. The package bears Bayer Cross and lists uses from colds to rheumatism. Handy tins of twelve cost a few cents. larger packages sold by druggists. Aspirin is Bayer’s trademark.
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Bayer Company
Bayer
Burglary Fear Turns to Caution in Quiet Home
A nervous woman warns John there may be a burglar in the house. He reassures that nothing valuable will be found, while she fears the intruder could become more troublesome if frustrated.
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
For years druggists have watched Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician s prescription strengthening medicine that helps the kidneys liver and bladder do the work nature intended. Sold by all druggists on its merit with many friends. Send ten cents for a sample bottle. Mention this paper.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
Quarrel Sparks Confession in London Answers Line
The fragment shows a dialogue where She recalls prior praise for seeing me in any state, and he responds with a rage line. The excerpt reflects heated exchange and public rhetorical framing from the London Answers context.
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London
Allen's Foot Ease gives instant relief for tired feet
Promote Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes or sprinkle in foot baths. It relieves sting from corns and bunions and soothes tired, aching, swollen feet. Sold everywhere. Won’t accept any substitute. Ad.
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Allen
Adyv
Judge issues gag order with limited effect on speech
A court issues an order restraining a woman from talking, but its efficacy is questioned as to how much restraint it actually imposes and whether it will stand up to challenge.
No, Harry a color blind man need not have paint in eyes
A readers note argues that color blindness does not imply paint in the eyes. The statement contests a stereotype about how color vision affects perception.
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Harry
Night Use of Roman Eye Balm for Tired Eyes
The ad promotes Roman Eye Balm as a night aid to prevent and relieve tired watery eyes and eye strain. It also notes a general reflection on faith hope charity filling the stage with gratitude at times.
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Ady
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