Minnie Barnell Finds Life in New York and Returns Home
Zoe Beckley describes Minnie Barnell a houseworker who runs away to New York to chase a musical show. Captain Williams locates her, persuades a return home after a brief tour of the city, and Minnie resumes work, saying the trip cured her obsession and opened a new outlook on life.
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Minnie
New York
Zoe Beckley
People's Home Journal
New York Police
Grant Williams
Missing Persons Bureau
Miss Beckley
Minnie Barnell
Williams
Grant Willams
Minnile
Jonas Barnell
Grand Central
Battery Park
Aquarium
Broadway
Gaw Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Trinity Church
Singer Tower
Woolworth Building
City Hall
Newspaper Row
Bowery
Delancey Street
Fifth Avenue
Minoie
Ares
Captain Williams
Headquarters
Ash Trees Offered for Aeronautical Use by Landowners
The Aerial League of the British Empire has drawn landowners to donate ash trees for aviation. Flight reports 3000 to 4000 trees offered in recent weeks while government plans in the next year may exceed 200000 trees.
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Aerial League of the British Empire
Electricity Gains in Japan Smart Power for Towns
Y Sinjo of Ti Electric notes cheaper power as kerosene prices rise. Municipal plants serve locals at cost using abundant water power from Japan's mountains. Small towns with populations around 1 000 or more have hydroelectric plants, boosting nationwide consumption.
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Japan
Y. Sinjo
Ti Electric Company
Easy Life in South Seas and the Coconut Heritage
The piece extols South Sea island life noting missionaries nudged natives toward clothes, leaves room for coconuts. A Polynesian proverb links coconut planting to provisioning vessels clothing shelter and a family heritage. It discusses the coconut’s food milk oil and uses.
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Garden of Eden
South Sea Island
Lucky Aviators Touch of Luck Near Italy Tale
A California pilot lost in central Italy flew nearly 150 miles before landing in a village square. He struggled to explain to Italian authorities he was not an Austrian flyer and eventually returned to his camp after hours of effort to establish his identity and route.
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Italy
California
Women in Red Cross workrooms urge food saving
In a Red Cross workroom scene two women discuss rationing meals to save food. One notes telling the house cook to skip salad and bread-only meals. Mr Hoover appeals for wheat conservation as voices urge thrift.
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Red Cross
Mr. Hoover
Writers Travel Hard Road to Publication
Magazine readers favor known writers while unknown authors face long waits and frequent rejections. Edgar Allan Poe and others nearly starved as manuscripts went unread until accident allowed an O Henry story to appear. After that success publishers flooded markets with his work, showing the peril of editorial dyspepsia.
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Vienry
Morgan Robertson
Edgar Allan Poe
O. Henry
Sidney Porter
Trotzky the Man on the Platform and in Private Life
A portrait describes Trotzky as tall and vigorous with a bold voice and restless energy. The text emphasizes his intellectual passion, sense of chosen purpose, and a quiet sadness seen in dark eyes, portraying him as modest yet driven and self-assured.
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Trotzky
Asia
Spirit of Resolution Speaks on War and Weather
In a Stark exchange, Mr. Groucher notes resilience amid war in France and mocks weather complaints. He highlights support from friends and relatives standing against war machinery, suggesting fortitude in facing hardship.
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Mr. Groucher
France
April prophecy on crop prospects from local guessers
A newspaper fragment records a March or April quote about crop outlook. The speaker warns that seasonal “guess ers” predict failure for at least one crop each year, implying uncertain farming prospects and weather effects.
Government Ownership Question Confounds Voter
A brief exchange shows a voter undecided on government ownership, answering in a terse way. When asked for a reason the respondent admits limited time to consider the issue. The dialogue highlights voter indecision in the public discourse.
Golf Coat Course Mystery At Pittsburgh Press
Willis and illie discuss insignia on a golf coat. The punchline claims moths laid out a complete 18 hole course on the coat during winter at the Pittsburgh Press.
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Willis
Illie
Pittsburgh Press
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Drogen
E. L. Evans
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Trotzry the Man
Q. M. Keiling, Sexton
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Bill
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Ralph W. van Valin
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DR. A. M. Davis
Ferguson's
E. A. Romig, M. D
Firet
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Dixon Building
E. E. Daniels
N. P. Nelson
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