The Scheming Clerk Finds a Town to Win a Fortune
Discharged for incompetence Mat Duncan travels to Radville with new city clothes and a plan to win Josie Lockwood, the town's richest daughter, by dressing well attending church and working steadily. He meets Betty Graham, helps old Sam Graham’s drugstore, and learns the social web around the Radville shop as he courts wealth and respect.
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Mat Duncan
Kellogg
Eellogg
Duncan
Dunsan
Dunsatl
Ahuncan
Kelloge
Radville
Sam Graham
Betty Graham
Mr. Littlejohn
Blinky” Lockwood
Josie
Old Cragham
Josie Lockwood
Graham
Angie’ Tothlil
Betty Gralard
Dora Mot
Roland Barnette
Jose Teckwood
New York
Burnham
Bam Har
Invitation Card Sparks Family Turmoil in Lockwood Tale
In a tense scene Betty frets over attending ANSS JOSEPHINE MAR LOCKWOOD’s lawn fete as Bunky Lockwood, nicknamed Blinky, pressures her father for money. The narrative paints Blinky as a gaunt, twitchy financier figure while Betty grapples with hope and hardship amid a strained household.
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Tracey
Josephine Mar Lockwood
George Lockwood
Betty Faces Pressure Over Money and Invitations
Betty pleads for money after a confrontation at the store as family and friends discuss a party invitation from Josie Lockwood. She longs for a dress to surprise people while revealing tensions about debt, social expectations, and a mysterious plan connected to the invitation. The scene shifts to overheard conversations about Garrison and Towis amid a clutter of unrelated notices.
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Sam
Blinky
Betty
Getty
Folket
Josie Lockwood
Vostodice
Angie Tothana Atanig Garrison
Bossi Gabriel Towis
Tle
Jose
Ana
Russian entrepreneur touts cheaper living by exporting Siberian goods
Nicolas Morozoff, a wealthy Moscow figure and former budget official, claims he can slash New York living costs by exporting meat, butter, eggs, and milk from Siberia at substantially lower prices. He criticizes high U.S. food prices and urges New Yorkers to curb corporate greed, even suggesting a riot if prices remain high.
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Nicolas Vassillevitch Morozoff
Siberia
America
Budget Committee
Moscow
Bia Home
Russia
Morozof
Liberal Party
Mr. Morozeff
New York
Mr. Morosof
King Alfonso Secretly Dines With Signal Woman
The Spanish king Alfonso traveled by car from San Sebastian to Madrid with his equerry. After stopping near Olon a signal woman served him eggs bread and wine at a barrier. He paid her five dollars in gratitude, not revealing his royal identity until later when her son recognized him.
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Alfonso
San Sebastian
Miranda
Olon
Madrid
Alfonsy
Tah
Dogs as bridesmaids at New York wedding
Mrs. Mary Schley-Bowen married Percy William Evans in New York with three dogs as bridesmaids. Otoyo Tondo San Pinka San and Geisha wore broadcloth suits with embroidered handkerchiefs and walked the bride to the altar. The dogs, from the mikado’s Lennels, attended the reception alongside human guests in a ceremony styled with Japanese influence.
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New York
Mary Schluy-Bowen
Percy William Evans
Schley-Bowen
Farmers start a store to cut living costs experiment
The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union at Medicine Lake Washington forms a consumer cooperative. They bought a store stocked with groceries provisions and farm implements with each of its members given a key to the doors. The store is open to the public with no clerks or displays to tempt purchases. The move aims to prove honesty as a basic truth and reduce living costs. Also noted progress at Panama Canal shows almost five miles of Pacific entrance to the canal practically complete.
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Famers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
Medicat Lake
Wash
Comany
Sug
Panama Canal
Pacific
Briand resigns as French premier after rail strike clash
The resignation of Aristide Briand and his cabinet follows fierce attacks over government strike tactics. Briand had invoked patriotism to rally workers against strikers, then faced criticism as some claim his stance shifted from socialist roots. His move signals reorganization likely, with Briand once a socialist reformer now guiding France through crisis.
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Aristide Briand
France
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Governmment
Ibit Brhand
Brhind
Amenar Fry
Griand
Clemenceau
Fallivres
Special Vans For Big Hats In Austria And Ireland Rain
Austrian government protects feminine fashions by deploying special hat collecting vans for transporting extremely large hats from Asia to Vienna. Postal delays and damaged deliveries prompted authorities to organize dedicated service. In Ireland, rainfall floods the eastern coast with about 208 days of rain.
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Aussia
Vienna
Vientia
Ireland
Winterset Shows Off A White Way Of Lampposts
Winterset, a town of 1,500 residents, unveils a notable White Way with 39 decorative lampposts, equating to one lamp for every 40 residents. The piece notes the potential market for lamps and electric current across U S towns, hinting at opportunities for central stations.
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Winterset
New York
New York City
United States
King George Liking Sports Eyes Cup Final Attendance
King George, now patron of amateur and professional football associations, has long shown interest in football. He rarely misses a service football match and brings his elder sons when possible. He once excelled at football as a schoolboy and has kept programs of games he has seen.
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King George
Army
Navy
Bin
Manila Birth Rate Tops World at 43.23 Per Thousand
The last quarterly report from the Bureau of Health shows Manila leading global birth rates with 43.23 births per thousand, ahead of Hungary at 40.5 and Austria at 37. Germany records 39, while race deaths by self harm are noted as distant concerns amid the Philippines’ population statistics.
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Philippines
Ureau
Manila
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Barefoot Sand Walking as Nerve Cure by the Sea
An American expert touts walking barefoot on sea sands as a soothing cure for tired nerves. He says the sand gently irritates nerve points on the foot, boosting blood circulation and providing a healthful, ozone-like effect from coastal exposure.
Jewelers urged to rename synthetic rubies and sapphires
A group of New York wholesale jewelers along Mulder Lane join Paris and Berlin dealers in a campaign against selling synthetic rubies and sapphires under deceptive names. They propose calling artificial rubies rubintte or a similar term to distinguish them from natural stones, a plan endorsed at a recent Berlin convention with calls to broaden international participation.
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Dewelere
Mulder Lane
New York
Degiers
Paris
Berlin
Caribou Block Travel On Alaska Trail
A herd of about 100,000 caribou halted caravans on the lone trail between Fairbanks and Circle City, Alaska, in early September. Captain E R Barnette of Fairbanks witnessed the scene, describing the herd as a remarkable spectacle with the line stretching for miles and the dock laid out in neat tile-like fashion along the hillside.
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Alaska
Fairbanks
Circle City
Capetain
E.R Barnette
Barnette
Wade
Niles
Great Lake Found in Canadian Northwest Report
A Windsor Ontario journalist dispatch from Wil lam Drulard reports a lake in the Canadian northwest rivaling Lake Superior. Indigenous travelers near Edmonton brought the tale of a government survey team discovering a vast new lake in the region.
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Great Lake
Willam Drulard
Windsor Ont
Bes
Edmonton
Air Tta
Lake Superior
Canadian Northwest
Dor Nord
Opium Laced Liverwurst Threatens Chicago Diners
A new drug scheme dubbed the opium sandwich baffles Chicago authorities at a chop suey restaurant run by Ching Sing. The ruse, uncovered after officer surveillance and a whispered transaction with a customer, involved hollowed buns packed with opium. Police seized the contraband and arrested key players.
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Chicago
Poverties
Duele Sunt
Ching Sing
Sente
Helen Carry
Two Million Turkeys Placed In Texas This Fall
Statistics show that northern dealers have shipped two million Thanksgiving turkeys into Texas this fall. The report notes broad distribution across the state from Dallas dating. The piece also reports the U S Supreme Court plans a vacation starting next Monday until November 23.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Supreme Court
Washingtons
Supreme Court of the United States
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