Vanishing Fleets and a Radioplan Peace Pact
A melodramatic plot opens with near war between the United States and Japan as Japan seizes the Philippines and a radioplan invention promises to avert conflict. Inventor Roberts and secretary Guy Hillier drive demands for world peace through a dramatic sequence of radioplane maneuvers and monarchic diplomacy culminating in a White House moment of triumph.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Uy Hillier
Norma Roberts
Inventor Roberts
Philippines
Guy Hillier
Jingland
Florida
Flawali
Tokyo
Iengland
Edward
Tnegland
Adyial Bevins
England
Thames
Roberts
United
Kaiser
America
King Edward
Central Park
New York
London
Atlantic
Europe
The Last Cruise Ends the World War Fleets
In New York a world audience gathers as the last cruise of international fleets departs. Guy and Norma, once separated by war and fame, seek solitude at Atlantic Highlands while the nations bid farewell to armed conflict. The spectacle culminates with a sea of ships, planes, and gun salutes marking an era’s end.
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White House
New York
Japan
Balkans
Australia
New Zealand
Italy
Spain
France
Hillier
Guy
United States
Norma
Atlantic Highlands
Governor’s Island
Lafayette
Hamilton
England
Russia
The Last Sail of the Silent Sea
An epic farewell scene follows ships and forts fading from a conquered sea. Norma and Guy share a calm vow as radioplanes depart, garlands fall, and extinguished fleets mark peace. Fort Hancock and others stand abandoned while former soldiers become fishermen or pursue quieter lives. The couple walks toward a hopeful sunset, ending the tale.
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Norma
Roberts
Bevins
Brockton
Little Jenkins
Guy
Hancock
Paul Before Festus and Agrippa Sunday School Lesson
Lesson text from Acts 2 and 26 outlines Paul before Festus and Agrippa in Cesarea and the appeal to Caesar. It notes Porcius Festus, King Agrippa II, Bernice, and Drusilla, Paul's defense, and the acquittal leading to Rome, with emphasis on faith and conversion.
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Paul
Festus
Agrippa
Cesarea
Palestine
Herod Agrippa II
Sea of Galilee
Cesarea Philippi
Felix
Porcius Testus
Acts
Josephus
Sicarii
Judea
Caesera
Jerusalem
Tertullus
Caesar
Jesus Christ
Herod Agrippa
Bernice
Drusilla
Rome
Paaul
God
Claudius Lysias
By His "Piers" Sparks By-Election Battle in Lancashire
The by election for a councilor at a Lancashire seaside resort stirs strong emotion. A former council member, blamed for spending on two large but poorly built piers, faced sharp criticism at a meeting when an opponent urged an amendment. A heckler quipped, Try him by his piers.
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Piers
Lancashire
London
Early Training in Politics and Mud-Slinging
The dialogue credits Casey’s success to former work in the ditch. It suggests such labor bred proficiency in mud throwing, framing his rise through practical, rough-and-tumble experience. The piece appears in Illustrated Sunday Magazine as a satirical take on political origins.
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Casey
Sunday Magazine
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Gardiner Maine reader reports relief from organic troubles and a severe female weakness after three months use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The ad touts not needing surgery and invites sick women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Gardiner
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Wittiaus
United States
A French Scholar And A Quiet Kiss Question
A playful vignette features William bending over a woman and asking in French if he may kiss her. She fumbles for language and responds comically with the phrase Billet doux, signaling a playful flirtation moment.
Many Were in the Same Boat Congress Story
A Saturday Evening Post piece recounts a Roosevelt era scene in which a shivering man seeks aid at a door asking for food. The woman asks whether he is a senator or representative, highlighting political context and humor from late New Deal days.
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Saturday Evening Post
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
House
Man Pleads Guilty After Stealing Chickens
A colored man stood before a police judge on a theft charge for chickens. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced. He argued that a dog in the yard would have made the act risky, suggesting the judge should stick to the bench for rascality.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Wit and faith at a Bar Harbor dinner
A Boston woman recalls a humorous exchange about Dr. Horward Everett Hale and a farmer who warned trespassers. Hale replied that they were Unitarians, prompting a wry ending to a Washington Star anecdote.
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Bar Harbor
Boston
Howard Everett Hale
Banker’s Nerve Restored by Postum Says Chattanooga Man
A prominent Chattanooga banker recounts giving up coffee after years of increasing nervous symptoms. He switched to Postum and reports his nerves steady, hands steady, and mental sharpness returning, claiming Postum cured distressing effects of coffee. Read the book The Road to Wellville in each package.
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Chattanooga
Postum
Wellville
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