Reminiscences and a Wartime Deception at Dinner
Colonel Porter Downs tells Mrs. Gordon a tale of a救 war time heroine who saved his life in a Virginia spring house. She reveals a possible past link, and a stock deal hinges on Downs aiding Pratt and Gordon. In the end the lovers confess a shared misremembered history and a moral reckoning unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Downs
Pratt & Gor
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Martinsburg Road
Brantwood
Virginia
Downs
Lee
Gettysburg
Milroy
Harvey
George Harvey
Mrs. Gordon
Clerna
Mr. Pratt
Mr. Downs
Dowis
New Orleans
Congress
Nomion
Odd Facts From The World In Early Texts
A compilation notes varied trivia from history and geography. It claims cotton as the US top export, compares immigrant origins, Hawaii population changes since Cook, and quirks about animals and technologies. It cites Cesar, Japan, Korea and Chile observations, plus railway breadth and trademark shapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Italy
Ireland
Captain Cook
Hawaii
Cesar
France
Britain
Fads and Fancies Fashion Forecast for September
Fashion reports lean toward short sleeves for fall with Paris import styles on view in Fifth Avenue shops. Coats and wraps show half and three-quarter sleeves despite predictions of sleeve changes. Lace under sleeves return, full length and close fitting, with transparent lace in black or white. Patterns offered include shirt waists, skirts, and dresses, with sizes and prices listed, plus mail order details from Fashion Companion in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Fifth Avenue
London and New York Compared For Municipal Greatness
The piece contrasts London and New York on births and deaths, transit, postal activity, water use, lighting, area, immigration, schools, crime, arrests, fires, and employment. It argues New York exceeds London in traffic volume, building growth, health, parks, and subway ridership, while noting London’s larger port activity and higher arrests for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Underground
Misnomers Listed In A Catalogue Of Oddities
A philologist lists common misnomers such as silver shoehorns, wooden milestones, steel pens, and zinc coated galvanized iron. He notes items misnamed by origin or material including Jerusalem artichokes Prussian blue and India ink. He cites a mortality and loss figure of two thousand vessels and twelve thousand people yearly with about one hundred million dollars in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Treland
Jerusalem
Prussia
India
Ten Year Old Thief Breaks Down In Court
A ten year old street urchin accused of stealing jam from a woman in a neighboring house confessed in Children's Court. The judge spoke kindly, asking how often the boy had stolen jam. The boy promised to stop if the woman kept her pantry door locked.
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Ond
Beard on you like that Irish soldier joke
An officer inspecting his company confronts an Irishman named Doyle who admits not shaving. The officer rebukes him, noting the beard, and Doyle explains nine men shared a single mirror during shaving, so one man’s face may have been shaved for another.
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E. S. Chamberlain
Fenwick
Manhattan Consolidated Improvement Company
Manhattan Consolidated
Korea
United States Army
Mexico
Chili
Turkey
Japan
Minna Schatt Crawford
Metropolitan
New York City
Thames
Rey Os
Ea 1
GEM
Ready Street
New Yokk
Ada-Lur-Iem Medicine Co
William Brandreth
Broadway
Dainty Landmaker
York
Kady
Nature
Heiver
Bt Vette
Alisade Motor Co
Sussex Street
Jersey
Tts
New Yor
Istie Nickle
Hast
W.F. Peebles Dept. M
14Th Street
New Ber
United Shear Co. Westhoro
Woodcock Mars
A.C
Datei’ el
Bineaeen
Trent Pick
Serra Ait
Margaret Buargelle
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