Lesbia's Birthday Heartache and the Piano Quest
In a lakeside town Lesbia faces a birthday without a promised piano as rivals press for affection. Ransom, poor tenant turned volunteer, braves long journeys to Lloydville to save the party by delivering the instrument. A race against time tests loyalty, fortune, and love as tension peaks over who gains Lesbia’s hand.
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Rainbridge
Lesbia
Bilag
Lake Hotel
Ransom
Lesbia Gane
Ransoth
Lloydville
Leabla
Lloydwile
Bainbridge Weten
Bainbridge
Mern
Scrap Book: A Salute Goes Awry on Lake Michigan Cruise
A miss during a Lake Michigan cruise ends with two dock planks blown by a brass signal gun aboard a yacht. Commodore Perry congratulates Campbell Cummings for the near miss as the party aboard the Constitution thrives on entertainments at a late summer Michigan colony.
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Constitution
Commodore Perry
Chicago
Cummings
Campbell
Lake Michigan
St. Tours
Globe-Democrat
Weekend Excursions On Sale Weekly Rates
Attractive excursion ticket rates valid Saturday through Monday each week, with lower prices for Sunday only. Inquiries should be directed to U S L Agents for details.
Weather Summary for Week Ending July Fourth
Week ending July Fourth report shows high 83 on the fourth and low 43 on the twenty ninth. Mean temperature 63. Total precipitation 0.44 inches with 0.17 inches in a late period. Clear days two, partly cloudy two, cloudy days three. Wind direction variable. E. F. Allen, observer.
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E. F, Allen
Baptist Church Sunday Schedule and Children's Day Plan
The Baptist Church holds Sunday School at 19 a m. Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m Prayer and Praise Thursday at 8 p m The Y P A meets Sunday at 6 48 p m Next Sunday morning the sermon and Children s Day program will be rendered in the evening beginning at 7 o clock.
Alene’s Rustic Romance Turns to Modern Comedy
Alene rides to Rural Retreat Farm hopeful for romance from movie heroics. Disillusionment grows as rustic adventures fade and locals prove ordinary. Back home she laughs at the misread romance, as her mother cites Will Egger’s prize for a modern business romance screenplay.
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Alene
Wil Hgger
Will
Waynesburg
Randolph
Wil Bisger
Will Egger
Postmarked Boston Love at the Beach Cottage
Marion suspects a Boston life saver named Taylor Crosby, praised by Major Farley, has won her attention as Pauline Holmes arrives. Crosby reveals he writes daily letters to Pauline while courting Marion, who longs for fewer Boston postmarks and more certainty in their budding romance.
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Dell
Marion
Crescent Beach
Taylor Crosby
Boston
Pauline Holmes
Dad
Ufe
Taylor
Jove
Miss Farley
Miss Holmes
Jess
Mr. Crosby
Wil
McClure
Cataire
Temperance Crusade Seeks a Saloonless Nation in 1920
National Woman's Nation Temperance Union speaker Mrs. Mary Hyeria Ar mor, the "Georgia cyclone," predicts a saloonless nation by 1920. She cites scientific temperance education, public sentiment, and religious reform as forces driving the liquor traffic toward destruction, while arguing God supports the end of alcohol.
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W. C
Asbury Park
N. J
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Mary Hyeria Armor
Georgia
Jesus Christ
Gibeon
Ajalon
Joshua
Alcohol
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Plain Blue Handkerchief Trick Description
A plain blue handkerchief is shown to the audience. When warmed it turns white, and when cooled it resumes its former color. Make a starch paste and thin with water, then add tincture of iodine to color the quid blue. Dye a white handkerchief with this tint and let it dry for the trick.
Public Welfare Tops Drink Trade Debate
The text argues that public welfare and morals outweigh individual rights in liquor policy. It cites statements from the National Liquor Dealers' Journal and the American Brewers Review, insisting truthfulness about the liquor trade matters, yet the public welfare should guide suppression if needed.
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Pnto
National Liquor Dealers’ Journal
American Brewers Review
Saloon Tolerated Quote by William Jennings Bryan
A Bryan quotation condemns saloon culture as a harmful nuisance tolerated rather than defended. It argues abolishing saloons could trigger worse results and warns against allowing air pollution from alcohol venues without public consent.
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William Jennings Bryan
Fighting for the Children by Seaborn Wright
The author argues against the legalized liquor system, declaring vast business interests rely on wrecking a new generation in Ife. He states the battle is not for this generation but for the children of the coming era.
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George M. Cohan
Mr. Cohan
Kansas City Star
Mon
Seaborn Wright
Ife
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Robert Wade Burton
Emily Dickinson
Senator Depew
Mke
Theo
Dependale
Our
Norway
The
National Woman's Nation Temperance Union
Stanton Bros
Pure Food Store
Payette, Idaho
Utah
Farmers Society of Equity In Fruit Growers Packing House
Ca Folger
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