Honeymoon Plan Echoes in Violet Envelope Mystery
In a sultry seaside scene Mr. Thomas Morley Gray watches as his dog Billy brings a violet envelope addressed to him. Helen Dennison and Gray share a flirtatious note exchange, leading to a confession of longing and a proposal to honeymoon in the Berkshires, witnessed by Helen.
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Thomas Moriey Gray
Mr. Gray
Gray
Billy
Lommy
Chaucer
Mr. Bennett
Helen
Dennison
Helen Dennison
Hammett
Thomas Morley Gray
Berkshires
Strange note found on dog in odd town scene
A dog Billy delivers cryptic notes from Gray to Helen as heat and mosquitoes burden a humid afternoon. Gray and Billy depart in separate directions while a late note asks Helen to skip the heat and Mosquitoes, promising another visit for a reward.
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Billy
Helen
Chaucer
Satane
Homas M
Gray
Grauy
Tommy Green
The Dean's Delicacy and a Barbershop Banter
A Detroit Free Press note quotes Dr. Pigou the Bristol dean joking about widows unmarrieds and nervy women, provoking laughter from clergy and laypeople. It also recounts a gag in a downtown hotel barbershop about nerve keeping patrons in, followed by a New York elevator incident where a woman’s pompadour catches fire from a cigar and sparks a comic mishap.
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Pigou
Bristol
Dean Pigou
The Star That Brought Christmas to a Boy
In a grand Nesbitt home a lonely nine year old Tommy Nesbitt, guided by a rich moral awakening from Miss Herrick and his ally Mary, organizes a Christmas mission for the poor and miserable. He reveals himself as the star that brings charity to his family, prompting a transformative day of aid, kindness, and reconciliation.
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Tommy Nesbitt
Tommy
Duke of Wellington
Hawkins
Mary
Trish
Miss Herrick
Patsy
Jesus
Manger
Ommy
Mr. Nesbitt
Miss Werrick
Papa
Mrs. Nesbitt
Bethlehem
Mr. Norton
Norton
Mamma
Patey
Star of Bethlehem
The Use of Apples in Dietetics and Taste
A colonial-era discussion extols apples as the best fruit for meals and health. It cites medical writers favoring apples before meals, notes the apple as emblematic of English lifestyle, and praises varieties like Spitzenburg Macintosh Red Shannon and Stuart's Golden for juice and culinary use. It blends quotes from Wesley Lamb and Johnson with musings on apple blossoms and dietetics.
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John Wesley
England
Charles Lamb
Johnson
Lamb
Spitzenburg
Wren as Small Bird Echoes in Royal Banter at Newmarket
Sir Christopher Wren, visiting Charles TL at a Newmarket hunting lodge, hears criticism of room height. The king, famed for quips, replies by crouching to show rooms seem high enough, remarking that the monarch would have made two Wrens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Christopher Wren
Charles TL
Manareh
Newmarket
Christopher
Anti-Diuretic elixir and horse blemish cure advertised
An old advertisement offers a $100 anti diuretic remedy for bed wetting in children and a English Spavin Ginment claim to cure horse blemishes and many related ailments. It lists B F Keables, druggist, Pallisy da as seller. The text is fragmented and filled with misspellings and dosage notes.
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B. Decthon
B. F. Keables
Drugytar Pella
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People’s Savings Bank
E. J. Roorda
Pella
Owa
G. W. Vander Ploeg
Attorne
Opera House
Bloch
Booth Peoria St. Onroano
Lun
Oct
Bright
St. Louis
Cardus
T. C. Mecture
Okomokokokomhokokokokokor
Detroit Free Press
Broadway
Willam Gillette
Sherlock Holmes
Edgar
New York
Rogers
Oy Rogers Bros
International Silver CO
Meriden
Conn
Ailver
W. M. Fuqua
Dr. van Schoten
Geo. J. Thomasson
Lay
South Side
O Park
Iowa
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