Speed Defies Centipede in Circular Race Showdown
In a staged feud Speed, coached by Larry Glass, faces Centipede’s Skinner in a trial at the Flying Heart ranch. Amid betrayals and scheming lovers, the plan to fix the race erupts into a dramatic alternating run around the corral with a pistol-guarded start, as Speed vows to run around and around to win.
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Pinehan
Sre
Centipede
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Helen
Larry Glass
Wally
Fresno
Glee Club
Stanford University
Glass
Willie
Omaha
Blake
Larry
Skinner
Nixon
Sheffield
Gallagher
Skinper
Celestial
Mr. Speed
Chapin
Bill Stover
Will
Bill
Joe
Mr. Gallagher
Booth’s Life Philosophy of Service and Wealth Reversed
General Booth reflects on his career saying he sacrificed wealth and social acceptance, yet gained true happiness through aiding humanity. He notes his writings have earned thousands, all reinvested to improve conditions, and that he enjoys friendships across classes.
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Booth
General Booth
Corny sales stunt and a broker's countryside musings
A scuffle over a corn bandages reveals a salve seller boasting cures and exploitation by crowd probing. A Dr Block remark links busy modern life to ignorance of walking. A Georgia farm anecdote ends with the broker recounting a haycocks joke and farm chores.
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Dr. Block
Georgia
Automobile Foot Disease Named by Dr Block Sponsor
A proposed new ailment called automobile foot is linked to lack of pedestrian exercise among drivers. Dr Alexander Block of St Louis sponsors the concept, noting the condition as a weakness in automobilists.
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Alexander Block
St. Louis
Man and Woman Types Attracting Different Men
Elinor Glyn argues strands of female preference split into rulers and ruled types. She notes women are drawn to opposite traits in men, revealing individual character by the company they keep. Like draws like, she says, shaping attraction to extraordinary figures.
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Elinor Glyn
Strand
Valentine Verse Ode to Mineline and Valentine
Poem extols Mineline with eyes that shine and a valentine plea. The speaker laments that a resignation or refusal would be fitting yet hopes she will accept his ardent advance.
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Valentine
Valentine Verse Crafted in Romantic Parody
A playful, antique style poem addressed to Valentine expresses affection and creative homage. The speaker ponders signing a verse as part of a lighthearted, stylized lyric. The piece imitates period rhyme and refrain.
Saint Valentine Puzzle Ties Love and Legend Across Time
In a reflection on Valentine lore the piece traces St. Valentine’s prison and beheading, the blind keeper’s daughter’s cure, and the link to love. It notes Valentines as luxury cards in earlier eras, then the rise of ready made valentines since 1800 and modern mass production. The piece ends with Browning quotes about enduring faith.
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Helen
Gallagher
Skinner
Miss Blake
Eros
St. Valentine
Valentine
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Paul Armstrong
Mr. Skinner
Gabby Gallagher
Prt Stover
Rex
Bos Sp
Harper
Srothers
Peppa
Valentine Verge
My Valentine
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