The Woman Across the Street by the Book Chapter I
Forbes, an illustrator for magazines,obsesses over a mysterious woman who passes his studio daily. He follows her thoughts of beauty and novelty while juggling a poker game with Jilson and a party. The story hints at art, desire, and the changing face of life.
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Forbes
Popular Piffie
Piffie
George
Russias
Yorbes
Jilson
the Dryden
Jillson
Hall of Fame
Temple of Forgetfulness
Cannes
Deuces
Dryden
Mr. Jillson
Ant Forbes
Jilison
Wheedon
Jones
Carlyle
Miller
Crawford
Forbes and the elusive jewel thief teased by tabloids
Forbes, craving novelty, battles popularity as his circle seeks a fresher face. He contemplates Jillson and a copper-beech haired girl while the newspaper buzzes with a celebrated amateur detective’s theories about a jewel thief who eludes the Bertillon system. The thief’s patience and opulent circles fuel speculation as Forbes notices news of crime and society drift by.
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Forbes
Jillson
Metropolitan Police
Mr. Amateur
Inman
Why Harry Forbes Lived A Painter’s Dream Life
Forbes, a popular social figure and talented painter, lived modestly in a two bedroom studio once occupied by a photographer. His Japanese valet dressed him well and he enjoyed social demand, wit, looks, and insider gossip, dancing, drinking in moderation, and managing losses with calm. He charmed old men and dowagers alike, weaving safe yet enticing reputations without crossing lines.
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Harry
Forbes
Philadelphia Board to Enforce New Child Labor Law
The Philadelphia board of education will enforce a new law effective January requiring employed children aged fourteen to sixteen to attend continuation school eight hours weekly. A survey shows 18 722 children in this category and 180 additional teachers will be needed to implement the law.
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Philadelphia Board of Education
Philadelphia
Inventions and World Progress Report Highlights
A stop watch clock aids telephone calls by timing duration. A Minneapolis book for children uses moving animal pictures. London wood blocks with rubber surface endure heavy traffic. U S coal mines employed 763185 men last year. Silk dyed raw silk from mulberry leaves is produced in France. Elephants drum as tigers near. Nero paid about 250000 for two cups. Hail causes 20000000 to 30000000 loss in France yearly. Three tons of glass yield one ton of hay. Aluminum yachts exist. Cuban fiber plants show fabric for sugar bags. Pocket flash with interchangeable lenses. Paper cup holder patent. Imported foods cost 10 to 15 percent more in Japan postwar. freight and insurance rise. Butter import costs up 26 percent as Europe blocks exports.
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Minneapolis
London
United States
Nero
France
Europe
Cuba
Japan
Births Show War Alters Sex Ratio Says Boston Doctor
Dr. E K Smith of Boston reports that during wartime births favor girls when parents are vigorous but after wars the birth of boys rises as parents are weakened and underfed. The study notes female births are more common in high vitality periods while wartime strain increases male births.
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E. K. Smith
Boston
Forbes Seeks Clue in Hidden Apartment Mystery
In a fiction style scene Forbes pursues detective work bored by real crime. He climbs to the Dryden apartment and discovers a masked robber guarding a safe, ready to confront danger as the chapter ends with "TO BE CONTINUED."
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Forbes
Chabert the Fire King Captivates London Audiences
A famed performer in London history, Chabert claimed immunity to poisons and heat. He consumed poisons like phosphorus and arsenic before spectators, then cooked a lamb in a 220 degree oven to prove invulnerability. The act ended with a red hot shovel and molten wax stabs on his tongue and hands.
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Chabert
London
Largest Spanish chestnut tree shelters soldiers on Etna slopes
The world’s largest Spanish chestnut tree stands in a forest on Mount Etna’s slopes, famous for a legend that a hundred soldiers and their horses once sheltered beneath its branches.
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Mount Etna
Drink Hot Water With Limestone Phosphate Each Morning
A health claim urges drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the digestive system and purify the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The ad notes the practice is inexpensive and nearly tasteless and promises renewed vigor and vitality.
Cascarets advertise laziness relief and cold prevention
A fragmented ad touts Cascarets for preventing headaches indigestion and bloating claiming a 10 cent box clears sour stomach eases liver congestion and bowel waste while promising a night time cleanse and morning relief. It also mentions LaZatine Brom Quinine cold prevention and a boast about rheumatism.
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Gaseeret
Ady
Grateful Acknowledgment for Dodds Kidney Pills
Mr F C Case of Welcome Lake Pa reports relief from back ache kidney trouble and related symptoms after using Dodds Kidney Pills He invites others to publish the letter to prove the product's merit. Dodds Kidney Pills 60c per box available at dealers or Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo N Y Also Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets 60c per box Adv.
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F. C. Case
Welcome Lake
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
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