Christmas Coat Crisis at Mount Mark Parsonage
Connie, a sober, determined girl at Mount Mark, borrows twenty dollars from the First National Bank to buy a warm new coat after the parishioners fail to pay her father’s salary. Prudence and Fairy counsel patience as Connie plans a surprise church appearance in her own gift.
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Mr. Starr
Mount Mark
Prudence
Fairy
Carol
Lark
Constance
Stinys
Connie
Father
Prue
Mrs. Adams
Frudence
First National Bank
Dearest
Orn
Prue and companions alarmed by burglar in dormitory room
Prudence wakes to shouts that a burglar is in their room. Carol and Lark insist the intruder entered the closet and then fled toward the dresser. Prudence and Fairy flare into the hallway with the twins, turning on the light to inspect the scene.
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Prue
Prudence
Carol
Lark
Fairy
Airy
Connie
Parsonage Salaries Secured as Family Faces Debt Trial
Prudence reveals to Mr Harold the family’s debt hardship after mother’s death and Connie’s wish for a goat. Mr Harold allows Connie the coat and arranges monthly salary payments from trustees, threatening legal action if funds lag, asserting debt relief through mortgage if needed.
Prudence Tracks Ruby Rings In Dungeon Lockup
Prudence suspects a thief but finds no intruder in the room. The dungeon under the staircase holds the family silverware and cash, a strong lock and heavy catch but the keeper often forgets to lock it, leaving valuables at risk.
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Prudence
Lark
Fairy
Awakening to a Burglar in Your Room
The question asks how one should react if awakened by a burglar. It contrasts options such as pretending to sleep shouting or complying, exploring safe approaches without endorsing dangerous actions. Suggested advice emphasizes prioritizing personal safety and seeking help from authorities when possible.
Lion of St Mark Holds Firm as War Rages On
Article surveys the aged Lion of St Mark statue in Venice, detailing its ancient origins, restorations, and precarious condition despite wartime precautions. It contrasts a fragile guardian symbol with evolving silkworm hatching methods in Japan, noting improved health and longer silk fibers from new technique.
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St. Mark
Venice
Republic
Piazzetta
Napoleon
Paris
Mark
Lion of St. Mark
Humble Wood Becomes Laughingstock at Norfolk Event
Sir Evelyn Wood, age seventy nine, recalls an entertainment in his honor after returning from Egypt. A laborer’s wife, astonished to see the famous field marshal, exclaimed that her husband could thrash him. Wood says he never felt more humiliated in his life.
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Sir Evelyn Wood
Norfolk
Egypt
General Wood
Sir Evelyn
The Obstacle on the Beach and Breslau Chimneys
A two year old boy stumbles on sand and persists as his mother and father discuss shifting spots. Breslau features four paper chimney structures reaching fifty feet high and tested by fireproofing efforts.
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Ylis
Breslau
Crooked Land Agents Halted by Big Bureau
Marquette Michigan March 28 to guard new settlers entering Clover Land the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan formed by leading Clover Land businessmen coordinates honest real estate deals. President Leo C Harmon Marquette vice presidents Senator Alton T Roberts and August Warren with George W Rowell Jr Marquette as secretary and manager. Rowell notes the bureau matches buyers with trusted land firms offering free maps soils crops climate transport and community data and promises five years of tax exemption to new settlers.
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Marquette, Mich
Clover-Land
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan
Clover Land
Leo C. Harmon
Manistiqie
Cloever Land
Bureau
Alton T. Roberts
Marquette
August Warron
Ewen
H. W. Reade
Escanaba
George W. Rowell, Jr
Rowell
Bacon Block
Mr. Rowell
Development Bureau
Freezone promises quick corn removal by ether compound
A Cincinnati man promotes Freezone as a cheap home remedy that quickly dries and shrivels a corn or callus. A few drops directly on the affected area relieve soreness and allow the corn to be lifted away with the fingers. If local druggists lack Freezone, have them order a small bottle from a wholesale house.
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Cincinnati
Ady
No man is a hero to his conscience ad for Dr Pierce
Ad urging Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to keep clean and healthy notes they aid liver bowels and stomach and ends with a slogan about conscience.
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Dr. Pierce
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Delo den Parlson
Ethel Hueston
W.c.tanner
Bobbie-Merrill Company
Bureglar
Mr. Harold
BIG Bureau
Harmon
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