Cowboys of the Flying Heart Race Plot Deepens
The Flying Heart cowboys seek to win back a cherished phonograph by arranging a foot race against Culver Covington from the Centipede ranch. Yale athlete J Wallingford Speed and trainer Larry Glass complicate plans as tensions flare among cowboys, Fresno, Carara, Stover, and Helen Blake, amid warnings of deception and threats.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Centipede
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Helen
Larry Glass
Wally
Fresno
Stanford University
Elen
Adies
Cowboys
Glass
Soldier’s Blanket Duty Borne By Courageous Abercromby
An aged tale from the Youth’s Companion recalls Sir Ralph Abercromby during the Aboukir battle. Mortally wounded he asked whose blanket warmed his head and learned it belonged to Duncan Roy of the Forty second. He ordered Roy receive his blanket that night. The story honors selfless soldiers.
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Ralph Abercromby
Aboukir
Duncan Roy
Ralph
Ducan Roy
Matter of Worry and the Habit of Fear
The piece argues worry is a habit especially common among women and warns against letting anxiety erode health. It notes men miss trivial incidents, urging focus on self preservation and facing sorrows only when they occur.
Painter's Grim Humor Endures in Hidden Portrait
Wealthy patron M Hayem commissioned a portrait from eccentric French painter Henner. The artist depicted Hayem as St John the Baptist beheaded, head on a silver plate, in blood. Hayem feigned delight and paid. the wife’s shock caused convulsions and the work was stored away, recently found.
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M. Hayem
Henner
Hayem
St. John the Baptist
Liquor Seen as Cause in Tragedy Tale
A sobering anecdote recounts two men finding large whisky bottles at a riverbank. One straps a bottle to his neck for carrying. Crossing a rotten bridge, both fall through. the partner drowns while the speaker survives after emptying his bottle. The remark suggests liquor precipitated the disaster.
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Li Kin
Pard
Sensible Advice in a Lippincott’s Cartoon Panel
A captioned joke features Bill asking why Jim carries a cane and Jim replying about knee water. Bill crudely suggests wearing pumps as a remedy. This reflects humorous medical banter typical of the periodical.
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Bill
Jim
Lippincott’s
That Awful Recruit
A London recruiting officer is startled by a cockney youth of seventeen as the sergeant major seeks to swear him in. The Royal Observer issues stern orders and the recruit resists, amid sharp exchanges about cigarettes and prayer.
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London
R. O
Cully
Sharp-Tongued Wife Triggers Fifteen Year Husband Jibe
A sharp tongued married woman vents about her elderly spinster neighbor and her husband's health. The spinster, still stinging from perceived sympathy, questions the timing of the marriage and the veteran sufferer. The exchange centers on a fifteen year mark since marriage.
Classical Authority. What does ova tion mean?
The excerpt discusses the word origin of ovation linked to the Latin ovum meaning egg. Walker Hamm, noted as a tragedian, explains the term as derived from Latin. The dialogue presents a teaching moment with a playful exchange between a parent and child.
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Little Horatio
Walker Hamm
Puck
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Rex Beal
Paul Armstrong
Berkeley Fresno
Carara
Willie
Stover
Tover
Larry
Saratoga
Bar Harbor
Waco
Berkeley
Mr. Cloudy
Wilie
Agin
Mr. Glass
Nin
Mr. Coit
Feller
Rex
Edgar
Vpyright
Harper TO Brothers
Tramp
Bright
Dean
Iowa
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Chicago
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