Conward’s plot collides with Elden and Irene
In wartime city streets Conward schemes to trap Elden and Irene for a cruel joke. Elden helps a boy and a country girl seek aid, while Conward’s plan unravels as Dave confronts a tense plot and a dangerous night leads to a rough country substation.
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Conward
Irene
Mr. Conward
Elden
Europe
Canward
Tor
Germany
Rhine
Dave Elden
Dave
Impressive Lesson for Dairymen on Foreign Butter Competition
The Bureau of Markets urges US dairymen to boost quality and cut costs to meet rising foreign competition. Danish butter arrivals press NYC prices while Argentina expands butter and cheese exports, with potential impact on US market. Canada and sibera illustrate varying quality and regulatory factors shaping global trade.
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United States
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
New York City
Argentina
Siberia
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
The Almighty Dollar Bribery in History
Bribery has ruined public figures across eras with Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor Macclesfield, Waterbury, and others cited. Benedict Arnold sold a New York fort to the enemy for 31575 dollars as a stark example of venal temptation.
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Francis Bacon
Macclesfield
Waterbury
Benedict Arnold
New York
Gorgei
Austria
Ahithopel
David
Judas
Christ
Scientists Seek International Standard for Radium Purity
European scientists strive to determine and agree on an international standard for the strength and purity of radium.
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Europe
Cans Offered as Better Milk Storage
Regular milk cans are praised as more convenient than shallow pans and packets for collecting milk at the barn and transporting to the house. They come in various sizes and are especially handy for cream and skim milk handling, with shotgun cans noted for easy covering and water setting during buttermaking.
Causes of Difficult Churning in Cream Processing
The article lists factors behind difficult churns: low fat cream testing 30 to 35 percent, improper churn temperature around 60 degrees, and occasional germ action. It notes hard fats from certain feeds and that sour cream churns easier than sweet cream.
Bayer Aspirin Uses and Safety Across Ailments
The message stresses Bayer as the genuine Aspirin trusted by physicians for nineteen years and sold with the Bayer Cross. It lists common uses such as colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia lumbago rheumatism neuritis and general pain. It advises asking for Bayer and checking for the Bayer Cross on package and tablets.
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Bayer
World's Two Big Capitals
New York is the largest city in population in the country though London may rival it globally. Census data awaited for 1920 and 1921 will settle the world ranking with Greater London around eight million possibly larger than Greater New York.
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New York
London
Metropolitan London
Greater London
Diamond Dyes Color Card Ad Promises Fadeless Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as guaranteed to yield rich fadeless color on wool, silk, linen, cotton, and blends. It claims simple directions in the package and a Diamond Dye Color Card to match any material.
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Ady
Fertile Valleys Reveal Ancient Lake Beds and Drained Seas
The article notes that many fertile valleys and plains were once lake basins now dry. It discusses rivers as former lake sequences, and suggests regions in Asia and Europe mark the drained remains of a vast northern sea. It cites Pallas on the Caspian and Black Seas and connects the Bosporus opening to this ancient drainage.
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St. Lawrence Oriver
North America
Allegheny Mountains
Lave Atal
Asia
Peter Simon Pallas
Europe
Greece
Obstacle in Matrimony's Way in London TitBits
A dialogue from London TitBits shows a suitor pressed to marry the daughter while the father reveals a barrier the daughter herself opposes the match. The exchange hints at family approval tangled with personal sentiment amid a comic or dramatic interlude.
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London
Patience as Concentrated Strength Defies Passive View
A quotation celebrates patience as active discipline and concentrated strength rather than passivity, framing patience as deliberate effort guiding action and endurance.
Can't Do a Good Turn in Scout Tale From L Boys' Life
A joke from L Boys' Life about a Tenderfoot who cannot stir after a Scout swallows a teaspoon explores a humorous mishap in a Boy Scouts setting. The First-Class Scout notes the spoon incident but the Tenderfoot asks what happened, prompting the punchline.
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Tenderfoot
Maybe She Wanted a Car Headlines a Houston Post Snippet
A fragment from the Houston Post notes Young Jobbles purchased a rakish roadster with money that was meant for a bungalow. The line suggests it is spite work and hints he does not intend to propose again.
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Jobbles
Young Jobbles
Houston Post
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad From 1886 Toledo Firm
Frank J Cheney of F J Cheney & Co sworn in Toledo Ohio pledges to pay 100 dollars for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason confirms the oath dated December 6 1886. The medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Ank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Ohio
Coat theft warning hinted in reader notices
A fragmented column recounts an advertiser warning a woman who kept a new overcoat to return it. The would be thief is described by traits including a blue serge suit, tan shoes, gray cloth hat, about five eight, slightly gray hair, a wart on the chin, and a business address.
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Birminghero Acelleraid
Where Ignorance Was Bliss
A farmer observes a boy pilfering apples from a prized tree and pursues him. The farmer abandons chasing, instead offering a soft posed invitation to lure the boy closer, but the boy rejects the approach and asserts he does not need to know everything.
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Weekly Telegraph
Sunlit Colors and Quiet Pride
A compact reflection notes how confidence edges out bashfulness and how yellow embodies sunlight, suggesting bold tones triumph over self doubt in everyday life.
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Robert J.c.stea
Cather
Kitchener
Irwin Myers
Mrs. Hardy
Hardy
Mr. Elden
Koy
Mr. Merton
Charlie
Mercy
The
Fletcher
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek, Mich
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