Broadway Returns Home to Jonesville Gum Plot
Broadway Jones, known as Broadway, returns to Jonesville with plans to run his late uncle Abner’s gum plant. In town, he reunites with Clara Spotswood and faces pressure from the Consolidated Chewing Gum firm and Pembroke. The judge offers whisky while Mrs Spotswood nerves rise as a mysterious visitor arrives at the Grand hotel.
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Jackson Jones
Broadway
New York
Jonesville
Abner Jones
Judge Spotswood
Robert Wallace
Gerard
Wallace
Abner
Europe
Peter Pembroke
Consolidated Chewing Gum Company
New York Herald
Ohio
Clara
Sammy
Josie Richards
Sam
Mr. Jones
Mr. Wallace
Bob
Miss Spotswood
Josie
Gum Works
Empire Advertising Agency
Mrs. Spotswood
Dave
Jackson
Consolidated
Pembroke
Judge Spotswood’s Dinner Turns Legal Duty Into Evening
Mrs Spotswood, Josie, Broadway, and the judge crowd a center table as business looms, with the judge intent on a professional claim while the family hosts and music follows after the children are asleep.
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Mrs. Spotswood
Josie
Broadway
Judge Spotswood
London’s female timekeeper Miss Anita Belleville
Miss Anita Belleville runs a London time service using a precise chronometer checked weekly at Greenwich Observatory. Her device stays within ten milliseconds weekly and travels well through trains and trams, outperforming central electric clocks. the business extends from her father to her and now to her.
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Greenwich Observatory
Miss Belleville
London
Greenwich
Henry Belleville
Royel
Voice Worth Cultivating and The Art of Clear Speech
A guide urges careful use of voice and disciplined speech. It warns hurried habits and irritability ruin tones nature gave for better purpose, stressing clear distinct modulation to avoid grating listeners.
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Lfe
Money Motive Behind Woodshed Dispute
In a terse exchange, Brother Buckaloo requests two dollars for a woodshed. the Colonel claims no woodshed exists. Buckaloo counters that lack of a woodshed is irrelevant to his financial objective.
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Buckaloo
Five Year Old Girl Cured After Ringworm Treated
In 1911 a five year old girl suffered a painful facial eruption misidentified as ringworm. Blisters oozed watery fluid and caused itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed the condition improved in months and was fully cured, according to Henry Prins in 1912. Samples offered free with a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.
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Maurice
Henry Prins
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Sizable crowd at ball game astonishes foreign visitor
A foreign spectator praised the event noting the large crowd and the absence of dancing the tango, saying he had not seen so many people at a game without dancers.
The Actor of Today Impeded Speech Causes Moment
A humorous exchange notes an actor with a speech impediment, yet the world fails to notice as the film trembles on. The dialogue highlights public indifference to personal flaws amid a tense production.
Right and Left Hands Quote by Ruskin
A fragment quotes John Ruskin on keeping actions hidden from the other hand to avoid shame and secrecy. The line discusses moral consistency and hidden motives in conduct.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Bright White Clothing
An advertising insert touts Red Cross Ball Blue for achieving beautiful clear white clothes. Appeals to shoppers at all good grocers with a simple slogan and product endorsement.
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Red Cross
Adv
Quote exchange on friendship and longevity
A pair of lines discuss how Goodfellow maintains lasting friendships. One speaker asks why, and the other answers that he does not wear them out, implying steadiness and reliability as the reason.
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Goodfellow
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M‘neill & Libby
Chicago
York
Tee
Orego
M. Gething
Grants Pass
East Texas
East Tex. Land Co
Nacogdoches, Tex
Monroe Co
Ind
Jetzuch
Ebettsville
Pontex
Sask
Can
Jos
Lefloch
Notre Dame D'Auvergne
Riley Co
Kan
Huse
Manhattan
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