Amory Plays Hero Amid Pacific Island Intrigue
English WWI veteran Philip Amory, now a Papua trader, saves a musical actress on a pleasure trip and becomes entangled with Pia Laurier and a gold field mystery. He recalls the Fanshaw escape, informs Laurier, then heads to Thursday Island where Fanshaw is found after a storm and a three week layup.
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Philip Amory
Papua
New Guinea
Spicer
Fanshaw
Amory
Bassett
Laurier
Thursday Island
Port Moresby
The Pursuit and The Unstarted Wedding
In a tense sea chase, the narrator shoots Sir Richard Fanshaw to save himself and Pia Laurier. Pia greets him with a quiet reunion, revealing Richard's hurried elopement plan and its fallout. He learns Pia is set on an uncertain marriage while keeping hidden truths.
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Fanshaw
Sir Richard
Tanshaw
Richard Fanshaw
Villian
Pacific Ocean
Pia Laurier
Richard
Europe
Singapore
Government House
Anne
Gloves for Little Girls Fashioned for Every Occasion
The article outlines glove trends for children and mothers, emphasizing matching accessories to outfits. It highlights 16-button mousquetaire suede gloves in pastel colors, long white glace kid gloves, black suede and lace mitts, and rhinestone trim. It notes coordinating hats, bags, and shoes, and describes outfits like jacket suits and printed crepe ensembles for young girls.
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Shantung
Dresden
Julia Bottomley
Antony
Kitchen tips and recipes from a 1930 newspaper feature
The page offers a range of home cooking ideas from salads to main dishes. Maritime notes include Chicken salad Hawaiians style with pineapple, Melon Cocktail syrup with mint, Potato Salad a la Russe, Collards, and Pork Chops De Luxe with apples and onions.
Youthful Lovers Fall Victim to Ruthless Office Gossip
A New York office minor executive named Philip secretly courted a secretary using dicta phone messages. When the secretary was absent a substitute heard the love note and burst into laughter, forcing Philip to quit and locate another position.
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New York
Philip
New York Sun
Talk to Yourself Via Slot Machine in London Streets
A new device uses a slot machine to play back voices recorded on a red metal alloy disk. The phonograph style record delivers five seconds after speaking ends and works with any phonograph and fiber needle. The disk is claimed permanent.
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London
Desserts and Other Dishes From Junkets to Jam
A collection of simple gelatin and dessert ideas. Cherry and raspberry gelatin desserts with marshmallows and cream, a chicken mousse with bechamel, a pep cocktail with egg and citrus, prune jam from soaked prunes, lemon and orange slices, and dried apricot variations.
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Black Sheep’s
Beatrice Grimshaw
Irwin Myers
Hughes Massie & Co
WNU
Pia
Sinabada
Goode Island
Western Newspaper Union
New- York Morning Telegraph
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