The Unpopular Mr Torrey
Blake Torrey arrives in Lukane a strong, honorable outsider who wins respect through restraint. He protects a jailed suspect from a mob, defends the man in court, and earns Ethel Burk’s affections. A powerful offer from Gov Felsted hints at a future senate bid.
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Blake Torrey
Lukone
Hearly
Lukane
Ethel Burk
Ethel
Gaynor
Torrey
United States Senate
Wall Street
Senate
John Felsted
Telsted
First Service Pension Law for Revolution Soldiers
The 1818 act granted life pensions to all who served through the war or for nine months but led to abuses. In 1820 many names were removed from rolls, and President Adams noted the need to curb fraud while preserving deserved cases. Experts cited pension surges from $64,130 in 1800 to over $3.2 million by 1820, prompting congressional reforms.
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Adams
Washington
Congress
Long Wait for Husband’s Poem Sale
A bill collector asks about the husband at home while the wife explains he is in his study writing a poem. He is told to wait, and is informed the wait ends only when the poem is sold. The exchange highlights a humorous literary dilemma and the stubbornness of authors.
Kin Hubbard on vacations and summer spending today
Kin Hubbard muses on vacation season as folks plan trips by canoe and cottage, noting spending on fishin gear, travel, and luxury items while loans and aging habits loom. He jokes that vacations change venues but not routines, as city life and routine comforts lure attention away from daily grind.
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Jist
Silver Lake
Minnie
Western Canada offers vast land for grain and cattle farming
The piece urges investment in wheat barley and oats farming across Western Canada citing rapid seedling growth and high future prices. It highlights cheap lands from 15 to 25 dollars per acre with easy terms, free homesteads, vital rail access, and rental opportunities. It also touts large ranges for cattle and notes government push for food production during wartime.
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Canada
Hoere
United States
Erate
Western Canada
Week end Visit to the Country Cartoonized Guide
A humorous essay promotes a country week end as the antidote to urban tedium. Miss Fawn Lippincut contrasts crowded streetcars and parks with rustic leisure, listing rural pleasures, practical jokes, and a travel kit including thread and wire cutters for the trip.
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John
Rhode Islands
Milady
Mt. Vernon
Adams Newspaper Service
Pred Creators and Chief Deputy Ominesdaik Comment on Telephones
In a fragmentary note from the Indianapolis News, Pred Creators and a chief deputy discuss telephones and a Walter Wonka vehicle. A barber nearby is described as pale and bleeding, with a shouted query about Gerrans colors and an unclear response.
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United States Ominesdaik
Tou Ad Wonka
Ts Gerrans
Tnchiuiapolis News
Freezone corn remover marketed by Cincinnati chemist
A Cincinnati chemist announces Freezone an ether compound now sold in tiny bottles at low cost. Apply a drop to a corn or callus and pain vanishes as the affected skin loosens and lifts away, with the claim it shrivels rather than eats the tissue and works quickly without burning or irritation.
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Cincinnati
Fighting Nations and Territorial Ambitions Questioned
Dialogue hints at future territorial changes amid wartime ore production claims. United States bans flags on hosiery as a curious policy note.
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United States
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Mr. Torrey
Katherine Howe
George Gaynor
Mthel
Uncle Sam
Efe
Eth 1 Burk
First Service
Kin Hubbard
Golden Oak Davenport
Bud
Lide
Ap Theresa
Annie
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Thomas
Pete
Marine Eye Remedy
Droggista of Mail
Hook. Mabing Eye Remedy CO
Chicago
Carters
Carter
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Fll
Frast
Harold Somers
Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Vo
Parcel Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, Y
Fas &Co
Kansas City
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