Adventurers' Club Murder on Soochow Creek Tale
Milton Weaver, U S Marine in Shanghai, faces a mob on Soochow Creek when a sampan crowd challenges him during a border clash. Blinded by smoke, he fights with a nightstick until English police and Marines restore order at the International Settlement.
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China
Spain
Milton Weaver
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Milt Weaver
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Milt
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Mik
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Old English Cathedrals and Their Revered Grandeur
An overview celebrates England's ancient cathedrals as monuments of faith and art. Salisbury Cathedral is highlighted as possibly the most perfect of the great English churches, renowned for its majesty and Gothic architecture.
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Eng
Europe
Salisbury Cathedral
Apple Sauce Recipe Drives Orchard Cash In
Iris revives her grandmother Douay's Apple Sauce mint recipe to boost Dwight's harvest profits after a storm. They ship batches for duck sandwiches, attracting a famous chef and a big buyer from upstate, putting them $2,000 in the black.
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Iris
Mimi
Collies
Nip and
Tuck
Grandfather Douay
Douay
Oliver Twist
Caroline Douay
Grandma
Garvey
Dwight
Lardner’s Open Letter Promotes Square Deal Populism
John Lardner announces candidacy with a tongue in cheek platform. He proposes $716 monthly benefits for old folks and $20 for each high schooler, claims balanced budgeting via odd math, and pledges strong defense while deriding both major parties. He emphasizes common sense, tax fairness, and economic reform as a parody of political rhetoric.
Big Brothers and the Trials of Josephs Brethren
The lesson emphasizes the family as the fundamental unit of society and highlights Judah's courage in the Joseph narrative. It frames true brotherly devotion as tested during crisis and stresses parental and filial love as central to social stability.
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Garden of Eden
Joseph
Judah
Benjamin
Jacob
Cain
Fragmentary Religious Thought Note
The text asserts belief in Christ as the resurrection and life, implying a message of spiritual renewal and devotion. It reads as a devotional fragment urging faith over despair and referencing sanctity or shrines.
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Christ
Faults Shown By Light The Palmieri Insight
A brief aphorism notes that minor faults glare brighter when touched by brilliance. The speaker Palmieri comments on perception, contrasting how the good sigh over small faults more than the wicked over larger flaws, using a proverb about stain and brightness.
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Palmieri
Vacation Toggery sews own outfits and dancing dates
Vera and family promote sewing their own dresses with dotted patterns and vivid descriptions of fashion. The piece notes patterns 1297 and 1307 with sizes 12 to 20, yardage, and materials. It directs readers to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. in San Francisco for orders and prices.
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Vera
Mom
Filo
Paris
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery Ave
San Francisco
Calif
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Household Tips From Old Time Almanac Fragments
Scorched food remedy uses a pan in a larger pan of water to dilute heat. Honeyed toppings for ice cream sundaes suggested. To soften tough meat add vinegar to cooking liquid and simmer. For scaling fish a dull knife is recommended. To remove lettering from cloth tea bags soak in water with fabric bag mention.
Endangered Man Man Warns Against Peril Every Hour
A short aphorism notes that an endangered man named Man Man remains consistently unwatchful toward dangers that threaten him hourly, attributed to Horace.
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Horace
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