Old-Timer Photographs Prompt Uneasy Revelation
A narrator boasts of a brother’s photo collection of "old-timers" but quickly realizes the second image in view is the girl’s own photo. The anecdote ends with the girl's reaction and the shared awkward moment.
Gude's Pepto-Mangan Endures As Iron Tonic
Advert says Gude's Pepto Mangan, an iron tonic originated by Dr A Gude over a quarter century ago, enriches blood and adds color to lips and cheeks. Sold by druggists in liquid and tablet forms, it helps many to stay well, strong, and healthy.
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London nurses rehearse Greek play for charity concert
An elderly spectator asks if Euripides came before Venizelos during a rehearsal at a London hospital. Nurses and students practice an English rendition of a Greek tragedy to raise funds for their exchequer, while an amused misunderstanding unfolds.
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Red Brass Ball Blue for Housekeeping Use
A compact advertisement notes Red Brass Ball Blue is suitable for all housework needs including kitchen towels table linen sheets and pillowcases.
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Ghost walks the actor rides in witty Legion note
A humorous American Legion Weekly quip notes the clerk fired for being too business like after he sent an important letter with a bold order and closed with Hoping for your immediate execution we remain.
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American Legion Weekly
New Knitwear Evolves With Russian Blouse Sweaters
A fashion correspondent reports changes in sweaters featuring belting and contrasting color schemes. Russian blouse effects reframe the garment with girdles and shell ring belts, offering blouson silhouettes and knit silk patterns from Paris houses Madeleine et Madeleine and Morat.
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New York Tribune
Cerise
Madeleine Et Madeleine
Paris
Odette
Undertaker Twist In Will Ends In Coin Coffin Tale
A riddle style tale from the Philadelphia Record describes an Englishman Irishman and Scotsman each contributing five pounds to a coffin as a condition of a will. The Englishman places a five pound note, the Irishman compiles coins, and the Scotsman writes a fifteen pound check. The undertaker, a Welchman, cashes the check, completing the odd bequest.
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A Welchman
Philadelphia Record
When Cash Becomes a Question in Love
In a domestic dialogue a man presses for a cautious future with marriage and debt, while his fiancée remains unsure. He asks to pay cash and avoid trouble like the Sissons. She suddenly asks whose cash funds the plan, revealing underlying doubt.
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Sissons
Bride Keeps Her Wedding Day Complexion
A bride explains a pinkish powder found in a cut glass vial on her dressing table, saying it is her wedding day complexion. A curious friend asks about it, and the bride states she reads that such powder should be kept for the wedding day.
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Strickland Gillilan
Nobel laureate Anatole France Visits Stockholm
Anatole France, age seventy eight, travels to Stockholm to collect the Nobel prize after recovering from a serious illness. He fears catching cold and wears multiple padded waistcoats under his coat as Swedish officers question him with a light exchange about his name.
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Anatole France
Stockholm
France
Suitor and Electrician in a Witty Exchange
A brief quip from Science and Invention models a playful duel of flirtation between a suitor and the Electrician's Daughter. The dialogue centers on a kiss turned into a cheeky electrical metaphor.
Girl Doubts Mirror’s Pick On Her Looks
A girl questions a mirror that calls her homely, showing a conflict between self view and outward judgment. The scene centers on insecurity and the unreliable reflection as a moral notice of vanity.
The Morning Chat Echoes Of Debt Talk
A brief line recalls Sandy urging thoughts on the national debt, set against a calm morning. The remark frames a national finance motif in a casual, conversational tone.
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Acosta Shares Cold Flight Reflections at Omaha Banquet
Bert Acosta, the air champion, described extreme cold at high altitudes during a banquet in Omaha. He quipped that describing the weather up there seems like lying and recalled a farms hand’s tale about biting Vermont cold, with a boiling kettle freezing instantly outside.
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Bert Acosta
Omaha
Vermont
Hungary Claims World’s Largest Aluminum Deposits
Source reports Hungary now holds the largest aluminum deposits with a new discovery near Tapolca. Engineers estimate a deposit exceeding 150 million tons, marking a major advancement in resource potential.
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Hungary
Tapoleza
It Is Easy to Prescribe Remedies for Others’ Ills
A reflective note on how simple it is to propose cures for others problems while ignoring one personal growth. The writer considers humility and self awareness as essential to genuine healing.
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