Ghosts and romance at Pine Cottage in Quemiss
Dora Petty asks Audrey Harlow to stay with her mother at Pine Cottage where a legend says a haunted spirit named Benjamin haunts the inlet pine grove. Audrey meets John Larr a psychology professor who debunks the ghost and eventually marries Audrey, transforming the house into a summer home.
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Dora Petty
Pennington
Aone
Sukey
Pine Cottage
Dora
Audrey
Quemniss
Uat
Petty
Ella
Deck
Potiphar
Anley
Mrs. Petty
Votiphar
Benjamin
Jorne
Ben
Stella Smith
Quemiss
Audrey Harlow
John Larr
John Barr
Barrs
McClure
Crusoe in Thirty Languages Captivates Collectors
An article in Strand Magazine notes W.S. Lloyd of Philadelphia collecting rare Crusoe editions. His staff seeks editions worldwide and his library spans 33 languages including Arabic Persian Turkish and Hebrew. A first folio of Defoe remains in Sir John Soane's museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
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Defoe
Mr. Lloyd
John Soane
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Meteors Reveal Diamonds in Brooklyn Finds
Residents in Flatbush report diamonds among meteor debris as Bensonhurst shops toast new discoveries. Authorities assess authenticity and potential value while locals speculate on impact.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Winter window gardens from the Rexford guide
The article urges preparation for winter flowering now, not in spring. It advises starting with sturdy midlife plants, repotting, and careful feeding, while focusing on multiple branches for more flowers. It covers geraniums, begonias, helotropes, and ferns, and recommends division and potting medium.
Naval tradition and boatswain calls in old time service
The Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute recounts Chief Boatswain McCarthy U S N enforcing shipboard language and orders through sailor vernacular. An officer’s morning command to scrub down with rapidity caused confusion leading the boatswain to send an apprentice for a bucket and yell for a bucketful of it while mocking new soogy moodgies.
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Naval Services
Morning Watch
Cleopatra Improvises Pearl Sundee Creation
In a playful exchange, Cleopatra tells Marc Antony she will invent a new summer drink by dropping a priceless pearl into her wine. She calls the concoction a pearl sundae as a witty, regal joke.
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Marc Antony
Cleopatra
A Difference Between Angelina and Edwin in Love
A brief exchange shows Angelina asking if Edwin would die for her and Edwin replying that his love is undying. The dialogue implies tension over sacrifice and devotion between the two.
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Angelina
Edwin
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Why is the dog so called the most intelligent animal
The elephant asks why the dog is labeled the smartest animal and the horse replies that the dog knows how to live well without doing any work.
Venus of Milo and Neutrality Conversation
The Venus of Milo is described within a discussion on neutrality. A speaker states the aim is nonpartisan stance and that weapons are instruments of war. The exchange frames armas as munitions used in conflict.
Hawaii Sets Aside Forest Reserves for Experimental Firewood
The Hawaii government designates 690000 acres of forest reserves for a trial planting of eu calyptus to supply firewood. A prologue warns that isolated men may react awkwardly in social settings like ballrooms. Advocates of reform are criticized for alienating others with relentless zeal and harming their cause.
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Government of
Hawaii
Child’s curiosity at camp meeting sparks religious moment
A grandmother and her granddaughter attend an old fashioned camp meeting. The girl asks who a kneeling woman is and if she will “get religion” as the scene unfolds before departure. The caption notes the child’s eagerness to witness the conversion.
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Louisville Times
Notary of Odd Portraits Sparks Curious Pair
A Kansas City Star quips about a two image contrast showing a man and wife in a cozy chair beside a starkly different scene of the man biting a cigar end while writing a check. The contrast underlines a sharp, wry mood for readers.
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Kansas City Star
Curio Fakers Trade Tales in London Lunch Break
Lincoln Springfield, the English editor, chats with a Samoan visitor in London. The Samoan explains locals earn a living selling coconuts birds of paradise and Robert Louis Stevenson’s inkwell.
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Curio
Lincoln Springfield
London
Mr. Springfield
Robert Louis Stevenson
Do I make myself perfectly plain asks Forsythe
Miss Forsythe declares she is intellectual and asserts her argument is perfectly clear. J Fuller Gloom replies that she is more plain than anyone he has encountered, with a quip suggesting either clarity or birth circumstances.
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Miss Forsythe
J. Fuller
Kansas City Star
Unlucky Fellow Blobbs Faces Card Woes
In a London Opinion quip, Blobbs is called the unluckiest man at cards. The exchange jokes about his luck in love, noting he has never married, highlighting a lighthearted social observation from the era.
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Blobbs
Bjones
London
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