The House of the Black Continues in a Snowbound Tale
In a rugged valley, Tom encounters a mysterious girl from Poppy Miller's domain. He treks the icy paths, follows a water-bucket drift, and witnesses a tense village debate about haunted cabins. Amos, Lem, and Dan spur a midnight ascent, while Poppy warns of danger and the group debates power and folklore. The scene closes with plans for a daring midnight vigil near the old shanty.
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Hfeern
Dan ‘Tressler
Tie
Amos
Pew
Darkey
Snyder'gy
White Deer Valley
Blair’s Gap
Metformick
Bottle River
Cheen Briar Creek
Squire
Dan
Pennsylvaney
Spruce Creek
Helen
Tom Fisher
Venus
Tom
Tle
Lila
al Furtin
Poppy Hera
Flo
Lem Fisher
Valley Archives
Kathe
Andy Bowersocl
Lake Snuyder
Turkey Bottom
Lem
Poppy
Alle
Ife
Ulle
Tiga
Ute
Sub
Poppy Miller
Alie
Sizing Them Up From The Sketch Hints At Potato Size
A brief humorous dialogue shows Farmer Giles and Harry sizing a batch of potatoes. They compare sizes with Harry noting some potatoes are larger than others and identifying the biggest as just a bit bigger than the small ones.
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Farmer Giles
Harry
Giles
Small Hat for the Business Girl Fashionable bucket style hat
A spring hat design for the business girl emphasizes practicality and sun and moisture resistance. The bucket shape offers endless straw and braid varieties with colorful scarfs and soft tones. A bold bird ornament sits prominently on the brim front, peeking over the edge.
Single Blessedness: Woman Chooses Marriage Over Phone Service
A New York woman, facing uncertainties, asks the telephone company to disconnect. The agent asks what is wrong, and she insists she is happy yet entering marriage tomorrow. London has 43 public schools.
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New York
Silk waist with scalloped front design in pongee
A chic pongee waist in natural tone features four large scallops and a row of three buttons at the front. Brown silk buttonholes are edged with pongee, with tucked fabric showcasing the material’s finish.
Planning a Raid from the Philadelphia Ledger
A dialogue reveals readiness for raiding a gambling joint with a warning to the proprietor and a sharp rebuke from a lieutenant. The exchange captures tension between officers and the risk of departmental trouble. The scene hints at an imminent police operation and the complexities of enforcement.
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Philadelphia Ledger
No-o
Scott
Department
New York Divorces Highlight Wealthy Society Brides
A German court grants a divorce to Baroness Loeffelholz, former Mrs Charles W Shope, joining a long line of New York and area women who married titled foreigners and later sought divorce. The parade includes Miss Ella Haggin, Anna Gould, Conauela Vanderbilt, Miss Elizabeth Curtis, Miss Evelyn Bryant, Miss May Cuyler, Edith Van Buren, Mrs Burke Floche, Miss Gertrude Cortlandt Wells, Miss Marie Schroeder, Miss Francea Cutting, May Yohe, and others, whose marriages to counts, princes, and lords ended amid high society headlines and substantial settlements.
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New York
Loeffelholz
Charles W. Shope
Ella Haggin
San Francisco
Rom
Festetics de Talma
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Prince Helie de Sagan
Conauela Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Misa Helen Morton
Lavi P. Morton
St. Mary's Church
London
Ambassador Choate
Dea Dino
Elizabeth Curtis
Brooklyn
Stevens
Paris
Mme. de Talleyrand
Evelyn Bryant
J .W. Mackay
Prince Ferdinand Colonne di Galatro
May Cuyler
Morristown
N. J
Philip Grey Edgerton
Edith van Buren
Count di Castelmonardo
Genoa
Burke Floche
Frank Work
James Boothby Roche
Aurel Batony
Gertrude Cortlandt Wells
Baron von Cortlandt de Graffenfeld
Schuyler Hamilton Jr
Marie Schroeder
Red Bank
Count Pieri
Francea
Harold Courtenay
Earl of Devon
May Yohe
Lord Wope
Putnam Bradlee Strong
Editor Is Guilty Of Nature Fake EditoR Is Guilty Of Nature
Mason City Ja Special The Britt Tribune recounts a Montana hog breed with three cornered tails that bore postholes by leaping and digging. A farmer plans to fence a mile with these hogs, using dogs to drive them and swill to reveal holes. The hogs yield hams shoulders headcheese and pigs feet with no tenderloin or side meat.
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Mason City
Britt Tribune
Montana
Admiral’s ban on profanity spurs shipboard tale
In Magdalena Bay a U S flag ship commander rebukes officers for swearing at men. A nearby flagship crew responds with a volley of taunts, prompting the captain to remark that his man Tank gets enough encouragement from such conduct.
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Harper's Weekly
United States
Magdalena Bay
California
Nothing Amiss on the Road to Church in Scotland
From the London News, two Scottish farmers meet on their way to church. Donald asks Dougal what he will price his sheep at. Dougal names 50 shillin s, and justifies the sale as charity rather than business on the Sabbath.
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Philadelphia
London Hippodrome
Germany
Trixie
Palace Theater
London
Emir
Puiu
Seeth
Lions
Hendrickson
Tigers
Merrion
Paris
Barnord
Claire Beassy
Messina
Donald
Dougal
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House of the Black
Patte Ring
Tseless
Poppy Millers
Donafeller
Ol Pappy
Cgrannie Miller
Fife
Tom S
Weller's Gap
Henders
Anos Harding
Gum Stump
S Peak
la France
Percy
Kitty
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