The Chewing Gum Girl Tella of George's Adventures
A party tale unfolds with two girls sharing George's antics at a gathering. George devises tricks like pinning a penny to a forehead and a wall lean prank, while Mabel Wooley’s plate seems to move via hidden bulbs. Laughter erupts as the group recalls George's mischievous escapades and a closing echo links Horatio's jest to George.
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Horsehill
Tee-hee
George
Tee-lee
Tom Smith
Miss Pennywate
Mabel Wooley
Mabel
Horatio
The Resourceful Husband Outwits Wife With Photo Ruse
A husband feigns loyalty during business trips by staging a photo ritual. He forgets the wife’s picture in Chicago, sends a forged letter about solace from it, then mails a print to mislead his wife. When confronted at home, he exposes the trick with a second print hidden in his bag.
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New York Sun
Chicago
New York
Biddys Blunders In A Household Visit Turns Comic
Mrs. Youngwife frets as the Van Swells plan a stopover. Biddy the new maid arrives and stumbles into mishaps from melon on soup plates to tainted tea cups. The visit ends lively with guests praising the cheerful chaos and Biddy’s wit.
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Mrs. Youngwife
New York
Hubby
Biddy
Maggie
The Truth About Other Loves Confessed
A curly haired woman questions Bert about past romances seeking full truth. He admits a youthful infatuation but insists he loves her now and vows to drop old flames. The couple resolves to ignore past rivals, then ponders if any other past love mattered as much. Chicago Daily News.
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Bert
Marie
Chicago Daily News
Trained to It and the Best Listener
A Baltimore American quote remarks that Mr Jonesby never interrupts and is the best listener the speaker has met. The remark adds humor with a line about his three marriages.
Fight the Gypsy Moth Costs in Massachusetts
Massachusetts allocates about 1 million dollars yearly to combat the gypsy moth including public funds and private expenses. The estimate excludes forest damage and economic losses in great wooded areas which are severe both economically and aesthetically.
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Massachusetts
Will It Pay Buy Local or Mail Order, A Thrifty Farmer Plea
A 1930s voice argues moral duty to shop in home towns over catalogue buying. It compares price logic, goods testing, and the value of local markets, schools, and services, warning mail order dependence could hollow out rural communities and harm future generations.
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Alfred C. Clark
Department
Nfe
Standard Oil
Beef Trust
Merchant
Hog Island Bathing Tale From Nassau Tourists
Across Nassau harbor Hog Island offers a 25 cent bath with all the fruit you desire. A favorite tale recounts visitors eating dozens of oranges, while locals debate the origin of the island’s name in a humorous exchange aboard a steamer.
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Nassau
N. P
Hog Island
Mr. Brown
Pilot Trust
Ftsland
New Providence
Nessau
Ways of the Lats John Mackintosh
Dr John Mackintosh author of The History of Civilization in Scotland has died in Aberdeen. Self educated he worked as a farm labourer shoe maker and policeman before opening a news agent shop where he wrote his four volume history largely while serving customers across the counter.
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John Mackintosh
Scotland
Aberdeen
Ownership of Dog Settled by Wedding Union
A Paris tradesman claimed a spaniel stolen from Rue de Grammont. His 24 year old son encountered the dog with its new owner, a young widow, whose distress won the son’s affection. The ownership dispute is expected to end with their marriage.
Asphalt Layers Found Near Latakia Inexhaustible Resource
Engineers report rich and practically inexhaustible asphalt deposits discovered near Kferie Syria about 25 miles northeast of Latakia along the road to Aleppo. The find is described as abundant and promising for future supply.
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Syria
Kferie
Latakia
Aleppo
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