Make Up and Fortune in a Prairie Romance
Alma Sioux Scarberry crafts a melodrama about Vivian Johns and Kent Johns. A scheme to secure wealth collides with romance as Kent’s fortune vanishes, uncovering Vivian as the heiress to a half million dollars while a guardian judge and a mystery grandfather shape their futures. The tale blends marriage plans, guardian figures, and a cliffhanger setup.
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Vivian Briatthewe
Kentworth Stillman Johns
Doaby
Paris
Wall Street
Vivian
Kent
Johns
Old Johns
Hent
Matthews
Vivian Johns
Guardian Angel
Goofey
Kansas City
Tom
Frankfort
Happil
Kent Johns
Royal exiles in Paris haunt smart lives and monopoly
The piece profiles European royal exiles living in France after dethronements. It notes affluent fugitives in Paris hotels, country homes near Versailles and the Riviera, with Ahmad Kadjar the Persian shah cited for his fortune on the Bourse. It mentions Abdul Medjid, Zita, Sophie of Greece, Nathalie of Serbia, and others living in exile with pensions and secluded lives.
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Paris
Riviera
Normandy
Ahmad
Ahmad Kadjar
Shah of Persia
Stock Exchange
Persia
Teheran
Turkey
Abdul Medjid
Mustapha Kemal
India
Melek
Amela
Portugal
Manuel
France
Versailles
England
Abbas Hilmi
Khedne
Egypt
Fund
Expt
Zita
Spain
Pyrenees
Otto
Sophie
Grece
Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm
Florence
Italy
Switzerland
Nathalie
Serbia
Biarritz
French Marriage Agencies Have a Booming Business
French matrimonial bureaus flourish as a gender imbalance widens the pool of marriageable women. Paris magazines Hymen and Mariage market hopeful brides with dowries while agencies arrange dances and private meetings or manage correspondence under fictitious names to ease embarrassment. Farm ads in provinces demand dowries and practical suitors, often requiring months of farm work as proof of worth.
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Paris
France
Welfare Societies Rage At French Bullfighting
Paris reports bullfighting gains in Central France as towns like Vichy Bourges and Nevers lure Spaniards to perform. Welfare groups decry the brutality fearing public taste will shift to violence. critics note large purses attract matadors and promoters claim rings ensure spectator safety for all ages.
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Paris
France
Spain
Vichy
Bourges
Nevers
French Society For Prevention of
White Russian refugees crowned in exile Paris
AC Grand Duke Cyrill leads a large group of Russian royal refugees in France after Nicholas death. He is regarded as the focal point of White Russian hopes, holding high rank among the exiled aristocracy and families who have reigned or still reign in Europe.
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Paris
France
Europe
Montmartre
Cyrill
Nicholas
Air Camp Equipment Study for Lightweight Field Gear
The Army Air Corps plans air camp gear for expeditions including lightweight steering bags camping stoves and tents designed to fit over lower wings. Secretary of War Good directs Major General Fech to study equipment needs aiming for light compact gear for storage in aircraft.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
War Good
James E. Fechet
Meanest thief in Nashville faces court charges
Carl Jones, 29, of Memphis, was brought before the city court on drunken and disorderly conduct with a pistol. The arrest followed him taking an ice cream cone from Duke Vincent, 15, son of Patrolman U S Vincent.
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Nashville
Tenn
Carl Jones
Memphis
Duke Vincent
U S. Vincent
Circus acrobat marries in town hall wedding car stunts
The acrobat Marty performed a public show after his wedding. He fitted the wedding car with parallel bars and, while driving to the dinner, did handstands giant swings and hung by his toes as his bride dodged in discomfort during the ride.
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Marty
Burlington district approves historic school tax despite low turnout
In Burlington Wisconsin the Burlington union school district approved a new school tax, the heaviest in the district’s history, though only 28 of about 32,000 voters attended the meeting.
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Burlington. Wis
Burlington Union School District
Ada Belle Lounsbrough Visits Eaton Kinfolk
Ada Belle Lounsbrough of Elwood visits relatives in Eaton this week then returns home. A gathering honors Ralph Lowe home from Chicago, with Minnie Lowe, Ralph, Paul and Otis Lowe, and several other family members present. Other visits include Mrs. Ed Bassett hosting Sam Hutchinson and daughter, and drives to Linwood Park to see Raymond Unger.
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Sam Hutchinson
Oberlin
Brooks
Ed Bassett
M. E. Strong
Minnie Lowe
Ralph
Cleveland
James Gourlis
Mary Dawley
Harley Roessinger
Ha Belle
James Parker
Linwood Park
Ice sheet once covered New York by glacial period
Geologists estimate a thick ice sheet over four thousand feet deep once blanketed New York during the last glaciation. The finding highlights the region's dramatic climatic history and landscape shaping forces.
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New York
Thor Speed Iron portable ironing machine ad
An advertisement extolls the Thor Speed Iron as a revolutionary electric ironer. It claims dramatic time savings from 8 hours to 2, the ability to iron 90 percent of laundry, portability, and easy operation. Tests and payments offered with dealer demos via Hurley Machine Company in Chicago.
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Thor
Hurley Machine Company
22Nd Street
54Th Avenue
Chicago
Tlinvis
Ohio Public Service Co
Cities Service Co
Cities Service
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