Poor Butterfly in an Old House Returns to Love
In the West room of a faded ancestral home Miss Hesketh rents to Marshall who seeks quiet for writing a play and meals in his room. The hidden dancer Amabel, under a plain cap, awakes to love as Marshall discovers her true self and the two are drawn together amid family secrecy and gradual happiness.
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Miss Hesketh
Marshall
Archibald Hesketh
Annabel
Archibald
Lydia Hesketh
Anabel
Amabel
Lydia
Hepsy
Amabel Hesketh
Explains Hold of Buddhism and Temple Fires in Japan
An eastern correspondent notes Japan’s temple fires show Buddhism’s vitality through rapid rebuilding. It compares funding of Buddhist and Shinto temples with Christian givings, and argues Buddhism appeals by promising both worldly happiness and a future life, tied to ceremonial duties.
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Japan
Fish Telephones Aid Deep Water Fishing
The article explains how Norwegian fishermen use undersea noise to locate shoals. A microphone is lowered from a boat to pick up fish movement sounds, with the signal transmitted via a wire to a telephone on the boat so an operator detects when a shoal is nearby.
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Scientific American
Exquisite Summer Materials for Playtime Frocks
The article highlights practical yet stylish summer fabrics for children and adults, focusing on ginghams chambrays and cottons for workwear and organdie dotted swiss for leisure frocks. It describes simple dress designs with white and peach organdie, floral trims, and a blue dotted swiss version with a white organdie collar, showcasing cool crisp summer style.
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Uumbertime
Dress Accessories That Tone Up Summer Costume
Summer dress needs get a lift from veils for soft lines, fur neck-pieces, ivory girdles, beads in varied colors, crystal and seed necklaces, beaded purses, leather and ostrich skin bags, and even colorful parasols. New shopping bags in summer silks and ribbons, Crepe mounts, and decorative hats add harmony. Strands of beads, crystal pieces, and pearl necklaces remain popular with a few new filigree silver bracelet styles and rhinestone strands for the wrist.
Fourteen Caterpillars Plan Separate Adventures
A tray of fourteen brown caterpillars on a leaf shares meal time and growing dreams. They discuss eating, future blue swallowtail wings, and the moment they will drift apart to seek their own paths. The mother leaves them a leaf and they promise to stay together while young before parting.
Riddles and Wordplay From a Playful Corky Farmer
A string of silly questions and puns about Ireland Corks and goats, with lines about a moon jumping cow and wordplay on agate and access to the field. The tone is playful and nonsensical, offering humor through misheard phrases and literal twists.
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Ireland
Tanlac credited for cure of Lakeville farmer's wife
Mrs. Amy Peterson, wife of a Lakeville farmer in New Bedford area, says Tanlac restored her health after severe indigestion and rapid weight loss. She reports gaining weight, full appetite, and renewed strength, claiming she weighs 122 pounds now from 103 earlier. Tanlac is advertised as sold by leading druggists.
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Amy Peterson
Lakeville
Mays
New Bedford
Taniac
Tanlac
Jetter from Nephew Harry Reports Hyena Laughing Neighbors
A humorous note from Harry in Africa describes a scene near his house with a nearby family of laughing hyenas. His aunt and Hig Wife remark that having pleasant neighbors would be nicer.
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Lucky
Josh
Harry
Africa
Cuticura Promotes Soothing Scalp and Clear Skin
The advertisement urges readers to rub with Cuticura Ointment to soothe itching spots and dandruff on the scalp, then wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It promotes Cuticura as daily toilet preparations for clear skin and soft hands.
Publisher invites figure from scandal to author a book
A narrator notes that a figure in a salacious lawsuit has been asked by publishers to write a book. Miss Cayenne voices doubt that any details remain untold, reflecting on what remains to disclose.
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Miss Cayenne
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Bel
Sorghum
Congressional Committee For Investigation
Mary
Westery Dures
Fiere
Farmer
Fletcher
Om Chen
King Pin Plug Tobacco
Mabold
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