Nurse Walker and the Ill-Fated Engagement Scheme
Abigail Allen poses as nurse for Samuel Peters to help him with his illness as he hides an arranged engagement with Mrs Peters. Dr Henry Hardwick discovers Abigail’s true feelings and eventual marriage to the doctor ends the Peters romance. Abigail confesses her own love and marries Hardwick, leaving Peters believing romance arose from a hospital call.
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Menry Hardwick
Mr. Peters
Samuel Peters
Peters
Miss Walker
Abigail
Mrs. Peters
Ines
Doctor Hardwick
Abigail Allen
Allentown
Watson Road
Samuel
France
Mr.Peters
Boy Drowns Out Noise With Water Trick
A mother overhears a loud bath and finds Johnny Brown's bathroom overflowing. He explains he could not hear due to the noise from the water, a childish attempt to amuse himself.
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Johnny Brown
No Escape From Friday Lingers in Daily Life
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes cultural avoidance of risky or unlucky numbers in hotels and offices with floor renumbering and room labeling, while insisting Friday remains essential in weekly calendars.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Over Their Heads at the Literary Club
A dialogue reveals neighbors debating a clever woman in their club. One calls her intellectual while another questions her grasp, noting she writes papers on Browning and Keats that confuse others in the group.
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Browning and Keats
The Personal Touch Breach in Dress Hooking Case
Mrs. Blackstone recounts a French maid’s cleverness before she left. She hooked Dieu, a remark noted as extreme, highlighting the maid’s skill and the abrupt departure in this sensational anecdote.
Royal Gossip Ties George to Possible Matches in London
The Windsors figure in London gossip as Prince George, aged twenty one, may marry soon. One rumor links him to Lady Alexandra Curzon daughter of the foreign secretary, while another hints at Grace Vanderbilt daughter of General and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York. The Vanderbilt party stays in Park Lane as Grace enters royal circles.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Lord Renfrew
Duke of York
Wales
Princess Mary
Prince George
Alexandra Curzon
Grace Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilts
Brook House
Park Lane
England
Grace
Alexandra
Lord Curzon
Mary Victoria Leiter
Levy Z. Leiter
Chicago
Marshall Field
Field
Navy Aid to Japan After Quake Signals Swift Response
Rear Admiral B A Anderson led rapid U S relief after the Yokohama earthquake. He reported arrival of the flagship Huron and casualties, ordered a carrier from Shanghai, and oversaw supplies to Yokohama via destroyers. Relief items included beans flour rice tea sugar salt water medical goods cotton gauze blankets and tools. Anderson, born 1860 in North Carolina, a United States Naval Academy graduate, holds D S M and Congressional Medal of Honor and has served as rear admiral since 1918.
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B. A. Anderson
United States
Asiatic
Yokohama
United States Navy Department
Huron
Shanghai
Shipping Board
Red Cross
Admiral Anderson
North Carolina
United States Naval Academy
Walton of Oklahoma in limelight amid martial law clash
Governor John C. Walton rises in prominence as Tulsa county is placed under martial law to fight mob violence and Klan activity. The conflict prompts a War Department review and moves toward a Senate bid from Muskogee.
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John C. Walton
Oklahoma
Tulsa County
Ku Klux Klan
Walton
Howard
United States War Department
Oklahoma National Guard
Weeks
War Department
Muskogee
United States Senate
Mrs Vanderbilt Buys Sarazen and Sets Racing Pace
Mrs. Vanderbilt, formerly Virginia Fair, enters racing wealth circle with the Fair stable. She paid Col. Phil Chinn $30,000 for Sarazen, who won the Saratoga race in 1:05 for five and a half furlongs as her colors debut.
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Payne Whitney
Greentree Stable
Raymond Baker
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt
Marshall Field
H. Carnegie Phipps
William K. Vanderbilt II
Vanderbilt
Virginia Fair
The
Fair Stable
Saratoga
Col
Phil Chinn
Sarazen
Box
Belmont Park
Sandé
Ostrich Pair News Caper Inspires Billie Brownie
Billie Brownie visits Mr and Mrs Ostrich and learns their curious life and clever system for protecting their brood. They explain brains are small but effective, with daytime egg sitting and nighttime guard roles.
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Billie Brownie
Mrs. Ostrich
Billie
Mr. Ostrich
Mra
The Pencil Puzzle: Spend 20 Cents On 20 Pencils
A girl has 20 cents to buy 20 pencils priced at a quarter cent, a half cent, and four cents each. Determine how many pencils of each price she can buy with exactly 20 cents while obtaining 20 pencils in total.
Intuition Prompted A Couple’s Dress Comment
A humorous exchange shows Mrs asking about her new bathing suit and Mr hedging with a quiet, awkward reply. The dialogue ends with Mrs silencing the talk, signaling impatience.
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Nurse Walker
Henry Hardwick
America
U.S. Navy
Japan
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Ica
Aie
Thad
Menominee
Michigan
Ene
Beleans
Bellans
Scholl
Scholls Zlinepa
Frey Eagle & Smallwood Sts
Baltimore, Md
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