Greek Lessons Drive Richard From Campus To Mocking Mob
Richard Derrox returns to his mother’s farm and enters a Greek study under Seth Kinney. The woods teach him Greek, fueling ambition and a campus uproar as students chant “For he liked it, don’t you know,” deriding his romance with Emily and spurring a thorny path to acceptance and fame.
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Richard Derrox
Wome
Deco
Aohbermit
Allege
Kinney
Derring
Tela
Seth
Afrinev
Tom Riah
Kimily
Jerushay
Colless
Ricard
Richard
Aurora
Emily
Wood chopper Richard pursues journalism at Chicago
Richard uses his unusual background as an older student to gain attention and opportunities at college. He earns English honors, gets tutoring and secretarial work, and joins the football team. A professor advocates journalism and offers to help arrange Chicago connections.
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Emily
Cupid
Richard
College News
Chicago
Derring Interacts With Artist at Art Institute Reception
In a Chicago studio corridor Derring meets Miss Gordon an artist in gray cloak after rescuing a wind blown paper roll. He plans to interview her about private studios linked to the Art Institute and hopes for a promotion while she studies at her desk by the north window.
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Ilike
Seth Kinney
Wood-Road
Derring
Tom
Gordon
Chicago
Art Institute
Michigan Avenue
Institute
Gray Veil
Relic of the Jacobite Star Keeps Paris Ball Memory
Before Charles Edward the young pretender returned to England he hosted a Paris ball where Lady Mary Touchet drew his notice and received the star from his breast. She died young, and the star passed to her sister who married Philip Thicknesse and later to his nieces, preserving the relic as a curiosity.
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Charles Edward
England
Paris
Mary Touchet
Mary
Prince Charlie
Philip.Thicknesse
Girl’s whistle saves car thief in Louisville block
A Louisville young woman startled neighbors on Fourth Avenue by blowing a shrill warning whistle as a thief chased a car. The driver halted, and the runner aboard thanked the girl as she laughed. The scene showed she would not hide her light.
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Fourth Avenue
Peter Pan
Louisville Courier-Journal
Remedy for coughs and throat problems with Virgin Oil of Pine
The article promotes a tonic mix of two ounces glycerine half ounce Virgin Oil of Pine compound and eight ounces whisky as a cough remedy. It notes the Virgin Oil of Pine is produced by Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati and dispensed in half ounce vials. It also offers diet and hydration advice for 70 to 75 year olds.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Harper's Bazar
Bragging Speaker, Strangers at Home Reveal Success
A lighthearted exchange hints at a party’s success as Cumrox jokes that crowds make him feel like a stranger in his own house. The passage closes with an advertisement praising Stamlins Wia rd Oil for tired feet and morning relief.
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Mr. Cumrox
The Way It Happened at Belle Avroplane
Maude-Higsby fell at my feet in a moment of confusion. Witnesses debated whether intoxication or a scene at Belle Avroplane caused the incident.
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Maude
Higsby
Belle
Old bachelor’s wry note on love and incubator myths
A digressive remark portrays the speaker as an old bachelor who jokes that love is hatched in an incubator and raised in an insane asylum, blending whimsy with social critique.
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