The Hermit and the Fox Terrier
Dickie Fergusson a wanderer with a hermit life at a Heidelberg castle forms a fragile bond with an American girl whom he befriends through her fox terrier Bobs. After her marriage news draws him back from travel and rekindles his companionship with the dog, revealing his lingering human warmth.
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Dickie Fergusson
Dickie
Neckar
Heidelberg
Bobs
Morths
Baron
America
Iob
Fourth of July Turned Quiet as Old Generations Fade
A traveler sees a quiet Fourth of July observe in a ball park where the native notes the last of the old guards were killed a year ago and a new generation has not yet appeared, reflecting time’s drift.
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Ball Park
Aunt and girl repair lace on walk in a dollmaker moment
A girl helps her aunt by tearing off lace from the aunt’s shoe and then keeps cutting more to use for her doll’s skirt. The aunt cannot mend it, and the girl continues tearing to collect a larger piece.
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Jace
Royal Musicians Among European Royals
European royalty includes King Peter of Servia who composed the Servian National Battle Song. Archduke Friedrich of Austria writes love songs and plays five instruments. Grand Duke Michael of Russia issued The Influenza March. Prince Joachim Albert of Prussia favors waltzes and comic songs. Prince Nicholas of Greece, a flute player, composed a symphony for pipes. Princess Henry of Battenberg wrote many piano pieces and songs.
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Peter of
Servia
Archduke Friedrich
Austria
Michael
Russia
Joachim Albert
Prussia
Prince Nicholas
Greece
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Division of Labor in Prison Life
A caller requests a few days in a penitentiary to observe inmate life. The warden questions the purpose and suspects book or story motives. The caller explains he studies conditions while his brother develops theories as a sociologist.
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Sunday Papers
Fragrant plants as a fly deterrent and paper substitute
The article suggests mignonette and similar flowering plants serve as effective fly paper. It recommends sowing seeds in spring and growing plants for each room at low cost, noting fragrance and practicality.
Hard Lines in a Creditors Assignment Dialogue
In a short exchange Buncum confronts Skinner about an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Skinner admits inability to pay, while Buncum recalls his own past failure and large property holdings.
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Buncum
Skinner
A Mother's Care for Theodore and the Phonograph
A letter to a young mother argues her strict rules for Theodore, contrasts her bans on boys with the phonograph's vulgar tunes, and urges balancing censorship with exposure to good influences. It warns that the machine imitates coarse speech and could shape Theodore’s language, urging moral consistency and selective listening.
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Theodore
Tommy Perkins
Tommy
Eddy’ Conway
Eddy
Aleck Saunders
Aleck
Flanders
Aloysius
van Sutphen
Saltonstall
Beethoven
Schubert
Schumann
Phonograph
Stomach Catarrh Linked to Thinness and Fermentation
The article explains that thinness stems from stomach catarrh causing hyperacidity and fat malabsorption. It attributes fat digestion to pancreatic juice, inhibited by acid, and claims Peruna speeds digestion to prevent fermentation, allowing normal fat intake and regained plumpness.
Coffee bag trade drives Brazil coffee exports
Last year Brazil required over 20 million jute bags for all coffee production. The cost of the bags and shipment amounted to nearly 4 million dollars, with each bag costing about 18 cents to produce and transport.
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Brazil
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Relief for Tired Feet
A long advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for tired feet, claiming it heals while you walk and offers antiseptic, wartia-like benefits. It touts 30,000 testimonials and warns against imitations, urging readers to ask for the genuine foot powder.
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Tony
Allen
Grateful
Recsone
Innocence Superior to Repentance Quote by Scholes
A historical quotation asserts innocence as preferable to repentance, claiming an unsullied life is better than pardon and urging a virtuous path over compromise.
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Scholes
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