Mr and Mrs Reynolds and the bungalow rent plot
A stage set on Staten Island follows Dick Meade the cynic journalist and Bob a chemist as John Brand the cement magnate pressures a graft. Jane resists but is drawn into a conspiracy to cheat Pecos River dam specs. Bob refuses then yields losing moral footing. Dick uncovers Brand’s treachery as Bob is wiped out.
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Reynolds
Staten_ Island
Dick “Meade
Bob
John Brand
Brand
Hudson Cement Company
The
United
Pecos River
Jane
Mrs. Collins
Henning
Staten Island
Bowling Green
Light in Darkness Turns on a Fallen Magnate
Dick Meade visits Bob Reynolds in a luxurious home where Frieda has reinvented herself. Reynolds frets over ruin after a stock collapse and overdraft, while Meade hints at truth about Brand and the broker. Reynolds vows to fight on, times ahead promise more peril and betrayal.
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Europe
Reynolds
Bob
Prosperoue
Brand
Henning
National
Consolidated
Wire
Consolidated Wire
Jane
Mother
Uruguayan beef industry and Fray Bentos plant legacy
The San Francisco Argonaut notes a vast Uruguayan cattle sector producing hundreds of millions of pounds of jerky annualy with exports to Brazil Cuba and Puerto Rico It highlights Fray Bentos as the world’s first major beef extract factory near Buenos Aires its large slaughter rates and the company’s welfare minded model town and business reputation.
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Uruguay
Brazil
Cuba
Porto Rico
Fray Bentos
Uruguay River
Buenos Aires
Argentina
San Francisco
Who Has Not Observed it The Depravity of Inanimate Object
A fragmentary string notes a questioning stance on moral depravity and an unnamed reference to Therine K. O. Walker. The passage appears as a literary or editorial aside without clear event or attribution. No concrete actions, dates, or places are present.
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K. O. Walker
California Syrup of Figs advertised as safe for children
An advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle remedy to relieve constipation in children and adults. It claims the product cleanses the stomach, liver, and bowels, improves appetite, sleep, and health, and suggests a 50 cent bottle with directions printed on the label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Expensive Substitutes and Cautions on Ads
A witty exchange notes caution about substitutes in ads. The speaker recalls taking an understudy to dinner and being trimmed, while Miss Sue Brette calls for reading the papers and mentions a warning given in some advertisements about substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Brette
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad Boosts Youthful Look
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a ready to use tonic that darkens gray hair to any shade naturally and evenly. It claims dandruff relief and reduced hair loss after regular use and urges purchase for 50 cents at drug stores.
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Wyeth
Adv
Heard on the Train Do you catch cold easily
A trainside quip about susceptibility to catching a cold humorously links it to trimming nails too close, illustrating everyday chatter and light banter aboard a railcar.
Salzer's White Bonanza Oats Heads to Lincoln Co Minn
Salzer seed house boasts C J Johnson of Lincoln County Minnesota growing 243 bushels from 2 5 bushels sown last spring. They promote alfalfa potatoes timothy clovers farm seeds and claim the cereal wonder White Bonanza Oats and other seeds as top offerings with a mail order catalog from John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wis. The ad closes with a quip about the female of the species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J. Johnson
Lincoln Co. Minn
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
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Eugene Walter
By Webster Denison
A. C. McClurg & Co
Light In Darkness
Frieda
Mr. Reynolds
New York
Mr. Dick
Elana Bob
Mr. Meade
Friedda
Eas
Meade
Ohio
Collins
Salzer
America
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