War Breaks Out Amid Secret Embassy Plots and Flight
In a dramatic chapter set at a Wah Baton embassy, Guy Hillier and Miss Norma Roberts confront war rumors as a Japanese victory is announced. Amid diplomatic secrecy, Hillier receives a coded navy order to return Pacific vessels to Baltimore while Norma departs with her father, leaving him to face a crisis of duty and heartbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirie
Wah
Japan
Guy Hillier
Ne Geilists
Nts
Norma Toterte
Inventor Roberts
Annie Ment
Newaboyy
Guy Hiller
Miss Roberta
Great Britain
Roberts
Guy
Walters
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Pacific
Baltimore
Mise Roberta
Norma
Washington
Florida
Leutenant
War Department
Secret Service
Cuba
Natrally
Grim Old
Bob” Bertus
Opening of hostilities war drums beat across Nagasaki waters
The nation wakes to reports of Japan mobilizing its entire navy off Nagasaki and the Philippines surrendering to Japanese forces. Early bulletins claim war with the United States as the UK ally is noted. official declarations follow swift Japanese action at noon on the referenced date.
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Jhepese
Hhat
New York
Nein Belletine
War Department
Natonal Gavin
United States
Dugire
Philippines
Washington
Wiisquthura
Foreign Representation
Hostilles
Japan
Nagasaki
Gillen
Wan Ratte Sram
Great Britain
Louion
United States of America
Philippine Islands
Hich
Mantis
Aunt Harriet’s Omnipotence and Other Odd Bits
A collage of humorous clippings and anecdotes on bathhouse ordeals, Beecher family lore, child mischief and a missionary tale. It mixes humor about modern baths, a playful jab at Harriet Beecher Stowe, a child’s retort about the ten commandments, a spanking memory, and a Africa mission doll issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet
Beecher
Miss Beecher
His School and the Truant Tales in The Illustrated Sunday Magazine
A collection of humorous anecdotes and quotes from the Illustrated Sunday Magazine. A kindly woman gives a dime to a street boy who proclaims he’s just out of school, claims to be in the truant school, and a series of light hearted vignettes on education morals. The piece includes musical jests about Chopin and a benediction style farewell from a student to a pianist. It closes with quips about marriage, materialism, and the humorous side of social mores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruland
Betty
Wyland
Betty Twick
Kansas City Times
Folly Weleartour
Lisst
Chopin
Uiszt
Helliger Binsban
Scott
Angelic Gifts Quote by George MacDonald
A reflective line imagines giving love driven thoughts to a friend as a form of heavenly gifting. The quote situates love as an angelic boon, suggesting that true grace comes from thoughtfulness and friendship rather than material gems or Hower.
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George MacDonald
Max Beerbohm and Shaw on drama and eggs in prose
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Max Beerbohm and George Bernard Shaw in London with remarks on drama and criticism. It shifts to a housewife and husband exchanging lines about eggs and lime dust as a test for freshness and pickling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Mors
Hubert Heery Davies
London
George Bernard Shaw
Max Heerbohm
George Bernard
Beerbohm
Tahal
Harper's Weekly
Not That Color. Willie and the missing dog
Willie searches for his pet Fido, distressed and sure he sees him. The family grows doubtful until Willie bursts in exasperatedly claiming another sighting, and his mother gently questions his claim. He retorts that his imagination isn’t white behind.
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Willie
Fido
Mudh
Stop Screeching. Sweet Singer and Comedian Exchange Clues
A street dialogue features a Sweet Singer asking about a place to prove her voice and a Low Comedian pointing to a carriag e shop across the street selling axle grease, clarifying it is not a pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Singer
Florida Fruit Farm Offer Lures Buyers to Hilliard
A homeseekers excursion on November 24 drew 62 men to Hilliard Florida where 14 farms were sold 0 acre tracts in the North Florida Fruit and Truck Farm District about 30 miles from Jacksonville promise annual earnings of 2000 to 3000 dollars and a free lot in town with rail fare from Ohio Indiana Tennessee or Kentucky offered for December purchases at 210 dollars each accommodations at headquarters arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilliard
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Florida
Jacksonville
North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms Ad Promises 10 Acres Near Jacksonville
A bold advertisement touts 10 acre North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms near Jacksonville with $10 monthly payments and free railroad fare in December. It claims incomes of up to $250 to $6,000 per acre annually, guarantees title via Chicago Title & Trust, and promises immediate deed upon application.
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North Florida
Ile & Trust Co
Beneft
Chicago ‘Tite & ‘Trust Company
United States
Chicago ‘Title & ‘Trust
Hedge Title & ‘Trust Company
Florida
Inna
Small O
Toni
Hilliard
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Cera
Wimout
Hillier
New Yorker
South Africa
Dollis
Indy
Croydon
Qua Tboe
Africa
Idola
England
Iack
Miss Cayenne
Nagley
Mra
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Market Reports
Cincinnati
Dec
Hay
Timothy
Amothy
Atlantic Coast
Omaha
Atantic Coast Line Railroad
Hue Hard
Fenreh
F.ness
Cornwall
Cornwall Farm Land Company
Wret Retinaal Bank Whole
Chicago, Ill
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