The Slumbering Volcano in Cyril Frappey’s World
A satirical portrait of Cyril Frappey, a man who masks emotion with aristocratic pose and restraint. He pursues a cold courtship with Misa Estelle Gimpey, then is rejected when her note reveals his pretended superiority. Moral: after eruption, calm returns for a time.
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Cyril Frappey
Mer
Pittsburgh
Frappey
Caesar
Rome
Phcces
Rappey
Cyril
Mr. Frappey
Wimmen
Boston
Misa Estelle Gimpey
Flappey
Estelle
Bethlehem
Penna
Gimpey
Saint Anthony
Sir Launcelot
A Golf Club Dream In Union Square A Satire
A letter envisions an ideal golf course in Union Square with a frame clubhouse and a course folded into city life. It imagines walkable access, a hospital for players, and humorous features such as funnels on greens and service stations offering drinks between holes.
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N. Y
Union Square
Broadway
4Th Ave
14Th St
17Th St
Joe Cook
Landing
New Jersey
A A A Launches Movement to Safeguard Motorists Health
Washington August 15 the American Automobile Association launches plans to erect and standardize signs indicating safe drinking water along major highways. The effort with support from health authorities aims to ensure water at roadside wells filling camps and stations is fit for travelers amid expanding motor touring.
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Washington, D. C
American Automobile Association
Bureau of Public Health Service
United States Treasury
Conference of State Sanitary Engineers
Thomas P. Henry
Mr. Henry
Ohio State Automobile Association
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Henry
Fair Grounds
Franklin County
Ready to Serve Dinners for Trips and Picnics
Historical note on ready to serve meals from England for explorers. An Englishman traveling to the Amazon for four years received monotonous dinners due to identical meals by error. The piece advises choosing variety and asks readers to consult the grocer for camp trip supplies.
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England
Amazon Jungle
Germans Protest Restrictions On Aerial Progress
Berlin reports a meeting of major aerial firms protesting limits on civil aviation. Julius Merkel of Deutsche Aero Lloyd argues Versailles limits harm Germany but the broader need for open air routes to neighboring states and markets. He cites European and U S practices in funding aviation and notes England’s Hendon Vanguard and French contests as benchmarks.
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Berlin
Julius
London
Mosacow
Munich
Merkel
Europe
America
United States
Hendon
England
Vanguard
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Ring
Funnel
Humorist
Ring Lardner
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Los Angeles
A.A. A
Boy Scouts
Woodmen
Order of Foresters
A. D. Lasker
Cyril Walker
Grapher
Tech
Merkle
France
Germany
Englnad
Pocatello Tent and Awning Co
Pocatello
Tribune
Lynn Ee xNay Hose
East Center Strees
Ogden
Doose Brotherss
Preston A. Blair CO
East Center Street
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