Speed Tests Willingness In Grueling Race Plot
Cowboys mourn the loss of a prized phonograph after a foot race bet against Centipede ranch. J Wallingford Speed and Culver Covington are slated to race with Helen Blake and Jean Chapin involved. Speed, aided by trainer Larry Glass, endures brutal training, hunger, and thirst as Fresno plots to derail him while Willie the gunman stalks.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Centipede
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Helen
Larry Glass
Wally
Fresno
Glee Club
Stanford University
Glass
Willie
F Speed
Omaha
Jean Gayly
Mr. Speed
Gala
Miss Blake
Wallingford Speed
Berkeley Fresno
Ranch Hands of Flying Heart Stirred by Natif Son Noise
In Chapter XI tension rises as foreman Still confronts anxious ranch hands at the Flying Heart. Suspicions grow about a saddle, a phonograph rumor, and a tense dream that speeds fear of Speed’s fate. Murphy the Swede recounts a dream of Speed breaking his leg during a run.
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Bill Stover
Carara
Speed
Ron
Murphy
New Mexico
Bjorth Kjelliser
Prairie Dog Hole
Peril of French Fashions Discussed at Denver Tea
A Denver tea debate urged Americans to resist French fashions as immoral and praised homegrown styles for women. A clergyman recounted observing a high society gown at the opera, joking that the wearer’s elegance reflected her father’s flamboyance. The column notes a daily rise in insight until a November 1 fade, then a three month blackout.
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Denver
Alpheus
Gothsa Golde
Middleham Sunless Months in Lyn Valley Hamlet
In Middleham near Lyn mouth North Devon a hamlet lies surrounded by steep hills keeping the sun from rising from November to February. The sun first appears on February 14, celebrated as their valentine. If foggy, officials fear disappointment among children as days pass.
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Lyn
Lynmouth
Devon
Middleham
Had His Argument Ready
Nashville correspondent recalls a darkey who excuses his faults with wit and evasions. A former employer challenges him about being shiftless and failing to support himself. The man replies with a quip about the rainbow never making both ends meet, noting its shifting nature.
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Nashville
Darkey
Bill
Shortening of the Day and Earth Tides
It is long known that tides brake Earth's rotation lengthening the day. The effect is tiny and immeasurable in human time. MacMillan estimates the day lengthen by one second every 460,000 years using engineering formulae and available data.
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MacMillan
One Comfort Maud Promised to Become His Wife
A fragment from a column shows a humorous exchange about marriage promises. Maud promises to marry, while a friend offers light consolation that women often break promises, reflecting domestic banter of the era.
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Maud
Burglary Joke Matches Governor’s Banquet Humor
New Mexico Governor William C. McDonald quips that Americans retain humor in dire straits. The anecdote recalls a burglar caught in a city home who, when asked his occupation, says he is a locksmith and explains he was “making a bolt for the door” when police entered, prompting the magistrate’s quip.
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William C. McDonald
New Mexico
Jones
Compromised breakfast wormy price joke from Harper's
A Western college president staying in an eastern city complains to a waitress about wormy breakfast food. She offers a fix by returning to the kitchen and then posts the bargain line that since the breakfast is wormy the meal can be had for five cents.
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Western College
Harper's Magazine
No Ice Famine This Summer Prompts Cold Comfort
Brief exchange notes there will be no ice shortage this summer, eliciting a dry reply that such assurance offers little real comfort. The line hints at concerns about supplies, yet delivers a wry, understated tone characteristic of the period.
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Havre
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Mentens
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