Alcina’s Turkish Yatagan Scandal At Evening Ball
Alcina plans a masquerade Turkish vamp costume for a holiday ball with her brother Phil guiding the scheme. She borrows a yataghan to accessorize but loses it at the ballroom, triggering panic and a frantic search as the party ends and she flees home, fearing reproach and embarrassment.
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Leina
Furiow
Hersombir
Aldina
Man Heyer
Wiyn
Alcina
Oma
Uchold
Newit
Phil
Handlemore
Clon
Rts
Sallora
Phils
Yataghan
Syed
Alin
Mawoon
Tonka
Revival of a Negligee in a Screenplay Scene
New York report describes a negligee crafted from imported Japanese fabric with green and gray stripes. A tale unfolds in a gloomy library where a Turkish yataghan reappears, prompting mistaken identity, a confession, and a tense revelation about a young man’s return home and a planned ball.
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New York
Japan
Confessions of a Bride The Ouija Guard Will Revea
Spannish quoted scene from a dramatic romance where characters discuss ouija boards and mind reading. Katherine and Chrys push the plot with plans to use a spirit board to uncover secrets while avoiding manipulation by others. The narrator suspects deception and plots to foil the scheme.
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Ouija
Revea
Atle
Mise Miller
Wich & Vital Object
Smd Chrys
Jane
Chrys
Katharine
Tadeod
Chrysand Katherine
Suburban Lot Bargain Sparks Quick Real Estate Trade
A suburban lot is offered for a few hundred dollars by a seller calling for fast action. A seasick passenger responds with a high bid of ten thousand dollars and demands immediate delivery, prompting a rapid exchange. Read as a brisk, chance bargain scene with a surprising cash offer.
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Avoara
Local Notes From Laurel Point Community
Mr and Mrs J Hall are recovering from illness. Mr and Mrs Geo Beall were business visitors at Morgantown. Mrs Lou Brand has been confined to bed by illness the past week. Mrs J B Martin of Ruth mines was there last Sunday with relatives. C R Henry and wife attended church here the 21st. Rev Hibbs, a young Baptist minister and WVU student, preaches at Your Baptist church.
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J.hall
Geo. Beall
Morgantown
Lou Brand
J.B. Martin
Ruth Mines
C. R. Henry
Hibbs
Baptist Church
Adventures of the Twins in Topxy-Turvy Land
Nancy and Nick encounter a sorrowful duck by a swamp. The duck explains a fairy tale tail wish from a Fairy Queen who sent him to Topxy-Turvy Land to gain tall feathers. Nancy offers to trim the tail, promising to reveal what happens next tomorrow.
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Nancy
Nick
Jacko
Community gatherings and shipboard quips in 19th century notes
A fragmented local column mentions haying with J Hall's family during illness, a Thursday gathering at Mrs Gov Snider’s home with several ladies, and a planned school meeting on the 20th. It also notes Virginia Henry’s visit, Martin Jamison at M.S. over the weekend, and a Davy Jones' Locker joke from the New York Globe about a cupboard being a porthole aboard ship.
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Beth ‘Newbrough
J. Hall
Gov. Snider
Nancy Harb
Mira
J. Stevens
Ann Fisher
Ana Henry
Misa Mary Stevens
Mabel Snider
Hardman
Patrona
Elroy Henry
Georgstown
Virginia Henry
Martin Jamison Hox
M.S
Davy Jones
New York Globe
SISTER MARYS KITCHEN DIARY NOTES AND RECIPES
Fragmented text from a gothic kitchen column outlines daily meal planning. It mentions breakfasts with waffles and syrup, lunches of shad roe and cucumber salad, and a dinner casserole with baked potatoes and fattuca salad. Includes recipe fragments for waffles and fried donuts, plus a Q and A section about habits and cooking queries.
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Watts
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the Daily Short Story
By Lily Wandel
Nea
Aleino
Toreader
Aleine
Leo
Cora Moora
Fashion Authority
Catherine Miller
Daddy
Don Manuel
Ehip
Pacific
Katherine
Palm Beach
Ito
Laurel Point
Adventures OF the Twins
Olive Roberts Barton
Nam
Spiros
Sister Mary's Kitchen
The
Tina
Feashion
Osgood
Allman
Oavia
Helen
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