Mystery at Strand Academy Dims Janet Mercer's Arrival
Janet Mercer advances to a faculty post at Strand Academy where she meets Arthur Fleming and Mrs. Denver the 88 year old matron. Gordon Haskell proprietor welcomes the newcomers as Wilton Yne joins the Academy faculty. Janet discovers the schoolroom hides a group of supposed teachers who are in truth highly artistic wax figures.
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Janet Mercer
Strand Academy
Sung Man
Arthur Fleming
Academy
Ralm
Denver
Gordon Haskell
Prietor
Wilton Yne
Janet
Wax figures haunt the shadows at the school
Janet Mercer evades pursuers through a moonlit hall and discovers wax figures in a hidden schoolroom. Haskell guards the corridor as a servant carries a waxdoll, sparking fear of murder. Mrs Enver warns of danger while Janet plans to endure the strange menace with Arthur and Payne.
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Haskell
Balder
Janet
Corrier
Breakfast at the academy lightens the nerves
The faculty wakes in a sunlit breakfast room as Mr. Wilton Payne and Miss Mercer join Principal notables. He jokes about coffee's influence while the teachers discuss education's aims, from character to city-building, set against a rustic autumn backdrop.
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Denver
Minnet
Payne
Arthur
Janet
Miss Mercer
Wilton
Fleming
Academy
Erie
Child asserts role as lawyer in playground orange dispute
A teacher finds Jimmy calmly explaining that Billy took Fred's orange. Jimmy then claims to be the lawyer, keeping the orange as he witnesses the scene on the playground. The exchange portrays a humorous, childlike legal claim amid a simple mishap.
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Jimmy
Billy
Fred
Jimmie
High minded Wifey finds dearest hat at shop
A playful exchange between a wife and husband features her spotting a hat she deems dearest and his quip that she always seeks the finest, not the moderately priced. The lighthearted moment centers on taste and spending in a playful domestic vignette.
The Wise Astrologer Faces Death Sentence
A French astrologer who foretold the death of one of Louis XI’s mistresses is summoned before the king. Asked when he will die, the astrologer replies three days before the king, then calmly endures his execution.
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Louis XI
France
Scots in Action Uncovers Twin McMeans at Barber Club
Cuttem, a barber, describes a man joining his shave and haircut club paying weekly rates. A fellow patron reveals two McMeans, Angus and Donald, are twins, causing surprise as he notes their remarkable grooming schedule and identical names.
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Cuttem
McMean
McMeans
Angus
Donald
Encouragement and Changed Hands in a Dialogue
A Washington Star item presents a youth asking if his voice could be useful in an emergency and a musician suggesting practical aid if an automobile horn fails. The piece then shifts to a humorous exchange about fortunes, noting one partner has money and the other experience, and now the roles have reversed.
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Washington Star
Elow
Good Psychology Warmer Retorts on Motive and Work
A humorous exchange plays on laziness and motivation as a tramp argues for a job to spur action. The banter contrasts inaction under a tree with the idea that effort requires a motive, delivering a light, philosophical jab.
Pupils Learn Musical Dynamics and Freshman Pranks
A music teacher tests students on F and FF in a song. one pupil shouts eighty as FF. A stern professor notes an essay titled Our Dog is identical to a brother's work, while a freshman protests the overlap as the same dog.
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Frosh
Cactus Joe Confesses The Picture House Close
In Crimson Gulch townsfolk debate the fate of a matter picture house with citizens clamoring to join the censor board. A boy named Billy quips after a scuffle as his mother scolds him for pretending to lose teeth.
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Matter Picture House
Cactus Joe
Crimson Gulch
Board of Censors
Billy
Columbus as Big and Freckled Freeman of a New World
Smithsonian Bulletin notes an early printed portrait of Christopher Columbus from 1584 describing him as brave and freckled. Herr’s naive account recounts Columbus’s quest to reach Asia, his voyage beginning in 1492, long canary voyage, sighting Hispana and Johanna, storms, ship damage, and eventual landfall with inhabitants fleeing. The bulletin ends with a brief statistic about India’s maternal death rate.
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Christopher Columbue
Michael Herr
Strassburg
Smithsonian Institution
Herr
India
Christopher
Columbus
Spanish
Christ
Canaries
Hispana
Johanna
Smithsonian Institution Bulletin
Bachelors Club Formed in Madrid to Combat Marriage Temptation
A Madrid bachelors club aims to resist marriage temptations. If a member yields, the group will mobilize influence to steer him back, with a possible $20 fine for the delinquent.
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Marrid Bachelons
Madrid
Spain
Otte
Atatlites
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Postum
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