Nighttime races at Farmer Green's fail to calm crowd
The pageant gathers around Farmer Green's yard as Katy Katydid and Kiddie Katydid dodge plans by Mr Frog the tailor and Benjamin Bat. Mr Frog resists the jumping contest while Benjamin Growls for a trick, prompting Kiddie to hide in the leaves and avoid danger.
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Hen
Katy
Mr. Frog
Benjamin Bat
Farmer Green
Farmer
Green
Nolsleat
Kiddie
Benjamin
Gindle factory revolt ends with owners in poorhouse
The Gindle whistle factory owner offers to turn the plant over to workers after wage demands. The workers accept but strike after the turnover, proclaiming ownership yet refuse to work. The plant collapses into ruin as the Gindles end up in poverty.
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Gindle
Torpedo Gindle
Submarine Gindle
Periscope Gindle
Gindie Crieply
George Matthew Adamay
Crossing the Line Neptunes Courts And Sailor Superstitions
A history of equator crossings and sailor rites from ancient sacrifice to modern mock ceremonies. Neptune’s court, duckings, shaving, and fines mark first southbound voyages, tracing atavistic roots through medieval and maritime lore.
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Eberib0py
Neptune
Posiedon
McCinra
Great Financial Center Lombard Street Highlight
A historical note tracing Lombard Street in London to Lombard money lenders from Genoa and Florence who replaced persecuted Jews of Old Jewry. It cites a Kansas City Star authority linking their rise to papal policy under Gregory IX to fund tax demands about 1220.
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Great Financial Center
Lombard Street
London
Great Britain
Genoa
Florence
Kansas City Star
Marcus Aurelius and the Roman Persecution Debate
A note on Marcus Aurelius, famed for breadth of vision and harsh Christian persecution. The piece cites his Meditations and a legend of rain aiding a Roman army, while noting no record of ceasing persecution before his death near Vienna in 180.
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Rome
Marcis Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
Antonius Pius
Lucius Verus
Vienna
Austria
Wayne T. McMurray
George Batibo Adams
From Librarian to Supreme Court Justice Van Devanter
At twenty-one, William Van Devanter worked as a law student and assistant librarian in a law library to build a foundation for a legal career. By age sixty-seven he was an associate justice on the U S Supreme Court, having risen from Wyoming chief justice to federal district attorney and circuit judge.
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Law
Willia van Devanter
van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Marton
Ind
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Atate
United States
United States Circuit
Filmy Gowns for Evening and Summer Afternoons
The piece surveys filmy fabrics and styles for evening gowns and afternoon dresses. It highlights body lines, necklines, and skirts, noting georgette chiffons silks and crepes, with lace and beaded trimmings, and references coral and rose satin models.
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Cheruit
Tanlac: Nature’s tonic for digestion and vigor
Nature's own body builder Tanlac touted as a tonic made from roots and herbs after the Tanna formula. It is claimed to revitalize the digestive system and put the body in fighting trim while urging readers to visit their druggist for Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation.
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Parla
Couturiers
Sui4a
Bottomley
Western Newspaper Unit
Paris
Starlington
Lowe
Sinapade
Druge
Haarlem
Aes
Wiest
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