Synthetic Gentleman The Duke Faces a Summer Home Intrigue
A jobless twenty year old, Barry Gilbert, hides in a southampton summer home after his father dies in China. Servants learn the owner’s son Jack Ridder is due, Barry bluffs through. He finds a letter from Jack with a hundred dollar bill, pockets the cash, and plans to vanish at Montauk.
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China
Barry Qglibert
States
Willetts
Evang
Jacke Ridder
Germany
Aetter
Jacke
Barry
Hoe
Evans
Montauk
Duke Fakes Identity Meets Southampton Socialites at Golf Club
In a ruse to reach Montauk Point, Barry Ridder posing as John Ridder’s son joins a Southampton couple at Twin Bays Golf Club. Judge Hambidge, Patricia, and Evans reveal personal pressures while the Duke plans a longer stay and orchestrates a city run to fetch clothing and arrange care for Mrs Evans.
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Pyin Bays Golf Club
Evans
Duke
Ivans
Twin Bays
Bates
Barry
Mr. Ridder
John Ridder
Judge Hambidge
Montauk Point
Judge Curtis Hambidge
Southampton
Patricia
Pat
Bad Nauheim
Yat
Florida
Long Island
Tee
Ieee
Cara
Buert-Boog
Larke Widder, Jr
The Duke’s Wild Plan To Wind Up In Prison
The Duke laments a reckless resolve to hide from consequences after a girl involved, fearing prison. He frets about clothes and money, plans a stop at the station, and jokes about using his late father’s tailor, haberdasher, and shoe sources while Willetts suggests emergency garments and a cedar chest full of summer suits.
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Papa
Mama
Bad Nauheim
John Ridder
Southampton
Willetts
Crowell
Witty-first Street
Farm Wives Find Freedom Through Modern Kitchens
Rural women across the country gain time for education, clubs, and reading as new facilities and gasolene pressure stoves replace old drudgery. Libraries on wheels bring books to villages, and private and public classes attract many seeking arts and higher learning, transforming domestic life and family well being.
Bad Bill Sent to State's Attorney by Money Order
A 100-mark counterfeit note is involved in a North Bavaria town case. The burgomaster filed a five page report, but Munich’s state attorney found no note enclosed. A letter asked for immediate sending of the counterfeit, and a telegram replied that the bill had already been sent two days earlier by money order.
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Bavaria
Munich
Hill
London
Square Deal ideals in daily private life
The Square Deal and its companion phrase are praised as modern watchwords shaping national thought and urging individuals to translate them into everyday actions in dealings with employees and neighbors, emphasizing fair treatment and rightful dues in both private and public relations.
Chinese Trace Ancestors to Confucius 500 B C
Capper's Weekly notes Americans boast long genealogies but China shows deeper roots with Dr H. H. King claiming 75 generations tracing to Confucius who lived 500 years before Christ through document authentic genealogy.
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Capper
H. H. King
China
Confucius
Cultivate Quietness and Sunny Manners in Life Advice
The excerpt urges quiet contemplation as essential for sane minds while lampooning constant excitement as a sign of a nervous wreck. It praises a sunny manner as a better posture than a cross one and notes war debt teaching posterity caution about rushing into conflict. It also jokes about driving habits and the need to train boys to understand reason.
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