Mr Caswell Faces Threats and War Memories
Mr Caswell frets over sabotage plots and foreign enemies while a police car sirens in the night. He recalls war service, contemplates leaving the country, and worries about Marian, Mendel, and rising rabble across the world. Joe warns of organized sabotage as Caswell hunts for his gun amid fear.
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Mr. Caswell
Scott
Joe
Mendel
Marian
Tie
Florida
Caswell
California
Cagwell
Guo
Quotes on Labor and Industry for a Scrapbook
A collection of terse maxims on work and virtue from Bolwer-Lytton Greeley Gamaliel Bailey Epictetus Mary Baker Eddy Whateley and Barrow. The sayings emphasize labor discipline, honest earning, and the value of habit over mere wealth.
Confed Life Class Examines Energy Waste Tale
A fragment from a 1920s newspaper shows Professor Pitcher addressing Mr Bjorde as he asks for an example of wasted energy. Frish Bjrdles responds with a hair-raising tale meant for a baldheaded man, reflecting quirky classroom banter.
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Pitcher
Bjorde
Father’s Birthstone Joke Sparks Laughs
A lighthearted exchange has a daughter asking for her father’s birthstone. He replies jokingly that it is a grind stone, prompting playful moments between them.
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Severn
Humorous Exchange During Play Causes Banter in Row
A theater audience moment cut into a scene as a woman turned and accused a man behind of irritation with a hasty remark. The man replied that his wife wants one like the hat the lady wore, sparking light banter in the row.
The Haves and the Slave Nots in Our World War
A critique contrasting Allied nations with Axis powers, citing free speech and religion in the West versus state dominance in the opposing bloc. The New York Times is invoked to argue that the Have nations possess human dignity, justice, and common welfare while their enemies lack these freedoms. The piece frames ongoing conflict as a fight for those democratic values.
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America
Great Britain
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
The
New York Times
Black Battleship Colour for 20000 British Locomotives
Twenty thousand British locomotives adopt wartime black livery for the duration. Each Noco undergoing repair loses its railway specific colours and emblems beneath a uniform coat. Labor and paint are conserved by omitting paint on new or repaired wagons except for a single bottom board with number and ownership. Passenger carriages receive paint or varnish only as weather protection necessitates. Interior decorations await war’s end.
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Noco
No, your boy aims for the takery business
The dialogue notes a father praising his son’s appetite for money and a habit of loafing, predicting the youth will succeed in a criminal path due to ambition and charm. The exchange captures a cautious, wry tone about hustle and illegitimate enterprise.
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Foreign Express
Sti. John's
Sun Mon Tue
E. J. Linfield, T’gate
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St. John’s
George Reid
J. McIntyre
Royal Corps of Signala
Mary Reports
Rinkhart
Bob
Dodd
Tate
Mr. Cas
Brick
Gerald S. Doyle, Ltd
Royal
BTN Cakes
Raa
Yong Men
Horace Greeley
Gamaliel Bailey
Epictetus
Mary Baker Eddy
Whateley
Barrow
Confederation Life
Haves
Nots
Black Battledress
Takery
Christian Science Monitor
the Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
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