Gerry and the Veiled Woman adventure with a mysterious call for aid
Gerry Knight finds a letter from a woman signing Blue Eyes asking help. He follows clues to a Brampton road escape, learns the veiled girl is a chambermaid, and discovers she is a prohibition inspector aiding a raid on a still with detective Jennings while facing treachery from Simpkins.
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Gerry Knight
City
Gerry
Brampton
Hce
Simpkins
Jennings
Kipling
Tonga King George II’s Dynasty to Salote Reigns Quietly
The Pacific kingdom of Tonga, under British protection, once staged grand royal pageantry led by King George II who stood 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighed over 280 pounds. Now Queen Salote governs as parliament meets annually with far simpler ceremony as France projects a 1925 army strength of 330,000 men including 250,000 French and 80,000 colonial troops.
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Tonga
100 Isles
Pacific
George Tubou
George
George II
Salote
Princess Mollie Seesawing Between Dream and Duty
Mollie overhears Ada and Grace debating a prince’s feelings for her as Alberto de Grazia, a charming nobleman, courts Mollie. After a country drive and imagined princess duties, Mollie awakens in bed to the rude awakening of reality and resumes sleep.
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Mollie
Ada
Grace Sumner
Grace
Paul Alberto de Grazia
Alberto
Molle
Prince de Grazia
Princess Mollie
Deal Squarely With the Boy
Franklin K. Lane urges a square deal for every boy to mold strong, good men and lift national welfare. Emphasizes duty to ensure fair treatment and equal opportunity for youth across society.
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Franklin K, Lene
Remark on productivity from an exchange in Boston Transcript
A witty exchange in the Boston Transcript ponders teaching a hen to lay as many eggs as a fly or a fly to lay as few eggs as a hen, highlighting humorous contrasts in productivity and perception.
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Boston Transcript
Whims and Wisdom From Public Life and Home
A string of light anecdotes and a medical conference summary, touching office politics in Washington, thrifty Dinah from the Jones household, a Houston bachelor’s weekend grumble about pillows, and doctors at Memphis praising music as a healer for physical and mental ailments.
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Tri-State Medical Association
Memphis
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Not Custodians at Country Town Meeting
At a small up country town meeting a citizen moved to set aside funds for three cuspidors to be stationed in proper places. An old, hard of hearing man in back rose and said he seconded the motion and proposed that Jack Davis be made one of them.
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Moderator
Jack Davis
Tough Luck Agent But Mum Life Insurance Lapse
A woman in a domestic scene refuses to pay further life insurance premiums after eight years of steady payments, expressing frustration at the lack of results. The dialogue, set near a washtub, highlights tension over policy survival and the impact on a husband’s life coverage.
Can't Be True Trap Gone Wrong In Home Plot
A traveling man misses his train returns home and finds his wife on his best friend's lap kissing him. He shouts that he has set a trap, while Smith nonchalantly says with bait like this you can catch me any time.
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Smith
Tempting Bargain Prompts Unwanted Add‑ons
Shoppers beware offers that bundle extras as a lure to buy items they do not want. The tactic pressures buyers to accept unnecessary add ons, increasing overall costs and clutter. The piece warns consumers to evaluate value, read terms, and resist impulse purchases.
Daughter Fears Dads Warning Over Pennyless Suitor
Aiver conversation shows a daughter defying her father who forbids marriage to a man with no money. The retort notes that without funds he cannot obtain a marriage license, highlighting class and financial barriers in union aeligible.
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Te Gentaur Gompanes
New
York
Fletcher
Scott Circle
Washington Post
Putnam
Joneses
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South Carolina
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Chile
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Washington Star
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Grouch
New York Sun
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek
Michigan
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