A Night Beach Rescue and a Tangle of Love
Sydney Weldon, a writer, saves a drowning woman during a naval night maneuver and meets Peggy Burford, heiress daughter of a millionaire. His friend Mike reveals Peggy is misidentified as Miss Vandever, and a plot unfolds as Peggy and Margaret Wanderer switch identities to test love and fortune.
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Mile
Mike
Peggy
Syd
Peggy Burford
Burford
Mr. Weldon
MacDermott
Sydney Weldon
Cacy
Weldon
Colér
Vandever
Margaret
Sydney
Mr. Burford
Mr. MacDermott
Tomato sketch inspires crimson sunrise quip
In a playful exchange, a reader asks how the sunrise could be so red and an artist replies that the beauty comes from a tomato sketch. The brief moment captures downtown wit and creative humor.
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Chicago Daily News
Silent star fades in a waning dream of atlanta poet
Frank Dempster Sherman writes of a lost voice and a faded star, a silent figure wrapped in a woven shroud. The poem depicts a exhausted, broken dream that lies unmoved beneath a sun and drifting planets, untouched by spring and time.
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Frank Dempster Sherman
Atlanta
One Kind of Generosity
Poem contrasts selfish edge with social duty, declaring personal needs and luxuries while urging others to thrive from what remains. It frames generosity as measured by limiting greed and ensuring neighbors profit from one’s surplus. The speaker asserts no envy but a strict divide between own needs and others’ surplus.
Dark planets in space where songs of life are gone
A Washington Star poem laments distant worlds beyond the stars where life and stories have long faded. It imagines cold planets, cheerless skies, and a traveler seeking familiar friends from the past as time stretches endlessly.
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Washington Star
Last Tag for Looking Verse From the New York Sun
A poem by John De Witt reflects a sunny girl with golden hair and blue eyes who passes the street and window, leaving the speaker torn as friends part. The verse records a wistful farewell and the ache of parting from a cherished companion.
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John de Witt
N. Y. Sun
Poetic Voices From Past Notices On The News Pages
A collage of quoted verse from Emma E. L. Robinson, S. E. Kiser, and L. M. Montgomery appears in Chicago papers through 1910s era columns. The excerpts reflect longing, temptation, humor, and moral reflection as authors address sorrow, danger, and resilience. The snippets showcase literary voice amid periodical miscellany.
The Fox and the Boar
A Boar sharpens tusks beside a tree while a Fox asks why. The Boar says when the enemy is in sight it is time to act, but the tale ends with a warning that prudent planning keeps one ready. The moral stresses preparedness and restraint in leisure.
Phrase Books Fail Travelers in France Says Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore Sun note cites Americans in Paris who found phrase books useless for practical needs such as bed clothing ice and everyday asks. The piece argues many phrases are omitted while topics like cards and greetings crowd the pages.
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Paris
Baltimore Sun
France
Electricity Barred in Turkey Delays Scientific Devices
Electricity has not been allowed in Turkey and even basic scientific and medical apparatus faces obstruction from Turkish customs officials, hindering imports and progress.
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Turkey
Faces in a Cherry Pit Exhibit at Dresden Museum
A cherrystone in the king of Saxony's Dresden museum reveals more than a hundred distinguishable faces under a microscope. A curiosity item highlights micrographic artistry and scientific novelty in a royal collection.
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King of Saxony’s
Dresden
Swiss chocolate exports flourish despite imports of sugar
Swiss confectionery industry exports remain robust to nearly every nation. Despite importing all raw materials including sugar, Swiss chocolate makers sustain global sales and prominence.
Bright Children and Infant Phenomena Debate
A brief Times-Democrat note calls attention to extraordinarily bright children as a category distinct from infant prodigies, sparking discussion among readers about childhood talent and expectations.
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N. O. Times-Democrat
Letter Quietly Narrows Railway Official's Speech
A Cambridge educated railway heir to a director issued grandiose orders full of long words. A manager replied with a blunt letter urging plain speaking and conciseness. The young official heeded the hint and changed his style.
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Cambridge
London
Duke of Leeds humor turns voters after prod at Carmarthen
An anecdote recalls a youthful Marquis of Carmarthen addressed by a rude elector on eve of polling. The Duke of Leeds replied that his mother would know he is in tomorrow, a quip credited with swaying votes and shaping his political image for years.
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Duke of Leeds
Marquis of
Carmarthen
House of Commons
Aged Woman Wins County Fair Afghan Prize
Mrs Jerusna Gilfillan of East Barnet Vermont, age 92, won the first prize for a knit afghan at the county fair. She is blind yet has knitted four rugs eight afghans and over one hundred holders in the past five years.
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Jerusna Gilfillan
East Barnet
Forest Reserve Proposed For Porto Rico Coast
A U.S. Bureau of Forestry representative visits Porto Rico and identifies a vast eastern forest that preserves a natural water supply, proposing it be set aside as a national park.
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Porto Rico
United States Bureau of Forestry
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Miss Vandever
Walter Reynolds
Jecyd
Michael MacDermott
New York
Coast Guard
Emma E. L. Robinson
Chicago
Inter Ocean
S.E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
L. M. Montgomery
Ethelwyn Wetherald
Fox
Boar
Europe
Porto Rico’s Great Forest
New York Tribune Farmer
New York City
the Mail
Warren
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