The Barsheit Affair of Warrington and Betsy Moore
Arthur Warrington, the American consul, recounts the plot against Princess Hildegarde as she and Hon. Betty Moore lure him into a castle for a staged marriage. Warrington forms a bond with his old friend Max Scharfenstein while detailing Max’s quest for an ideal woman and his mysterious past.
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Arthur Warrington
Barschell
Hildegarde
Dopplekinn
Warrington
Betty Moore
England
Therincess
Teinbock
Grand Duke
Steinbock
Max Scharfenstein
Barscheit
Young composer 12 writes on wild flowers
Rachel aged 12 wrote a piece praising arbutus liverwort spring beauty blood root and other blossoms of dell and dale. Her editor father noted she had written on both sides of the page and she asked why not print on both sides of hers.
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Rachel
Dell and
Dale
All Things in Proportion in a Typhoid Recovery
A feverish merchant convalesces and longs for food until a nurse delivers tapioca and the doctor insists all actions must stay in proportion. Later the patient requests reading material and a postage stamp, revealing his stubborn, humorously proportional craving.
Motives Behind a Tobacco Craze and a Rat Bell Tale
A New York Sun excerpt notes: men from distant places seek tobacco blends like Ed win Booth’s, collecting recipes of famous personae whose mixtures are strong. A Delaware boy’s bell-on-a-rat scheme backfires, as the tinkling attracts more rats and even music to the house rather than scaring them away.
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Edwin Booth
Booth
New York
The
New York Sun
Delaware
Mound City Name Marks St Louis Elevations
St Louis earns the nickname Mound City from early settlers who found many elevations thought to be relics of the ancient Mound Builders of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. The limestone bluffs underpin local business districts, yet no explanation for the builders remains.
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Mound City
St. Louis
Ohio
Mississippi
Farmer Impounds Auto After Roadblock Warning
A farmer flagging down an automobile on a country road urges the driver to turn back toward town at high speed, claiming to be a constable but revealing he is a farmer. The automobilist complies and reaches the village with a terse exchange about weather and departure.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
I Know Your past Will Be Scrutinized
The husband announces his consent to accept the nomination while warning the wife that political life will invite vilification. The wife asks if he was ever engaged before their marriage, prompting his silence and her sharp interjection.
The Way of the Child Carcaricature Moment
A small boy who had just passed five sits with his mother in a car. When asked the boy’s age the conductor passes on after being told. The boy calls out to the conductor at the far end that his mother is 31.
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Philadelphia
New York
Max
Far West
Scharfenstein
Barscheit
Medical College
Society of Women
Lee
Germany
Austria
A Definition of Success by Joel Chandler
The passage contrasts real scientists as believers in the divine, with secular skeptics who dismiss inspiration. It argues that true success benefits humanity, while those who deny the Bible may gain fame but lack genuine value.
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Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus
Hunch Proves Lucky as Wing Ting Wins Big Race
Kay Spence of Mexico Missouri earned $1,000 at a Louisville race meeting after a lucky hunch. While checking odds for Joaquin he found a Chinese laundry ticket revealing Wing Ting at ten to one. Wing Ting won handily earning Spence praise as the seventh son of the seventh son.
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Kay Spence
Mexico
Louisville
Mr. Spence
Joaquin
Wing Ting
Spence
Kansas City Star
Life Insurance Totals in the United Kingdom
Statistics report 27,940,260 people hold life insurance in the United Kingdom with total cover near £2 billion. Premiums paid amount to about £37 million.
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United Kingdom
Postum and Grape-Nuts Defend Against Collier's Attacks
A doctor of divinity turned editor attacks Collier's Weekly in a public feud over libel suits and press ethics. The Postum company defends its products, argues against sensationalism, and presents medical reasoning for Postum and Grape-Nuts as safer foods.
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Collier’s Weekly
Collier’s
America
Collier
Ods
Postum
New Orleans
The
Postum Co
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Princess
Harold McGrath
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Monte Carlo
Mueller’s Rathskeller
Artie
Life Insurance
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
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