In Spite of Hunt Vierrivale
Nancy and Philip Graham clash over family plans on a train journey as Nancy discovers her suitor may follow her aunt's matchmaking scheme. A telegram from home offers relief and leads to a late confession and engagement kiss before a platform walk.
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Nancy
Philip Graham
Graham
Philip
Mrs. Merrivale
Aunt Merrivale
Philadelphia
Alresa
San Francisco
Auntie Merrivale
Colors In Dreams and the Significance of Red
The article surveys red as a primary dream color noted by Havelock Ellis and Simroth, linking red to primitive color waves, seaweed, savages, and festive adornment. It cites Roman and Greek festivals, Pliny on Jupiter statues, and eye color discrimination estimating 100000 hues and 2000000 color impressions.
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Havelock Ellis
Simroth
New Earth
Rome
Greece
His Diamonds and His Paste Tale on Stage Wit
A London theatre anecdote recalls Bob Palmer once a billsticker known for wearing real diamonds. In the green room a fellow actor jeered about pastes, and the exchange escalated until Mrs. Jordan urged Palmer to strike back, highlighting old jokes and attitudes among stage folks.
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Bob Palmer
Sir Brilliant
Bannister
Bob
Palmer
Mrs. Jordan
London Telegraph
Pure Blood Cure for Complexions Promoted by August Flower
An advertisement urges women to avoid cosmetics and local treatments, claiming facial greasiness and sallowness stem from liver disease. Green's August Flower is marketed to purify and enrich blood, cleanse the liver, and improve complexion while also treating constipation biliousness nervousness and insomnia. A trial bottle costs 25 cents and regular 75 cents.
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Frost & Spies
Puzzling Weights: Feathers Lead and Silver
A reader quiz explains weighing systems. It compares avoirdupois and troy weights, showing a pound by avoirdupois equals 7 000 grains while a troy pound equals 5 760 grains. It notes 16 avoirdupois ounces per pound versus 12 troy ounces per pound.
Coin Sweating in Byzantium The File Named Thief
The article recalls the ancient crime of coin sweating or clipping in Byzantium. Alexander of Byzantium, chief officer of the public treasury, grew rich by clipping money, a fraud detected only by weighing. Byzantines nicknamed him The File, a root of the modern term for thieves and pickpockets.
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Alexander
Byzantium
Pearson’s Weekly
How to Trap Wild Animals 40 Page Trap Book
A 40 page illustrated trap book features 46 wild animals in natural colors with a fur animal calendar and a gun and trap catalog. Prices of hides and furs are listed. Free sent postpaid for 10 cents in stamps or silver. Fur Department N W Hide Fur Co Minneapolis Minn. Also offers job printing services from The Times in first class shape.
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Fur Dept
N. W
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Hunt Vierrivale
Ethel Douglas
M. M. Cunningham
Dr. Shoop
The
Times
AR P Family Library
Garzent Literatura
Old Statesman
Ivy
American Tobacco CO
St. Louis, Mo
Cbs
Washburn Times
Washburn Printing Co
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
D.C
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