Mystery Bells on the Ulinois River
A boy named Aymond Kipping hears faint bells in the river town of Naples near the Madeline II steamer. The bells, heard by the Kipling family from their porch but not on board, reveal a romance between the steamer skipper and a fisherman's daughter. The bells signal where and when they will meet.
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Aymond Kipping
Ulinois
Naples
Madeline
Beardstown
Valley
Kipping
Ele
Raymond
Mr. Kipling, Sr
Ray
Mr. Kipping, Sr
Raymon
Island Brioni Hosts Diverse Guests at International Party
Charles Graves describes Brioni in the Adriatic as an island resort owned by Italians, operated by Austrian siblings, with a single hotel, villa, fort, lighthouse, and club. Guests span nationalities from Americans and Italians to Austrians, Russians, Canadians, and more, mingling in an informal international house party atmosphere aboard San Marco ships or launches from Pola.
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Brioni
Adriatic
Venice
Pola
Gene Tunney
Italy
Charles Graves
London Daily Mail
Virtuous Tree and Its Blossoms
Beecher admires a benevolent apple tree whose generosity of blossoms outshines its rough form. He praises the shared beauty of a tree that yields far more than needed, valuing common abundance over exclusive possession. The piece extols universal access to beauty and the joy of giving.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Star Papers
Licorice's historic medicinal use across civilizations
The article traces licorice from Mesopotamia to Egypt and Greece, noting its widespread medieval European consumption and its place in early botany. It cites Theophrastus describing licorice as beneficial for asthma and chest troubles and its use with honey for wounds.
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Mesopotamia
Europe
Tower of Babel
Theophrastus
Aristotle
Christ
Lindy touches a boy at the airport sighting
The crowd cheered as Lindbergh appeared at the airport. A young boy claimed to have spoken to him and touched him, but when asked how it happened the pilot warned the child to stand back saying he would get it.
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Lindy
Linds
The Moth-Eaten Seal Coat Loss Reaches Sisters
In a family sale on multiple floors the sisters Jessie and Belle Smythe uncover a moth damaged seal coat long kept as a heirloom. After days of sorting and moving furniture they discover the fur is reduced to dust and belt scraps, tears replacing the cherished treasure.
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Grandma
Grandma Smythe
James
Jessie
Belle
Sisters reunite to fund Allendale hospital project
Belle returns after seven years to join Jessie in selling the Tanton home for a new Allendale hospital. The sisters settle a lifetime quarrel over a mother’s seal coat as they split household items and agree to donate the property to the town, uniting to serve the community.
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Tanton Sisters
Jessie
Belle
Tessie
Will Morrow
Will
Allendale
Tanton
Allendale Herald
Lucy White
Green Avenue
Milltown
Allendale Hospital
Davis
Allendale Bank
Mr. Carson
Methodist Church
Samuel Ames
Mr. Davis
Jessie Tanton
Selle
Wise Retailer Aims to Attract Woman Sharper
The article portrays Charles C. Nicholls Jr of a major U S retailer stating that retailers study women to maximize purchases. He describes catalogs, charts, and targeted store layouts as tools of modern business to lure women into buying more, with emphasis on timing, placement, and decoy strategies.
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Wise Retailer
Charles C. Nicholls, Jr
United States
Nicholls
Graf Zeppelin Fails To Circle The World
The Graf Zeppelin did not encircle the earth as claimed. To go around the world would require following a great circle that divides the globe into halves, not the lesser circles between the equator and the North Pole.
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North Pole
The Sulking Child and a Lesson in Solitude
A boy sulks and demands to be left alone while others play. The narrator notes the commonness of that sentiment and hints the child will face being left alone in adulthood, observed in Id Howe's Monthly.
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Howe
Money Language Replaces French in European Polite Speech
A Louisville Courier Journal travel note author argues that money language or “Puelish” is supplanting French as Europe’s polite speech. The writer cautions that talking the language of money is increasingly standard among elites.
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Puelish
Europe
Louisville Courier Journal
Forgotten Day Sparks Hilda Wayne to Reclaim Youth
Hilda Wayne discovers her fiftieth birthday, initially a blow to her spirit, but a surprise visit from Alice Fancher and a warm family dinner lift her mood. A late birthday card from Tom, the husband of her rival, hints at aging with grace and renewed hope for the future.
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Ilda Waynd
Hilda
Alice Fancher
Alice
Dick Smith
Edgar
Alice Rancher
Miss Wayne
Tanner
Dad
Bobbie
Wilda
Tom
Tor
Relaxation Drills for Women Boost Health and Beauty
Miss Dorothy Nye, former Barnard College head of corrective department, says daily relaxing routines improve health and beauty for busy women. Techniques include seated posture, dropping the head, slow vertebrae-by-vertebrae rise, and even a “blah” chin drop, with variations for teachers and housewives.
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Dorothy Nye
Barnard College
Miss Nye
Women’s Companion
Dining with Bill Bonanza Reveals Family Interests
The late Harry Lehr recalled dining with a West Coast self-made millionaire known as Bill Bonanza. A friend asked if he takes an interest in society, and Lehr replied that the man “supplies the capital” while his wife and daughters “take the interest.”
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Harry Lehr
Fifth Avenue Palace
Bill Bonanza
Mr. Lehr
Norway Bans Big Estates
Norway restricts large estates as small farm ownership rises. A law lets a farmer or descendants repurchase any property sold under pressure within a set period, demonstrating the policy’s success.
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Norway
Memorial for Elizabeth Atkins at Our Lady and St. Patrick
A memorial is planned in the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady and St. Patrick, Nottingham, England, for Elizabeth Atkins a longtime parishioner and former charwoman who died last April at seventy four. She left her life savings of 3750 dollars to the church.
Molly Finds Love With Downtoearth Seminary Student
In a cooperative boarding house Molly is urged by neighbor Sally to avoid a preacher, but she falls for Jim Granger a divinity student who works as a waiter. After weeks of meetings he proposes and Molly accepts, proving love can bridge class differences.
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Olly Ayres
Molly
Sally Hayden
Sally
Tim
the Theological Seminary
Jim Granger
Waller
Jim
Jim “Granger
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