A Dangerous Woman in a Sunset New York Bungalow
Chivers returns to New York to find a quiet bungalow party turned complicated. Ailsa Kempton slips a bundle of letters to Chivers, while Jack Manson and his uncle Blythe arrive, revealing old ties, a press rumor, and a dinner that threads intrigue, danger, and possible romance.
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Hen Chivers
New York
Jack Manson
Wilds
Manson
Parkins
Mr. Chivers
Chivers
Perkins
Jack
Mr. Blythe
Phil Chivers
Bill
Phil
Ailsa Kempton
Sky
William Blythe
Ailsa
Old Man Emerson and the Juiced Spirit
A 75 year old power plant veteran, Emerson, faces dismissal but stays at his post to read dials and converse with the electrical system. After a dramatic switch attempt and a mysterious failure, a discharge reversal brings him back to work, while the plant experiences an unexplained power outage.
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Lemuel Jenkins
South Shore Electric Light and Power Company
Emerson
Eastwood
Emergon
Transformers
Shell
Omom
Omon
Land of the Living
Power House
Chicago
The Vamp and the Gold Brick
In a Western tale from Southern Illinois coal country a film crew member recounts a playful sting on a boastful company heir. The prank leads to a real estate ruse as the narrator buys Schmidt farm to sell to the coal firm secretively, uncovering ownership of underground coal and the top ground. A sharp contrast emerges between surface deals and what the mine actually owns.
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Hollywood
Illinois
Torvey Patterson
Chicago
Sehmidr
Stepped in Time Defendants Minimize Speed in Court
The defendants insisted they were not overspeeding as they faced a judge. Witnesses claimed speeds no higher than 20, 15, and near standstill at a crossroads. The justice fined ten dollars and warned against calling more witnesses, threatening to stop the car.
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Justice of the Peace
Bloody Sweat of the Hippopotamus
Pathfinder Magazine notes the hippo skin holds a thick oily substance that oozes from pores and darkens red when excited or in pain. Scientists say the color is not blood, calling it the animal's famed bloody sweat.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Farm For Sale Near Elizabeth ton Tennessee 100 Acres
For sale 100 acres on Elizabethton pike about 1 to 2 miles from Bemberg Bayon Plant and one mile west of Elizabethton in Happy Valley. Land is well cultivated with a corn crop this season. Inquiries may contact D. J. Smith R. F. D. Elizabethton Tenn. October 22.
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Elizabethton Pike
Elizabethton
Happy Valley
D. J. Smith
Balalaika: From Russian peasantry to court and beyond
The balalaika originated with Russian peasants and was adopted at Peter the Great's court. A balalaika orchestra existed at court from his era until the empire's end. Now gaining popularity in the United States, the instrument features a triangle-faced body, mandolin-shaped back, a long neck, and three strings. About a dozen sizes yield varied tones.
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Peter the Great
United States
Message of Gratitude and Everyday Mercies
A prose meditation on counting mercies and daily reasons for gratitude. It lists gentle words, loving smiles, flowers, greetings from children, support from friends, good books and songs, and hopeful partings, urging a life in a continuous atmosphere of thanks.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Night Life in Mexico as a Sad Picture
Julio Jininez Rueda in Excelsior Mexico City decries Mexico as a city of vice and hypocrisy. He portrays night life as alien to colonial roots, filled with drink and drugs, where cabarets become sad centers of excess, contrasting with his countrymen’s taciturn nature and fatalistic mood.
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Mexico
Paris
New York
United States
Europe
Julio Jininez Rueda
Excelsior
Mexico City
Handshake Guide to Love by Dr David W Bush
Dr David W Bush an applied psychology teacher argues handshakes before courtship ensure compatibility. He warns marriage certificates do not guarantee love and that a premature goal of wedlock can become a millstone. He advocates character analysis to avoid trouble before courting advances.
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David W. Bush
Doctor Bush
Giving Him a Lift On The Canal
A canal boat skipper sits with rudder handle smoking as a horse pulls the boat. A limping tramp asks for a lift to the next town claiming blistered feet. The skipper offers passage in exchange for work and throws a rope ashore to pull alongside the horse.
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London
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R. S. Holland
Western Newspaper Union
Washington Star
Dante
Julius Caesar
Paganini
Goethe
Leigh Hunt
Voltaire
Gladstone
Pope Leo XII
Beethoven
Raphael
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Byron
Coleridge
Chatterton
Napoleon
Bismarck
Nansen
Explorer
Audubon
the Duke of Wellington
Richard Coeur de Lion
Wolsey
Dickens
Ruskin
Moltke
Duke of Marlborough
Swift
Edison
Frederick the Great
J. Russell Lowell
Rossetti
George Washington
Shakespeare
Helena
Car Io
House Bop
Jeages Sos
Maggie
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