A Woman's Wit A Bold Plan in a Small Town
Levi Duryea fails to locate the elusive Mark Ridley, offered a thousand dollars to serve him. Vesta Burrows devises a ruse by hiring Miss Marsh to pose as Ridley's sister and a maid, delivering the summons. Ridley is found in time, the suit proceeds, and Vesta faces heartbreak yet secures a future. Ridley stays, and Vesta and Mark Ridley’s bond grows.
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Levi Duryea
Rossville
Mattie Burrows
Mattie
Vesta
Levi
Woodville
Mark Ridley
Ridley
Chase
Segal
Womiville
Fellows
Richer
Ieza
Letitia Ridley
Miss Marsh
Mark
Confantom
Lndy
Don
Burrows
Eombroad
Vesta Burrows
Motorcycle hunting feat shocks readers at high speed
A Popular Mechanics account describes a man who mounts a shotgun on a motorcycle and shoots birds while riding at full tilt. He clamps the gun above the cycle’s tank and uses a sling to pass the weapon over his shoulder, firing without slowing down. The method aims to surpass traditional horseback hunting in speed and daring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alnys
Popular Mechanics
Helping to Win the War by George Ade
A wartime column urges children and families to stay calm and faithful, quoting Lincoln and urging support for the war effort. It argues that democracy must prevail, stresses unity, speed, and resolve, and portrays young readers as capable messengers of patriotism, ending with a call to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Wilson
Germany
Hindenbures
God
The
Marne
United States of America
Reasonable Excess in Window of Affection Case
In a local society item Madge accuses a man of excessive kissing during social events. The note sketches a breach of decorum and hints at continuing concerns over propriety without naming parties.
Thoughtful trench rations prompt grim wartime humor
A group in the trenches share a grim weary moment over bully beef and biscuits. They dream of bread and tea for half a franc, then fall silent as the first speaker laments no place to obtain such luxuries, yet urges the imagined spark of simple comforts.
Fiery red pimples and Cuticura remedies
An ad proclaims Cuticura Soap and Ointment rapidly heal eczemas and skin irritations with a single hot bath and gentle ointment application. Free samples by mail with a book. Also features a joke about lazy politicians and a shopkeeper who cannot get up to wait on a customer requesting apples.
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Dept. L
Boston
Bold
Boschee's German Syrup advertised as lasting 51 years
Advertising copy touts Boschee's German Syrup as effective for coughs bronchitis and throat infections. It claims a good night’s rest easier morning expectoration and natural healing. Available in 80 and 90 cent bottles sold worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
United States
Japan appoints special police in major cities
Japan plans to appoint special police in Tokyo Yokohama Osaka and Nagasaki to prevent intrigues by enemy subjects and to protect foreigners. The move targets leading cities as authorities tighten security and monitor potential threats amid tensions.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Osaka
Nagasaki
Army Life Says Discontent Won't Change Things
A short reflection notes that army life trains acceptance, contrasting military discipline with civilian unrest, and stating that those in service understand that discontent does not yield gains.
Betting on His Temperature and Figures of Speech
A jumbled carnival of phrases shows a junior partner and a senior partner at a Wall Street firm debating a telephoned update on a colleague. The joke hinges on temperature fluctuations and customers speculating on rectifications, followed by a separate sketch about a job’s pay and a man named Billie calculating his losses.
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Wall Street
Bob
The New Method by L W Bower M D
Backache and kidney disorder linked. High uric acid overload harms kidneys. Drink water between meals and take Apuric tablets before meals. For lumbago rheumatism gout dropsy begin this new discovery from Dr Pierce of Buffalo. Trial packets and large package offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Little Rok
Ark
Lousiana
Bee sting leads to first kiss at garden gate
A romance unfolds as a bee sting on a young man’s neck triggers a kiss with his sweetheart at the garden gate. George blushes and blames the bee, while Ria jokes about a hive full, illustrating country youths’ budding romance. Also notes a lumber business course by Garrard graduate school and mission society spending in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Ria
Garrard Graduate School of Business Administration
Department of Forestry
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By Victor Redcliff E
Leviy
Matte
George Ade
Madge
Wardman
Reed
Hhis
Vardaman
Billie
Mr. Hirem
L. W. Bower
M.D
SPOHN
Aberace
Asx
Carter
Lydis E. Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Fort Fairfield
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Home Missions
W.N. U
Kansas City
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