Birthday Sleuth: Woman Departs Hinted Gift Plot
Mrs. Luella Kellogg, aunt to Blain, asks Nancy Howe to spy on the employer’s birthday wishes. She seeks clues about hobbies and tastes to craft a surprise present, offering fifteen dollars for Nancy’s discreet assistance. Nancy agrees to gather hints while Blain and his secretary continue work.
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Mrs. Kellogg
Blain & Jones
Mr. Blain
Nancy Howe
Luella Kellogg
Nancy
Ed Nancy Howe
Nancy Trowe
Ater
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Ninth of March Convoluted Courtship Dinner Scene
Nancy Howe probes Mr. Blain about preferences during a week of careful conversation learning his tastes. A lunch discussion leads to a bold birthday present question about marriage and Mrs. Thomas Blain, as he tests her honesty with probing questions.
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Nancy Howe
Mr. Blain
Nancy
Mrs. Kellogg
Tom
Thomas Blain
Thomas
First Lighthouse Erected by Egyptians and Its Evolution
The article traces the first lighthouse to Pharos at Alexandria built by Ptolemy II about 660 BCE. It stood 100 feet tall until the 14th century when the sea washed it away. It recounts light methods from open wood fires to coal beacons, tallow candles, oil lamps with reflectors, and the Argand burner culminating in incandescent mantles used in major lighthouses.
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Egypt
Pharos
Alexandria
Ptolemy II
South Foreland
Eddystone
Mersey
The Last Resort
An old mariner recalls a minister aboard a steamship during a great storm off the coast. The divine warns of danger as the vessel sinks, while the captain urges faith and prudence, the tale ending with a tense exchange about trust in Providence.
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the Divine
Tests Air Lifeboat Ship Experiment in Great Britain
Great Britain is testing an air lifeboat, an airplane designed to navigate at high speed through the fiercest storms, aiming to improve rescue capabilities at sea.
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Great Britain
Van Given Two Years For Assault to Kill
Robert Rip Van was found guilty of assault with intent to murder in the Fifteenth district court and sentenced to two years. His attorney filed a motion for a new trial. The verdict caused commotion in court as Mrs. Harvey cried and left, while Mrs. Van fainted. The case arose from a November 28 incident in which Van allegedly wounded C. R. Jeffries in a West Houston street second hand store. The defense claimed Jeffries insulted Van’s wife a year and a half earlier. No suspended sentence was sought.
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Sherman
Robert
Rip) van
Fifteenth District Court
Henry Harvey
Van
Jeffries
Dalton Brothers' Mother Dead in Oklahoma Town
Kingfisher Okla Jan 26 Mrs Adeline Dalton 92 mother of the Dalton brothers Oklahoma bandits of the nineties died at her home here Saturday night Four of the woman's nine sons were desperadoes Emmett Grant Bill and Bob Dalton participated in the famous raid on Coffeeville and the robbery of the Santa Fe train at Red Rock in 1891
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Kingfisher
Okla
Adeline Dalton
Dalton Brothers
Oklahoma
Emmett
Grant
Bill
Bob Dalton
Coffeeville
Santa Fe
Red Rock
Towel on sheriff's face aids escape
Beaumont reports hot towels over a sheriff's face aided John Lewis in escaping from the Florida prison farm at Camilla. Lewis, captured Sunday by police, used the towels during the shave to foil the officer and slip away through a back way.
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Beaumont
Florida
Camilla
John Lewis
Epworth League Program for February 1st
Sunday service details list leader Miss Sue McConnell with hymns prayers and scripture from Philippians 2 1 11. Program includes talks on friendship by Miss Dale McGaughey Sam Brents Miss Margaret Everheart and Miss Enna Pritchett followed by hymns and benediction.
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Sue McConnell
Dale McGaughey
Sam
Ode to Coffee and a Dour Warning from Walt Mason
The narrator extols coffee drinking, praising its warmth and mood lifting effect from Brazil, while a dour speaker brands caffeine as poison and a path to death. The verse captures a playful defense of coffee against naysayers as the speaker vows to drink three quarts with cheerful resignation. Walt Mason.
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Brazil
Walt Mason
Funeral for John C Eastman Follows His Last Wish
Chicago January 27 A service mirroring the funeral of his wife was held for John C Eastman proprietor and editor of the Chicago Journal at Oakwood Cemetery chapel. Reverend Rufus A White of the People's Liberal Church avoided praise in accordance with Eastman's final wish.
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Chicago
John C. Eastman
Chicago Journal
Oakwood Cemetery
Rufus A. White
People’s Liberal Church
Eastman
Gloria Swanson Coming to Odeon Next Week
The Paramount film Wages of Virtue starring Gloria Swanson will play at Odeon Theatre Monday and Tuesday. An adventure romance of the French Foreign Legion features Ben Lyon Norman Trevor Ivan Linow and Joe Moore in supporting roles. A must for Swanson fans.
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Gloria Swanson
Odeon Theatre
French Foreign Legion
Ben Lyon
Norman Trevor
Ivan Linow
Joe Moore
Swanson
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Manning & Clark
Sun Office
Love Monument Company of
Mark Montgomery
W. F. Brown
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Whitewright
W. C. Cook
Singer Sewing
J. L. Bullocks
W. Main
Denison
Texas
Sun and
Dallas News
Kimbell Milling Co
Smith Hotel
Pace Brothers
Henryetta
Gillett Grain CO
Jumbi Solo
Jim Dandy
Ette
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