Not a Dissenter to the Decision
A Chicago L train guard misreads the run and declares Thirty-ninth Street as the next stop on the Twentieth Century Limited. Passengers joke if the guard is in love, deciding the error was a romantic slip rather than a faulty bell rope.
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Aunt Margaret
Margaret
Natalie
Asabe
Mrs. Jones
George
Yeu
Indiana Avenue
Congress Street
Thirty-ninth Street
Thirtyninth Street
Twentieth Century Limited
Mistaken Man and the Black Eye of Desire
The passage contrasts a blazing black eye with a blonde gaze, depicting how a man misreads a rich dark look as intellectual and forbidding. It argues that the black eyed woman embodies energy and devotion, while male suspicion masks deeper loyalty and heroism.
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Tom
A Congenial Soul in a Wry Exchange
A brief literary exchange contrasts a cheerful man facing misfortune with a skeptical response about sharing a smile when fortune sours. The dialogue hints at social grace and irony in a concise mood piece.
Advertising in Morocco and American ideals on art
A Tangier consular report notes Moors ignore printed and pictorial advertising as unreadable to the average Moor. The piece also quotes Dr. Van Eeden urging American art and literature to remain independent from European imitation. It cites immigration findings on smaller, healthier families and warns aero plane stunts at 1650 feet are dangerous.
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Tangier
Morocco
Holt
Providence Journal
United States
van Eeden
Europe
Immigration Commission
New York Telephone Training Aims At Clearer Enunciation
Reader notices guard against street and station names spoken in English. Frivolous behavior by some women draws attention and trains for better conduct are urged. Aviation in France affects birds and music, while Sweden's king swaps roles for worker insight. A Missouri man wins $100 by eating 40 eggs in six minutes. Costs of living in New Jersey rise 37 percent in ten years.
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New York
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Preanya
George Mason
George Rose
Aston
France
Gustaf
Sweden
New Jersey
New, Jereey
Hart Schaffner
Marx
John B. Stetson and
Lanpher
Cluett
Monarch
Greengard Bros
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