Apples and secrets shake a small town school tale
After a troubling supper, Carol and Lark confess to stealing apples and try to shield Connie. Prudence reads their notes, learns they both lied, and then untangles the truth about the Skull and Crossbones before contacting the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Starr
Imes
Prudence
Connie
Carol
Lark
Averys
Avery
Prue
Mount Mark
Lady Magdalena Featheringale
Constance
Cannie
Etiquette Lessons and a Babbling Prince Visit
Connie and sisters plot an evening with Babbling Bobbie and college talk. Prudence hires twins for tasks while Fairy plans refreshments, oysters, and a pranky room scent to impress the guest, with sisters jockeying for prominence and approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie
Prudence
Fairy
Babbie
Eugene Babler
Carol
Prue
Bobbie
Exminster
Lark
James Francis Lifeboat Father Honored With Gold Medal
The father of the lifeboat in America, James Francis born in Boston in 1801, died in Washington in 1893. Three years before his death Congress awarded him a pure gold medal in a White House ceremony by President Harrison, now exhibited at the National Museum in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
James Francis
Boston
Washington
Congress
White House
Harrison
National Museum
Garden care tips for perennials and house plants
A gardening column advises division of weak perennial clumps such as phlox and aquilegia, fall and spring work, pruning, staking, and watering during dry seasons. It recommends mulching, manure fertilizer, and proper sun exposure for palms and house plants, with guidance on seed sowing and window plant care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bennington
Support for Sweet Peas on Poultry Netting Fence
Support sweet pea vines on a temporary fence made of poultry netting. This furnishes an ideal support and a piece of netting used for this purpose lasts for years.
Cascarets Claim To Cure Liver And Bowels
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation indigestion biliousness and related pains. It promises relief from headaches dizziness and nervous distress and urges taking a 10 cent box for ongoing health and a clear head. All stores carry Cascarets and even children need cleansing inside.
Blissful Ignorance Quotation Attributed To Glenn Curtiss
A Buffalo Express item notes Glenn Curtiss the airplane builder spoke on militarism and ignorance, referencing Mrs Rayke and a husband’s late nights. The remark frames blissful ignorance as safer than knowledge in tense times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Curtiss
Mrs. Rayke
Buffalo Express
Minister’s Confession Credits Kidney Pills for Restoration
Rev. W H Warner of Myersville Maryland writes that kidney pills from Dodd’s Medicine Co. saved his life after a host of symptoms including sciatica back trouble lumbago neuralgia cramps and dizzy spells. The advertisement promotes Dodd’s Kidney Pills 50c box and notes their availability in Buffalo New York plus a separate tip on boiling a clothesline to make it tougher and last longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Warner
Myersville
Dodds
Dodd's
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Adv
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Heals Severe Female Ailments
Ogdensburg Wisconsin resident Mrs Etta Dorion reports sharp back and side pains that left her bedridden. After years of troubling symptoms she tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and states six bottles cured her completely. The ad urges others with female troubles to seek the remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Etta Dorion
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Miss Fairy
Mr. Starr
Ladies’ Aid Society
Huestox
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Father
Trustees
Sweet Peas
Hunt
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex, Jr
Ever-Last Tread CO
Indianapolis
Ind
Co-Operative Automobile Association
Laas
Alex Shane
Gty Trust
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