Barnette Family Visits Son in Alliance and Leases Home
J C Barnette and wife visit son in Alliance while leasing their Los Angeles residence to famed screenwriter Alan Dwan for four months at about 400 dollars monthly. Dwan arrives with a small party to occupy an eight room house with sea view and sun parlor, promising no access to Barnett stairs to protect writing time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alan Dwan
J. C. Barnett
W. B. Barnett
Golden Rule
Alliance
Kansas City
California
Barnett
Harry
Belle Fourche
Denver
Colo
T. M. Callahan
Longmont
Cole
Burr Fisher
Seattle
Wash
Ocean
J. B. Barnett
First Place
Long Beach
Dwan
Dawn
The Little Ol' Home Paper
Poem notes how a hometown newspaper lifts spirits during lonely cloudy days. It emphasizes local news about neighbors and community events like social gatherings and college arrivals as a antidote to city life blues.
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Bill
Joe
France
Ladies’ Aid
Masons
Cherry Wilson
Spokesman Review
Cheaper Meat Cuts See Price Rise and Palatability
If cheaper cuts of meats rise in price as suggested, consumers may face higher costs and still seek palatable options. The note highlights potential value shifts as affordability competes with taste.
Crusade In France Calls For Rethinking Baby Names
A France led campaign aims to curb war names for newborns as critics urge parents to consider responsibility. The piece notes social friction persists despite free expression and jokes about scarce servants. It highlights harm to children from parental folly and urges action.
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France
Doubtful Advice in Weekly Agricultural Bulletin
The Weekly Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture offers dubious counsel telling readers to deflect wives questions by appealing to an elder. The quip suggests deferring personal inquiries to Uncle Samuel as a seems like a lighthearted wartime style directive.
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Department of Agriculture
Samuel
Ex-Soldier in France Kills Red Cross Nurse
A brutal act by a former soldier in France who killed and robbed a Red Cross nurse who once cared for him. The piece notes such crimes are exceptional amid broader humanitarian efforts.
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France
Red Cross
Molten Earth Gas Could Power Humanity For Ages
A remark suggests that if fifty miles beneath the surface all is molten the trapped gases could provide power for mankind for a million years. Yet such vast quantities would imply the earth might have exploded long ago, a paradox noted in the discussion.
Uncertain Verses on Clothes and the Miser’s Payout
A quatrain-like reflection questions thrift and fashion. The speaker ponders delaying buy of overalls while a miser stitched ten dollars into his only suit lining, risking ruin by time and fate. The verse dwells on money, sewing, and mortality.
Cures for Idiocy and Air Pumping in Public Discourse
The fragment recalls a claim that pumping air into living brain cures idiocy and mocks fitting air pumps to cars. It warns that safety slogans may be ignored and notes a robbery by unidentified criminals who did not steal Bibles from a church safe.
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Geggs
United States seeks action to protect Armenians in Turkish question
Nations press for prompt steps to save Armenians amid Turkish policy. An American Chemical Society note highlights the impact of cheap insecticides on food costs while warning about slaughter of birds to prove a point. The farmer bears costs, then passes them on to the public as debates continue. Candals may come back says a curator.
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United States
American Chemical Society
Shoe scrutiny reshapes views on male and female fashion
A writer discusses a shoe problem focusing on men while attacking a town girl described as Frenchly styled and narrow faced. The piece laments exposing bare toes to a roving crowd and a ruined public gaze.
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Houston Post
Inside Outing At The Asylum Grounds
A keeper takes patients for a walk near railroad tracks. A perplexed pedestrian asks where the rail line goes. One patient gently replies that the track is just there for trains, and urges the man to return inside.
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Insane Asylum
Old Timers Spar Over Wild Oats Jive
A playful exchange features a boastful elder the Gay Old Bird and a sharp younger man, each quipping about youth and past exploits. The banter recalls earlier days with humorous, period voice and a hint of rivalry.
Music Speaks in Language of the Heart Verse
The Lexington Leader quotes a critic claiming music speaks in the heart, noting jazz may stir the pulse with vivid rhythm and feeling. The fragment suggests a debate over jazz’s expressive power and emotional impact.
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Lexington Leader
Brains Always Score in Dog Fight Tragedy
A Johnstown Democrat joke recalls a fight over a dog in Kentucky that killed three people while the dog escaped and hid, suggesting brains triumph in the end.
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Johnstown Democrat
Mother's Ologies and Domestic Hustleology Satire
The Texas Christian Advocate mockingly notes a mother arranging a misfit curriculum of roastology bakeology stiichlogy and pathology for her daughter. The piece satirizes self study and gender roles in a humorous domestic context.
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Texas Christian Advocate
Dallas
Versatility for young women at Tabor Laundry Works
Help wanted for young women to hang up iron and fold clothes. Wages twelve dollars weekly plus bonus to start. Apply at Tabor Laundry Works 446 Bathurst Street Toronto. Evening Telegram reports the job listing.
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Tabor
Bathurst Street
Toronto Evening Telegram
Quote on love and family customs from London Opinion
The exchange about marrying for love appears in London Opinion with a witty note suggesting planting a tree for a child instead of tearing up the father’s hat. The quip reflects social attitudes toward marriage and parental approval in a historical context.
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