Reading Against a Husband Who Banned Books
A letter from Indiana describes a farmer who urged a library to stop sending books to his wife due to her sixteen children. The column argues for a reader’s right to books and imagines the wife’s resilience, contrasting the husband’s stance with community reactions and humor. Copyright 1851 by Newspaper Feature Service.
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Indiana
Winifred Black
Library Board
Neighbor Smith
Prooux
Mary
Johnnie
Littl Johnnie
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Traditional Christmas Pudding Guide by Alice Lynn Barry
A home kitchen guide outlines preparing and steaming plum pudding a few days ahead. It provides two recipes with detailed ingredients and steps, including quantities for fruit, nuts, suet, and spices, plus a squid sauce option and steaming times of 4 to 6 hours.
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Alice Lynn Barry
Marge
Velvet wraps outshine furs in Fifth Avenue display
Shoppers on Fifth Avenue face a dilemma as velvet wraps with shirred collars and smart sleeves tempt from shop windows. The piece argues a velvet wrap offers lasting value and elegance over fur unless the fur is exceptional, noting fox or ermine as top choices.
The Elusive Heart and the Rules of Love
Dorothy Flack muses on capturing a masculine heart through charm honesty and care. She argues beauty and skill aid romance but stresses that truth sincerity and trust are essential to lasting happiness.
Heart of a Wife Sequences through Family Fear and Rescue
In a tense domestic scene Adele Garrison portrays a panic on the fence line as Winchell Underwood and other family members eye a mysterious white object. The mother-in-law's calm authority clashes with the narrator's alarm over imagined dangers to children and possible disease.
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Madge
Winchell
Mr. Underwood
Dicky
Junior
Margaret
Rebecca
Watch Tower
Ivanhoe
Household Hints and Garden Drill in Daily Life
The article mixes household tips with a domestic scene. Advice covers stain removal with cold water, cane finishing, egg substitute in frying, and bread crumb methods, followed by a narrative about a family debating garden safety and parental drills before children’ s excursion.
Nazareth Rooted Faith Site Tour From Marys Fountain To Mounts
Nazareth, famed as Jesus childhood home, features Marys Fountain a landmark long used for water by locals and visitors. Guides point to Nazareths unique villagelike landscape and nearby sacred hills including Mount Hermon Mount Tabor Mount Carmel and the Beatitudes site.
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Lthough
Jesus
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Mother of Christ
Mary
Mount
Hermon
Tabor
Mount Carmel
Immediate Attention to Burns Highly Important
An article by ROYAL S&S highlights common burn causes in homes and stresses immediate care. It notes most burns come from avoidable sources like spills and faulty electrical devices and warns of severe risks for facial and hand injuries. Early treatment and calling a doctor are emphasized, with guidance on cleaning, salve application, and safe removal of clothing.
Answers to Health Queries from 1931 Feature Service
Health Q and A discuss causes of bad breath linked to nasal catarrh, dental decay, tonsil disease, indigestion, or constipation. It also covers itching between toes and under nails likely from ringworm or eczema with excess sweating, offering to send further details via self-addressed stamped envelope.
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Ino
Helpful Advice to Girls by Nancy Lee on meeting parents
In this advice column, Nancy Lee and a reader named Dotty Ott discuss whether a young man should meet a girl's parents before dating. They note modern trends toward casual dating, warn of potential consequences, and urge caution for young women to protect happiness and standards.
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Nazareth
Mary's
Christ
Syria
Palestine
Nancy Lee
Dotty Otty
Stars Say For Wednesday December 16
Genieve Kemble outlines a day likely to bring unexpected changes in employment and travel with net gains through steady effort. Personal affairs prosper while caution against rash choices persists as a child born today may be quick witted and industrious.
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Genevieve Kemble
Today's Fashion By Vera Winston
WEATERS are enjoying a most successful season due to demand for separate skirts and blouses with short fur jackets. A hand knit look appears in sweaters with attractive colors. scarves and a brown calf bag complement outfits.
China-Land Adventure in a Nighttime Shadow World
In a fanciful tale from 1931, china figures come alive at night in China-land behind a fireplace door. The china-dog and china-cats narrate a world where creatures never eat, yet wonder about lemon pie and ginger tarts as two china-mice dart across a cornfield and are pursued by the cats.
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China-Land
China
Mij
Flor
Hanid
Yam
Knart
Newspaper Feature Service
Forgiveness in Our Rhyming Optimist Poem
Aline Michaelis explores forgiveness as a liberating force. The poem declares that once forgiven, deeds fade, erasing excuses and tears, allowing one to walk a brighter future unburdened by regret. It emphasizes forgiveness as the sweetest word and a balm for weakness and sin.
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Aline Michaelis
Words of the Wise and Famous Sayings
A compact collection of quotations from Montaigne, Tennyson, Burke, Bible lines, Bulwer-Lytton, and Shakespeare. The snippets offer counsel on doubt friendship prosperity and composure in debate. Each line presents a moral or practical insight from noted figures.
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Fifth Ave
Louise Duntley
Dorothy Flack
Heart of
Wife
Adele Garrison
Mrs. Graham
By Temple Manning
Joseph
Burns
Royal S&s
United States Senate
Dpeland, M. D
New York Health
New York City
Dr. Copeland
Vera Winston
Maxtrell
Tiny Nancy Hepplewhite
Words of
Montaigne
Burke
Bulwer—Lytton
Loo
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