Business Course as a Good Beginning in 1926
Elsie and readers discuss guidance for girls choosing courses, arguing for business or stenography training as practical paths to employment. A frequent critic warns against overreliance on stenography, while the author defends business courses for instilling promptness, neatness, reliability, and practical skills amid overcrowded job markets.
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Ellif
Mike
Mobe
Lil’ Elsie
Premier Syndicate, Inc
A Wife's Confessional Reveals Hidden Secrets
In a tense scene Hugh Grantland receives aid from Lillian and Dr. Douglass after troubling accusations. Lillian acts to secure concealed keys for a wall safe, while Hugh rests and a perilous secret lingers as she ascends the stairs with Madge.
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Tyndan
Lee Chow
Hugh Grantland
Hugh
Lillian
Madge
Dr. Douglass
Doctor Douglass
Lilian
A Modern Bathroom By Annette Bradshaw
A linen toweling in blue white or red white checks freshens a bathroom at low cost. Use checked linen for towels and curtains with bound edges, plus hard enamel, linoleum, and occasional varnish to keep baths clean and bright.
Quieting a Crisis Nurse Seeks Rest and Help
A narrator assists a woman who ingests a tablet claiming it is TNT and discusses her plan to stay safe at home. The patient cites Katherine’s advice for absolute rest for a few days and acknowledges the narrator’s upcoming responsibility, seeking reassurance and care.
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Elsie
Dolly
Katherine
Newspaper Feature Service. Inc
Pink Frock Captures Marjorie’s Fashion Mood at Madame’s
A fashion diary vignette follows Marjorie a young client who adores pink frocks as Madame showcases pastel and vivid designs. The newest pale pink georgette dress features silver lace insets horizontal tucks and silver thread edging with a straight line silhouette chosen by Marjorie along with a rose pink fan.
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Madame
Marjorie
Orien
Overeating and Heart Disease Warns Doctor
The author cautions that heart disease increasingly affects all ages, with 20,000 NYC school children having permanently damaged hearts. He pins rising risk on modern dining habits, economic pressures, and improper nutrition, urging balance and relief from excessive meals.
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New York City
Home making helps for baby supplies and gifts
Wanda Barton outlines baby themed craft ideas and items from cloth and silk, including cradle puffs, double sided quilts, knitted throws, kid slippers, flannel wrappers, flannel bunnies trimmed outfits, satin cap boxes, terry cloth baby lifts, bath toys, and embroidered bibs. Many items feature pink or blue schemes and decorative rosettes for gifting.
Tomorrow's HOROSCOPE for January 8
Genevieve Kemble notes a lively yet obstructed day with financial strain and hostile purport. Tact and judgment help avoid issues while birthdays boast clever abilities. beware deception in heart and home and a restless child may aspire despite obstacles.
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Genevieve Kemble
Odd Facts and Ancient Butter Unearthed
A glance at a quirky record shows borrowers in London's free libraries doubling over twenty years. In Connecticut a farmer found edible butter jars labelled 1875 while digging a spring.
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London
Connecticut
Cyrus McCormick The Reaper King In American Agriculture
Barbara Bayne profiles Cyrus Hall McCormick born in 1809 in West Virginia. A farming innovator, he created the reaping machine, earned his first patent in 1834, and moved from Cincinnati to Chicago to manufacture the reaper. His invention spurred mass wheat exports and wealth.
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Barbara Bayne
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Virginia
United States
Robert McCormick
Scotland
Cyrus
Leander
Young McCormick
Cincinnati
Chicago
Lon
Advice to Girls From Annie Laurie and 19th Century Harvest Hero
A teen asks Annie Laurie for guidance after a broken engagement trust. Advice suggests not being easily swayed to show strength. The text shifts to a historical note on Cyrus McCormick, his company’s growth, legal battles, and Lincoln’s early counsel fees in a harvester case.
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Cyrus
Len
Annie Laurie
Don Anu
Paris
Napoleon III
McCormick Reaper Works
America
Chicago
International Harvester Company
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
United States
Canada
Minnesota
Kentucky
Illinois
Tillinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Cuba
Cyrus McCormick
Harvester
Lincoln
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