Poor Bill All Right Again
A reflective feature contrasts a sixteen year old baseball star who dies from heart disease with an adult man named Bill, once celebrated, now worn by family struggles and chronic discontent. The piece ponders what “all right” means as life’s pressures erode happiness and invites readers to consider shared human fragility. The piece declares copyright 1931 by Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Horry
Bill
Don
Ball Park
Genevieve
Newspaper Feature Service. Inc
Common Myths and Odd Facts About Inventions and Names
The piece notes that Guillaume Guillotine did not die by his device and lived until 1814 after the French Revolution. It observes girls named Joan and boys named John as popular names. It mentions Ur’s maidens using lipsticks long ago, and claims train travel carries a 565 million to one fatality risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Guillotine
Avis Arlen Seeks Uninvited Brixton House Party Entry
Aurelia narrator describes Avis Arlen pressuring Noel Brixton and friends Mary Marion to join a Brixton house party uninvited. Noel balks at the request, while Avis argues she will not chase other men. The narrator declines, noting Mrs Brixton’s strict hospitality rules and potential social scandal. Continued tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avis Arlen
Brixton
Madge
Noel
Brixton House
Miss Arlen
Marion
Yale
Herg
Avis
Mary
Notable Nativity and cautions for July 4 stars
Genevieve Kemble outlines a cautious forecast for July 4 noting possible confusion setbacks and commotion with risks of duplicity fraud and misrepresentation through writings. It advises postponing new undertakings and exercising discretion for those with July 4 birthdays and mentions a quick witted imaginative child born that day.
The New Coats Are Wrapped in Chic by Marie Marot
The article presents two ideal coats for summer wear: a dark blue homespun traveling coat with a bolero, pockets, smart sleeves, and blue leather buttons, and a black silk marocain coat for informal evenings and day wear with a knotted scarf at the throat and a nipped waist silhouette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Marot
Atomizer method for resetting waves in hair styling
A beauty feature explains using an atomizer to moisten hair without wetting it, outlining waves and setting them with pins, combs, and a net. The guide covers diluting waving fluid, spraying until damp, and preserving wave contours for daily maintenance.
Helpful Advice to Girls by Nancy Lee
A junior high girl seeks guidance after gossip about a boyfriend. The advisor urges apologizing to the boy, then communicating directly, and ignoring idle tales as hurtful rumor. Emphasizes going to the source for truth and choosing happiness over hearsay.
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Nancy Lee
Baby Feeding Guidelines For Newborns From Dr Copeland
Dr Copeland outlines early infant feeding care including colostrum use, no early sweetened drinks, feeding intervals from six hours to four hours, and a gradual move to regular schedules. He advises patient crying reasons, a set seven feedings per day initially, long daytime naps, and night nursing adjustments to sustain maternal feeding.
Reader Q and A on health and grooming questions
A 1931 feature page presents reader questions on shingles scars hair loss weight for teens and advice for acne dandruff pin worms and leg shaping. Answers suggest self addressed stamped envelopes for full particulars and urge consulting a skin specialist or physician as appropriate.
Black Kitchen Plans Win Bride’s Demonstration Style
An essay by Eleanor Ross discusses a young bride advocating a black kitchen with yellow accents. She argues black serves as a background for light furniture and appliances, using yellow linoleum walls and a yellow icebox, with black stove and sink to create a cohesive frame. The piece notes black pairs with mauves greens and reds, offering versatility and a subdued backdrop for colorful touches.
Moments in Mark Twain's Remarkable Life and Fame
A compact sketch traces Mark Twain born Samuel Langhorne Clemens from poverty in Hannibal Missouri to river pilot days on the Mississippi and Civil War era detours in Nevada. It notes his rise to lasting literary fame via popular acclaim and a banquet on his seventieth birthday attended by leading writers.
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Mark Twain
Delfionico
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
John Clemens
Tennessee
Hannibal
Mississippi
Nevada
Mark Twain Life Highlights From Youth To Doctorate
The narrative traces Mark Twain from early river letters that funded his voyage to the Mediterranean and Innocents Abroad, through Buffalo and Hartford, to publishing Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee. It notes debts, world travels, Oxford honors, and his enduring popularity and mixed humor with pathos.
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Mark Twain
San Francisco
Mediterranean
Buffalo
Olivia Langdon
Hartford
Conn
Twain
Oxford University
England
Redding
Shadow Race With a Clock in Knarf’s Corridor
In a playful tale Knarf a shadow-child challenges a wall clock to a race around a house. The clock claims it can run by circling in place and winds itself for a week, while Knarf dashes away ending with both tired and surprised by a clock that gains twenty minutes and no clear winner.
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Narf
Mij
Flor
Hanid
Yam
Knarf
Mknarf
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Words of the Wise and Noble Thoughts Across Poets
A collage of aphorisms and lines from Othello Homer Garth Goldsmith Longfellow Shakespeare and Tacitus reflect on virtue value fame and truth. The quotes celebrate integrity and the inner worth over outward display and wealth.
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Winifred Black
Joan
John
Heart of
Wife
Adele Garrison
Genevieve Kemble
Calvin Coolidge
Josephine Huddleston
Ouvenir
Royal S. Copeland, M. D
United States
New York
New York City
Dr. Copeland
Gerry
Eleanor Ross
Mississippi Shore
Alice Alden
Maxtrell
Words of
Homer
Garth
Goldsmith
Shakespeare
Tacitus
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