Priceless Plain Girls or the Cheap Pretty Ones
A nostalgic column muses on why most men marry plain women while admiring pretty strangers. A handsome man defends lasting love over looks, noting his wife’s enduring qualities beyond beauty and praising companionship over superficial charm. Copyright 1923 newspaper Feature Gerrice.
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Jim
Joe
Tom
Springtime Shad Time Classics in The Home Kitchen
Jeannette Young Norton describes boning shad and cooking methods for planked shad and shad roe. Instructions cover fillet preparation, rib bone removal, and buttered baking or broiling with lemon garnish, parsley, and shad roe preparations. Milts or buckroe tips include frying, baking, and serving with tartar sauce.
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Jeannette Young Norton
Tomorrow's Horoscope by Genevieve Kemble
Wednesday March 21 offers limited astral aid with focus on knowledge and effort. Notable birth today includes Johann Sebastian Bach suggesting strength in music, investigation, and original thought. Disappointments loom if impulse overrides reason.
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Genevieve Kemble
Llewellyn George
Johann Sebastian Bach
How to Balance the Mind and Emotions by Dr Louis E Bisch
Dr Louis E Bisch argues that intelligence and feeling must dovetail for balance. He warns that prioritizing intellect over emotion or vice versa prevents true happiness and success.
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Louis E. Bisch
Fashion and Feeling in Synchrony by Vera Winster
In Today’s Fashion Vera Winster discusses how material inserted through buckles and loops will dominate next season in frocks. The piece blends design notes with reflections on balancing intellect and emotion, urging readers to let reason guide feeling for better judgment and happiness.
Three-Minute Journeys By Temple Manning
Temple Manning describes a royal Thai pageant as the King of Siam worships at Wat Phra Keo Bangkok. The processional splendor includes the Emerald Buddha temple guarded by giants, a golden gown clad king under a large umbrella, a multi oared boat procession, and offerings by priests amid gold, perfumes and lotus blossoms.
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Temple Manning
King of Siam
Siam
Wat Phra Keo
Bangkok
Buddha
Why Seek Beauty at the Cost of Health and Life
A 1928 column argues against cosmetic surgery and fashion obsessions. It praises natural health via fresh air, good food, and exercise, and warns that superficial beauty fades beside enduring vitality. It urges women to abandon risky procedures and embrace balanced living.
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Chicago
Secrets in the jeweled locket unravel a mystery
In a tense moment, Lillian and the narrator pry open a jeweled miniature case hidden by Eleanor Lincoln. They discover a concealed disk and a tiny paper packet bearing strange black marks, hinting at a larger secret connected to Lizzie the Second. The scene ends with a gasp as the clues surface.
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Lillian
Eleanor Lincoln
Anna
Lizzie
Barvioe
Ino
Doris Meets a Useful Little Neighbor in the Orchard
Doris in her father s orchard meets Mr Blackpoll Warbler and Mrs Blackpoll Warbler a tiny helpful bird pair. They discuss feeding in blossoms building a nest nearby and visiting Doris and her father. The tale ends with plans to return after nest construction and a note of springtime partnership.
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Blanche Silver
Doris
Dore
Donia
Mr. Blackpoll Warbler
Squeedee
Mrs. Blackpoll Warbler
Mrs. Blackpool Warbler
Mr. Blackpool
Daddy Blackpoll Warbler
Misa Doris
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Words of Wisdom Across Hemispheres and Empires
A collection of quotable reflections on human nature and virtue. Carlyle on light and darkness, necessity and free will. Disareli on causality. Pope on credulity. Browne on wealth and munificence.
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Necessity
Carlyle
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