Winifred Black on the Genius Who Forgot Her Way Home
A feature essay recounts a country woman known for dogs and cats who travels to the city and mistakes romance for love. The husband wires her to return, promising a homecoming with steak and pie, and she goes back to find understanding, comfort, and loyalty with pets and family. Copyright 1929 Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Miss—Lincoln
Miss Lincoln
Mister Noel
Mr. Noel
Anna Schmidt
Noel
Transvania Tt
Serrica, Inc
Advice to Girls EAR ANNE LAURIE Column Column
A reader asks how to strengthen a long distance romance with a 17 or 18 year old fiancée. The adviser counsels against worrying about height and emphasizes sincere affection over appearance, noting engagement and future plans while encouraging thanks for the partner’s virtues and the strength of their bond.
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Annie Laurie
The Life of Charlotte Clarke Theatrical Eccentric and Rosinante
A condensed chronicle of Charlotte Clarke, daughter of Colley Cibber, detailing her eccentric career across medicine, hunting, gardening, and multiple theatrical forays. She never settled on one path, shifting from doctor to pastry cook to stage performer, ending life in 1760 with an ordinary death.
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Charlotte Clarke
Clarke
Colley Cibber
Theophilus
Haymarket
Charlotte
Park Street
Westminster
England
Claire
Allance
Cibber
London
Paul Revere
New Wells Theatre
Washable Silk Ensembles Lead Spring Fashion Surge
Silk ensembles and sleeveless coats dominate the season's fashion chatter. A green two tone ensemble pairs foliage green coats with apple green blouses, beige and green accessories, and a beige and green hat. Sleeveless, double breasted coats with collar revers in bright yellow washable silk echo the trend, worn over or apart from dresses, while a white shell with black velvet remains striking.
Ankles Bulge? Try These Exercises
The final piece in the Leg Beautiful series offers leg strengthening routines to normalize leg contour. It details standing kicks, knee pulls, chair reps with wall presses, and heel variations to fatigue and tone the ankle and leg muscles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Huddleston
Color in the Kitchen and Home Rooms by Eleanor Ross
The article argues for thoughtful color use in home decorating emphasizing moderation. It notes risks of overdoing colors with jarring contrasts and stresses harmony across rooms, using examples of blue gray orange and lavender schemes. It highlights how color palettes should suit occupants, citing Mrs B as an example of color enhancing appearance and mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Ross
Lessings
Greenwich
Mrs. B
Odd Facts From Across the Atlantic and Britain
The record notes wireless calls across the Atlantic reached 2 288 in 1927 and 9 825 in 1923 while London’s Metropolitan Water Board area holds 7 000 miles of water mains. It cites Shakespeare’s longest word and tracks population changes in Scotland versus England and Wales, plus tram fare in Glasgow and dog licenses across years.
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Atlantic
Wireless
Metropolitan Water Board
London
Scotland
England and
Wales
Stars Say For Saturday May 4 by Genevieve Kemple
The horoscope warns of lively events May 4 with courage and enterprise but cautions against overenthusiasm and violence. It notes potential employment gains and beneficial change if a calm mind leads. Birthday individuals face a strong year with energy, while a child may be talented yet needs restraint to avoid strife. Churchill quote ends.
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Churchill
Earache Causes and neuralapparent pain explained
In a 1929 feature, Royal S Copeland outlines earache origins, detailing two main types: middle ear inflammation with blood or fluid buildup and neuralgic pain from nerve issues. He links tooth, sinus, and tonsil infections to referred ear pain, urges medical exams to locate the true cause, and includes reader Q&A on health topics.
He Is Worried About Miss Lincoln's Aged Aunt
Adele Garrison story centers on Mrs. Ticer at The Larches who fears Miss Lincoln's elderly aunt may suffer from strain after Lincoln's departure. Narrator plans cautious insight into the old woman while noting Mrs. Ticer's xenophobic attitudes and tensions over Noel and the royal family connection.
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Love
Adele Garrison
Noel
Miss Lincoln
Lincoln
Mrs. Ticer
Shadow-Children Stage Easter Rabbit Versus Tortoise Race
In a garden story by Max Trell, shadow-children named Hanid Yam Knarf and others arrange a race between a fast rabbit and a slow tortoise. The tortoise slowly advances while the rabbit naps and nibbles leaves, until Knarf’s bark-like distraction jolts the rabbit into leaping past the wall, securing a win for the tortoise and a playful twist. Copyright 1920 Newspaper Feature Service Ing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fier
Knarf
Hanid
Yam
Flanid
Words of the Wise Reflections on life and wisdom
A compact collection of quotes on life pleasure and wisdom from Cicero Hugo and Goldsmith. The passages contrast memory efficiency and the pursuit of knowledge with the idea that travel in search of wisdom circles back to ignorance.
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Goldsmith
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Winifred Black
Charlotte Clark
By Marie Marot
Glasgow
Genevieve Kemble
Copeland
Royal S Copeland
United States
New York
New York City
Fr. M. Q
DR. Copeland
Katie
Max Trell
Words of
Cicero
Hugo
Shaun
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