Milly Finds Romance While Caring for Aunt Mandy
Milly Lane a Westport teacher longs for life and love. After nine months of teaching and a difficult return to Valleyville to care for Aunt Mandy Milly's romance with Will Tuller revives when he arrives with a marriage proposal. They marry and move back to Westport where Aunt Mandy is cared for by others.
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Medieval feasts outdo modern gourmands in vast banquets
Frederick L. Collins cites Harper's Bazar on medieval dining feats. Philip the Good allegedly hosted an all day dinner with 192 courses. Catherine de Medic tasted everything at a table with 14 meat varieties. A Paris bishop's repast featured seafood heavy courses and hundreds of fish and shellfish items.
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Frederick L. Collins
Harper's Bazar
Philip the Good
Catherine de Medic
Gays
Paris
Butcher Confronts Lawyer Over Damaged Meat Theft
A butcher bursts into a private office and questions a lawyer about a dog stealing a half dollar worth steak from his shop. The lawyer confirms the dog was the culprit and suggests settling the remaining half to cover the loss.
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Mable
Gentle Razz Over a Muffler Repair Request
A persistent customer ribbed the garage about a muffler problem that keeps making a phut sound. The mechanic promises another check to fix the issue and asks if the customer has a preferred message to display instead.
Street Frocks and Suits Dominate Summer Wardrobes
Fashion writer Jolia Bottomley notes street frocks remain popular with new tweed and jersey suits for town wear. She highlights collarless backs, double breasted blouses, knife pleated skirts, and wide hemlines, plus navy blue and white polka dot crepes and washable fabrics shaping the season.
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Mss
British Isles
Ireland
England
Scotland
France
Milady
How to Live Longer and Fight Flies in the Home
The piece argues for letting sunlight and fresh air into homes and avoiding excessive thrift that darkens interiors. It warns that closed blinds and filtered glass harbor germs and disease, urging open windows, exposed sunshine, and cleanliness to prevent typhoid and fly-borne illness, with practical notes on sanitation and food washing.
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Concinda
Ussion
The State of Imperfect Maturity and Youth’s Enduring Light
A fragment discusses the age at which youthful levity fades and solid experience begins to form. It reflects on maturity, time, and the balance between youth and experience, noting the difficulties of defining the exact threshold.
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Timie
Phillips Milk
Marzneal
Fhiitips
Magnesia
Bern
Te Chi Phillipa Chemical 6
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Camera Long Known The Cutmpa Invention
A fragment notes a longstanding claim that Giovanni Battista della Porta introduced the cutmepa in the sixteenth century, while acknowledging Delelpte was known earlier.
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Giovanni Battista Della Porta
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