Forgetful husbands spark a whimsical divorce tale
Winifred Black riffs on a divorce case sparked by a husband's birthday forgetfulness. The piece contrasts the grocer’s wife and Sally as they weigh marriage, fault, and forgiveness, elevating everyday quirks into social commentary. It closes with wry notes on love, memory, and domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usband
Sally
Coboy
Asband
Big Tim
Tim
Ton
Mary Delaney
Advice to Girls By Annie Laurie
A young woman asks whether her boyfriend should marry now or attend college. Annie Laurie counsels the man to go away to school, arguing separation can clarify their future and reduce jealousy and quarrels.
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Annie Laurie
Eam
Paris Import Afternoon Ensemble Captures Street Style
Seen on 5th Ave the new Spring line features a red wool crepe coat with a printed crepe de Chine lining and detachable scarf collar. Paris influence arrives with straw hats and chic parasol shapes while lavender blue crepe georgette dresses highlight the lingerie touch and tiered skirts.
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Paris
Sane
Smart street frocks for a polished wardrobe
The column urges including one or two simple street costumes. It describes a dull green bolero type dress with an inside bodice of printed alk and a gypsy girdle shaping a tight hipline with a pleated sash and matching pleated treatment for the season.
Milk daily quota made easy with cookery tips
A neighbor argues for a daily quart of milk and offers ways to consume it. The piece promotes milk as a health staple and lists recipes like Cream of Corn Soup and junket to use up milk, noting tablets solidify a quart and suggesting variations with vegetables, seafood, or flavors.
Stars Say for Wednesday April 17 by Gen Eve Kemble
The forecast urges decisive forward movement despite obstacles and delays. It highlights new contracts, travel, and changes in environment with opportunities for advantage and fresh business prospects. A birthday alert predicts a year of change and possible travel, while personal harmony must be restored.
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Cain
Tennyson
The Home Kitchen by Alice Lynn Barry
Plain junket recipe by Alice Lynn Barry uses milk warm to mix with crushed junket tablet sugar vanilla and a dash of salt. Pour into sherbet glasses and let it set then chill and serve with whipped cream.
Unusual Private Companies Listed Across Three Names
Three private firms named Some Odd Facts Crime Club Limited Rumor Limited and Hi O Value Limited report their registrations. Crime Club Limited to operate as booksellers practitioners and publishers Rumor Limited to run as theatre proprietors and managers H20 Valve Limited is described as mobile electrical and hydraulic engineers. Between 1921 and spring 1927 about 1 800 000 foreign workers were imported into France to meet urgent industrial needs.
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Crime Club Limited
Rumor Limited
Hi O Value Limited
H20 Valve Limited
France
Three Minute Journeys OURISTS Visit Seville for Exposition
A 1929 feature notes Latin American visitors flocking to Seville for the Ibero-American Exposition with the United States as a patron. It highlights Seville attractions, spring festivals, holy processions, flamenco, casetas, bullring sights, and the blending of old and new in Andalusia as ideal for a spring visit.
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Seville
Spain
United States
Farmery
Andalusia
Weil Worth
Life and Good Health Depend on the Liver
Dr Roy S Copeland explains the liver as a filter and laboratory that detoxifies poisons from portal blood. He links constipation and poor intestinal cleanliness to overworked livers and common symptoms like headaches and fatigue. He urges diet changes with roughage fruit vegetables and better eating habits to protect liver health.
Niagara Falls Prank Revealed by Shadow-Children Tale
In a playful tale by Max Troil Knarf leads friends to believe Niagara Falls appears in their parlor. They chase the sound of water and marvel at a vast waterfall, only to learn it is a kitchen sink faucet. The joke ends with a confident promise of a future spill.
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Fier
Hanid
Knarf
Niagara
Alon
Niagara Falls
Yam
Knart
Kart
Koard
Yaitts
Flor
Mij
Knartf
Capsright
Gervica
Mary
Dicky
Prince Georges
Katie
Love's Awakening In Adele Garrison Story
Adele Garrison narrates a domestic scene within Love's Awakening, focusing on preparations for a royal patient and the tensions between Katherine and her household. The dialogue reveals jealousy, trust, and efforts to manage meals and medical care in a constrained kingdom setting.
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Katherine
Words of the Wise and Warnings On Life and Work
A fragmented nineteenth century style column presents quotes from Lincoln Parkman and others on virtue work and discontent. The text contrasts active effort with idle spectators and laments monopolies of religion. It reflects moral aphorisms and social critique in a single miscellany.
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Parkman
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Nature
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J. Q
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Courricht
Corvin
Tae
Max Troil
Myliree
Love’s Awakening
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Steadast
Madge
Ae Wyvure
Underwood
Graham
Dot Jean
Graham Heen
Omar
Jim
Rickett
Jackson
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Besture
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Lincoln
Aginning
Nefman
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