Primitive living dream prompts wife and children to adapt
Claud writes a letter to Elsie Robinson seeking to revert to a wild life with his wife and children. The reply from Mrs. Robinson deems him selfish for shirking civilization and insists on schools and companionship for the children. The piece then offers porch sleeping as a practical, austere lodging idea with simple packing box furniture and basic fittings.
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Claud
Elsie Robinson
Miss Robinson
Irritations That May End in Colds by Dr Copeland
Dr Royall S. Copeland explains how nose and throat irritation from dust, smoke, and germs triggers colds. He links habits and health conditions such as constipation teeth tonsils and sinus disease to lowered resistance and persistent symptoms. Hand hygiene and cleansing nostrils are advised along with addressing chronic ear discharge and digestion to reduce cold risk.
Comstock Bonanza Builders and the Fortune Arc
A look at the Comstock era reveals W Mackay James Fair Kay Flood O'Brien and others who built fortunes from the Virginia California veins. The Big Four plus partners transformed mining into wealth with the Big Bonanza producing nearly 195 million. Their influence extended to rail and finance with senators and bankers shaping early Wall Street and San Francisco banks.
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America
Comstock
W. Mackay
James G. Fair Kay
Paris
Jas. C. Flood
S. O’brien
Francisco
Uar
Mackay
Sacramento
Fair
County Tyrone
Chicago
California
Grand Ophir
Washoe
Ory
Virgina
Hale Norcross
Flood
O’brien
J. Walker
Cow
Kay
Walker
Hopkins
Wall St
James Gordon Bennett
Atlantic
United States
France
England
John Mackay
Nevada
James Phelan
San Francisco
Seen Along Fifth Avenue Fashion Notes for Spring Wear
Dorable sport jackets of white taffeta and poncetti dotted crepe de chine headline Spring Wear. Georgette coats return with silk frocks while tweed cape coats and wide taffeta ribbons update the season. Lingerie appears delicate with lace details and stockings with lace inserts. boxed as fashion favorites.
The Home Kitchen Food Safety and Prep Practices
Wanda Barton outlines practical homemaking guidance on purchasing handling washing and storing foods to prevent contamination and waste. She covers refrigerator care dust cleanliness meat and fish handling cooking utensil hygiene leftovers and proper washing of produce and greens. Standards include keeping ice at proper temperatures rinsing seafood and rinsing vegetables before use.
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Jerusalem
Quicksands of Love Sixteen
In a hurried hotel departure, the narrator seeks a Detroit line to reach Harriet Braithwaite before Uncle Dicky awakens. Mary Harrison fears an unforeseen ordeal, while Katherine jests about breakfast and aging. Harriet leaves for New York, prompting a tense, secretive call to the Braithwaite household.
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Harriet Braithwaite
Detroit
Katherine
Mary Harrison
Dicky
Junior
Braithwaite
Harriet
Edwin Braithwaite
New York
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Oldest eggs found in Mongolia tied to dinosaur claims
The article cites Mongolian discoveries as possibly the oldest eggs, linked to a dinosaur that lived about 10.6 million years ago, alongside notes on marine giants off Norway and crime statistics from 1923. It also mentions wireless music to a New Zealand warship and car model naming practices. A Norfolk farmhand won a prize after seventy-two years on a single farm under two masters.
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Mongolia
Vera Winston Fashions Ray in Spring Crepe Satin Frock
Vera Winston notes Ray modeling a light gray crepe satin frock for spring. The design features a divided overskirt with front buttons and embroidered cuffs and fabot in green pink and blue. It would look smart in black or navy as well.
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Ray
Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie
A sixteen year old girl asks about marrying a man ten years older who is the son of her employer and may be disinherited. The adviser says to focus on work, study, and friends, and wait until she is three or four years older before planning a future marriage.
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Annie Laurie
Anne
Bart
Jewelry gift etiquette in a student romance
A reader asks about returning a jewelry gift from a favored boy while others give candy for her birthday. Cecilia advises that expensive gifts should not be exchanged between friends and recommends sending the jewelry back with a note to explain she cannot accept it, hoping the sender will understand.
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Annie Laurie
Cecilia
Tomorrow's Horoscope Forecast of Intrigue and Caution
Intrigue and peculiar perplexities are warned by malefic planets Neptune Saturn and Mars in the day's forecast. Exercise discretion avoid quarrels rash actions and risky social or romantic correspondence. Those born today may face unusual experiences and subtle intrigues in business and personal relations.
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Neptune
Saturn
Mars
Moss Lady Explains Seeds to Doris in Meadow
Doris meets Mrs. Moss at the edge of the woods and learns moss capsules hold seeds, not umbrellas. Mrs. Moss describes how ripe seeds spill when the capsules bend, while ferns release spores differently as Doris ponders folk with busy hands should explore nature more.
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Doris
Mrs. Moss
Moss
Mrs. Milkweed
Words of Wise Men: Epigrams on Fortune and Speech
A collection of aphoristic quotes from Cicero Horace Hare Emerson and George Eliot. The remarks cover self restraint future anticipation jealousy fortune and listening. The pieces reflect classical and 19th century thought on human conduct.
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Elsie Pals
Wilds
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Royal S. Copeland
New York City
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Barbara Bayne
Bonanza Kings
Virginia
Fifth Avenue
Georgette Coats
Wanda Barton
Adele Garrison
Madge
Mary
Rickett
Norwegian
Caterham
Surrey
Wellington Harbor
New Zealand
Vera Winston
Genevieve Kemble
Blanche Silver
Cicero
Horace
Hare
Emerson
George Eliot
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