Pete the Movie Lover Faces Married Life Dream
A humorous critique of Pete a young man with modest means chasing a romantic ideal shaped by cinema. The piece contrasts his modest earnings and ordinary looks with the glamorous movie mating fantasy selling marriage through wealth and novelty, ending with the claim that the girls won t marry him.
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North Street
Pete
Ais
Pete Self
Ales
Sahara
Bermuda
Poe
Ines
Ema
Papa
Long Haired Curiosities by Fanny Darrell
The article surveys historic fashion of long hair from the Sixteenth to the early modern era, noting poets like Spenser and figures such as Melisande and Lady Godiva. It contrasts evolving styles with modern slang, ending on concerns about marriage norms and gender expectations.
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Edmund Spenser
Nero
Melisande
Pelleas
Godiva
Farm Children Named Among Healthiest at International Livestock Show
A fourteen year old girl a fifteen year old boy and a sixteen year old girl were named the healthiest farm children at the International Live Stock Show. The winners stressed good food sleep and farm work as keys to health. The judge noted many country children lack proper physical development and urged improved school facilities and outdoor activity.
Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie
Advice column from 1927 offers guidance on friendships for a seventeen year old, warns against a late age romance with a wealthy man, and includes health and wellness Q A about growth, body image, and auto intoxication. Dr Copeland answers readers on medical topics, urging self care and proper habits.
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Annie Laurie
Copeland
Regal
Newspaper Feature Service
Good-Night Stop By Blanche Silver
Peggy meets a field cricket and learns why field crickets sing only outside. The Cheery Cricket explains living in a house limits singing and shows Peggy the cricket family home with feelers and wing-vein music boxes. Peggy enjoys the cheerful scene and promises to visit again. Copyright 1937 Newspaner Feature Service Inc.
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Peggy
House Cricket
Cricket
Telisa
Ray
Phil
Mr. Field
Mrs. Cricket
Mr. Cricket
Daddy Cricket
Daddy
Mia
Logan
Newspaner Feature Service
Ing
Polar bear adrift sighted near New York iceberg
Sightings report a polar bear seen aboard an Atlantic liner about 1.86 miles from New York on a mammoth iceberg. The item adds a light note that Englishmen are seen as more saving than Scots, despite jokes.
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New York
A Fashion Model Describes An Evening Dress Affair
A diary fragment recounts Pam and Emma planning a dress affair at a friend's apartment. Emma sews a rose chiffon gown with gold embroidery while Pam insists on festive attire and inner clothes at social events. The narrator notes Emma’s frock as a dream and "the killing she desired."
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Pam
Emma
Billis
Revelations of a Wife in a Night Club Sleuth Tale
Lillian and Madge discuss a masked dancer case linking Mary to Mrs. Baker and Jack Leslie. Clues include taxi timings and a black velvet cloak. The pair confirm Mary’s presence at the club and note Mrs. Baker’s ties to Leslie, keeping the mystery unresolved.
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Lillian
Mary
Jack Leslie
Mrs. Baker
Leslie
Madge
Home Making Helps By Wanda Barton
Wanda Barton urges conservative buyers to choose white Wedgeware with French blue borders or Copenhagen ware for china. She notes color under table settings, daily entertaining, and potential breakage influence choices. Recommending open stock red ware for easy replenishment, she stresses practical and economical ware selection.
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China
Copenhagen
OLOR
Tomorrow's Horoscope for Thursday January 27
An interesting and possibly exciting day is forecast from the stars with conflicting angles. Change may be radical and far reaching, carrying risks and anxieties but balanced judgment suggests possible success. Birthday individuals may face a year of sudden journeys or career shifts. harmony at home is advised.
Beauty of Neck by Lucrezia Bori Dress and care for neck
Advice for protecting and beautifying the neck and shoulders during the season. Recommends cold cream cleansing twice weekly, massaging techniques for varying shoulder shapes, use of olive oil, and an astringent lotion as alternative. Suggests sun protection at resorts and lemon juice remedies for tan or freckles.
Biography of Sarah Siddons the Tragic Muse of the Stage
The life of Sarah Siddons, eldest daughter of Roger Kemble, traces her stage birth, early failures at Drury Lane, and rise as a legendary tragedian. From Belvidera to Lady Macbeth, her dramatic gifts won praise, while private life remained tranquil. A Reynolds portrait, Johnson’s tribute on the hem, and Irving’s statue memorialize her enduring fame.
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Arah Siddons
Roger Kemble
Agar
William Siddons
Siddons
Sarah
Cheltenham
Metropolis
Portia
Bath
London
Mrs. Siddons
Drury
Isabella
Garrick
Lady Macbeth
Dr. Johnson
Reynolds
Henry Irving
Padington Green
Westminster
Quotes Passing Through A Quiet Library Of Wisdom
A compact collection of aphorisms and reflections from Gray Bovee Emerson Swedenborg Goethe and Pope. The statements touch on love knowledge ambition immortality and the value of self awareness. Each line offers a brief moral or insight framed as timeless wisdom.
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Elsie Marlowe
Fanny Darrell
Royal S. Copeland
of Health
New York City
DR Copeland
Anniee Baarl
Lue
M. C.A
Arah
Con
H S&s. Q
Blanche Silver
Fieldsway Cricket Famly
Grace Thorncliffe
Quicksands OF
Adele Garrison
Wanda Barton
Genevieve Kemble
Beauty of
Lucrezia Bori
Anne Chaplain
Sarah Siddons
Words of
Fark Paternepes
Emerso
Swedenborg
Pope
Goethe
Theodore Parker
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