Grandmother Mother and Daughter Married in One Month
In New York a wave of marriages ties three generations in one month. The grandmother Elizabeth Eastman Johnson becomes Mrs Stillman Kneeland in Danbury Connecticut on July 29, aged 79. The mother Elizabeth Holden, formerly Ethel Conkling, wed July 1 in a secret ceremony. The daughter Muriel Ronalds Conkling becomes Baroness Louis Van Reigersberg Versluys after a Chelsea London church ceremony yesterday.
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New York
Johnston- Conkling
Stillman F. Kneeland
Danbury
Conn
Elizabeth Eastman Johnson
William H. Holden
Ethel E. J. Conkling
Alfred Ronalds Conkling
Louis van Reigersberg Versluys
Royal Dutch Hussare
Holy Trinity Church
Chelsea
London
Muriel Lorillard Ronalds Conkling
Dreams and culinary notes across a mixed page
A fragment blends a poem about dreams shaping the world with recipe directions for lamb stew and picnic tongue. It includes method, ingredients, and cooking times, plus apple sauce and a date bread recipe, all presented as a collage of culinary and literary items.
Belgians Crown Eighty Year Old Beauty Winner
A recent Belgian beauty contest crowned an eighty year old white haired mother of five, praised for beauty formed by character over youth. The Globe notes that true beauty endures as goodness and maternal wisdom accompany age.
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Toronto
Globe
Push Motto Leads Boy To Job At Merchant Shop
A fifteen year old visitor impressed a prosperous merchant by answering questions and quoting the merchant's door motto, Push. The anecdote ends with the boy securing employment. The article also notes that Pennsylvania had 40 paper mills in 1770.
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Pennsylvania
Nasturtium Seeds Add Flavor in Sauces and Pickles
Nasturtium seeds are splendid substitutes for capers in sauces and will enhance chow chow and sweet pickles with extra flavor.
Boots Fail to Fit in Irish Shop Comedy
A humorous exchange unfolds as a shopman tries to fit boots on O Rafferty who insists he will stretch them with a bit of time and wear. The banter highlights cheeky dialect and shopday routines.
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Rafferty
Misery Habit and Its Cure in Everyday Religion
A Canadian pastor cites the Malady of chronic gloom and melodramatic fear. He warns that fear of disaster poisons happiness and contrasts superstition with faith in a benevolent God. Two cures are offered: will power to seek sunshine and religious faith as the sovereign remedy.
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Johnnie
Heather
China
Leng-a
Gong-a
Jesus Christ
Saleeby
God
James
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