Lotty and Laura Beset by a Friend’s Selfish Scheme
Lotty Bennett sheds her cheer as Laura Wayman drifts toward Mrs Parcell, who offers companionship and a free lunch. Lotty’s loyalty is tested when Laura’s outings with the new widow reveal a rift, and an expensive lunch ends with Laura begging Lotty for five dollars and a painful truth about her deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Wayman
Laura
Lotty
Mrs. Parcell
Mrs. Parecell
Mrs Briggs
Mrs. Briggs
Mrs Parcell
Rickman
Lotty Bennett
Letty
Boulevard meaning shifts from pleasure avenue to main thoroughfare
The boulevard once a fortress rampart transforms in common use to a broad city street where traffic has priority over side streets. Etymology traces boulevard and bulwark to German bollwerk and Danish bulvaerk, via French boulevards and English adoption.
Stucco in History: Ancient Craft and Vitruvius
The history of stucco shows it ancient as civilization and perfected in Greece over four centuries before Christ. Detailed instructions survive, attributed to Vitruvius, the Roman architect, around the first century B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Vitruvius
Living in love as path to lasting youth quoted
A 1928 Western Newspaper Union excerpt extols love as a royal road to perpetual youth. It claims embracing love keeps one from aging and makes life brighter, with life feeling uphill, clearer air, longer golden sunsets, and extended twilight.
Sunday Hot Bread and Planked Meals Featured in Home Menu
A vintage guide promotes Sunday hot bread and orange waffles with cream, sugar, butter, and orange zest, plus golden corn bread and rice delight recipes. It then extols planked meat cooking, detailing planked chicken and lamb with nests of mashed potato, rice molds, and hot vegetables for an informal, heat-retaining serving method.
The Man with a Grievance and Its Social Echo
A succinct saying notes that a person nursing a grievance tends to spread discontent among friends. It warns that personal grievance shapes social mood and loyalty, turning companions into sympathetic peers in a shared grudge.
Is It Your Nerves Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Ad
Bakersfield resident Mrs. Gertrude Higley reports a nervous breakdown improved by Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. She credits five bottles with restoring health and claims no further breakdowns. Address 1224 Truxton Ave. All dealers carry the product. Success at the top of a greased pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
Dr. Pierce
Gertrude Higley
Truxton Ave
Joint-Ease Relieves Rheumatic Pain Quickly
An old advertisement promotes Joint-Ease for rheumatic pains, sore muscles, back, sciatic and nerve-related discomfort. It claims rapid absorption and frequent use, offering a 12 day trial by sending name and address to Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine for 60 cents.
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America
Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Maine
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Ream
Ber
D. J. Walsh
Ess Ae
Western Newspaper Union
Ruby Brandon
Alabastine Company
Grandville Ave
Grand Rapids
Mich
Eve Balsam
boreyteMten
Los Angeles
Gerard Remington and Co
Dearborn St
Chicago
Peace River
Clairmont
Grande Prairie
Wembley
James Wheeler
Alberta
Canada
L Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Necoreli
Douglas
Howe
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Spark Street
Brockton
Mass
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