Shoveling Coal Tale From Baltimore War Bonus Claim
Fragmentary quotes describe a veteran claiming a soldiers bonus in Baltimore and recalling a grim wartime scene. Examiners question whether he was overseas, with garbled dialogue about being led into a hole and given a shovel. The piece mixes miscellaneous quotes and snips from Life and other sources.
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Baltimore
Examiners
Baltimore Sun
Wye
Gu’ Emimligr
Coppers Weekly
The Kitchen Cabinet on Eggs and Bread Making Tips
A domestic recipe piece discusses eggs cooked at low heat for tenderness and digestibility, and outlines the kneading, rising, and baking steps for yeast breads. It covers salt rising bread methods using graham flour and corn meal mixtures, plus a jelly pudding with tart jelly and whipped cream.
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Mroth
Gill
Paris Fashionable Women Signal Winter Style Trends
Paris fashion observers note all black hats dominate at the Ritz with jeweled pins as key adornment. Satin hats, Agnes turbans, and fringe brims appear. fob pins and gem colors in red and green trend, while hat trims recede. Sweaters in corduroy Jersey and boucle, tuck-in designs, and various color palettes shape streetwear.
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Champs Elysees
Place Vendome
Paris
New York World
Fea
Stitz
Ritz
Agnes
Litz
Paria
Etonmoical
Schiaparelli
Pretty Setting at Pan-American Building View of Monument
Visitors at the Pan American building overlook a stone arch and well arranged gardens that frame the Washington monument. The marble obelisk stands as a memorial to the nation’s first president in a commemorative setting.
Washington's Fame Secure for Ever
An essay-like tribute marking the 198th anniversary of George Washington's birth. It extols Washington as father of his country, compares him to universal reverence, and cites praise from Congress, Hamilton, Lord Bryce, Curran, and others, celebrating his enduring world-historical fame.
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George Washington
Washington
Hig Country
Jesua
Congress
Hamilton
Lord Bryce
Curran
Washington’s Enduring Place in History
The excerpt reflects on 198 years since Washington’s birth and the lasting impact of his work. It praises his foundational role, noting that his legacy has endured through vast changes and remains enshrined in national memory as a guiding symbol.
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Washington
Lock of Washington's Hair Donated to New York Museum
A gold breast pin with a glass front containing a hair lock from George Washington, presented to the New York City Museum by Hamilton Tish's great great grandson. The inscription notes the strand was clipped eight years before Washington's presidency, reflecting the era’s regard for great men.
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Washington
Museum of the City of
New York
Hamilton Tish
Sir Walter Raleigh and pipe tobacco praised in ad copy
An advertising voice touts Sir Walter Raleigh as a patron of pipe smokers and promotes a mild, rich tobacco blend from Busleya. The copy emphasizes the pipe as the source of memorable moments, claiming the mixture is exceptionally mellow and satisfying.
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Mr. Puff
Walter Raligh
Sir Walter Raleigh and a Kiplingesque trench scene
Busy Jack Natteford tells a tale of a clever Irish friend who tricks others more than General Pershing. Pershing personally inspects trenches and encounters Pat playing a game of catch as cutchena along his coat seam. He jokes about Pat catching them as they come.
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Jack Natteford
Pershing
Pat
Bit of Frost Dialogue Delights In Flowery Language
In a playful exchange Martha notes Percy proposed in florid terms while the speaker admits to snapping the idea in the bud. The lighthearted back and forth hints at courting and wit in a domestic vignette.
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Percy
Martha
Definition of nothing like a balloon without its cover
A playful exchange defining nothing as an air balloon lacking its outer cover. The boy answers with a simple, concrete image to illustrate the abstract idea. The dialogue sketches a minimal, humorous lesson on meaning through a visual metaphor.
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Miwackey
Wisconsin
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Sonoras Edisons
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Salt Lake City
Uea
Mimd
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Doan
James A. McClard
Hobson Avenue
Hot Springs
Ark
Tyean
Pope
Yorktown
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Brown & Williamson Tobecos Corporation
Louisville
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Vern L. Dennings
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