Glassy windows and meddling mothers in law discuss
A reader asks how to remove cloudy glass from windows and requests a recipe to make hard white soap from grease. She signs as wooden nutmeg from Connecticut and laments over mothers in law interfering during a three week visit. The letter references New England shores and new buildings.
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Connecticut
Letter on kindness to animals from Faith to Mrs Charley
Faith defends humane treatment of animals while criticizing Crystalline for abusing an animal. She argues against feeding at the table or kissing pets, insisting on love and kindness toward all living beings.
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Charley
I must be the mother in law in faith
A harsh letter from a favored critic warns a wife of the duties toward her mother in law. The writer, signing as Crank, promises to deal firmly with any complaint and asserts the son must provide a home and support for his mother, threatening consequences for back talk.
Five Frame Body Brat Displayed in Home Showings
A compact listing describes a five frame body brat presentation with leading mice models. The notes mention sizes 9x12 and 8.3x10.6 for display pieces and reference a best wearing home following line.
Weary Old Age and the Cost of a Life of Waste
A worn old laborer endures backbreaking work under a desert sun while recalling a self admitted past of gilded youth and gambling. He laments a life spent on spectacle and vice and declares he earns his present misery, a figure once famed for wealth now reduced to labor. The speaker notes the irony of his fate and the crowd watches in silence.
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Uncle de Mair
Walt
Pance
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proven By Letters
A collection of genuine letters extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. Testimonies from Lena Carmacino in Hudson Ohio and J H Breyere in St Regis Falls New York praise substantial relief after using the remedy. The ad asserts 30 years of proven cures and roots and herbs formulation.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Hudson
Ohio
Lena Carmacino
St. Regis Falls
N. Y
J. H. Breyere
Mercy Changes a Hard Man in Hazel's Lesson
Denton dismisses Peter for recovery failures and meets his wife and child. A gas plant accident exposes Denton's cruel pride and loans him mercy. He saves Peter’s life, welcomes him back, and offers work, learning mercy twice blessed.
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Denton
Peter
Jennie
Dadda
Hazel
Children to Vote on Noiseless Fourth in Montclair
New Jersey townspeople decide to let school children cast ballots on a noiseless Fourth of July. Montclair residents vote results will be reviewed by the Town Council later. Fireworks dealers stock up, awaiting the outcome.
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New York
Montclair
N. J
Anderson Madras
Paterson
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