Ballad of the Steve Girard in a Canal Sailor's Gibe
A poem by John T. Troth in Contemporary Verse April portrays a battered Reading Canal boat narrator who longs for sea adventure. He recalls coastal trips to Philadelphia and Chester, then sails toward Barnegat and Barnegat Light, facing jeers and the sea. He ends facing the Gulf Stream and a Nor'easter, still a busted-hearted hulk amidst jeers toward Stephen G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Troth
Philly
Jerry
Maud
Chester
Delaware
Reading
Reading-town
Capes
Gulf Stream
Barnegat
Cap Kelly
Stephen G
Five Dollars Paid for Interesting Letter Weekly
A notice seeks readers to send letters to the Sewing Circle editor. Each week the most interesting letter earns five dollars. The writer must include real name and address as proof of good faith, but the name will not be published.
Faithful Husband in the Sewing Circle Letter Debate
A Sewing Circle forum weighs a wife’s protest to her husband’s friendship with a girl. Respondents defend or rebuke the husband citing wedding vows, fidelity, and female satire, with anonymous signatories like A Wife of Maine and Loyal.
Fricassee of Pork and Cozy New England Recipes
Recipes from New England housewives including fricassee of pork with onion and tea biscuits. Also nut cookies coconut cookies rolled oats cookies amber snaps and many more, with names and contact details for Mrs Charles F Holland and Mrs J L Dunham in Boston and Taunton.
Cotton Men at Banquet Hear Economic Outlook
James S. Alexander president of the National Bank of Commerce told cotton manufacturers that the U.S. and Europe are inseparable and European conditions will affect America. He urged price cuts for retailers and wage restraint to avoid unemployment as contracts must be sacred. Dr. Charles T. Baylis warned against radicalism and Bolshevism as the convention ended. Russell B. Lowe was re elected president of the association.
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Jamess. Alexander
National Bank of Commerce
New York
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Alexander
United States
Europe
Charles T. Baylis
Brooklyn
Republic
Russell B. Lowe
Association
Firebugs in Act Balked at Booth Fisheries Fire
An incendiary attempt to start a serious fire at Booth Fisheries, 160 Atlantic Avenue, was thwarted late last night by Special Officer Joseph Donnelly and Patrolman Weston. Donnelly found the fire in the basement and called the fire department. Weston pursued two men who fled toward Washington Street North but escaped.
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Booth Fisheries
Atlantic Avenue
Joseph Donnelly
Clinton Market
Weston
Hanover Street
Donnelly
Washington Street
Corcorans Lose Jobs in Middlesex County Service
Frank W. L. Corcoran assistant superintendent of Middlesex county buildings and his brother Charles a night watchman at East Cambridge jail were discharged from county service yesterday after a suspension since February 26. The dismissal followed Louis Bennett's testimony alleging a parole deal with the Corcorans.
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Frank WL. Corcoran
Middlesex County Buildings
Charles
East Cambridge
Louis
Poco) Bennett
Happily Married Farce Turns Curlers Into Comedy
Vivian Vane's 1921 stage piece follows Jack and Jill in a playful tangle over morning beauty rituals. The couple spar over curlers and grooming devices as they navigate vanity and affection in a lighthearted domestic set scene.
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Jack A? Jill
Vivian Vane
Thompson Feature Service
Kept chickens in apartments cited in New York case
In New York on April 22 Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes testified to leaving her elderly millionaire husband’s home amid infidelity claims. She said 45 chickens in the hotel apartment created a barnyard scent and aided her meals out. Her lawyer said a counter claim would allege a butler escorted her to protect her from a threatening young woman friend of the husband.
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New York
United News
W. E. D. Stokes
Helen Elwood Stokes
Stokes
Martin W. Littleton
Butler
Littleton
Who would become President if Harding and Coolidge died
A reader asks who would assume the presidency if both President Harding and Vice President Coolidge died in office. The letter notes the Secretary of State Hughes as next in line after the Vice President. The writer also queries whether any state in the Union has more senators than representatives, noting every state has two senators and a varying House delegation.
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Harding
Coolidge
Hughes
Sir
Penion
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Will retractions and witness rules on changing wills
The item discusses apportionment in the House by population and notes states with one representative. It then asks if a testator may create another will excluding known legatees without consent or notice, clarifying that legacies are gifts, the testator may change a will anytime, and that three witnesses are required for each will.
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Arizona
Delaware
Nevada
New Mexico
Wyoming
De Mille brothers shaped early cinema careers and stage
The elder William C De Mille wrote plays including Strongheart and The Warrens of Virginia. The younger Cecil B De Mille also wrote plays before entering film work in 1914, identifying two De Mille brothers as early directors in motion pictures.
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Sir
Adoptive Parent or Adopted Child Language Debate
Writers discuss terminology for family ties noting prefered terms adoptive parent and adopted child over phrases like an adopted parent. The choice reflects clarity and social sensitivity in describing guardianship and kinship relationships.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
Poem in which the speaker recounts buying a shotgun to chase fame in films He expresses remorse after killing a family then seeks entry to movie roles The piece ends noting offers to star as Bill the Butcher and to teach vice is wrong with a moral tag attached to crime.
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Bill the Butcher
Walt Mason
Incompatibility Ends in Train Tragedy and Rekindled Love
A separated couple confronts divorce with a planned meeting at a restaurant. On the tracks a high heel is jammed, a speeding express bears down, and the husband refuses to abandon his wife. The pair jump to safety as the locomotive halts, revealing that love survives the crisis.
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Dorrice Ordway
Robert
Black
Through Express
Earth
Dorrice
Love
Household Hints From The Reader’s Page
Brass work stays bright with salt and vinegar. Damp salt cleans tea cup discolouration. Oven water with cakes prevents burning. A little salt on coals reduces flare when broiling steak. Macaroni breaks in a wire sifter. lift and drain easily. Warm coconuts crack neatly when heated first. Fasten wringers with brown paper to avoid stains. Remove grease with blotting paper and hot iron. Tea service tempering by boiling water then cooling. Attach samples of remnants to bag with safety pin. Teresa L L Flynn and Mrs H B Crosby provide tips.
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Teresa LL. Flynn
Morris Street
West Lynn
H_B. CROSBY
Princeton St
East
Boston
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John MY
Ballad of the
Steve Girard
Jersey
Sewin
Post
Rob
Maine
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Sewing Circle
Mildred Champagne
New Hampshire
Girl Friends
Xantippe
New England
Sunday Post
Charles F. Holland
Hawley Street
Worcester
L. N. Crosby
Old South Building
Corcorans
Cambridge
Jill
Jack
Boudoir
Barber's
Mrs. Stokes
George Matthew Adams
Hort Story
The
Helen Waite Munro
Randolph, Vt
Meyer Jonasson Co
Tremont and Boylston Sts
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