Letters Clash Over American and Foreign Wives
A reader letter and response discuss American versus foreign wives amid wartime loneliness. Advice urges the husband to support his American wife, invites social ties for her, and warns against judging foreign customs while praising shared domestic duties and friendship.
Fragmentary letter hints at family ties and pursuit of respect
A damaged excerpt portrays a person urging a recipient to protect family reputation and prioritize a prior claim. The writer suggests the target’s guardian should hurry action, noting the entangled relationship and sensitive social expectations surrounding marriage and status.
Letters to the Editor on navigation weather etiquette and social norms
A set of reader questions addresses issues from maritime term windward and leeward sides to Christmas daylight hours. Other letters discuss proper escort etiquette for a guest invited by a family, mountain heights in the eastern United States, Kentucky flour based industries under prohibition, and proper ink for signing silver gifts.
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Sir
Sav Andington
North Carolina
Mitchell Ho
Tennessee
Guyot
Styles by Lenore The Latest Solutions of the Clothes Problem
The piece describes a beige crepe de chine youth frock with three tiers of pleating. A unique bodice and sleeves extend from shoulder to waist without an armhole, opening at the top and fastened at the wrist by two buttons. Open front shows a brown under layer with gold embroidery details.
Citizenship by Marriage Now Requires Individual Naturalization
The 1922 act ends automatic citizenship for alien women who marry U S citizens. She must naturalize herself to become a citizen. A patent question notes that merely inventing without patenting or use can still block later patent obtainment if another inventor acts promptly.
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Sir
United States
Congress
U. S
The Booster A Good Old Scout For Every Town
A playful verse praising the booster as a valued helper in towns while noting some people may misuse his efforts. The speaker calls him a good old scout and suggests many communities can benefit from his support.
Annual State Contest of Home Making Clubs in Maine
About 190 boys and girls with their leaders are expected to attend the ninth annual state contest of boys and girls agricultural and home making clubs to be held at the University of Maine from December 28 to 30. Lester H. Shibles will have general charge.
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Orono
University of Maine
Lester H. Shibles
Outlaws Mastermind Slim Jim Carey Revealed as Lord Tallbois
Callaghan and his gang uncover that the fugitive Slim Jim Carey is actually Lord William Travers Tallbois of Knayth. Joan Ayre learns she is Tallbois’s daughter and is to be his heiress, while Philip Mottisfont fights for her and wins both the claim and her heart.
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Callaghan
Slim' Jim" Carey
William Travers Tallbois
Knayth
Tag
Slim Jim
French Foreign Legion
Joan Ayre
Bell
Drummond
Vaile
Joan
Tallbois
Allence
Philip Mottisfont
Knayth Abbey
Hig Mo
Philip
William Tallbois
Raendagh
America
de Castro
Knyath
Emmie
Alf Blodmore
Hackney
Alf
Philips
Bridal Ride In Foggy Dawn Ends In Standstill
Dramatic scene unfolds as Emmie drives toward a hurried wedding at Sb.50 with Joan resisting. The pair argue about time and fate while the carriage trudges through murky streets, Elmie asserting control as Joan fights to escape and keep her word.
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Fagpenis Clegg
Joan
Yelco
Emmie
Gid
Alf
The Stranger ends in marriage as Philip reveals truth
In a fogbound scene, Joan flees to a dim registry setting where Philip, revealed as Alf’s true self, persuades her to marry him. Emmie blesses the union while a footman’s final act hints at a larger tale as Joan steps into a new life with Philip.
Wilderness to Richmond: Grant and Lee in the Civil War
Dr. Hendrik van Loon recounts Grant and Lee during 1863 64 from the Wilderness to Richmond. It covers battles at Spotsylvania Court House the failed assault on Richmond and Sheridan's triumphs in the Shenandoah Valley, noting endless Union losses and strategic stalemate.
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Gettysburg
Chattanooga
Grant
Army of the West
Tae Grant
Rapidan
Lee
Spottsylvania Court House
Washington
York
James Rivers
M “Ellen
Ichmond
Oi Rich
Richmond
Petersburg
Rapidans
Shen Vallee
Phil Sheridan
Ashington
Sheridan
The Oblique Angle His Play
A fragmented column discusses marriage and sentiment noting married women grow more sentimental with time while younger women show practical sense. It argues that married men are not more intelligent about romance and suggests wives seem less adroit than husbands, hinting at social tensions.
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Slie
Fadts and Fashions Evening Wear Highlights
Evening gowns of silk tricot with metal threads and long crane Georgette sleeves headline the collection. A navy twill suit with red soutache and citron wool embroidery on a green peignoir are featured. Delicate frocks in pale ei coral and pale French blue offer semi formal wear for winter resorts. A draped winter bathing suit ends with a gel ornament at the left side. White and light knit dresses and suits in silk and wool will be worn at winter resorts.
Animal Nightmare Dream Teaches Lesson About Smoking
Harry has a vivid dream with a menagerie including a tapir otter alligator and other animals. The creatures perform antics as a pelican and puffin speak while a jaguar notes the harm of smoking. The tale ends with a lesson that dreams are distressing when one smokes a cigarette.
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Harry
George Matthew Adams
Household Hint Builds a Self Reliant Window Cupboard
A Brockton reader describes a compact pine window cupboard fitted to the outside casement with a slanted roof, felt covering, eight ventilation holes, and angle irons securing it to the sill. The design keeps items from freezing or melting in cold weather and highlights practical storage ingenuity by Mrs Kenneth Burrill of 268 Pearl Street.
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Kenneth Burrill
Pearl Street
Brockton
Inventions and forests cited in world progress tale
The piece highlights Edward Belin's fingerprint and photograph system for rapid interchanges among police nationally, Borglum’s mountain side photography for a grand sculpture, and Germany’s ash pit and slag reuse for coke and bricks. It praises forest preservation, reforestation efforts, and a pest biological control project to curb the corn borer.
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Chicago
Gutzon Borglum
Atlanta
Washington
Allen
Kansas
Borglum
Getting On At The Office Aides In Holiday Preparations
The office staff bustle over Christmas tasks with Anita sewing a lamp shade for Eunice and May adjusting a camisole. Carrie and Viola trade fatigue as they anticipate extra work after hours while Miss Nelson’s news adds to the pressure.
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Carrie
Viola
Anita
Perything
May
Ace
Eunice
Nelson
Man Dies During Christmas Shopping Trip
Frank Higginbotham of 14 Wilmarth street died today after heart trouble struck him while returning from a Christmas shopping trip with his two children in Attleboro.
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Attleboro
Frank Higginbotham
Wilmarth Street
Christmas Pudding and Pie Recipes From Sunday Post
Sunday Post presents a full page of festive recipes including Christmas pudding mix with bread suet figs walnuts and spices and a raisin apricot pie instructions. Also includes a French stuffing recipe for fowl or veal with bread chestnuts and parsley.
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Sunday Post
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