Letters Spark Debate On American Women And Ring Etiquette
A Sewing Circle page features letters defending independent American women, praising wartime roles and equality, while criticizing male critics. Readers discuss marriage ring etiquette, with one man defending a woman paying her own engagement ring. The exchange includes advice on work, travel, and maintaining financial safety.
Recipes of New England Housewives Sunday Post full page of recipes
A collection of home cooking guidance with tuna salads and fillings, a boiled dressing, tuna sandwich ideas, a mutton stew, fried oysters, and related notes. Recipes credited to Mrs Edward 8 Campbell of North Newport New Hampshire and Miss Eugenie Power Reading.
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The Fair Sex and Her Counter-Play in Marriage
A dated opinion piece mocks women as dodgers and untrustworthy in divorce, arguing the marriage game favors men while accusing women of double standards. It frames wives as the initiators of most divorces and compares marital rules to an imaginary equator, with a final jab that She winneth all.
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From farms to White House a Cabinet of self made rise
The article profiles President Harding and Cabinet members as farmer’s sons who rose from poverty through hard work. It recounts Harding’s Marion Star years and ascent to the White House, plus Coolidge Hoover Daugherty Wallace Fall and Davis tracing similar paths from rural roots to national leaderships.
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Reconstruction Era Overview from Lincoln to Johnson
Dr. Hendrik van Loon outlines the postwar shift after Lincoln's death with Andrew Johnson becoming vice president and leading Reconstruction. He notes Johnson’s background as a Tennessee tailor and the drive to reduce the army and navy, plus Johnson’s proclamations and provisional governors in the South.
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Life of a Secretaryship Fueled by Public Work
The speaker claims years of public labor prepared him for the secretaryship, compressing lifetimes into a concise narrative. He argues against pessimism, asserting this era offers unprecedented opportunity and that a boy has real chances in the country today.
From London to Hollywood A Modern Cinderella Tale
Margaret Leahy rises from a poor London dress shop worker living with her mother to Britain’s beauty winner. She earns gifts and poses with the Duke of York and Ambassador Harvey, then travels to Hollywood to train for Norma Talmadge’s Within the Law, as Aggie.
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Fox Stars to Co star in The Eleventh Hour
Shirley Mason and Charles Buck Jones to co star in a Fox special at the Hollywood studio with Bernard Durning directing. Alan Hale Richard Tucker Walter McGrail and June Elvidge are significant cast members.
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Alan Hale
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Walter McGrail
June Elvidge
King Vidor Signs with Goldwyn for Peg O My Heart
Director King Vidor, among the youngest and most successful in film, has signed with the Goldwyn Company. His latest directing triumph is Peg O My Heart with Laurette Taylor.
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Lewis Stone to star in You Cant Fool Your Wife film
Cast notes indicate Lewis Stone arrives at Famous Players Lasky studios Long Island to play the male lead in George Melford's forthcoming Paramount production You Cant Fool Your Wife. Leatrice Joy Nita Naldi and Pauline Garon will provide the feminine atmosphere.
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Lois Weber to Direct Film Version of Jewel
Universal hires Lois Weber to direct Jewel with 11 year old Jane Mishkinin in the title role under a screen name. Hobart Bosworth shifts from The Strangers Cant for his own independent project The Blood Ship. Warren Krech leads Pearl White in Plunder while resembling Georges Carpentier in appearance.
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Pickford Film Ready Garrigan's Finish Returns Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford returns to star in Garrigan's Finish after two years directing with Mary. He travels from the coast to Cleveland to spend holidays with wife Marilyn Miller and to present her a Christmas gift, a diamond bracelet, while Sally holds forth.
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Cecil DeMille Plans Ten Commandments Feature
Cecil B DeMille announces a forthcoming Paramount production based on the Ten Commandments. Eight ideas submitted earned $1000 each, and DeMille will send two women on travels for authentic data. Clare West heads costumes and will travel to Paris. Mrs Florence Meehan will study ancient peoples in Arabia India and Khistan.
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Old Testament Place Names in Historical Data
A brief note discusses historical data on places named in the Old Testament. It highlights efforts to map biblical sites to real locations, noting challenges in aligning ancient to modern geography and invoking scholars and archeological sources for reference.
Hollywood notices and actor whereabouts in 1920s Boston
Dot D provides contact lines for Ramon Navarro via Rex Ingram Productions and mentions Pola Negri in Bella Donna. It cites Rudolph Valentino as lead for Doroth y Dalton in Moron of the Lady Letty and notes Frank Mayo at Goldwyn Studios in Culver City playing Souls for Sale. Mentions Prunella Hall inquiries at the Boston Post.
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Rudolph Valentino
Dorothy Dalton
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Frank Mayo
Goldwyn Studios
Culver City
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Rippling Rhymes: Customer Chides Higg for Idle Hat Shop Talk
In this 1923 verse by Walt Mason, a shopper confronts Higg the hatter over excessive talk about weather politics and pop culture, insisting a hat shop should focus on the hat. The poem ends with the shopper leaving unsatisfied, then a note about freshening dingy shoes with ammonia and water.
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Financial Stringency Over Christmas Debts Loom
Elsie and Melissa discuss post holiday money woes as Elsie admits relying on credit to fund gifts. She plans to repay sister Nancy after the new year, hoping to avoid store credit cuts, while confessing she rarely saves. Melissa ribs her for delaying payments.
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Teedauiss Twisters By C. L. Edson
A 1922 verse piece titled Teedauiss Twisters by C. L. Edson recounts Ott Totten and Dot Hutton in a rural dispute near the bush, ending with Totten's failed aim and a scuffle sparked by a Hottentot. The piece closes with Totten being struck and a controversial portrayal of Hottentots.
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Pruning Principles for Trees and Shrubs Explored
The booklet from the Federal Bureau of Plant Industry explains rational pruning for young trees and ornamentals. It covers implements aims application to obtain specific outcomes and principles for pruning various plants. To keep raisins from sinking in cake mix them with melted butter before adding to batter.
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