Resolutions Bring Love and Second Chances
In a Worcester household Sally vows to keep New Year resolutions despite a chorus about breaking them. A long lost friend, Jim Whitney, returns from war, reveals a lost letter, and the two rekindle hope. Sally tears up the vows as happiness returns with Miss Lucinda's humility about resolutions.
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Miss Lucinda
Sally
Lucinda
James Whitney
Tio
Migs
Carrie
Jim
France
United States
Woman Doctor column on fashion and charm in modern dress
Readers debate if women lose charm by wearing immodest gowns and modern styles. A letter-writer mocks skimpy wear and suggests a bloomer suit as the truly sensible dress while others defend practical attire for work and marriage.
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France
A EC
Mildred Champagne on Love and the Three Proposals
A young man recounts asking his girlfriend to marry and the refusal she gave telling him a man must ask three times. The writer argues persistent proposals reflect true love and urges not to be swayed by her whim. He insists a man should repeatedly express his love to secure marriage.
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Miss Champagne
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Etiquette Questions From Miss Alice Stuart
A column answers reader questions on engagements and dining manners. It notes that formal engagement announcements are acceptable but not common until near marriage, that in New England both sexes leave the table together, and advises a 19 year old to say I beg your pardon when unsure.
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New England
Cinnamon Cake and Other Delicacies From New England Housewives
Grace W Crabiel shares home recipes including Cinnamon Cake Steamed Indian Pudding Peanut Bread and a lemon of frosting. The article lists ingredients and steps for each dish with measurements and cooking methods.
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New England
Two Minute Talks for Americans by Charles Franklin Jones
Charles Franklin Jones argues Americans must unite to dictate peace terms after war in a call to back the wartime programme. He cites a judge's rebuke of a bought jury as a warning that unity protects liberty and prevents others from stealing the fruits of peace.
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Charles Franklin Jones
Boston
America
América
Sam
A Feminine Point of View on Housing and Babies
Wilhelmina Stitch writes about the burden of finding housing with a baby. A woman laments that landlords bar families citing noise and care demands while couples with louder tenants escape limits. She argues for policy better supporting parents and child welfare.
Household Hints for Ring Removal and Posture Exercise
Advice describes removing a swollen finger ring using cotton threads, then outlines a posture exercise to straighten shoulders and improve lung expansion. The note is signed by Mrs Ella C Gallagher of 685 North Main Street, Montello.
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Ella. C. Gallagher
North Main Street
Montello
Evening Powder and Delayed Cable Share Fashions and Plans
Lucille bursts in before dinner with news that Dick arrives tomorrow and the cable is delayed. The narrator halts to fetch Edith to avoid smudging powder, describing sapphire-blue gown details and a velvet neck collar. Edith returns and they plan to order a sleigh for the nine o'clock train.
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Lucille
Edith
Lucretia Mott Birth Highlighted in Readable Bio Briefs
Birthday note on Lucretia Mott born January 3, 1793 in Nantucket. Early life includes Friends school in New York, marriage to James Mott, Quaker preaching, abolition and women’s rights work. They traveled widely and attended the Seneca Falls convention. James helped found Swarthmore College and died in 1868. Lucretia survived him about twelve years.
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Lucretia Mott
Nantucket
Benjamin Franklin
New York State
James Mott
Lucretia
Philadelphia
Friends
Helias Hicks
James
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls
Swarthmore College
Brooklyn
Mystery Story Promises Intrigue in Boston Post Sunday Magazine
A puzzling piece titled The Enigma in Pink appears in next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine. The mystery story is described as real in interest, written along unusual lines, and offered with an attractive problem solving premise.
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Boston Post Sunday Magazine
Sailormen Dream Of Sailing Again Down The Thames
A group of twenty sailors longs to sail once more as they drift near London Town. They have been torpedoed, wrecked, and stranded but still crave voyage while their ship rides toward rain and the river.
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Bormees
Ardi
Formosa
Armosa Colony
Peter
London Town
London
Papers urge Sousa promotion and world events noted
Personal papers press War Department to promote Lieutenant John Philip Sousa to captain before demobilization. Montevideo renames Avenida Wilson after President Wilson amid a grand celebration. Salvador plans a presidential election with Dr Quintice Molina as unopposed candidate. Carranza’s Mexico will send General Eduardo Hay to the Italian court. A list of captains and birthplaces follows, ending with Lord Burnham praising the President as proof of global moral unity.
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War Department
John Philip Sousa
Sousa
Carranza
Mexico
Eduardo Hay
Constitutionalist
Liberal Party
Louis McCoy Multon
Pershing's Honor System Told In Real Life of General Pershing
The Boston Sunday Post will publish H. F. Wheeler's account The Real Life of General Pershing detailing Pershing's efforts to convince Moros of his honest purpose. The piece describes his methods and the eventual belief he sought to earn among them.
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Moros Pershing
H. F. Wheeler
General Pershing
Boston Sunday Post
Sam
Greater Boston
Washington
Department ‘of Agricuture
Boston
Mechanics’ Building
W. B. Atherton
Canada
Maine Legislature Delays Ratification Resolution on Prohibition
In Augusta Maine January 2 action on a resolution to ratify the federal constitutional amendment for national prohibition was deferred until early next week after Senate approval. Governor Milliken vetoed a measure appropriating 50 000 to build an armory at the University of Maine.
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Augusta
Senate
Milliken
University of Maine
Songs of Sunshine By The Bentztown Bard
Poem excerpt from 1919 copyright by Southern Press Syndicate. Fragment notes truth plainly and pairs youth with naked truth. Describes clothing as adornment of rose and absence of gauds while praising innocence and love.
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The
Bentztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Fire destroys barracks at Newport Naval Station
Three thousand mattresses and hammocks stored in a barracks building at the Newport Naval Station were destroyed by a fire. The loss was estimated at $15,000.
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Newport
R. I
Naval Station
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