Knowing One Uncle Walt Riffs On Ten Car Repair Men
Walt Mason satirizes nine failed mechanics who doom the narrator’s bus to perpetual trouble. A tenth worker arrives, fixes the car, and restores faith as the machine suddenly works, delivering a humorous takedown of inept repairmen and a triumph of skilled craft.
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John
Walt Mason
Surprise visit from Aunt Lizzie changes home decor
Jill and Jack return from a journey to find a framed Aunt Lizzie portrait and a mother photograph altering their drawing room. They debate repurposing space, face Aunt Lizzie's potential inheritance, and decide to keep both portraits with a plan centered on family presence.
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Wit and Wisdom Rocking Moment Teases Family Banter
A light excerpt shows a mother calling for help and her son Tommy offering to rock the baby. The playful exchange captures a casual domestic moment with affectionate humor.
Professor Ernest Debates Dust With a Student
A vivid exchange features Professor Ernest questioning the concept of dust while a young student named Mud offers a damp response, using metaphorical juice as a sign of effort and weariness.
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Ernest
Jonus A Man and His Wife Are One
A quotation from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat discusses unity in marriage, stating that a married pair remains a single entity with shared purpose. The remark highlights the idea of indivisible partnership and cooperation.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hogan quiet after Kelly branded him liar
The exchange shows Hogan remaining silent after Kelly calls him a liar. The veteran wrestler, once hot tempered, reportedly only asks have we had enough vet, reflecting a muted reaction to the dispute.
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Kelly
The Letter That Brought a Long Lost Love Back
Silas reunites with Della after years of waiting when a long forgotten letter is found in a coat pocket. He learns he is rich from gold found on his land but forgives his lapse of letters as they embrace. He confesses his fortune and they plan happiness together.
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Hal
Della
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Retired Mexican bandit seeks protection from bandits
Francisco Villa, long a famed Mexican bandit, now retired on a government given estate, fears further raids and cattle thefts and appeals for adequate protection. Turkey’s crisis brings Tewfik Pasha out of retirement after serving as ambassador to Britain and Germany and guiding Young Turk diplomacy. Mrs. Nalph Smith of British Columbia seeks a Cabinet post as education minister, previously MP and wife of former finance minister.
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Poem Fragment He Fell Among Thieves
A dramatic narrative poem follows a lone figure at dawn as thieving killers close in. The man recalls family, school days, and past joys before a final, fatal encounter on a Chilean landscape? No, Laspur hills and Yassin river frame the scene as forgiveness and mortality merge.
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Laspur
Indian beadwork and batik offer home income for women
Mary Chinequilla, born near Camp Supply Oklahoma, explains beadwork and reed basket weaving as easy to learn with strong returns. Museums supply motifs, design distribution is key, and finished pieces fetch good prices. Batik adds color work as a convenient home business. tomorrow features Camping de Luse.
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Camp Supply
Oklahoma
Mary
Post Letter Box Queries and Answers Across Topics
A composite reader mailbag yields questions on senses sources noting skin tongue nose eye ear terms, Jefferson offices, first state with woman suffrage, Q followed by U rule, a Macleod poem motto Trust in God and do the Right, Wilson age in 1910s, and pronunciation of allent in garden with authorities differing.
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Utah
Idaho
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Norman Macleod
Dictionary Pronunciation Shift Noted in Several Guides
Reference dictionaries including Century International Worcester and Webster increasingly omit the silent E in garden and similar words, guiding readers to a pronunciation resembling gardn. This trend mirrors broader shifts in American English spelling and phonology.
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New Books Review Wanderers and London Reminiscences
A critic praises This World of Ours by J H Curle for globe spanning journeys and vivid word pictures, noting his long travels through Africa Abyssinia Samarcand and more. Arthur Warren’s London Days recalling Browning Gladstone Whistler and Parnell offers nostalgic reminiscences of a bygone capital. The review highlights Curle’s restless Pinzon heritage and Warren’s affectionate portraits of historic figures.
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London
Little, Brown
Arthur Warren
Browning
Tennyson
Meredith
Gladstone
Stanley
Whistler
Irving
Parnell
Warren
Carlyle
Littl
Dear Sewing Circle Letters on Youth and Work
A reader urges parents to trust and converse with their children to avoid driving them to rebellion. A narrator recalls a restrictive upbringing and the regret of denied youth, urging open dialogue, shared activities, and responsible chaperoning to preserve family bonds. A separate letter laments harsh domestic service conditions and calls for Brotherhood and the Golden Rule to solve the servant problem.
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New England
Slim and Jim Share A Quick Chat
Slim asks for a moment and Jim agrees to share what he knows in a brief exchange.
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Household Hints for Cleaning Tinware and Fabrics
A dated list of home remedies for cleaning tinware glass, vellum, zinc, furniture, wall paper, fabrics and metals. Includes soda, axalic acid, kerosene, ammonia, Castile soap, pipe clay, magnesia, emery powder, and plastering tips. Attributed to Mrs F E Gould of Natick.
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