Faithful Advice on Dress and Dignity for a Working Daughter
A sequence of letters to a reader named "Faithful" discusses frugal dress, family finances, and a young woman’s right to some social spending. Respondents urged balanced budgeting, occasional evenings out, and parental dialogue to share earnings while recognizing a working girl’s need for clothes and modest independence.
Ha i Mied 1921 a Jack Jill comedy mischief unfolds
In this Vivian Vane script Jack and Jill host a charity wardrobe handout. A beardy man takes offered clothes, Jack objects then relents. Later Jack recovers the items, exposes a theft ring, and the charity case ends with the station house call and a lesson on handling donations.
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Jack Jill
Thompson Feature Service
Household bean soups and apricot pie recipes
Soak 1 pint beans overnight then parboil with pork, molasses, mustard and seasonings in a bean pot for a day long bake. Also bean dish with cream and buttered crumbs. apricot pie from dried fruit with nutmeg and rich crust. Includes home cooks Clara Helmold Miss Heath Mrs Crosby and Mrs Goodwin with their addresses.
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Clara Ellen Helmold
Maple Avenue
Willimantic, Conn
H. C. Heath
Gorham
N. H
H. B. Crosby
Princeton Street
East
Boston
Sapphires and Sentiment in a Tarleton Necklace Gift
Grand aunt Philpippa shares the tale of a sapphire pendant worn by the Tarleton eldest daughter as a charm of constancy. Philippa Junior receives the jewel and a mystery package from John Gordon, hinting at a rekindled Camden romance as the aunt reflects on past loves and present happiness.
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Phillippa
Phil
Camden Town
Philippa
Tarleton
Aunt Philippa
Philippa Rich
Jimmie Stuart
Australia
Jimmie
Philippa Senior
John Gordon
Camden
Philippa Junior
Wit and Wisdom in a Small Town Magistrate Tale
A quaint column of Wit and Wisdom features a senior magistrate correcting a constable over a three wives gibe. A train scene shows a crab attacking a passenger while a weary reader mutters. Brief vignettes touch on farmers needing help a new jobless slogan and a physician warning about cigarettes.
Talk of Mildred Champagne on Love and Sentiment
A reader writes of infatuation with a young man who reappears at dances but avoids theatre invites. The advisor concludes his initial interest likely faded and warns that his occasional generosity is not commitment. The reader is urged not to dwell, or seek deeper involvement, unless prepared for heartache.
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Sarah
Pear
Homemade insulated cooking box from cork and asbestos
A Richmond Maine reader describes making a fuel saving insulated cooking box using a peanut butter tin, a larger wooden box, ground cork, asbestos, soapstone heat plates, and hinges with a box cover. The method includes lining with asbestos, packing cork, and placing a heated stone plate to boil water, then cooking inside the tin.
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Chas. A. Snow
Richmond
Andrew Jackson’s Career and Presidency Overview
The text chronicles Andrew Jackson's military campaigns against Indians, capture of Pensacola in 1512, tenure as Military Governor, rise as a political figure, command at the Battle of New Orleans, presidential election in 1828 with a second term, a crisis over tariff nullification, his push for centralization of power, and his death in 1845.
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Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Jackson
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