Unnieness Story Never Heard In Mid Ocean Liner
In mid ocean about halfway between England and America a liner with many Englishmen aboard bound for America stalls when the rudder breaks. The captain tells a puzzled English passenger we can’t go further. The Englishman replies with a blunt joke the rudder is underneath and won’t show.
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Mid-Ocean
England
America
Ameérica
Arthur F. Edbes
Little Building
Boston
Pie maker earns fame through famed chicken pies
A renowned pie maker gained distinction and strong sales. A young man bought half a dozen pies, left, then returned angrily and disappointed by his experience.
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John J. Fisher
Winthrop Avenue
Revere
Crackers Ordered but Not Paid in Old Town Tavern
A man entered a country tavern, ordering a pound of crackers. He did not pay, then later suggested exchanging the crackers at the bar. The scene suggests a petty exchange incident in a combined store and bar setting from a bygone era.
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R. Herbert Richardson
Warren Street
Roxbury
Treason remark prompts arrest in Berlin after war declaration
In Berlin the scene unfolds with two German businessmen arguing about the Emperor and Japan's Emperor. A policeman arrests one for uttering treason against the Emperor. The detained man attempts to finish his remark when the officer corrects him. The judge is H G Cotter of Boston.
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Japan
H. G. Cotter
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
Hubby
Beth
Wives and husbands and money matters in the Sewing Circle
Letters discuss whether a wife should account to her husband for every cent spent. An emphasis on trust and shared budgeting follows, noting the benefits of keeping cash books, joint accounts, and frank money talks. Queen Victoria brief included with a short historic note.
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Hubby
Songs of Sunshine: a BENZTOWN BARD verse sample
A 1918 poem by the BENZTOWN BARD prompts praise of strength and dance. It extols men who serve and save, lift the weak, and lead others toward hopeful pastures in daily life and public effort.
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O’sullivan
Dress Details Describe Dream Peach and Blue Organdie Ensemble
A first person narrator recalls buying a multitude of pretty garments, praising Beatrice in a peach color organdie over pale blue net. The dress features pale old blue sleeves and underskirt with a peach organdie overskirt in three panels, ruching, and picot edging, plus a fichy blouse tie at the waist for a summer look.
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Beatrice
Household Hints for War Time Diet Reform
The United States Food Administration urges Americans to reduce bread use to aid the war effort. It promotes alternate meals with milk, potatoes, fruit, and griddle breads while stressing nourishment over habit.
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Nestlé
Barley and corn biscuit recipes from wartime nutrition guide
The excerpt outlines biscuit making using substitutes for wheat flour. It lists barley, corn flour, and buckwheat corn flour biscuits with ingredient ratios, texture, color, and flavor notes. It notes barley and corn biscuits are denser and less fluffy than wheat, and drop biscuits may improve texture with extra liquid.
La-may Face Powder Promises Pure, Long-Lasting Beauty
Advertiser touts La-may powder as pure and non irritating for delicate skin, avoiding white lead and rice powder. It claims superior wear, anti pore and pimple benefits, plus an astringent effect, with trial size twenty five cents and large size cents. The note urges returns and warns against substitutes.
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Yor
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AMO
Sunday Post
Los
O’sullivan’s
Queen Victoria
Europe
Victoria
Duke of Kent
Kensington Palace
London
Prince Albert
Ofurope
Songs of
Benztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
James Whitcomb Riley
Jeemies Rivers
Sarry
Mary
Liz
Lizabeth
Dorothy
The
United States Food Administration Bureau
New England
U. S. Food Administration Bureau
Children’s Bargain Basement
Red Cross
Girl
Auto
Concord
Annie Muscato
Peter Muscato
Bedford Street
Science
Toledo
Ohio
Tremont Street
Cauvas
Buck
Kid
Gample
Temple Place
Blake
Abby
George Close Company
Broadway
Cambridge
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