Return of the Engagement Ring and a Rescue
Dorothy frets over a broken engagement fantasy and a missing telegram. Ralph Hunter rescues her from a lake storm and reveals a misread plan about Miss Whitcomb, ending with a hopeful reconciliation on the cottage path.
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Dorothy
Mr. Hunter
Miss Whitcomb
Ethel ‘Whitcomb
Ethel Whitcomb
Ethel
Harold Nixon
Jersey City
New York
Father
Hunter
Ralph
Headless Lady Photo Sought in Washington Street District
A photograph shows a woman without her head taken in the shopping district near Cornhill on Washington Street at 10 30 am yesterday. A $5 reward is offered for the woman to identify herself if she visits the City Editor at the Post between 3 and 5 pm wearing the same costume as in the picture.
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Washington Street
Cornhill
The
Post
Fashion notes on fall and winter girl attire
The piece describes trends for young girls’ clothing including hair bows replacing large ones, Grace gloves favored over suede with evening wear, detachable rufflings for shirts, bloomers matched to frocks, satin ribbon hat bands with tassel ends, wool batiste frocks for winter, burnous or kimono line coats, matching linings, ribbon faced hat brims, extreme hat styles covering the right ear and eye, and plaids as a schoolgirl favourite in large patterns.
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Grace
Homemade Pinex cough syrup recipe from granulated sugar
A home remedy combines Granulated Sugar and warm water with Pinex to create a pine extract cough syrup. The guide suggests dosing a teaspoon every one to three hours and notes the mix also aids chest pains hoarseness bronchitis and whooping cough.
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Norway
Miss Travis Wins Photo Prize after Mix Up
Miss Mary Travis of Roxbury and four Whitney Place received a $5 prize after a photographer captured a current winner in a photo she thought showed a building. She remarked she did not realize she was the subject until after the shot.
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Mary Travis
Whitney Place
Roxbury
Miss Travis
Dear Miss Champagne Advice Column Seeks Youthful Guidance
A 16 year old girl asks Mildred Champagne whether to limit or refuse male visitors amid rumors she is a flirt. The columnist counsels not to mind rumors, valuing loyal friends over gossip and advising sensible conduct.
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Miss Champagne
Prune Pie and Pea Soup Recipes from Providence and Massachusetts
A 19th century recipe fragment details prune pie with mashed prune pulp thickened with flour and eggs, flavored with spice or lemon, chilled and served with whipped cream. It also includes a pea soup using soaked dry peas, bacon, and butter, simmered for hours with salt and pepper, credited to Mrs. E. B. Bowers of Providence and Mrs. H. P. Warren of Lawndale, Saugus.
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E. B. Bowers
Pine Street
Providence
R. I
H. P. Warren
Lawndale
Saugus
Mass
Maurice Hewlett Provokes Mixed Reactions in Review
Walt Mason savages and praises Maurice Hewlett in a debate over style and substance. He mocks grand language while conceding the author is a noble writer, noting clever phrasing yet tiresome affectations and lofty erudition.
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Bookish Mart
Walt Mason
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Mildred Augusta Thompson
Austin Street
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Winnipesaukee
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Cross Carleton
Mark Cross
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Broadway
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Franklin St
Boston
Ward
Mildred Champagne
New England
A. P. Carmichael
Ayyay
By J. K. Bryans
Maurice Hewlett
Hewlett
Maurice
George Matthew Adams
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