Danny the Defiant Finds a Path to Success
Danny the Defiant helps Aunt Myra Ley finish a story while Grizzly Griffin scouts for talent. Griffin offers money and a job running sound for films, promising rent payment and a path to stability. Danny embraces the chance, saves money, and Myra continues to write on a rented typewriter.
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Myra Ley
Danny
Myra
Mather
Dandy
Anny
Finance
Grizzly Griffin
Film Manufacturing Company
Old Griffin
Danny Boy
Fair Little Singer
the Picture Theatre
Danny the Defiant
Widow of Sixty Five Seeks Love Advice Riot
A column admonishes a 65 year old widow who pursues a 28 year old man. The writer scorns the romance, urges leaving the young lover to find someone closer in age, and accuses the widow of possibly loving for money. Genevieve comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Ringworm Treatment Request From Sisters
A reader seeks home remedies for a yearlong ringworm infection. ANXTOUS and JULIA request suggestions from the sisters of the home regarding effective home treatment options. The note expresses desire for relief and less hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anxtous
Julia
Would Pay Mother More Dear
A reader letter from Frances S. rebukes Eva for supporting her mother with only five dollars weekly. It urges independence, advises marrying for love despite neighbors’ opinions, and ends with a admonition that the writer would choose self-sufficiency over parental dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva
Husband Desires Seafaring Life Keeps Wife At Home
A devoted wife writes from a seaside town about her husband who chooses a seafaring life, remaining away from home despite his success as a shipmaster and his fondness for their family. She seeks guidance on their lonely situation.
Order of the Eastern Star Advise on Membership
A letter explains admission rules for the Order of the Eastern Star, open to wives daughters mothers widows or sisters of Masons. It notes many Boston area chapters and directs contact to Mrs. Carrie A. Cushing grand secretary of Massachusetts on Derby Street Somerville to connect with a convenient chapter.
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Priscilla B
The
Masons
Order of the Eastern Star
Boston
Carrie A. Cushing
Derby Street
Somerville
Massachusetts
Bakery venture advised for hopeful reader
Dear Hopeful, start a bakery where mills and few bakeries lie, hire an honest capable baker to run it, and you can grow profits. A husband who opened a similar shop a year ago amid seven bakeries and incoming carts shows large earnings. choose a good cook.
Hair Treatment Letter Claims Carbolic Vaseline Restores Hair
A reader letter from Delilah advises using carbolated vaseline on the scalp to remove dead hair and dandruff. The writer disputes druggist claims that carb olated is no better than plain vaseline and says the antiseptic mix acts like fertilizer for hair growth. A physician reportedly recommended this treatment with notes of success.
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Veritas
Delilah
Dear Miss Champagne Advice Letter on Coffee Quarrel
A reader asks how to handle a romance when a fiancé bans daily coffee. The correspondent loves coffee and questions if moderation matters, while the adviser urges compromise and cites living and letting live as a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
Tom
Elizabeth
Jack Spratt
Husband May Not Dictate Wife’s Coffee Choices
The passage argues against a husband dictating his wife’s meals arguing that a man should not interfere with a wife’s preferences. It emphasizes a wife’s autonomy to choose coffee or other comforts and that rational partners respect each other’s tastes and freedoms.
Resinol Ointment Restores Complexion Says Fitchburg Woman
A Madeline Spaulding of Fitchburg Massachusetts reports her face cleared by Resinol Ointment and Soap after trying many lotions. The ad claims instant relief for acne blemishes and a range of eruptive skin diseases and lists pricing and free sample offer from Resinol Chemical Co.
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Madeline Spaulding
Fitchburg
Mass
Resinol’ Chemical Co
Baltimore, Md
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J. E. Brittain
Washington St
Remick
Mobile Bay
Jerome H. Remick & Co
Reuben
Hater
Billy the Cowboy
Tay Rosen
Vale of Dreams
Alexapoles
Tae
Sunday Post
Margaret Dexter
Foster Street
Salem
North Adams
Levi White
White
Ship of State
Economy
U. S
Leeds
New England
Akto
MN Dac
Ieee
Mildred Champagne
Bright
Detroit
Marmola Co
Monroe Ave
Mich
Secon
Avon
Summer S&ts
Attec
Emgrant
Jordan Marsh Company
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