Profitable Mistake Unfolds In Ranscome Benson Romance
Ranscome Benson, a mill owner, faces a mail mix up with a bachelor mill owner and a farmer’s wife named Selina Whitehouse. Selina arrives at 6:30 as a cousin, discovers the impostor, and the two men reconcile while she offers aid to workers.
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Ranscome Benson
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Rans Come Benson
Selina Whitehouse
Maria
Selina
Ranscome Bengon
Zoological Garden
Rani
Selina Benson
The Mist That's Over Ireland
Katherine Tynan writes of Ireland as a mist that hides hills streams and dear faces. The speaker yearns for old friends, laments youth fading, and imagines heaven beyond the mist with loved ones waiting.
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Ireland
Love and Sentiment in a Boston PostAdvice Letter
A reader asks Mildred Champagne for guidance in choosing between a rich betrothal with a man’s will depends on marrying a poor beloved. The letter weighs money against love, urging the suitor to follow the heart and cherish the loyal partner over wealth.
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Mildred Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne A lonely suitor seeks Boston girls
A 25 year old man earning 30 dollars a week from the West asks Miss Champagne about finding a wife through her column. The columnist suggests joining social clubs and meeting sisters or friends of local men at the YMCA to expand his social circle.
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Miss Champagne
Colum
Boston
West
Happy Digging Bridegroom Finds Rich Life in Ditch
A weary old digger, sweating in hot sun, toils for low pay but reveals joy after marrying Widow Brown. The speaker reflects that those who draw our sympathy may still live richly, as the bridegroom celebrates with his spade and bandanna.
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Brown
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Paragraph Points on Facts and Fashions
There is a strong push to restore the normal waist line while the flat hip remains common. Heels are to be slightly lower and toes more pointed in milady's footwear. Double faced material appears in wraps that can be worn inside or outside. Coats grow longer with sleeves that are wider and longer, as advance cloth models show.
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Milady
Advice to an office worker on dignity and rights at work
A reader urges a female office worker to resign after suffering unwarranted chastisement from a male employer, arguing she is of age and entitled to respect. The letter also warns against using mustard as a remedy and dismisses unsafe self treatment from an unnamed nurse.
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Boston
Advice for Office Girl to Stand Up to Gossip
A twenty year old writes that office gossip harmed her by accusing an innocent act. She urges confronting the mockers, then informing the employer if misinterpretations continue, noting embarrassment from spying coworkers and reflecting on preferable dismissal.
Water Recommended as Simple Home Emetic
Water is advised as an effective and safer alternative to commercial emetics. Lukewarm water should be consumed in liberal quantities, two or three tumblers, to induce nausea. The author notes personal and patient use and begins to explain why some girls may benefit.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Winter poetry stockpiled as poems advance monthly
A businesslike exchange notes poets should stock up on winter verses now to save, as editors announce monthly poetry prices will rise by ten cents per poem starting next month.
Going Barefooted Dear Sisters Letter from Irene M
A 19 year old girl at the beach asks for guidance on the propriety of going barefoot in a bathing suit. She requests opinions on whether she can walk without stockings without causing impropriety.
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Irene M
What He Reminded Her Of Facetious Old Lady Exchange
A facetious old lady tells a tramp he resembles a piece of flannel and questions why he shrinks from washing. The tramp replies with a sly retort about being “50, missus” in a playful exchange likely from a comic aside.
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Missus
Stuffed Eggs With Meat Mixture And White Sauce
Four eggs with chopped meat and butter form yolk filled halves reheated over steam then served with white sauce. Baking option bakes stuffed eggs in buttered dish with crumbs until brown. NINA STERNBURG Charlestown address appears.
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Nina Sternburg
Monument Avenue
Charlestown
Homely Recipes From Mrs Ferguson And Mrs Eld Den
A pair of simple kitchen notes share basic bake and pickle tips. Mrs Ferguson of Waltham provides a sugar rich cookie style mixture with oats and nuts. Mrs Eld Den of Oxford offers a cucumber and herb flavored dish with butter and pepper.
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W. W. Ferguson
Fiske Avenue
Waltham
Helen Eld den
Oxford
Anty Drudge Promotes Fels-Naptha for Easy Cleaning
An advertisement extols Fels-Naptha as superior to extra hands for housecleaning. It claims the soap dissolves dirt from walls, woodwork, floors and more with cool water and a soft cloth, requires no scrubbing, and acts as a germicide. It also suggests dishwashing in lukewarm water to cut grease and shine glasses.
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