Idlewild Hearts and a Banker’s Dilemma
Matthew Halliday, a Philadelphia banker with guardianship over Evelyn Idlewild Joy, confronts her spendthrift schemes and a secret love. When she demands money for a theater party, he asserts his trust and declares his love, prompting a tense, emotionally charged moment between the two.
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Matthew Halliday
Matthew
Howard Joy
Aurora
West Indies
Howard Joy, Jr
Mat
Evelyn Russell Joy
Eve
Idlewild
Howard
Evelyn
Duval
New York
Miss Idlewild
Matthewould
Miss Idlewilld
Charles Reade and the scrupulous factual craft
The passage portrays author Charles Reade as devoted to accuracy and verification. He refused to guess, labored to verify every statement, and amassed extensive scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from many nations. When challenged, he cited his indexed scrapbooks to refute objections.
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Ile
Charles Reade
Miss Ticknor
Banana nutrition and cultivation in the tropics
The banana is claimed to have 34 times the nutritive value of the potato and 25 times that of bread. In the West Indies natives dry peel strips into flour for dishes. The plant bears 14 months after planting, requires no cultivation, and yields harvests for 11 years. A small area nourishes a plant and a dooryard can grow enough plants for a large family.
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West Indies
Tropics
The Common Things of Life Verse Reflection
Ripley D. Saunders writes in the St. Louis Republic on how daily, ordinary things shape art and reveal the beauty in common life. The piece argues that true work arises from daily experience and the harmony of sea, city, and land.
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Creation
Ripley D. Saunders
St. Louis Republic
Useful Kitchen Measures From 19th Century Recipes
An experienced cook lists standard measures from old recipe books. Casual conversions include two cups equal one pint, one cup butter half a pound, egg size two ounces, sugar one cup half a pound, two tablespoons equals one fluid ounce, two wine glasses equal one gill, salt one level teaspoon, sugar one rounded teaspoon, four teaspoons liquid equal one tablespoon, one heap tablespoon butter equals one ounce, two heaping tablespoons flour equal one ounce, and two and a half cupfuls pulverized sugar equal one pound.
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New York Press
Scurvy Linked to Poor Diet and Tainted Meat
Science concludes scurvy stems from impoverished blood caused by poor food. It notes tainted or improperly preserved meat can trigger scurvy even with lime juice or vegetables consumed, shifting from the old belief that only lack of fresh vegetables caused the disease.
The Sonnet's Voice A Metrical Lesson
A poem about sea imagery and the sonnet form by Theodore Watta. The speaker likens a sonnet to a wave and asks the soul to rest within the sea of emotion as nature seeks human speech.
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Theodore Watta
Sailors Outsmart Shark With Orange Seller on Board
Two sailors aboard a ship were taunted by a persistent shark. After tossing a chair and a box of oranges overboard, they drew lots to choose who would appease the animal. An old woman was cast overboard and eaten, but the shark continued until harpooned and brought aboard. The crew found the old woman alive and selling oranges on the chair.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Doctor Fowler’s Wild Strawberry Extract Promoted
A nostalgic ad pitches Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as protection against cholera infantum dysentery diarrhea and summer illness, promising quick relief and reliability for households.
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