Guardian Father Abandons Children in War Time
Probate court appointed guardian for two children aged five and three after their father Joseph Toth left from Chicago to fight in the Tettonicalles trench war. The mother alleges abuse and seeks custody, claiming assault and neglect while the guardian was named and the family separated a year earlier.
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Hinedrian
Nttle Elleanech
Josep Tot
Amaricas Tube & Stampine Co
Bea
Chicago
Hatten
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Gary Practical Home Dress Making Lessons
Practical lessons prepared for readers by Pictorial Review focusing on home dressmaking. Includes patterns, sewing tips, and step by step guidance for garments.
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Gary
Pictorial Review
Pleated Skirt Styles Featured In Latest Fashion
A four piece pleated skirt with box printed wide cores is shown as a fashionable option. Details cover cutting guides, fabric yardage for different sizes, exact gores placement, and methods for finishing hems and straps. The article, from The Pictorial, notes style trends and sewing tips for home dressmaking.
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Teshowe
Little Benny's Notebook misfit speech on front steps
A narrator recalls a mispronounced scene as Benny and friends watch a group chatter about Ey Italian and other ethnic accents. The dialogue features mimicry, teasing, and playful banter about language while gathered on a street corner.
Coast Guard Created From Revenue Cutter and Life Saving Services
The Revenue Cutter Service and Life Saving Service fused into the United States Coast Guard, a military service expected to boost efficiency and personnel standards. In its first year it rescued nearly 11,900 people and saved property over 11 million dollars. The force guards Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific coasts, Alaska and the Great Lakes with shore stations and cutters, including ice patrols and rescue duties, and enforces revenue, quarantine, neutrality, and other laws.
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Revenue Cutter Service
Life Saving Service
United States Coast Guard
Atlantic
Gbit
Mexico
Pacific
Alaska
Great Lakes
Hew Coast Guard Ia
North Atlantic
Customs Revenue
Daily Talks on Heart Topics by Laura Jean Libby
In this 1913 column Laura Jean Libby extols expectancy as the first aid to happiness. She links hopeful futures to brides, mothers, fathers, and the aged, stressing how belief in better days sustains effort and courage across life stages. The piece ends with a caution to buy fur goods from reliable dealers who clearly disclose their wares.
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Laura Jean Libby
MeClure
Rhan
Meyer
Meg
Jis
Rhea
Miss Libbey Answers Your Letters in Brooklyn
Miss Laura Jean Libbey replies to reader letters under the caption Miss Libbey's Replies to Your Letters. Correct name and address must be given for attention. Typed initials printed. Short letters should be written on one page. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey No.16 President Street Brooklyn NY.
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Lili
Laura Jean Libbey
President Street
Brooklyn
Engagement Dilemma for Miss Libbey’s Daughter
A letter from a mother asks whether to press on with her daughter’s engagement to a 19 year old man, noting prior engagement rumors and parental disapproval. The writer urges seeking counsel with parents, considering true love, and weighing whether to continue the engagement or break it, stressing engagements are sacred and deserve reflection.
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Miss Libbey
BFA
Dear Miss Libbey Advice on Love and Time
A 17 year old girl asks Miss Libbey for guidance about a young man who claims love but dates another girl. She seeks clear advice on intentions and how to avoid wasting time in love, hoping for sensible, decisive guidance.
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Miss Libbey
Question on fur used in coats from a government clerk
A man earning $159 a month writes Miss Libbey seeking guidance on what fur is actually used in coats. He plans to wed at Christmas and wants a sensible, durable gift for his bride.
Odds With Parents Over Two Lovers
A young girl asks which suitor to keep company with as she loves an 18 year old with no bad habits but faces parental opposition, while another 20 year old Christian suitor is liked but not loved. Parents advise cautious judgment and thoughtful choice.
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Miss Libbey
West
Two Young Men Compete for Love in Wealthy Dilemma
A 23 year old woman asks for guidance between two affluent suitors. One man is 23, the other 40, both offer financial security. She seeks views on character and compatibility, arguing money should not influence her choice and promising to reveal their good qualities later.
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Migs
Labbey
Am.o
Boosting America Prompted Western National Park Tourism
Up to 230000 visitors toured Far West national parks this year, far above last year’s 80000, boosted by better access and facilities. The Interior Department, backing the Bet America First movement, expanded accommodations for travelers, with the San Francisco Exposition drawing Western visitors en route to the Pacific coast. Plans for another strong season next summer aim to improve travel and living options for all visitors.
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Far West
Pacific Coast
America
National Party
Interior
Public Health Service Fights Plague Spread at Sea
Reports on two successful fights against plague spreading via rats that reached California and New Orleans. Federal health fighters aided by the Public Health Service helped curb epidemics, with expansion under President Wilson and a promise of protection against wider invasion by the afflicted. Christmas offerings from John Beck & Son noted.
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California
New Orleans
Public Health Service
Corps of Health Defenders
Wilson
The
United States
European woman leaves fireside for man's work
In Zurich and Vienna reports detail how war labor draws thousands of women into industry and commerce previously closed to them. Women fill roles in factories offices and labs while authorities warn the effort may be temporary and women must relinquish work when men return from the front.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Jevy
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Cratz
Austria
Germany
Bavaria
English Women Groom Horses In War Work At Reading
Women form three horse depots at Reading turning to military stable duty and horse grooming. They are training soldiers in riding and, after hounds, take up various riding tasks, marking a startling shift in war work for women.
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Reading
Robertson Replaces Murray as Imperial Staff Chief
Dec 22 Premier Asquith announced in the House of Commons that Lieutenant General Sir William R. Robertson chief of the general staff was recalled from France to become chief of the imperial staff at army headquarters in London in place of Sir Archibald Murray, who is to receive an important command.
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Asquith
House of Commons
William R. Robertson
France
Army
Lonon
Archibald Murray
Swedish American Co declines to buy big liners
London dispatch says Af tonbladet published Swedish American Co statement denying reports of buying two Hamburg American liners. The note says no purchase of German liners could be considered before the end of the war.
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London
Stock~holm
Reuter’s Telegraph Co
Aftonbladet
Serbian King Denied Arrival In Italy
A Caserta Italy dispatch claimed King Peter of Serbia arrived in Italy with Prime Minister Pacitch but the report is without foundation according to a news agency. The item notes Christmas roping and wreaths associated with John RecS Son.
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Caserta
Italy
Peter
Serbia
M. Pachitch
John Recs
The Return Poem Review in New York Times
A fragmentary poem titled The Return reflects on home, gardens, and night as the speaker contemplates a loved one’s illness and death. Ethel Wolfe notes the poem’s somber tone, the burden of fear, and the mother’s sorrow as the subject, praising the brave figure at the poem’s core.
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Ethel WH
Wolfe
New York Times
Historical Bread Pudding and Savory Dishes Illustrated
A jumbled 19th century kitchen guide explains puddings boiled in cloth or moulds with measures to prevent sticking, plus how to handle boiling water and coverings. Following recipes describe bread puddings with eggs, raisins, currants, apples, suet, and nutmeg, and include sardine, chocolate cake, and pork cake preparations with archaic terms and quantities.
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