The Habitual Meddler and the Dearborn Party
Charles Shirley a forty seven year old Boston tobacco broker grows weary of his wife Bertha and suburban life. Bertha thrives on social games and a bustling hosting role as a model maid persona while arranging a weekend visit to the Dearborn house. A casual misfit crowd gathers for a noisy bridge and billiards night with Haswell and Margery, as Charles seeks a fishing impulse and a return to youth, navigating flirtations and a tense married dynamic.
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Dear Annie Laurie Teen Advice Column Excerpt
A reader asks for guidance on engagement amid love for two men and conflicting feelings. The adviser urges not to engage without intent to marry, insists on understanding her own heart, and cautions about pressuring a partner. A second letter requests whether to end a friendship or pursue reconciliation with a former lover, with the response recommending to leave him and avoid provoking his anger.
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Annie Laurie
Tam
Nizale
Lamie
Those Were The Happy Days In The Old Tea Lineup
A nostalgic roster description lists players and positions in a vintage Norfolk paper. Walter Canfield and Toan Evans are noted as secretary and treasurer among a crowd of Beechers, Cammons, and others. The passage recalls Frees and a snappy lineup with pitcher names and fielders in a bygone era.
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Whith Yeuey Ponteert
Walter Canfield
Awe Toan Evans
Treas
Sun Not Center of the Universe Says Astronomer
Meusind professor T Ir Harlow Shapley from Harvard, Princeton affiliate, argues the sun is not the universe center. He notes vast distances like the Pleiades at about 900,080 light years, with the Milky Way measured across immense scales.
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Shaples
Bertha
Phissiet
Sun’s Vast Universe Dwarfs Earth In Shapley’s Insight
Dr Shapley at Monte Wilson Observatory discusses how vast the universe is beyond Earth. He notes the sun is tiny in comparison to the Milky Way and that our solar system is insignificant in the cosmos. He highlights the Meisser 12 star cluster, 36 000 light years away, with stars vastly larger and brighter than the sun.
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Mone Wilson Observatory
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Iis
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a.Nourand
Waunassivas to Place Bolts in Holes With Explosive Tests
The report describes experiments using liquid air to shrink belts to fit holes and then allow expansion to fill the openings. A second method involved placing a hole along a joint and filling it with explosive, causing the hole to expand and pressure plates apart. Subsequent tests showed both methods met the unusual demands.
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Hell
Oder
Revelations of a Wife Holds a Husband in New Phase
Adele Garrison describes a family gathering as she and her in laws prepare for a reunion. A mother in law’s culinary plans collide with nerves about delayed trains, as the joyous moment of Dicky’s homecoming nears and the mother and son embrace.
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Adele Garrison
Ticer
Dicky
Ian
Lillian
Graham
Diviy
Caprious- Tess
Louis
Lew
Junior
Marlon
TJ Watelords
Hawks
Mariam
Jess
Nekys
Bor
Katie
Marion
Taner
Shadow
Fight the fly crusade for infant health gains against disease
Dr Roxal S Copeland urges a citywide campaign to exterminate flies to curb diphtheria typhoid and other infections. She cites home cleanliness, community action and state duty as essential, warning that flies spread germs and endanger children and public health.
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Aioe
le Fextea
Noog
Mit
Fashion's Forecast No. 1082 pattern details
The Bridgeport Telegram Pattern Department advertises dress patterns including No. 1082 for sizes 14 to years, with yardage requirements of 5 1-2 yards fabric 1-inch, 2 1-4 yards platting and 2 1-4 yards of Tibbon. Price 15 cents. Send 15 cents by mail for pattern by first-class postpaid and include name and address.
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Wien
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