The Adopted Wife by Celia Gibbs unfolds in exile and desire
An orphan Celia Gibbs faces arranged marriage, a convent, and a perilous web of love and misrules. Padraic, Molly Cameron, and Hilary Braar shape a tense knot as Celia seeks freedom, while a staged plea to Molly for support tests loyalties and plans for a new life far from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Gibbs
Hilary Braar
Laura Eversham
Celest
Leuta
Ant Heyry
Lassi
Aha
Bippe
Ale Leckies
Ale Micburg
Ricburg
Cella
Ashe Tada
Mustcian
Padrate
Sina
Hilary
Padratc
Padrat
Celia
Tiiser
Troven
Lee
Through the Strain of a Love Triangle on a Canadian Train
Fragmented narrative follows Molly and Ceha amid a lovers’ tangle as plans to elope to Canada fray. Letters, trains, and shifting loyalties drive a complex plot with Moll y’s conscience and Donovan’s presence shaping the journey toward an unsettled future.
Fun Shop scribbles and playful verse marches on
A collage of humorous quips, poems, and cartoon captions from a mid-century humor page. It blends playful puns about eggs, kissing, court scenes, and everyday mishaps, featuring characters like Richard Moody, Oswald, and Sara Bellum in lighthearted vignettes and dialogue.
Readers Invite Submissions For Humorous Mottoes and Verse
A Bridgeport Telegram notice invites readers to submit original humor epigrams jokes anecdotes and poems for publication. Accepted pieces paid at 20 dollars per contribution with a 2 percent editorial deduction. manuscripts must be on one side of the paper and addressed to Fun Shop Head Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muntha
Auertera
Bridgeport Telegram
Waterbury fire engine relic heads to Hollywood
In Newtown on May 13 a Waterbury Fire Department engine, Silby No 766 built by the American Fire Engine company at Seneca Falls, was seen travelling through Main Street. The old engine, used recently by an automobile firm for advertising, will be loaded onto a flat car in Waterbury and shipped to Hollywood California for a moving picture company.
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Newtown
Tre
Waterbury Fire Department
Silby
Seneca Falls
American Fire Engine Company
Waterbury
Automobile Corporation
Hollywood
Cal
Mothers and Their Children Amusing a Sick Child
A mother describes simple, affordable play to entertain a restless ill child. She strings twine across a window and hangs glass crystals to cast sunlit prisms, creating "night-birds" on the wall. Bobby enjoys watching the sparkling spots, with crystals available cheaply at variety stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Ether and its discoverers honor and debate in history
An essay honors the discovery of ether as a painless anaesthetic, noting Morton and rival claimants like Jackson Wells Long and others. It reflects on the disputes over priority, the 1846 Boston operation, and Long’s 1842 purported anesthesia, while praising the enduring relief ether provides to patients and surgeons. It ends with a reflective note on the memorials and the personal relief of facing surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Wiliam T. G Morton
Boston
Charles T Jackson
Morton
Horace Wells
Hartford
Long
J. Marion Lima
New York
Dr Long
Capitol
Washington
Tam
Bex
Preserving Strawberries and Rhubarb for Winter Use
A detailed household guide from a USDA circular explains canning strawberries and rhubarb. It covers sugar ratios, simmering times, sterilization, jar filling, and water bath processing to ensure safe storage. The article emphasizes hot packing and using the cold pack method to minimize fruit shrinkage and fit jars efficiently.
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Haven
United States Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
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Xitax
Padraic
Aulievez
Erie
Milk
Molly Oshet
Molly Cameron
Hyed
Montreal
Molly
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Timgelf
Pias Guinlar
Alex
Cameron
Pines “Monts
Anada
Tink
Molly Samuel Butlers
Feper
Donovan
Mari
Agin
Deller
Canada
Newark
Liisetta
Moore
Shei
Molly Nher
Celadri
Inuitien
Can- Ata
Khir
Ivest
Denesen
Deeavr
Tievai
Arphive
BY Gluy AS
Williams
JE Te En
Sluyas Willis
The
Ward
Richard F. Moody
Pacific
Atlantic
W. B
Collinan
Oswald
Kate
Tommy
Osvie
Lee Burt
Information
C Morton
Mre Newlywed
Clesk
Constance
Itema
J. L A
Joan Benda
Havana
Eklass
Krazy Kollege
Sara
Sara Bellum
Harold Sheek
Fatty McPlug
Kraly Kindergarten
Dusty
Teetcher
Oscar
Bey
Claire Shepard
Margy
By John Held, Jr
Anaest
George McManus
By Percy Crosby
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