Local residents take summer trips and host guests
A parade of households reports summer absences and visits from relatives friends and guests. Mrs Lawrence and family plan a two week stay at Cornwall summer home in Redding Ridge while Miss Hickey travels to Chicopee and Miss Ryan heads to Worcester with friends. Several couples leave for Oxford Conn Niagara Falls Lake George and other destinations for vacations and weekends with house parties and private events noted across Park Avenue Laurel Leach Twin Lakes and Beale Island venues.
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Lawrents
Cornwall
Marshall
Fork Avenue
Redding Ridge
CORNIGSTA M. _HICKEY
William. Phickey
Garden Street
Chicopee
Mass
Marguerite TL. Ryan
Park Avenue
Worcester
Margaret McKeon
M. J. Reilly
Theresita Gianella
State Street
Niagara Walls
Lake George
My Mother and Her Slang From a Bygone Era
A reflective piece recalls a mother who rejected slang and upheld old fashioned manners. The narrator admits growing up using colorful expressions and recalls her mother’s dismay at slang terms like rubberneck and for the love of Mike. The essay traces the term ram bunctious to rambunctious and the author’s search for definition.
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Mike
New England
Mr. Webster
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured
Washington Ind letter from Mrs Ly A Banta describes restored health and successful pregnancy after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement touts the remedy as correcting infertility and making women normal, healthy and strong, with numerous published letters supporting its efficacy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Washington
Ind
Lydia E
Ly A Banta
RB. K. No. 4
Box
Lydia RB. Pinkham
Supper party for departing secretaries in Newark and Minnesota
Miss Mary Jackson, longtime cafeteria director of the W. GC. A. and Miss Harriett Crawford, central association supervisor, were honored at a farewell supper on Golden Hill Street. Emma Dentler will replace Jackson from Bartlinger High School Newark, N. J. Jackson departs Sept. 1 for University of Minnesota dormitory duties. A gift was presented by the secretaries.
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Mary, Jackson
W. GC. A
Harriett Crawford
Central Association
Golden Hill Street
Emma Dentler
Miss Jackson
University of Minnesota
Bartringer High School
Newark
N. J
Miss Dentler
Lena Sheldon
C. A. Mover
Jeanette Kiskaddon
Milfred Wood
Elizabeth Brown
Ola Wells
Mary Jackson
Young Women Defy Latchkey Rules At Edinburgh Hall
Edinburgh students at Masson Hall refuse to obey late night key restrictions, arguing they are treated as children. Thirty three women sign a petition seeking a hall warden change, warning they may leave after the session ends. The Pall Mall Gazette weighs in on broader rights of women against authority.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Masson Hall
University
The
Pall Mall Gazette of London
Inter
Cherry
Alphabet Slang and Old Terms Missed in a Dictionary
A narrator recalls puzzling over dictionary entries and discovers rambunctious is not standard. The passage highlights aging slang and its absence from proper stand ing dictionaries, noting a mother’s use of older terms.
Guidelines for humane dog care and health notes
The excerpt advises freedom and exercise for dogs, suggesting a wired tether setup if chains are used, with safety to prevent entanglement. It cautions against teasing dogs, notes dogs' cooling needs, and warns against muzzling them while allowing drinking. It also includes a humorous quote and a statistic about U.S. population.
Y W C A Plans Rooming Agency for More Girls
The Y W C A will start a rooming agency under an experienced secretary to expand service and uphold standards. The January handover transfers the Barnum Avenue Industrial Center to the local Y W C A, enabling meetings, dances, and cafeteria use, while the Barnum Avenue boarding home will be sold to fund wider outreach. A quote about the human body and a joke wrap the note in light editorial aside.
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Barnum Avenue
National Association
Establinsh
Recovery Story for Weak Nervous Women in Wooster
Mrs. Martha Sickles of Wooster Ohio describes recovery from a weak run-down nervous condition after grip. She credits Vinol with restoring strength and appetite, allowing her to perform housework and feel well again, urging other weak nervous women to try Vinol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Sickles
Wooster
Ohio
Adv
University School Announces 29th Year Summer Session
The University School at Parificia Avenue announces its 29th year summer session from July 27 to September 17. Headmaster Vincent Peck leads the private program with continuing study opportunities and daily classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the University School
Parificia Avenue
Vincent ©. Peck
Surprise Birthday Party For DbB Club Member
Members of the D B B society hosted a surprise birthday party for Miss Kathryn Atherton at the home of Mr and Mrs X N Price on 278 Sixth Street. Dancing and late refreshments followed with guests including Emme Arbeteit Lydia Speiser Hazel Molyneux Winifred O Rourke Winifred Quigley Ethel Ricks Margaret Atherton Mrs M Atherton Mrs Norman Price Mrs M Gallagher Jack Cullen Thomas Broderick Thomas Sullivan Bill Sullivan John Bradley Bob Walker Burt Murch Harvey Guzgenheim Walter Wheber and Charles Atherton.
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D. B. B. Society
Kathryn Atherteen
XN. Price
Sixth Street
Emme Arbeteit
Lydia Speiser
Hazel Molyneux
Winifred O'Rourke
Winifred Quigley
West Haven
Ethel Ricks
Margaret Atherton
Kathryn Atherton
M. Atherton
Norman Price
M. Gallagher
Jack Cullen
Thomas Broderick
Thomas Sullivan
Bill Sullivan
South Norwalk
John Bradley
Bob Walker
Burt Murch
Harvey Guzgenheim
Walter Wheber
Charles Atherton
Girl Typists Sail The World For Fun And Funds
A New York City girl is traveling the world funded by stenographic work in each city. She left Australia a year ago, stopped in Vancouver and Canadian towns on the way east, then plans to England after four months in New York. She visits the YWCA in each place, a method also used by two other itinerant typists. Employers wonder if it signals feminine restlessness or a practical way to see the country while staying employed.
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S. W
Bridgeport Club Offers Island Weekend Getaway
The Bridgeport Business and Professional Woman's club invites 49 members to a weekend on Steeplechase Island for a nominal sum. Reservations via Miss Hazel Haymon at the Board of Recreation. Attendees will boat from Miamogue Yacht Club, Seaview Avenue, Saturday afternoon for two days of camp life with prepared meals.
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Bridgeport
Hazel Haymon
Board of Recreation
Miamogue
Animal shelters safeguard community health and welfare
The article argues that shelters are a civic duty of every city or town to care for dogs and cats. It outlines humane goals including reuniting lost animals with owners, finding suitable homes, or humane euthanasia for unplaceable animals.
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