Diet and Health Q and A on weight loss and growth
Readers write to Dr Peters in 1922 with concerns about dieting at low calories and weight loss plateaus. A correspondent asks if walking halts growth while others seek guidance on height, figure, and tallness through exercise and diet. Peters cautions against further weight loss if under certain conditions and explains growth varies by race and family, recommending gradual calorie reduction and growth-friendly activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Bottom
Dr. Peters
Hormel Wright
Madon
A. B.C
Two Army Fliers Die In Louisville Air Circus
In Louisville Kentucky two army fliers died after their plane crashed during a charity air circus. Lieut Robert E O Haney and Sergt Arthur Opperman were among the victims. Their plane rose then fell and burst into flames as a crowd of about 30 witnessed the crash. Cause of the crash is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soto
Arthur Oppe
Louisville
Sto Benefit Air Circus
Robert E. O'Haney
Camp Henry Knox
Arthur Opperman
Dear Mrs Thompson advises teen romance breakoffs in letters
An anxious fifteen year old asks if she should accept invitations from an older visiting boy and describes older friends while a columnist urges breaking the engagement with the 18 year old and warns about gossip and age difference. The column advises the teen to curb relationships, avoid invitations, and focus on appropriate conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hwenehi
Tonas
Tona
Mrs. Cameron
States
Brewton
Ala
Clear Fater
Fla
Ragland
New Harmony
Ind
Yellville
Ark
Bard
Cal
Witt
Moulton
Icdee
Lapel
Rocky Ford
Fairies
Bald Knob
Cloak Room Bandits
Derby
Conn
Coats
Kan
Hubbard
Drybone
Wis
Bill Neten
Daily Menu and Household Tips from a Local Page
The page lists a breakfast menu with stewed apricots cinnamon toast coffee and lunch options like minced liver and bacon cold slaw tapioca pudding and raisin pie. It includes a recipe for economical raisin pie with water sugar corn starch and cinnamon and gives method for cinnamon toast using raisin bread and sugar. Also presents a Velvet cleaning method using steam and a velvet brush for pile removal and cleaning.
Prix de Rome Prevents Artist Eviction
Alfred Floegel, an artist, faced eviction as his income lagged and landlords were harsh. A letter with Italian postmarks announced he won the Prix de Rome, granting a three year Rome academy course and an annual $1,000 income, preventing homelessness—yet leaving questions about rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Floegel
Mars
Floegel
Academy of Rome
Elbow care and beauty tips from Beauty Chats column
The Beauty Chats column offers elbow care advice, noting many elbows look dark and rough. It prescribes daily cleansing before washing, generous cold cream, vanishing cream and talcum powder, olive oil soaks for very rough elbows, and hints at mail-in recipes and future permanent waving guidance from Miss Forbes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Dispute over daughters ends with midnight plan
In a tense scene Mrs Cameron and Roger Cabell discuss safeguarding Tiona and Nlona as tensions flare. Tiona persuades a late night ride while Mrs Cameron contemplates a hoped marriage for Nlona, and Henry Gay pushes back against parental control before a cliffhanger continuation.
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Lona
Warburton’s
Jimmie
Henry
Mrs. Camerons
Iona
Roger
Mrs. Cameron
Henry Gay
Nlona
Tiona
Allie
Lindy
Fragmented Humorous notes and oddball items across columns
A collage of light verse and quirky anecdotes recounts mishaps, satire, and social jests. It notes a mustache joke, travel jokes via atlas towns, and playful misprints. Items include a countess anecdote, a banker’s misstep, and a Dempsey fight rumor, all in a breezy late era newspaper voice.
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Lulu Hunt Peters, M
Wlliaum Uthoe
Somoorrow
George Matthew Adams
Armeal
Aron
Reesic
Stella
Honor Bright
Mrs.Cameron
Miss Honan
Mr Cameron
Delia
Alfonse
Frank Walsh
Our Vilaze
J. Hawkinson Binks
Dak
Mike Pinkina
James Z. Bonehil
Sam
Lucius J. Priddy
Bugtown Manufacturing Company
Arange
Chemfete’ Club
France
America
Serail
Lord's Day Alliance
Dempsey
Carp
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