Hostile Valley Love and a Woman's Awakening
Jenny grows into a woman in the Maine woods as Will Ferrin leaves for work and later dies, leaving her heart open to Bart Carey and the memory of first love. Marm Pierce watches, guides, and fears for the girl's future as the valley and its secrets tighten around them.
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Jenny
Will
Mari Pierce
Granny
Marm Pierce
Enoch
Wiii
Amy
Bart
Bart Carey
Carey
Carey’s Brook
Wilfred
Liberty
Will Haven
Will Ferrin
Hurdy Tale Draws Maine Fishermen to Liberty Valley
A group including Jim Saladine visits Liberty Maine to hear the History of Hostile Valley. They learn of its tragic past and rich fishing streams while pondering the allure of Hurdy wife of Will Ferrin. Jim travels for a day’s fishing hoping to glimpse Hardy Ferrin. Old Marm Pierce and granddaughter Jenny reside in the Valley.
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Liberty
Maine
Jim Saladine
Hurdy
Will Ferrin
Ferrin
Pierce
Jenny
Will Ferrin Returns to Hostile Valley Amid Hard Winter
Chapter I describes Will Ferrin's return to Hostile Valley before May but not to stay. The season was severe with winds and deep snows. Carey’s Brook lay under thick ice in the cascading gorge as Old Enoch contemplates events to come.
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Will Ferrin
Carey
Old Enoch
Sacred Lily Origins Across Regions and Mythic Ties
The sacred lily, called the sacred Chinese lily in the Indianapolis News, is difficult to assign to one country. The piece traces lilies from Egyptian and Indian lotus lore to Asia Japan and Syria, noting mythic links from Hera to Aphrodite and biblical references to the red lily of Constantine and lilies of the field in Palestine.
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Indianapolis News
Asia
India
Japan
Hera
Syria
Judaea
Constantinople
Palestine
Galilee
Guillotine Imagery Shapes French Fashion and Play
The text notes how fashion in post revolutionary France mirrored the era’s harsh symbols. Women wore hair styled in shingle-like looks, while dresses bore chain and leg iron motifs. Even children played with toy guillotines, beheading toy aristocrats.
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France
Willpower and Habits Shape Achievements and Home Life
The piece argues that successful leaders like Washington relied on unwavering willpower. It urges readers to back up, start anew, and face discouragement with grit, using examples from history. It also suggests replacing bad habits at home, advising husbands to develop orderly routines and improve communication to ease domestic tensions.
Housewife Advice on Keeping Cars Clean with Shoe Polish
A housewife explains that regular cleaning of a car’s exterior and enameled parts extends its service life. She recommends waxing with shoe polish weekly or more often and finishing with a dry soft cloth for shine. Public Ledger WA Service carries the message.
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Housewife
Public Ledger, Inc
WA Service
Postum Free Week Offer Promised by Postum Company
Advertisement notes a marketing offer where the Postum Company will provide a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. The copy emphasizes a generous free trial and appeals to health benefits.
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Postum Company
New German Device Shuts Off Cars If Driver Sleeps
A device introduced in Hamburg blocks a moving auto by sensing driver fatigue. A false steering wheel rim tied to the horn and ignition sounds the horn and cuts power when hand pressure drops, with a switch to deactivate if not needed.
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Germany
Hamburg
Milnesia Wafers Offer Quick Pleasant Elimination
Frank and direct ad touts Milnesia Wafers as pure milk of magnesia tablets that correct acidity and relieve gas headaches bloating. It claims rapid, agreeable bowel movement with no griping, notes prices 35c 60c bottles and 20c tins, and endorsements by thousands of physicians and druggists.
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Ben Ames Williams
WIU Service
Chapter
Augusta
Eart Carey
Win Haven
Uncle Win
Marin Pierce
John Blake
Bell Syndicate
Washington
Valley Forge
Housewife's Idea
Pete Stil Ant Foo
Isc
Geisfin, Wibona. Minn
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