Reforming a rake wife and the home life balance
Elizabeth Ann married a former rake, now reformed, and defends the idea that reform can grant stable husbandhood. The piece argues reform depends on personal change, love, and commitment, with Elizabeth Ann prioritizing home, family, and shared joys over past wild oats.
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Elizabeth Ann
Don Answers
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First Baptist Church Plans 550000 Eight Story Block
Asheville North Carolina congregation advances a $550,000 eight story block church project. The building includes swimming pools basketball courts dining rooms baths and a main auditorium on the ground floor with modern Sunday school facilities above. Basement offices would be rented to cover costs.
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Asheville
XN. C
Hich
Milwaukee Sentinel
Flappers' Skirts Prompt Dollar Bets and Bustle
A Chicago Journal clipping describes a favorite uncle enforcing skirt length with a tape measure and cash bets. Two flapper age nieces recount how Ruth received more for longer skirts and Edith less, sparking plans for a longer train next time.
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Edith
Ruth
Chicago
Establishing a Precedent on Foreign Loans
A dialogue features Farmer Countessel denying a mandate to require repayment of loans made abroad. He calls loan payment a puisance while debating debt cancellation and its potential benefit, arguing about duration and fairness to keep creditors honest during repayment.
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Countessel
Love and Duty in the Valley House Chapter XX
In a Valley house Martin survives a grave injury with Cherry, Peter, and Alix’s memory shaping choices. Cherry dedicates herself to care, while Peter contemplates departure. Martin regains hope, and Cherry vows lasting devotion, balancing love, duty, and family.
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Cherry
Martin
Peter
Alix
Dad
Life Its Satisfying Moment For Cherry
Peter observes Cherry in a rare contentment, her restless nature finally soothed as life seems to satisfy her at last.
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Cherry
Martin
Peter
Sage of Monticello title for Thomas Jefferson
The phrase Sage of Monticello was a sobriquet given to Thomas Jefferson for his wisdom in politics while living at Monticello Virginia after leaving the presidency.
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Monticello
Sage
Thomas Jefferson
Truth and Inquiry Maxim on Reasonable Truth
A brief quotation attributes that truth maintains ground through inquiry since truth is most of all reasonable, attributed to William Penn. The line emphasizes reason as its core.
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William Penn
A Saving Grace Worth Laughs and Character
A witty remark notes that humor and charm lift a plain man by suggestion that character shows in his face.
Decline of English Beauty Linked to Modern Jaws and Diet
A London Daily Telegraph column argues the golden age of beauty faded due to narrower jaws and softer diets. It cites skull studies, notes premedieval values, and suggests reversing urban life and diet to restore beauty. It questions overstatements on hard versus soft diets.
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London Daily Telegraph
Bonn
Phidias
Praxiteles
Limequat Offers Substitute for Lemons in Florida
Due to cold sensitivity in Florida citrus, a new limequat variety emerges. Developed by the USDA from West India lime and kumquat, it mirrors lime flavor for ade drinks. Edible rind allows whole-fruit use, with a light yellow color like grapefruit, aiding Florida amid quarantine lemons and costly Sicily fruit.
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Florida
United States Department of Agriculture
West India
California
Sicily
End of the Leads in Venice Transformation
Venice to convert the Lead prison into a concert hall to boost municipal revenue. The piece notes Silvio Pelico and Casanova linked to the site, but dismisses claims of a romantic escape as legendary rather than factual.
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Venice
Silvio Pelico
Casanova
Use and Abuse of Sugar warns of excess intake
George E. Cornforth argues in Life and Health that sugar should be consumed in its natural form rather than concentrated candy and syrups. The Digest notes that concentrated sugar foods tempt excess, risking health despite sugar's nutritious value when eaten in moderation.
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George E. Cornforth
Washington
Mr. Cornforth
Literary Digest
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