Rainy-day romance alters Martin Stowe's love line
Sue's matchmaking scheme falters as Martin meets Mardy Hale on a rainy day. An afternoon walk by the River Road leads to a sudden kiss and a proposal, with Mardy revealing she favors rain for appearances and preparing for an upcoming wedding. Edith lingers as a near memory in the downpour.
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Sue Stowe
Martin
O. Martin
Edith Nicholas
Edith
Iso
Sue
Artin
County Cork
Martin Stowe
Mardy Hale
River Toad
Mardy
Winnebago Indians Fond of Fancy Clothes and Dressed Skins
Wisconsin Magazine notes the Winnebago dress from breechclout and moccasins to dressed skins and bark fiber fabrics. Thomas Anderson recalls 1802 tradesmen calling them obstinate yet brave. Red Bird surrender portrait in Madison shows Elkskin garments with beads and a war pipe, depicting the Winnebago dandy.
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Wisconsin Magazine
Thomas Anderson
Rock River
Madison
Red Bird
Chinese motion pictures traced to ancient Chinese entertainments
The prince of Wales told motion picture producers that China had moving pictures over 3,000 years ago. One form used painted paper rolls viewed in a lantern like device, the other used nested wooden disks moved on ropes between two cylinders to create optical illusions.
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Prince of Wales
Detroit News
Careten Ge Jag
Spring dress accessories featured ribbon trims and tunics
Julia Bottomley notes spring fashion centers on ribbon and lace trims across dresses, millinery, and footwear with headbands, ribbon flowers, and girdles. Tunics and panels in crepe satin and satin faced canton appear with bead embroidery and decorative ribbon accents for afternoon and evening wear.
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Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Bee Sting Therapy For Rheumatism Reported In New York
A New York physician notes continued use of old fashioned remedies including bee stings for rheumatism. A patient described beehive treatment on Staten Island as a longtime country practice that offered only temporary relief. The doctor cites a superstition about beehives and family deaths requiring selling the bees to avoid anger from the swarms.
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Board of Health
New York
Staten Island
New York Mail
Coffee Monopoly and Smellers in Frederick the Great Era
The piece recounts Frederick the Great banning private coffee roasting in Germany by making it a state monopoly and assigning government licensed roasters. It notes bootlegging and the Coffee Smellers who patrolled for infringements, ridiculed in coffee speakeasies, and quotes an Mecca manuscript praising coffee’s restorative power and solace.
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Germany
Frederick the Great
Mecca
Detroit News
Global War Involvement Totals Vast Territory Affected
Analysis shows about 52 million square miles outside Antarctica, with more than 45 million under belligerent control. Europe Africa Asia and Australia saw extensive participation, while North America and South America were variably involved or neutral.
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Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
North America
South America
Globe
Antarctica
Timing House Work Figure Explained For Housewives
The article presents an efficiency table for housework. It lists times to make a single bed three minutes, a double bed five minutes, clean a bedroom twenty five minutes, clean a dining room forty five minutes, mop a kitchen floor twelve minutes, and serve a four course meal ninety minutes.
Arts and Arteries Quote Sparks City Art Interest
A brief note quotes an evangelist praising art and arteries in a witty exchange about money and visiting cities with arteries, illustrating a humorous view on art appreciation and urban culture.
Early settler praised for prompt bills in Motor Age remark
A bystander notes the gentleman is respectfully treated by a garageman who calls him an early settler and mentions he is not over forty. The garageman adds the man pays his bills on the first of every month in a Motor Age line.
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Bystander
Garageman
Order Takers Refuse Customer’s Dog Collar Request
A shop clerk dismisses a customer who asks for dog collars. The man, described as weak-looking, asks if the store has collars. She snaps that they sell them and that he will keep the one he planned to buy, as he leaves.
It Hasn't Never Been Done
Laura Miller profiles Olga Edith Gunkle a resilient educator and preacher who moved from New York to Zanesville Ohio to foster religious education. The narrative follows her youth, quick schooling, and challenge to traditions while highlighting her energetic, reforming work and conviction that small towns empower meaningful impact.
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Wyoming
Olga Edith Gunkle
Olgaith
New York
Zanesville
Ohio
Tucson Business Woman Sees Local Work as Best Path
Novela Rout Reynolds of Tucson runs a commercial school and notes that a graduate should seek local work if possible. She stresses morality as essential, credits her success to honest standards, and cites World War II era service shaping careers. Reynolds engages in D A R activities and national historical projects.
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Tucson
Ariz
Reynolds
Arizona
Ago World
Daughters of the American Evolution
National Historical Research Committee
Washington
Woman's Universal Alliance
Slighted Visitor Told of Columbus Disappointment
The exchange recalls Columbus facing a chilly reception in the New World. Miss Cayenne quips that the explorer was ahead of his time, noting the continent was not ready to welcome him with banquets and public lectures.
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Columbus
America
Miss Cayenne
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
the Christian Evangelist
St. Louis
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