Comforts and warming of early colonial churches
The article describes hospitality in colonial churches where wealthier planters hosted gatherings after services and payed for poorer members. It details winter hardships, fireless churches, and gradual adoption of stoves, foot stoves, and fires in meeting houses across New England and southern parishes.
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Sheldon Church
South Carolina
Friends
New England
Pennsylvania
Europe
Holland
Switzerland
Judge Sewall
Boston
Lynn
New York
Friends’ Meeting
North Carolina
Turks Make Poor Farmers In The New World Frontiers
The piece contrasts life across the Bulgarian Turkish frontier, noting wealth differences and rural hardship. It describes Svilengrad and the Turkish side as barren, uncultivated, with frontier guards living simply on bread and coffee, highlighting alleged agricultural and energy gaps.
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New World
Europe
Svilengrad
Turkey
Unconvincing Lavery Delivers Droll Gardener Tale
Sir John Lavery recounts a London art show anecdote about a Scottish gardener who inspects a painting titled The Fall. The employer asks for his view and the gardener quips Eve tempted Adam with an apple from a variety not known until about twenty years ago.
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John Lavery
London
Eve
Adam
Why Indeed A Punchline Picnic
A wife invites a picnic at home as her husband, tired on a warm evening, looks for a rescue from clouds. He humorously replies that they should not plan a picnic since they have no enemies to warrant such trouble.
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Jones
Mrs. Jones
Demand Bayer Aspirin Warning Ad
Warning to consumers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin. The notice states the product is proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years and urges buyers to say Bayer when purchasing to avoid dangerous imitations.
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Bayer
Women and Pictures Alike Says Ed Howe
Ed Howe jokes about viewing women and paintings from a distance to avoid flaws. A dinner gathering sees women and men debating and exchanging barbed quips. The piece uses humor to compare perception in art and people.
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Ed. Howe
Howe
Cuticura Trio advertised for skin and baby care
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum 25c each for face skin and baby use. The copy claims the trio renders other perfumes unnecessary and urges purchase for toilet requisites.
Columbus Had No Bananas in This Country Visit
The article notes Columbus found no bananas during his visit. Dr. W. E. Safford of the U S Department of Agriculture disputed the claim, stating the fruit arrived in the country 24 years after his voyage.
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Columbus
W. E. Safford
United States Department of Agriculture
Ulster Tops 1924 Army Recruiting Rates
Ulster led Britain in military recruitment in 1924 with 24 recruits per 100 000 people. London ranked second with 229 per 100 000. The note urges using good advice without fear of spoiling it.
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Ulster
London
Cognomen Made Exclusive in Realty Board History
The term realtor was coined to indicate members of boards of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Courts have upheld their right to prevent nonmembers from using the term in multiple cases.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
Banish Rheumatism With S S S Blood Purifier
An old advertisement extols S S S as a remedy to build rich red blood and stop rheumatism from within. It promises relief from pain, increased appetite, vigor, and purified skin as the tonic floods the system with red blood cells.
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Nature
S. 8S. S
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