Matrimonial Experiment: Hurst and Danielson Live Apart
Fannie Hurst and Jacques Danielson have maintained separate homes five years after marrying. They pursued individual studios and kept separate social circles, hoping seven breakfasts a week would prove irksome but finding two breakfasts daily sufficient. They report continued mutual respect and no children disclosed, suggesting the arrangement works for them though not a universal model.
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Fannie Hurst
Jacques Danielson
Miss Hurst
Fannie
Jacques
Danielson-Hurst
Pell Opposes General Soldiers' Bonus Bill
Representative Herbert C. Pell Jr opposes a broad soldiers' bonus citing a $20 per person tax and higher living costs. He favors generous aid only for those actually injured, arguing a universal bonus harms the economy and national finances, despite praise from some quarters.
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Herbert C. Pell, Jr
Pell
New York ‘Times
Prime Wives Higher and Prohibition Stirs Africa Scandal
The piece notes that in ancient games Achilles offered a female captive valued at four oxen, while in Central Africa prewar prices for wives reportedly rose to eight cows. Lord Dewar reports a price doubling, with commentary on marriage practices. A Prohibition Commission report from Washington cites 4471 illicit stills across Alabama and Tennessee, warning of widespread bootleg activity.
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Uiad
Patroclus
Achilles
Central Africa
Dewar
Cupid
Africa
the Prohibition Commission
Washington
Borgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Literacy test recalls Armenian girl’s escape to Philadelphia
The literacy test action involves requests from three presidents and returns an Armenian girl who fled a Turkish harem and arrived in the United States to wed a native of her ruined homeland, now a wealthy Philadelphia citizen.
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Philadelphia
England and America clash over profiteering trials and work ethic
The piece contrasts 1900s British profiteering tribunals with American actions noting 24 convictions in England, 1 200 arrests and 350 indictments in the U S The column mocks loafing on the job while mentioning a Denver plumbing suit and an American orchestra heading to Europe reflecting transatlantic attitudes.
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England
Denver
America
Europe
Billy Whiskers sails to Boston on rug cargo tale
Frances Trego Montgomery tells how the kids escape Constantinople, board the Mary Jane loaded with Turkish rugs, and reach Boston amid fog and sea danger. They witness a ruse with antique rugs and endure voyage hardships before sighting land.
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Frances Trego Montgomery
Constantinople
Boston
Atlantic
Mollow
Sanfield Publishing
Akron
Household Hints and menus for meals and desserts
A dated household section lists daily meals including breakfast luncheon and dinner items. It provides a basic shortcake recipe with steps for making layers and fillings such as strawberry and various berries, plus a meat and fish variant for shortcake filling and a Hurry Up Cake recipe.
Quiet Afternoon Sparks Irony and Ironclad Fashion Debate
Roy Moulton humorously contrasts a chaotic suburban scene with a social critique of a Chicago woman arrested for wearing overalls. The poem blends domestic mayhem with a jab at dress reform and public attention, ending with a pithy social observation.
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Chicago
Heart and Home Problems Advice Column Snippet
A reader seeks guidance on choosing between two suitors and handling a marriage crisis. The column advises not limiting affection, proposing new friendships, and suggests actions to improve a selfish husband’s behavior before considering divorce.
Divorce and Family Considerations in Recreation Myth
A fragment notes that a home can become more attractive as a place of recreation and hints that divorce is serious when children are involved, implying caution about marital breakup and its impact on offspring.
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Mr. Thompson
Chitren
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RANDOLPH _ LEIGH
Eee Tesesees
Postoffice
Cheyenne
Secon
Carey Ae
Rees
Wees
Associated Press
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Roy
Moulton
Mrs. Thompson
B. O
Kesiock Growers National Bank
Wyo
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Fine Boys
Shepherd & Klett
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