Ghostly Esquimaux in a Snowhouse Fire Rescue
Buddy reports a ghostly Eskimo sighting at the window while his aunt Cordelia investigates a snowhouse fire plot. A thief scales the house to deliver a letter, but ignites a blaze. a heroic fireman and Mrs. Porter’s son Randolph are saved. Cordelia's kiss answers the recovered letters.
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Buddy
Mr. Holton
Jimmy
Cordelia
Esquimaux
Ife
Mr. Porter
Juddy
Tam
Randolph Waters
Randolph
Well Dressed Women Will Wear Simple Evening Frocks
The article discusses youthful evening dress as a simple, bright green satin skirt with a green spangled bodice, net bordure, and gauze scarf. It promotes fashion for younger women amid war, noting affordability and the idea that dress should lift spirits while business continues.
Spring models for little girls dresses in gingham and chambray
Thrifty mothers plan for indoor winter days and outdoor summer wear with two practical little frocks. The left dress uses tan gingham with a blue stripe, pearl buttons and white pique details for easy laundering. The right dress, in chambray, features smocking, cat stitching, and a white pique collar with black thread accents.
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Mies
Recipes from the kitchen: hash to cabbage omelet and more
A collection of old fashioned kitchen guidance detailing hash from boiled dinner leftovers, cheese rolls with pimento cheese, scrambled rice with bacon, hash cakes, a cabbage omelet, and white bread. The text also muses on table aesthetics, likening tables to pictures and noting dishes that cast shade or light.
Savory Irish Fritters And Related Dishes
A historic home cook column outlines savory fritters using stale bread and onions, seasoned with parsley thyme and celery salt, formed into patties, cornmeal coated and fried. It also details Fish Pudding With Rice with cod or halibut, rice layers, and steaming. Rice With Scrambled Eggs using rice and dripings. and Chinese Fish Balls with a fish stock roux, eggs, parsley, and tomato sauce.
How This Nervous Woman Got Well
A woman from Christopher, Illinois shares relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes four years of irregularities and nervousness, noting doctors failed, then credits the remedy with renewed health and regularity. She asserts the product can cure female troubles and invites others to contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
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Christopher
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mira
Alice Heller
Rumor Scandal Dismissed in Wry Exchange
In a terse exchange The Reason dismisses gossip about a scandal claiming the rumors do not hold water and cannot float. The remark suggests skepticism toward sensational charges and favors cautious commentary.
Cuticura Advice and Remedies Advertised for Babies
Comfort baby's skin with red rough itching using hot baths of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Free samples offered via Cuticura Dept X Boston. Boap 25 Ointment 25 and 50 Advy. Garfield Tea claims to ease constipation indigestion sick headache and bilious conditions with a nightly drink.
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Dept. X
Boston
Dog’s Funeral Costs Shock London Taxicab Driver
A London taxi driver was fined 250 for driving from the city to Molesworth with a dog's coffin. Sir Maurice and Lady Anderson funded an elaborate burial, but the fine upheld the petrol restriction law to prevent unnecessary use amid wartime fuel shortages.
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England
London
Molesworth
Sir Maurice
Lady Anderson
John MacCurty
Holding Him to His Word
A courtroom exchange shows a lawyer recalling a promise not about money but principle. The dialogue reveals a victory and a claim to keep the jury verdict while the opposing party may have reasons for silence, hinting at a suspect death of a figure named Jones.
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Walter Joseph Delaney
Adam
Eve
Jones
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