Budgeting the Plasterer's Family on a Meal Savings Plan
A letter satirically tells of a Long Island couple with nine children who try a strict budget to save for retirement. The husband earns $250 weekly as a plasterer and saves $190, shifting $10 weekly for food and essentials while banking the rest. The wife outlines a weekly expense list, jokingly detailing lavish meals with total costs of $1.25 per day, then noting how thrifty spending leaves only $5 weekly for the family while the wife salvages scraps and scraps for clothing and shoes.
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Hoyeung
Long’s Island
Savelngs
Corey Island
Rhode Island
O’brien
Watertown
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Proclamation for Maryland Constitutional Amendment 1928
Governor Albert C. Ritchie proclaims an amendment to Section 15 Article III of Maryland’s Constitution altering Assembly compensation and sets submission to voters at the 1928 general election. The act stipulates per diem pay, mileage, and presiding officer allowances, with publication and language requirements across newspapers.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Legislative Department
State of
Titia “Legislative Department
Feon Cerennian
State of Mary
General Assembly
Albert C. Ritchie
Baltimore
Annapolis
David C. Winebrenner
Destroying Lawn Ants in Small Yards Approach
For lawn ants in small areas, drench nests with boiling water or inject kerosene or coal oil. Treat nests between paving stones similarly. Another method is kerosene emulsion or a strong soap wash, using from half a pound to a pound of laundry soap per gallon of water.
It may be possible to God the average man
A clipped and humorous line from the Cincinnati Enquirer questions whether a typical reader can admit certain beliefs. The fragment hints at satire about public opinion and common sense in a city paper context.
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Clinocinnatl Enquirer
May Co introduces plane delivery to Eastern Shore region
The May Co announces rapid delivery to many Eastern Shore towns by air from Telchester to Logan Field and then to Baltimore shoppers. Orders before 1 30 P M ship same day or next morning with prepaid plane passage for $50+ purchases, refunds at purchase. Personal Service Bureau offers free shopping and ticket services.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Aircraft Co
Telchester
Logan Field
May Co
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