Miss Melissa Works Magic on a Village Courtship
In a 1946 Greensville tale, Miss Melissa Mather, a spinster with colonial memories, persuades old curmudgeon Hiram Hingham to consent to his ward Flossie Hingham marrying Simon Frazer, a chemistry student. Melissa finances Frazer’s studies, lifting the age gap and ending Hingham’s opposition after a year of probation.
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Sidon and Tyre Compared as Relics of Past Power
In Sidon and Tyre, grand ancient streets and vaulted passages endure unseen by sunlight. Stone columns lie idle while sarcophagi populate walls and troughs, recalling days of coastal grandeur and epic battles that forged empires, now faded to modest towns under changing seas.
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Christian Herald
Speech Craft: How to Deliver a Simple Talk
Practical guidance on preparing and delivering speeches. Advice covers tone, gesture, memorization, practice, voice control, and clear enunciation for effective public speaking. It emphasizes speaking quietly and clearly, avoiding overemphasis, and using only well understood material.
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Poison in freckle cream case long and strange
An American woman used freckle cream for six years and, after visiting two doctors, was diagnosed with rheumatism neurasthenia hysteria and thyroid disturbance. Mercury was found in the ointment after 13 ounces were applied to her face. Chronic mercury poisoning followed and she took 15 months to recover after stopping the cream.
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A. Alexander
K. Mendel
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Barber and waitress romance ends with a shave
Joe and Jin wander through a love triangle with Flora the waitress. Joe, a former clerk, visits on Saturdays while Jim and Toe chase Flora. Flora marries Jim and turns Joe away at her door, prompting a blunt remark about needing a shave.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Wreath Fund Prompts Mixed Memories Among Mates
A foreman distributes a subscription sheet to workers to fund a wreath for Jack Stuart who died last week. Sandy balks, saying the request will settle a score since Stuart owed him a coin, adding that he and Jock will now be square.
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Love in Chocolate Letters at Deanford College
Daisy Lovell runs the Sweet Shop at Deanford College where Charlie Taylor buys a box of letter shaped chocolates for Madge Hale. Madge later selects letters to spell I LOVE YOU, prompting Charlie to confess his feelings and plan engagement, using the candy as a message. Daisy confirms the letter match and hints Madge also bought letters.
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Deanford College
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Talsy
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Dassie
Eagle Sacrifices Leg to Escape From Trap in Highlands
In Ardnamurchan large deer forest, a keeper finds an eagle lifting a lamb—actually a fox trap baited with a rabbit. The eagle later frees itself by sacrificing a talon. A falcon attack ends with a weasel capturing prey and the falcon dead with a ripped breast, a reversal of the hunter and quarry.
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Ardnamurchan
Ben Hiant
J. C
The
Scotsman
Juvenile Advice From a Sunday School Class
A Philadelphia Ledger item recalls a Sunday school in Alabama where the superintendent announces a guest speaker Mr. Boggs. The speaker hesitates, prompting a tiny voice from the rear to urge the class to “amen” and sit down, a moment that convulses the room and ends with humor.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Newlyweds Dream Of Bracelet In Jewelers Window
The newly married couple gaze at a bracelet in a jewelers shop window. The bride asks John to buy it, but he says he cannot afford it. She presses, and he gently explains it isn’t good enough for her. She responds with affectionate surprise.
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Prunes Redeemed by Cream Calumny and Value
A concise old fashioned quip notes prunes suffer under unfair slander. Adding twenty cents worth of clotted cream to three cents worth of prunes yields a redeeming value, implying a brighter outcome from modest fare.
Clear as Mud Said a Lawyer
In addressing the court a lawyer argues that if one explanation is not clear another equally conclusive one exists highlighting legal rhetoric. The remark underscores the aim to persuade despite ambiguity.
Notable clash described as thunderstorm in debate
A vivid description likens a big knockdown argument to a thunderstorm with muttering and growling that lingers long after the clash.
Japan Leads in Divorces by Population
Japan has the highest number of divorces relative to its population, leading all other countries in proportional divorce rates.
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