A Touch of Temperament In a Silent Drama Affair
Cass Adair once Ronald Adair, a dramatic actor, battles studio strife as an intractable lead actress, Geraldine Lewis, refuses a scene. He travels to Windslide to settle his late mother’s mortgage with lawyer Scruggs. There he meets Hilda Moore, who helps clear a mortgage receipt and sparks a wary romance. A telegram reveals Stevens is married to Lewis, shocking the pair at the studio.
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Mary’s Garden and a Soldier’s Return in Westbury
In Westbury Miss Bassett keeps a spotless kitchen and Mary tends a growing garden to aid her family’s finances. Mary’s romance with Ted Winthrop, stationed for France, unfolds as the Marine Corps earns praise for the June battles, embodying the era’s patriotic spirit.
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Bobby
Mary
Ted Winthrop
France
Ted
Robby
Tiger
Tige
John
Paregoric Menace Alarms Boarders in Seattle
In a Seattle Post-Intelligencer letter a boarding house writer laments a young man’s paregoric fueled eruptions. The note warns that paregoric can intoxicate adults and endanger safe manhood, urging households to guard medicine cabinets and prevent élan from turning to drunken fits.
Powerful Engines in The Modern Fighting Scout
Maj E A Bishop an English flyer in London Answers argues the single seater is the true offensive airplane with engines near 200 horsepower. He notes slender frames and nearly transparent wings, with guns unobtrusively mounted to fire through the propeller, a detail readers must scrutinize before judging wartime aircraft.
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E. A. Bishop
London
Ground in Hamburg blade shown in Shef field exhibit
A hollow-ground ravor blade marked Ground in Hamburg drew attention at Shef field, where observers noted British police believed Germans produced superior cutlery. The British Workman, unfazed by wartime tension, offered German craftsmanship the advantage of his own skill.
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Sheffield
Hamburg
Stamps for Holy Land Charity Issue Described
The Holy Land is now a stamp issuing country under Days Life magazine. A special design label created by the British with the Egyptian expeditionary force carries the letters E B FP. The stamp shows one plastre on left in English and Arabic on right with postage paid in both languages and a 1 in each corner. It comes in ultramarine and dark blue with a 5 millieme surcharge. Three varieties have appeared and more are expected.
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Holy Land
Days Life magazine
Soldiers at House Parties
War era note on inviting soldiers to social events. A New York Globe report recalls a party where ten guests were invited but seven were in uniform and stationed far from New York. An officer offered to supply men drawn by lot, introducing a diverse group including an Italian naturalized citizen, a Japanese recruit, and a Sindoon with fortune telling.
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New York
Long Island
Italy
New York Globe
Saccharin not injurious finds no digestion harms
A British Medical Journal note asserts saccharin does not disturb digestion or harm kidneys and shows no carcinogenic effect, even in large use. It has been in use for over 25 years and remains of limited value as a food or flavor compared with sugar.
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British Medicol Journal
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