Choosing a Wife From Letters From a Self Mace chant to His Son
Publication notes George I. De Lorimer offers guidance on marriage in a prose piece titled Choosing a Wife From Letters From a Self Mace chant to His Son. The work is published by Smad, Mays nard & Co. in Buslon.
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George I. de Lorimer
Smad
Maysnard & Co
Buslon
George Horace Lorimer
Advice on Engagements and Speculation for a Young Man
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A Concealed Poet
One word is hidden in each sentence and all have the same length. When written beneath one another the zigzag spells the name of a famous American. The clues point to a Boston essayist and his views on nature and life.
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Transpositions Missive From Rome Returns Home
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Puzzle page item lists No 117 with a primal acrostic claiming a great country. Crosswords include river in South America state eastern stone stream lack of action and military force equipped for war.
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New Overland Service Aboard From San Francisco to Chicago
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Common Sense Medical Adviser Offered Free by Mail
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