Silver Against Gold is A Love Triangle in Illinois
In a backwoods Illinois town six months after the armistice two drafted men compete for Marguerite Hobart’s heart. Herbert Drew returns with a bronze chevron and overseas stories, while Gilbert Post stays home and fades from her favor as Herbert’s bravery and letters win her. A crisis arrives when Bobby Hobart nearly drowns. Marguerite tends him and honors Herbert as the true hero, altering the town’s view of love and courage.
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Tte
Ilinois
Herbert
Gilbert Post
Marguerite Hobart
Atlantic
Gilbert
Grant
Marguerite
Herbert Drew
Leibert
Wales
Stony Mill
Hobart
Gnbert
Gil
Sam Hawkins
Henhouse
Bobby Hobart
Willie Nobscott
Bobby
Muuin
Regester
Pneumoni
Tye
Argonne
Language as natural speech bridge across civilizations
The text discusses language as an inherent, spontaneous form of speech that transcends human control, with natural fundamentals immune to manipulation. It argues invention cannot override this form and predicts gradual spread through automatic causes and educational propaganda across civilizations.
Industries of Mesopotamia
The article outlines Mesopotamian industries as limited and largely artisanal. Steam machinery appears in a military factory at Baghdad, while most production is handicraft. Milling, tanning, boat building, and brickmaking serve local needs. a few luxury makers prosper in silk weaving, metal work, and arack distilling.
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Mesopotamia
Crotic
Bagdad
Modarn Chivalry on the Streetcar Tale
A humorous exchange describes a man offering a seat not to be polite but to keep his wife away from a jealous husband. The story highlights social etiquette and misunderstandings on a city streetcar.
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Giddigad
Wan
New Fashion Trends Revive Sports Styles in Silk and Wool
A Paris fashion piece surveys sport clothes with silk weaves and robust wools driving new independent designs. Coats and skirts in wool and heavy cotton emphasize boyish cuts, large pockets, and practical yet stylish options. The feature highlights a short sleeve model, a white taffeta jacket with green silk stitching, and a bold sash accented crepe dress for active and leisure wear.
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Hannel
Suits For Misses From Fourteen To Nineteen
Fashion notes on picking youthfully styled suits for girls aged fourteen to nineteen. Describes two coat and dress ensembles in beige serge and dark blue serge with braids, taffeta inset, and tailored sleeves, plus a satin floor cushion design using dual colors and ruffles.
Delicatessen Cooking Tips For Home Cooks And Croquettes
A period piece on delicatessen foods versus home cooking outlines benefits of ready-to-eat options for busy households, then provides simple croquette and ham loaf recipes. It notes risks of ptomaine poisoning in perishable store foods and offers step by step home preparation tips with specifics on ingredients, quantities, and cooking times. It closes with an excerpt poem by Kia W. Wilcox.
Summer Fruits Flowers and Ices Must Be Served Fresh
A vintage guide to arranging summer fruit and ice desserts on a porch or garden table. Recipes include Cherry Roll with cherry water ice and pistachio ice cream, Strawberry Delight garnished with strawberry leaves, Blossom Mousse in an angel cake basket, Poached Peach with meringue and custard sauce, Watermelon Cup with pineapple sherbet, and Canteloupe Cones plated with vanilla ice cream and edible flowers.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Claims Remedy Value
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a powerful kidney liver and bladder remedy. It cites sworn testimony and large sales, promises cures, and offers a sample bottle by mail with ten cents and the paper name. Bottles are sold at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
China Expanding Flour Exports Amid War Strains
The article notes China shifting to self reliance during war and developing an export trade in flour, exporting 500000 barrels in 1917 with half sent to Russia. It contrasts this with contemporary ads and a brief humor quote on umpiring in baseball.
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China
Russia
No Cordelia says a cook must attend church
A fragmented quotation discusses Cordelia and the idea that a cook does not need church attendance and that beating an ignorant man in argument is impossible.
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Cordelia
Cook
Doctor urged an operation in Baltimore woman’s recovery tale
Nellie B. Rittingham of 609 Calverton Rd Baltimore recounts months of illness and nervousness with monthly bed rest. After five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says she was cured and able to work again, urging others to try the remedy before surgery.
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Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie B. Rittingham
Calverton Rd
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McClure
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Kia W. Wilcox
Wright
Fletcher
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