Esther Moore Chooses Love Over Career in Western Town
Esther Moore is urged by vocal coach J Edward Rullison to pursue a national career. She breaks her engagement to Roland Lewis after a lunch with Mrs De Lamater introduces study with Professor Rinaldo. A ruse by friends reveals Roland’s true feelings, and Esther abandons plans for New York to marry him.
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Asther
Roland
Esther
Mueilaus
Ngre
Evelyn Havens
Evelyn
Roland’ Lewis
Wanda Wright
Hather
Roland Lewis
de Lamater
Esther Moore
Rinaldo
New York
East Meets West in Venice Antiques Tale
A New York traveler buys Venetian glass and a silver dagger then learns a dealer will refund his purchase by selling replicas. The piece notes Bagdad bazaar traders sending goods to London and New York to please British officers in Baghdad. The saying east and west never meet may not hold for souvenirs.
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New York
Venice
New York Herald
Bagdad
London
Kipleg
War boosts demand for treenails in shipbuilding
The government shipbuilding drive raises the need for treenails or bunnels used to join hull planks and frames. Made from straight grained locust wood, these two to four foot long wooden nails must be dense hard durable and resistant to splitting, qualities locust wood provides.
Playful chase over dining room table sparks mother’s caution
Two children race around the dining room table as Fiste screams in frustration. Their mother steps in to stop the taunt and urges Charles to let Elsie catch up. The exchange ends with a reminder to keep the game fair.
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Fiste
Charles
Elsie
Household hints and recipes from an old newspaper page
Items on home economics include preserving ideas for winter foods such as grape jelly cucumber relish tomato catsup and pickles. Practical tips cover crusts pies buckwheat flour substitutes and kitchen hacks plus simple polish and crack filler recipes. The text also offers weathering advice and small moral maxims.
Prussian Iron Cross History Recap and Revival
A fragment on the Iron Cross describes its origins in 1813 under Frederick William III for war exploits against France, notes its Maltese cross design and optional wear, and mentions a revival by Wilhelm I in 1870 prior to the Franco Prussian war with the crown prince awarding honors amid battles at Wissembourg and related dates.
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Frederick William III of
Prussia
France
Wilttans
Aig Gn
Wissembourg
Dad’s Stamps Prompt Twin Plea For Patriotism
In Flushing DAD EMI Parker Butler, a War stamps supporter and author, faces a household question from his twin sons after dinner. The boys compare Thrift stamps counts and ask why their father does not do more patriotic work, highlighting family wartime duties and tensions.
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Emi Parker Butler
Flushing
Mr. Butler
Red Cross
Mrs. Butler
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Facial Care
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap to keep the face fair and young with occasional use of Cuticura Ointment. It offers free samples via Cuticura Dept. X in Boston and lists prices of Soap 25 and Ointment 25 and 50, sold by druggists and by mail.
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Dept. X
Boston
Queen Victoria Hums Opera Prologue In Composer Mixup
The tale recalls Queen Victoria inviting Mascagni to Windsor Castle to perform. She fails to identify the correct melody from Cavalleria Rusticana, insisting on the Intermezzo Prelude and a dramatic Quartet, and finally hums Leoncavallo’s Prologue from I Pagliacci.
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Victoria
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Windsor Castle
Leoncavallo
Editor and Soldier Clash Over Wartime Map Tale
A veteran recounts Arab position, trench deployment, and a shoulder wound while describing a battlefield with a damaged map. The editor interjects asking where the burning blew out, highlighting the tension between memory and narration in a London Tit-Bits piece.
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Zareba
London
Old Woman in a Shoe Boasts About Crown Prince
A quirky nineteenth century style reminiscence notes an old woman in a shoe claiming the crown prince could not live in a pocket, imbuing the line with playful rumor and satire.
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Ludendorff
A Bright Pupil Riffs On Class Divisions
A bright pupil and a teacher debate into what two great classes humanity divides. The pupil answers with a witty contrast between motorists and pedestrians.
Dairying urged to cut costs and boost milk output
United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge disposing of unprofitable cows and replacing them with well bred high producers. Cow testing associations show balanced feeding can cut feed costs by one third while raising milk production.
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Lees
United States Department of Agriculture
Caroline Responds With Clever Rebuttal
In a light exchange, Caroline eats a green apple despite her mother warning it will make her sick. Caroline confidently quips that their dog is the wellest in the family, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.
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Caroline
Returned Soldier Boasts About Gas Attacks Then Becomes Book Agent
A veteran recalls being gassed in the trenches and claims it never hurt him. The joke notes he spent ten years as a book agent afterward, highlighting a paradoxical career shift.
Message to Mothers About Fletcher's Castoria
A heartfelt appeal from doctors praising Fletcher's Castoria and urging mothers to choose the product for their babies. The speakers emphasize care, experience, and the absence of experiments, urging trust in the familiar remedy.
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Fletcher
Fewer German Socialists Shrink Saxony Membership
A Dresden dispatch to Berliner Tageblatt reports Saxony saw socialist party members drop from 177000 in 1914 to 23000 paying members now. Army service and a party split explain the decline while socialist newspaper circulation rose from 618000 to 792000 between April 1 1917 and April 1 1918.
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Socialist Party
Saxony
Dresden
Berliner Tageblatt
Socialist Party of Germany
Gradnauer
Germany
Appropriate Decoration
A light exchange hints the aviator’s room needs practical decorating. The humor lies in suggesting fly paper as the fitting touch for an aviation-themed space.
Can You Buy It at the Drug Stores
A fragmented line asks if a product or condition can be bought at drug stores and reflects a parental blame tone about children preferring to be away from home. The text is incomplete but hints at consumer availability and family dynamics.
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Yost
Haarlem Oil Capsules for Back Aches and Kidney Health
An advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for backaches and potential kidney and bladder issues. It claims the oil penetrates kidney walls to attack harmful microbes, relieves symptoms within 24 hours, and offers a money back guarantee if ineffective. Users are urged to buy from their druggist and take daily to prevent future attacks.
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Haarlem
Watermelon chatter echoes a forgotten statesman line
A playful fragment notes public amusement over a fruit scene with a quip about a statesman, teasing a famous line whose source is not recalled, and a nod to literary reference in Life magazine.
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