Vanity and Stocks Drive The Wage Earner To Risk
Joseph B Bowles argues vanity fuels wage workers and tradesmen to invest in wildcat stocks against expert advice. He details how flattery and the lure of independence entice readers from printers and paper trades to back green ventures, often with catastrophic losses as promoters push mass participation and “revolutionary” schemes.
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Opsright
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Bowles
Abcs
Fiies
Coca
Wien Sueh & Man
Legion
Ulings
Fra Bishes
Pittentee
Assae Lots
Ie Machine
Ier
Dhat
Aganon
Avas
East
Trpe
Briele
Fmal
WwejpwWice
Vanity
Birth Cards and Bride-Elect Contests in Social Etiquette
Hostess guidance on birth announcements card formats and wedding shower customs. Includes engraving vs writing names after birth, envelope placement, and outer address. Also offers bride-elect contests and club initiation ideas, with playful prompts for party games, gifts, and centerpieces.
Birthday Party Ideas for Teens with Charades Fun
Plan an afternoon or evening teen party with prizes and light refreshments. Feature a hat-making craft: provide white and colored tissue to each guest to create a hat for the neighbor, using pins for decoration. Include candles, ice cream, and a hat judging game to crown a winner and add playful flair.
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Nyder
Progressive Dinner Plan for Seven High School Girls
Seven high school girls seek ideas for a progressive dinner. Propose a simple, affordable menu with a starter, main course, and dessert, including easy crowd-pleasing options, feasible pacing, and practical serving tips for a small group gathering. Include brief cost estimates and time suggestions.
New Point to This Kimoni Sleeve Fashion Note
A description highlights a popular kimono sleeve design shown on a bed ice gown in Coppera blue chiffon voile. Elaborate folds and lace trim create a distinctive finish with black velvet lultang accents on bodice and revers. A wide lace border near the hem and a long full skirt shaped over the hips complete the ensemble.
Daisask Tablecloth Text on Choosing Linen Fabrics
The passage advises selecting heavier daimask cloth for durability and ease of laundering. It warns against the first choice as impractical and suggests prioritizing quality linen for a coven, and to deal only with trusted sellers when buying linen.
Simple Bed Table for Bedside Meals and Writing
An maker describes a three piece wooden bed table that tucks close to a patient. The design uses wall or screw joints and a semi circular cutout to allow close access for meals and writing while in bed. It can be scaled with legs or sides to fit requirements, with upper board about two feet six inches by eight inches.
Motherly Law and Ready Custard Pies
A fragment from a vintage column references love as a law of mothers and promotes Danish cures for ailments. It touts 1-4 day tile cures, coconut custard pie, and a grocer's ready pie mix priced at one cent per package, claiming it makes two pies.
Getting His Entitlements Spark Debate in Senate
A Washington Star excerpt shows a con scientious man cautioning on entitlement while Senator Sorghum asserts he will always have the least legal talent available to ascertain what he is entitled to. The exchange highlights the tension between entitlement and legal advice in congressional proceedings.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Questionable Patent Claims and Health Advertisements
An OCR degraded advertisement touts remedies and rewards for dubious cures. It mentions copyrighted names, Banklike claims, and drug promises like Hall's Faulty Pills for constipation, with garbled references to locations and manufacturers, lacking verifiable details.
Court dismisses technicalities in Bill Jones hit case
A country justice dismisses defense focus on warrant wording. The lawyer argues lack of malicious intent. the judge replies the key question is whether Bill Jones was hit, not how. Proceedings continue with emphasis on the act itself.
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Bill Jones
Letter of Recommendation From a Baltimore Boss
A Baltimore man, once employing a Black worker named Sam Harkins, reluctantly writes a character letter after being urged for a recommendation. The letter states only that Sam worked for one week and the employer is satisfied, revealing a strained attempt at praise.
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Baltimore
Sam
Selia
Tenegra
Sam Harkins
Ina
Whistling Goose Hoax Traps Purchaser at Poultry Store
Two rogues staged a prank by inserting a whistle into geese to claim a rare whistling breed. A professor bought one, sparking demand for more as the crooks sold two dozen fowls with hidden whistles before the hoax was revealed.
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Sid
Grape Nuts Credited By Lady Writer For Health And Brain Power
A female writer praised Grape Nuts as essential for morning appetite and sustained brain power. She describes improved nourishment during nursing, increased breast milk, stronger nerves, and clearer thinking after starting the cereal. She notes her ten month old baby thrived and her energy for housework and writing returned. The endorsement cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek and references The Road to Wellville.
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Poston Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Amusing Irish Seeker Sees Liver Ads on Boardwalk
A Philadelphia physician recounts a comic exchange between two Irish domestic workers on Atlantic City boards, debating disease and medicines as one touts a liver remedy while the other mocks it and questions how thoughts traverse the liver.
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Philadelphia
Ain’ Thore
Norah
Seed Company Ad Promises Rare Wheat and Free Samples
An offer from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis promotes Macaroni Wheat strains and other seeds. It claims drought tolerant Dakota grown wheat resists rust and insects with high per acre yields, and invites readers to mail in samples for free seed catalogs and prepaid samples. It touts exotic seed names and a premium offer to receive a selection by return mail.
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Silver
Department of Agriculture
Dakota
Ohio
Neb
Kan
Otter. Hinds
John A. Re Beers
la Crosse
Wis
Williat Qaks
Sou
John A. Salzer
St Patrick Rooster Sparks Washington Market Oddity
A New York Press item reports a humorous exchange at a Washington Market stall about a St Patrick rooster. The irate customer questions its relevance while the vendor jokes the rooster never crows and suggests giving it extra lungs next time.
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Washington
New York: Press
The Winning Smile
A playful exchange between Mame and Maggie highlights a man’s distinctive gold tooth as a notable feature. The dialogue suggests curiosity about his appearance and a casual, lighthearted tone in the scene.
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Maggie
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