Molly Wins Independence With Inheritance and Job
Molly Burnham inherits 10000 from an aunt after college and clashes with her sweetheart Jack Wells over marriage. She lands a reporter position, moves to a YWCA room, writes home, and receives family support including a $500 advance. Her mother’s letter defends modern happiness but warns of independence while Molly envisions a kitchenette apartment and personal freedom.
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Molly
Jack Wells
Jack
Rita Melnotte
Vrs
Bond Street
Rita
Miss Blake
Éhe
Y. W
Goodby
New York
Minnie
Wife complains best man mismatch after marriage
A wife tells Mr Knage she did not marry the best man at their wedding while in Pele Mele Paris, implying some lingering grievance about their union.
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Mr. Knage
Pele Mele
Paris
First Practical Electrical Cookery Try In England
In 1890 England saw the first practical attempt at electrical cookery, marking an early milestone in domestic electricity experiments.
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England
Two Long Border Words
Puzzle lists across and down clues including price mineral spring scent and domestic terms. Entries reference a variety of definitions from face powder material to verbs describing abundance and possession.
Mining Prospects Reported Near Southmont Section
Lexington July 17 Mining operations are in progress in a Davidson county area near Southmont. Reports say fine prospects are found and the gold specimen indicates a potential large mining industry developing in the county.
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Lexington
Southmont
Davidson County
There’s Some Hope Modern Author Quote
A debate echoes across Leipzig as Der Lustige Sachse notes a claim about an author’s lasting impact. The critic counters that recognition will come only after time has passed.
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der Lustige
Problem of Rural Churches 10 Bring Consolidations
Dr. E C Branson predicts consolidated country churches to solve rural decline. He cites 1200 dying Ohio country churches and 900 Baptist churches in Illinois, urging cross denominational consolidation as with schools. He notes many Southern Methodists Baptists and Presbyterians are country churches and calls for regional consolidation beyond home mission efforts.
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Chapel Hill
E. C. Branson
Branson
University
Epworth League
the Methodist Church
Ohio
Illinois
South
North Carolina
Church as social dynamo urged through consolidation
A call is made to unite church efforts to energize social work at a national level, arguing that consolidation will empower churches to become real engines of community support and reform.
Thomassville Workman Dies on Way for Lunch
Alex Hedrick, 68, died Monday at noon on his way from the Standard Chair plant to his dinner. He collapsed about 200 yards from the factory. death attributed to heart failure. Survived by his wife, four daughters, a son, and a brother. Funeral at 11 a.m. Hedrick's Grove burial in the county’s southern section.
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Thomasville
Alex Hedrick
Standard Chair Company
Larthy Hedrick
Ida Barnes
Earl Hepler
Thomassville
Pearly Miller
Asheboro
Sam Beck
Lexington
Alban Hedrick
Emmons Township
Hedrick’s Grove
Andrew Harris
High Point
J. E. Hobgood
Cooksey
Hobgood
Lux keeps wardrobe looking new longer for extra outfits
The speaker explains a secret learned from the movies to extend the life of clothes by cleansing screen clothes with Lux. This simple method helps underthings hosiery and dresses stay new longer, enabling more outfits with the same money.
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John
Lux
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Avi
M Valent “Y
NEA Service Inc
Molly Burnham
Atlantic Coast
John S. Divine
Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville “Beach
Hart Drug Company
Grove
Mrs. “We
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
New Bringeland
Lawit
Miaurbie
Dillilard
Workman
Clara Bow
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge, Mass
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