Some Lovely Thing Brightens a Day of News
A local column blends verse with social notes as readers recall a favorite poem and share daily life events. Mrs Sid Henry and neighbors return from visits, a baby born at Julia Chester hospital, and church circle meetings are announced.
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Alwys
Kline Snyder
Miss Prainces Snyder
And
Business Women's
First Baptist Church
Man
Haithe Rich
White House
Diving Girls to Be on Saenger Stage
Diving girls headline a Vaudeville style show at the Spenger Theater with a six thousand gallon portable swimming pool on stage. The act features fifteen divers and dancers, Olympic champion Edith Miller, Aquacade alum Murray Jones, and a lineup of vaudeville entertainers. Cortex will lead an eighteen piece pit band for the performances starting next Friday.
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Raynell
Spenger
Wil
Edith Miller
Murray Jones
Billy Rose
America
Mandel Bros
Tirko
Ray Goode
la Blance & du Charme
Cortex
We the Women by Rudi Milleti contends with global strife
The essay recalls 2989 and 1939 as times of war bombings and human suffering. It argues Americans face grim global contempt for humanity and justice yet find solace in living in America, a comfort the author questions as hollow.
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Rudi Millety
America
Land of the Free
Jess
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Sympathy
We express thanks for the kindness and sympathy shown through illness and death of our dear husband and father. May God’s richest blessing be with you. Mrs. Burt L. Smith Mrs. Thelma Ward Mrs. Naomi Floyd Mr. Cline C. Smith
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Burt L. Smith
Thelma Ward
Naomi Floyd
Cline C. Smith
Snow Drop Legend Recited Amid Club Gathering
Cantley and Mrs. Cecil Weaver witnessed the Snow Drop legend presented by Mrs. Hugh Jones. Three new members were enrolled and one guest attended the meeting.
Raising a Family prompts reflection on jewelry and childhood
Olive Roberts Barton urges readers to balance pride in American life with compassion for the jobless and distressed. She suggests meaningful acts like helping others, supporting charities, and caring for elders, while debating a child's wish for jewelry within a broader moral frame.
The Romanovs and the Russian Revolution in 1917
The excerpt reviews William Gerhardt's The Romanovs, noting its focus on Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution. It highlights the emperor’s diary quote about ministers and reports Rodzianko’s telegrams signaling growing crisis, culminating in the revolution and Germany’s war context. Hamburgers rank first with the sandwich eating public of America.
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Russia
William Gerhardt
Patman’s Sons
Gerhardt
Russias
Nicholas
Duma
Rodizianko
Rodzianko
Tasar
Khavalov
Petrograd
Germany
America
When you were little why can girls not keep keepsakes
A mother voices a long standing grievance about children and finery. She argues girls still seek small adornments though farming life discourages jewelry. The piece reflects daily life on a farm and a desire for modest keepsakes such as a miniature cactus garden and a personal choice of jewelry.
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Mary
Mumsy
Tommy
Daddy
Gertie
Nashville merchant Dickinson dies after illness
Biddie retired Howard county merch planter Dickinson died Sunday morning at his Nashville home after a lingering illness. He had lived about a year in Nashville since moving from Mineral Springs, and had been in mercantile business for years. Survived by daughters Mrs John Cline of Washington D C and Mrs Edgar B of Mineral Springs and Louie and Rudolph Dickinson of Little Rock. Funeral at 2 4 p m Monday at the new home with Rev Prescott officiating burial at Mineral Springs.
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Nashvill
Ark
Biddie
Howard
Merch
Dickinson
Nashville
Mineral Springs
John Cline
Wiington
D. C
Edgar
Louie
Rudolph Dickinson
Little Rock
I Prescott
Offielsting
Chinese courtesan receives six months in Shanghai court
A Chinese woman described as Mabel Chen and noted as a former dancer faced a Shanghai court charged with burning a child for slow behavior. The court sentenced her to six months imprisonment, stating she had disciplined the girl with cigarettes. The case涉及 references to a Chinese slavegirl and a Filipina wife.
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Shanghai
Mabel Chen
Wenced
Marriage Proposal test in a wartime romance
In a tense chapter, Dr Lenox offers marriage to Mary Carroll to secure support and hospital access while she longs for Vincent Gregg. Mary contemplates the offer, remembers her lost love, and seeks Vincent only to find him with Carla Marchetta, ending on a cliffhanger.
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Dr. Lenox
Anna
Mary
France
Lenox
Vincent Gregg
Vincent
Oxford Street
Charing Cross Road
Trafalgar Square
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Robert Owen
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Julia Chester Hospital
Jo Vesey
W. M.S
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John P. Vesey
Brn Street
Alnthean Cross, First Baptist Sunday School
Edgar Thrash
South Main Street
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Hotel Barlow
J. J. Buttle
Lee Holt
M. C. Butler
Dodson
Jesse Broalks
Josephine Hospital
Caralyn Faye
Rose Club
O. Kyler
Hamilton Street
Ernest O'Neill
Kyler
J. C. Carllon
Seeva Gilson
Wo M
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Wendy Barrie Loan
Davis
Holea Hee
Ict
Reno J
Saenger
Are
Joan Dans
Chick Chandler
Bey
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Barton Banks
Czar
Nicholas Vrited
Talk of
Ruth Ayers
Sereeh
Mary Hind
National Gallery
Anna Winters
Mary Carroll
Moravia
London
Tee
Carla Marchetta
Carla
Big
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Dodge Blue Blood
Miss Chevrolet
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Plymouth Family
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