Well Lifted Rivalry and a Critic’s Clever Deception
In a tale of literary feud Helen Young writes to critic Leslie Reid after he savages her book The Well Lifted. Reid fears a rivalry with Barnett and an engagement shocks him. Years later he confesses he mixed manuscripts to provoke a reaction, and Helen quips she proved a better author than he a critic.
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Scott
Helen Young
Leslie Reid
Mr. Reid
Reid
Caamel
Bartlett
Barnett
Miss Young
Misa Young
Mackinson
Lucy Vanglefield
Snay
Ing
Mackingon
Lucy Tanglewood
Adair
Claudia Grammont
F. A. Mitchel
George Moore
James Huneker
London
Dr. Wallace
Man
Average farm hands in Scotland seek US dream for land
A London audience notes farm hands in Scotland earn $5 weekly with potato allowance and rent, yet envy American and Canadian farmers who own land. They emigrate seeking self-sufficiency, despite the hopeless struggle to own ground. A separate item profiles George Moore and a Canadian art treasure found by a Montreal dealer.
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America
Scotland
United States
Canada
Edinburgh
Happiness quote and old remedy ads in a prizey clipping
A humorous Chicago Post quote ponders happiness while a vintage advert promotes Bucklen Arnica salve for pains cuts and burns as best salve on earth. It lists Indiana Homer City and Marion Center druggists selling the product alongside Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup claimed to cure colds and prevent consumption.
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W. Bellary
Burlington
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Pas Sickenhberger & Co
Homer City
Pas L. N. Park
Marion Center
Sickenberger & Co
J. N. Park’s
Druggists
Rere
How to Prepare Sweet Potato Sweets and Other Homemade Tricks
A compact guide describes slicing cold boiled sweet potatoes, seasoning with salt pepper and sugar, frying in hot grease until candy forms between halves. Additional notes cover a frozen fruit cup with kirsch and banana slices, plus local real estate and sale offerings with contact details.
Quaker City Self-Filling Fountain Pen Promises Ease
Free Press extols the Quaker City Self-Filling Fountain Pen as a time saver for busy businessmen. The ad touts its simple design, lacking caps and fillers, claiming it writes smoothly until ink runs and requires only dipping to refill, a breakthrough in fountain pen technology.
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Quaker City
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Montreal
Pall Mall Gazette
Chicago Post
C. van Horn
Armagh
Thomas
Monarch
Third Street
School Street
White Street
Joan R. Bryan
South Fifth Street
Thomas Lowman
Philadelphia Street
Oliver Typewriter
Frank E. Moorhead
Penn’a
Telephone
Josiah Lydick
Philadelphia, St
Indiana, Pa
Oreign
P. S
Indiana County
Vogel Bros
the Tailors
John F. Steving
Sutton
Silverware Sale
Irving
Acme
Fountain Penn Construction
Fountain Pen
Free Press
Quaker City Fountain Pen Company
Drexel Building
Philadelphia
City
Oty
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