Tea, Office politics, and a London visitor in 1920s romance
Peter Yarmouth visits Hilda Hope and Kate Waters at Turton & Co. in a teacup tale of office gender roles. Tea talk reveals expectations, romance, and a clash between British decorum and American bluntness, ending with playful confession.
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Lda Howe
Kate Walters
Bob ‘Ailton
Jim Dutton
Turton & Co
Tilda
Kate
Bob
Jim
Jllda
Peter Yarmouth
London
Lamb
Peter
Hilda Hope
Kate Waters
Britain
Hilda
Kate Wankening
South America
Tonch
Fulda
McClure Newsvaiter Syndicate
Cwnu Service
Great Issue Provoked Passions of Statesmen
The account recalls Bob Toombs of Georgia urging a slave roll at a Bunker Hill monument in derision of Massachusetts representatives amid a slavery debate in 1850. Gen I B Sherman, Seward, and Benjamin clash over Cuba purchase and homestead land. Detroit News.
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Bob Toombs
Georgia
Bunker
Massachusetts
Wags Wade
Congress
Cuba
J. H. Galbraith
Ohio
Nistorian
Washington
Senate
Toombs
Seward
Benjamin
Spain
Detroit News
Medieval Dishes That Called for Condiment
William Edward Mead explains in The English Medieval Feast that pronounced thirst in medieval England arose from heavily spiced dishes. Pepper cubebs mace saffron cloves ginger cinnamon nutmeg galangal cumin coriander anise and other tart ingredients encouraged ale or beer drinking. Beef and mutton were tough and rare for tables, so spices aided digestion and masked crude meats as cooks used spice boxes at feasts for kings and bishops.
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William Edward Mead
Ourincestors
Not So Bad A Good-Natured Marriage Chat
A humorous exchange follows a couple learning of a marriage. Banter covers stepchildren, wealth, a big house, and a house fire. The toastful dialogue pivots on luck and misfortune, ending with a playful nod to fate and a positive note.
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Thas
Phas
Oldest Dice From 2750 B C Found By Penn Museum
The University of Pennsylvania museum houses a clay cube dating to about 2750 B C with opposite faces numbered five against four and two against three. A backgammon board in the collection dates to about 8000 B C, suggesting the Tepe Gawra find may have been part of a buckgammon set.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum
B. A. Speiger
Tepe Gawra
Mesapotamia
University Museum
Mustard Uses for Household Tasks
Mustard helps with odor removal after peeling onions by rubbing on hands and washing. Rub mustard on knives to remove odors. Place a muslin bag with dry mustard near beets to keep them fresh. Fresh mustard can remove ink stains by spreading, leaving an hour, then sponging off.
Strange encounter at cinema lobby turns joke on couple
In a Chicago Tribune blurb a man, rushing to buy tickets, mistook a stranger for his wife and heard a humorous retort. The confusion arose amid a busy lobby as he hurried to pay with change. The incident ends with light humor in the crowded hall.
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Beng
Guy
Chicago Tribune
Local Visitors and Guests Spread Across Barnesboro and Surroundings
People from Barnesboro Nanty Glo Indiana Homer City and nearby areas visited relatives and friends in J W Gibson Rose Hill and Rochester Mills communities. Notable names include Gill Lydick Palmer Bennett Williams Blanor Gorman Frye Shields Wells Pifer and Moore among others with weekend and weekday calls and a fair attendance in Indiana.
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Indiana
Homer Bennett
Ellen Bennett
Golden
Penn Run
Harry Hassell
Lincoln Gibson
Richard Williams
Barnesboro
J. W. Gibson
C. W. Gibson
Richard Snyder
Bellefonte
J. B. Muffley
Heilwood
Homer Lydick
Harry Russell
Royden Coy
Floyd Houck
Betty
Commodore
M. M. Palmer
Homer City
G. Glenn
M. G. Blanor
Carl Gorman
Marlin
Eddie
Pittsburgh
Nettie Wright
John Frye
Creekside
William Frye
Irvin Shields
Henry Black
Idamar
Morgan McKee
Barr Slope
Lester
Rochester Mills
Thadeus Jeffries
Youngstown
Ohio
Cora Doty
Center Township
Martha Oberlin
Washington, Pa
W. and J. College
R. G. Moore
Marion Center
F. A. Moore
W. B. Tobias
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Chevrolet
Babbitt
Rolet
Knot
AGS
Flint
Michigan
Edwards Motor Company
Penna
Chookie Motor Sales
Johnston Bros
Saltsburg Motor Co
Kent
Saltsburg
Dixonville Motor Co
Ansley & Zimmerman
C. A. Conner
Dixonville
Plumville
Hillsdale
Rose Hill
John Warner
Warner
Ella Hurd
Homer Pifer
Wm. Pifer
Carl Pifer
Clearfield
Frank Hughes
Jack
Everett Moore
Frank Moore
Ira Drummond
Johnstown
B. E. Elder
Humber
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