Hoodoo Villain Trails Actress Mary Hampton
Mary Hampton, the actress, cannot join the cast of The Great Ruby due to a fractured ankle from a horse accident. Her two year run of mishaps includes a hotel fire escape, a Chicago runaway bruise, a Cincinnati footpad attack, a lamp post fall in New York, and a Denver ankle break amid a New York stock company lead role. She seeks a mascot or charm to prevent further accidents.
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Mary Hampton
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Denver
Miss Hampton
Mrs Whitcomb's Farm Romance Ends in Forgiveness
In a rural household, Marcia recalls Miss Daryl's arrival after her mother's death and the ensuing love triangle with Rodney. The narrative follows Rodney's departure west, Miss Daryl's heartbreak, and a later reunion as Rodney returns with a beard, prompting a quiet reconciliation at the pantry table where forgiveness and family bonds prevail.
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Mr. Rodney
Miss Cary
Syd
Rodney
Daryl
Patsy
Huntington
Mr. Huntington
Huntington Whitcomb
Marcia
Master Syd
Miss Daryl
The Best Turn Marcia Ever Did For Me
A narrator recalls Rodney’s blissful moment with Marcia in private, acknowledging the temptation and the missed chance. The reflection foreshadows consequences of rushing into a kiss and hints at deeper feelings and remorse.
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Rodney
Marcia
Chicago
Record
Give Us Peace from the War’s Endless Toll
A Boston Herald poem laments ongoing bloodshed across seas and lands. It condemns greed, conquest, and idolized weapons, urging a return to peace as nations, races, and ideals lie buried in war. The piece questions divine plans and urges restraint over armed slaughter.
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Boston Herald
Miss Irene Ashby Tours America Speaks on Social Problems
English visitor Miss Irene Ashby tours the United States studying social issues. She spoke at Earlham College last week and again during the Earlham Bible Conference on Thursday, drawing much attention with her addresses.
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Irene Ashby
America
Odds and Ends from a Provincial Page
A collection of brief notes on curiosities from 1834 horse racing to fortress versus fort at Fort Monroe. Mentions Mansour the hare, Vera Cruz funding eight Mexican women teachers touring the U S, Wichita to Cape Nome letter with sea and grub prices, and France’s frontier fortresses illustrating military cities.
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Vera Cruz
United States
St. Louis
Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Wichita
Kas
Cape Nome
Fort Monroe
France
Tender Memories and Sacred Quiet Reflections
The poem speaks of sacred holidays kept in silence and private memory. It compares inner anniversaries to a river of feeling, flashes of joy, and swift desires like swallows. Images of whiteness and a distant fairy tale describe an enchanted lady and a dreamlike landscape.
Short Fashions Highlight Elegant Accessories and Summer Blues
The cut glass button is a very stylish fastening. Long hairpins with jeweled heads are a new fancy. Golda wishbone pins replace horseshoes popular before. The fan of black or white lace with pearl sticks remains the height of elegance. Blues in various shades may crown the summer palette, pairing well with black velvet and gold accents.
Humorous opinions and small town banter in mixed quotes
A collage of brief lines from various papers features women discussing humor and politics, jokes, and social scenes. Citizens comment on meetings, mock political stances, and idle chatter about fruit deliveries and courting behavior.
Spoons marked with Mr Rogers name raise questions
A small boy comments on lunch markings noting his spoons bear Mr Rogers' name while his mother's are marked Mr Sterling's. The remark appears in a New York Evening Sun blurb.
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Mr. Rogers
Mr. Sterling
New York Evening Sun
Soldiers, Bad Boys Plot Telescope Ambush
A fragment shows a group of bad boys planning to turn a telescope into a weapon “Long Tom” and pepper an incoming uncle with lyddite, framed as a reckless wartime prank. The text preserves a vivid, risky dialogue with boasting and menace.
Tips on Household Tasks From an Old Kitchen Page
In the pantry ants indicate earth hillocks to pour boiling water or kerosene into. For uncooked tomatoes pare and slice just before serving, keep cold. Green vegetables stay bright when boiled uncovered. Use borax in laundry and cool starch for colored fabrics. When ironing on a heavy rug use two holders and rotate heat exposure. If white floors require benzine, avoid rot on brushes and scrubbers.
The Peach Poem Provokes Witty Banter
A playful exchange unfolds as a suitor compliments a woman calling her a peach. She counters with a pun about a peach’s down and a heart of stone, sparking a lighthearted reply about likeness. The quip appears in Catholic Standard.
Peaches Dessert With Whipped Cream Meringue Shells
A peach dessert recipe explains peeling six ripe peaches, cooling, halving and pitting, then sugaring. Cream is whipped, strained, and chilled. Meringue shells are baked to color, cooled, filled with peach halves, and topped with whipped cream for service.
Buying Table Linen The Frugal Guide
The article advises purchasing the best table linens affordable per dollar and saving over time. It recommends laying aside funds yearly or biennially to acquire cloth or napkins, using worn cloth by trimming and hemming to create a sideboard cover, and cutting remainder into usable pieces for napkins or tray covers to reduce wear on good items.
Dining Room Furnishings on a Budget
For a small budget, choose quality matting over cheap carpet. Place water on a rug over matting. Prioritize window shades next. A walnut or oak extension table can be found cheaply at a second hand store. Buy chairs and, if funds remain, a dinner wagon or sideboard.
Utility Boxes for Small Summer Quarters
The absence of closet room in average summer quarters leads to ingene ous utility boxes. Cover packing boxes of varying sizes with flow ered chintz or French creton. Fasten with brass tacks and hinges. Boxes become dainty clean receptacles for shirt waists and lingeries.
Corn Omelet from Boiled Corn Pulp
Recipe item describes making a corn omelet using boiled corn pulp one half cup with three eggs one half teaspoon salt pepper and butter cut into bits. Beat well and cook as a plain omelet.
A Feminine Trait and Sleep Talk in a Household
A brief humorous snippet from Harper's Bazar notes Mrs Swift Smith troubled by insomnia after learning her husband talks in his sleep. Ordinary accidents are soothed by Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil advertised as instant relief for burns cuts bruises and sprains.
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Mrs. Hoon
Swift‘smith
Harper’s Bazar
Thomas
Fame and the Poet’s Ghost Across a Century
Emma C. Dowd recalls a poet who finds contentment in his fame as he dies. A modern student later ponders the poet’s forgotten identity while uncovering his resting place and kissing a mossy name on a shaft.
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Emma C. Dowd
Boston Transcript
Richest Infant in the World Grand Duchess Olga
The text notes Grand Duchess Olga of Russia as the richest infant globally. At birth week, five million dollars was settled on her and reportedly invested in British and French securities.
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Olga
Russia
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Miss Caryl
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Earth’s Isles
Odds and
Mansour
Paris
Exposition City
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Nein
Prass
Puck
Arthur
Detroit Free Press
Atchison Globe
Tle
India
Bail Bros
Catholic Standard
Heeb’s Exyant & Strattor Rm Indianapolis
Vonnegut's
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Washington-st
Greer-st India Anapolis
Golden Medical Discovery
Williamsburg County
S. C
Moses Optical CO
Rel
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Moses
J. M. Rowe
Optician
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