Letters From a Bride By Beatrice Fairfax
A young wife Peggy writes from afar about her husband Bobby’s absence in Boston, lonely nights, and tempting social offers. She weighs trust and jealousy as Mr. Sinclair sends flowers and attention, while she clings to Bobby and seeks comfort from her mother and Mrs. Caton.
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Bobby
Mr. Sinclair
Mrs. Kingston
Boston
Mumsie
Mrs. Bentley
Mary
Norah
Sinclair
Dad
A. Sinclair
Peggy
Up-to-Date Jokes and Quick Wits from Daily Humor
A compact strip of jokes features exchanges about art, umpiring, housemaids, a teacher and Freddy with gibes on manners and wealth. The punchline pairs a jewelry necklace with perceived value and a burglar incident, ending with a quip about intrusion on a bedspread.
Ten Million Against War A Salon Talk Turns Civic
In a barber shop discussion a Manicure Lady and Head Barber debate Andrew Carnegie s gift of ten million dollars to halt wars and lift spirits. They compare wealth use while recalling a New York mayoral reply to a job seeking relative and a harsh reality of economic hardship. The exchange turns from philanthropy to personal plight and optimism.
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Carnegie
Tom
Napoleon
Gen. Sherman
Mexico
Jaurez
George
Brother Wilfred
Gaynor
Wilfred
Eiverybody
Kiddo
Sympathetic Man Training and Hair Dressing Guide
The passage outlines social tact and self control for Boudoir men, including empathy, tactful denial of offensive thoughts, expediency, and kindness. It also provides a hair dressing recipe with wax and almond oil, plus optional perfume. It emphasizes understanding diverse human views and maintaining gracious conduct.
Oh for Good Old Summertime poem reminiscence
Kennett Harris laments the fading good old summertime, recalling earlier days of heat and simple comforts. The speaker contrasts past seasons with current summers, noting inadequate heat, cold comforts, and enduring desire for relief from summer woes. The verse ends with a reflective envoi about coal shortages on Easy Street.
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Kennett Harris
The Hateful Gossip and a Little Married Woman
An observer recalls a married woman distressed by gossip about her absent husband. In a park encounter she shares loneliness and fear of scandal spread by Mrs. Johnson, a gossipy landlady. The narrator urges the wife to move away, telegram her husband, and escape the toxic boarding-house milieu.
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Jill
Jim
St. Louis
Billy Jones
Hone
Mrs. Johnson
Tim
Casey Buys Stable Signs Up Portrait of Self
Casey enters business by purchasing a small Hovery stable and commissioning a painter to craft a sign showing a mule in stride. His friend Finnigan admires the image, asks who the man on the back is, and laughs at the resemblance to Casey.
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Casey
Finnigan
St. Paul
The Claims of the Living by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Reflection on shortening days and rising sorrow, urging readers to focus on the living. It contrasts memory and loss with the duty to uplift others, urging tender hope, charity, and noble character as the true remedy for holiday melancholy.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Home Craft Tips From Old Manual
A compact set of household guidance covers scallop repairs with a tiny buttonhole stitch after cutting, sauces using clarified fat from the soap kettle, and a butter fleck for flavor. It offers embroidery cleaning with bread, carpet care on the wrong side, and tissue paper to prevent puckering plus a shaving brush for dusting trimmed hats.
Desperate Desmond Continues Thrilling Desert Chase
Desmond and Ben pursue an aircraft across the desert on fiery Arabian steeds as Desmond is believed killed. Claude helps, while the aviator descends and a brutal idea to drag foes along the ground is discussed. Claude intends to let the law handle it, towing Desmond and Ben toward a distant police station. Tomorrow brings another twist.
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Desmond
Ben
Deamond
Claude
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L'Envo!i
Winifred Black
Tommy Thomson
Earth
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Sheik
Wwe
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