Money and marriage clash in a Berkshire villa tale
Old Mrs Gardner steers her niece Virginian toward Courtney Van Breck, forcing choices between wealth and love. Virginian rejects a fortune with Billy in a quiet Berkshire interlude, returning to Ridgely road life where Aunt Julia resumes social duties while Virginian settles into a modest home with her beloved Billy and the Star editor job.
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Virginian
Virginia
Julia Gardner
Julis
Ridgely Road
Virginie
Courtney
Billy
Virginis
Hilly
Beudoir
Courtney van Breck
Elese
Sbe
Virgina
Julie
Berkshires
Mai
Gardner
Mme. Pritchard
Vircinta
Judla
Ant
Julik
Courier
Star
Alice
Juvenile Uplift Committee
Provencal Rhode Island Dialect Phrases and Humorous Idioms
A Rhode Island style note explains local idioms and slang such as there is many a slip between the upper lip and the dipper and words like skullduggery shenanigan and hornswoggle. It recounts a hamlet resident commenting on a sudden death with rustic phrasing and a remark about ruggedness and resilience.
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Rhode Island
Providence
Bugle Replaced the Drum in Civil War Legends
The piece describes a drummer boy fading as the bugle took over, praising brass bands and silver bugle notes as potent inspiration. It suggests the rhythm and thrill of the drum once fueled old soldiers, contributing to invincibility and bold strategy in combat.
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Onur
Bugle
Fragmentary line prompts slant on household meals
Incomplete OCR text hints at domestic cooking notes or sayings about husbands and cooks. The garbled phrases reference cooking, kitchen roles, and a transfer of instruction but lack clear events, names, places, or dates.
Uses for Lumber Waste
The American lumber industry halves waste through new recovery methods. Wood-working byproducts now yield alcohol, tanning extracts, turpentine, pine oils, and fibers for rugs, carpets, bags, fabrics, and insulations. Wood pleases as a potential crude alcohol source, possibly rivaling oil and gasoline for engine use.
SEE NO SCARCITY OF FISH
London Answers notes confidence in fish supplies despite fears of coal and oil shortages. It cites experiments by the board of agriculture showing abundant fish productivity in the North Sea, with marked and unmarked bottles captured at high rates, suggesting female fish sustain the stock and little danger from intensive past fishing.
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London
Board of Agriculture
North Sea
Molasses Candy Incident Suppresses a President’s Question
In a noon office scene a person bites an abnormally large piece of molasses candy and cannot speak. The president enters, shows stern dignity, and quietly leaves without addressing the question, warning girls to beware of molasses candy.
Faith and iodine cure wartime hospital tale
A Red Cross doctor recounts how iodine alone treated war injuries when other medicines were exhausted by shell fire. The narrative frames the cures as miraculous, with patients achieving recovery through belief in the single available remedy.
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Red Cross
The Precious Mineral Stage Direction Exchange
In a theater rehearsal the stage manager instructs an actor to play an aged miser counting gold. The actor proposes replacing the trope with fires of coal and anthracite to heighten drama.
His Advantage In A Long Lecture On The War
A quoted exchange reveals a dull lecture on phases of the war in France and a veteran speaker who endured the pace easily, joking about the speaker’s style and attire as a joke about endurance.
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France
Agents Wanted in Lexington for Watkins Remedies
Advertises agents needed in Lexington to sell original Watkins remedies spices extracts and other essentials. Requests correspondence with Watkins Co at 59 Wiona Minnesota.
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Lexington
Watkins
Watkins Co
Wiona
Minn
Wanted men and women to handle insurance policies
Classified ad from National Accident Society of New York offering full or part time contracts to sell accident and health policies with liberal commissions. Disability benefits range from 20 to 200 dollars monthly, premiums from 14 dollars monthly, limited policies at 5 or 10 dollars yearly. Addresses 820 Broadway, New York. Established 50 years.
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National Accident Society
Broadway
New York City
Pleasant Laundry Service Promises Modern Cleanse
A local laundry advert promises a pleasant experience with modern methods. It touts family service and careful washing, claiming cleanliness and conservation as core principles.
Crawford's Launds Phone Service Arranges Pickup
Rinsing in soft water promised and the ad offers to relieve a day’s troubles. Call the number and a driver will call to arrange pickup and delivery at Crawford's Launds.
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Crawford
New Phone 10F Debuts with Apples Jonathan Apples
A new device called New Phone 10F debuts, featuring branding with Apples Jonathan Apples. The release highlights a compact design and integrated features appealing to early adopters and tech enthusiasts.
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Jonathan Apples
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Franklin Ave
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Olney, Ill
J. A. Rankin
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W. L. Gruber
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