Three of a Kind SRA wanderers feud over marriage plans
In a 1923 McClure piece three roommates at a New England boarding house debate vacation spots and marriage. Marcia, Cora, and Jerry tease each other about love while Lacy Haskell courts them, revealing his bachelor stance and budding proposals culminating in Jerry’s cautious forgiveness.
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Marcia Glen
Cora Bassett
Jerry St. Claire
Webster Grammar School
Mrs. Bates
Trumbull Twins
Lacy Haskell
Marcia
Bretton Woods
Cora
Ocean Grove
Jerry
Adirondack Lake
Lfe
White Mountains
Lacy
Jones
Rete Uke
Foulda
Mirry
Oddly Named Outskirts Districts of London
A reader notes how outer London districts earned their names. Soho from hunt cry “So ho,” Smithfields from Smoothfield, Clerkenwell from a holy well, Bunhill Fields from Bonhill, Moorfields from a moor near Finsbury, Haggerston from Our God’s Town, Holloway a former hollow, Kilburn from Kil cell, Acton Oak Town, Shepperton Shepherd’s Town, Greenwich Green Town, Catford Cattleford, Brixton Bridge of Stone.
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London
England
Soho
Smithfields
Clerkenwell
Bunhill Fields
Bonhill
Fensbury
Finsbury
Haggerston
Holloway
Highgate
Islington
Kilburn
Godwyne
Acton
Oak Town
Oak Forest
Shepperton
Greenwich
Metropolis Origin in Church History Clarified
The term metropolis began as the Latin form of Greek roots meaning mother city. In ecclesiastical use it named the city of the primate, while civil authority later broadened the term to imply a city of leadership in politics and morality. In the Near East the title metropolitan keeps the original sense.
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Near East
How Science Could Do Much Doctor Kammener Lectures
In a Montreal Family Herald note, Dr Kammener argues that environment can alter eye function in a victim, induce limb pads in toads, and cause color changes in salamanders across generations. Some writers urge scientific selection to breed a superior human race, while Providence reportedly handles such aims slowly. The piece recalls Beethoven’s troubled lineage as a reminder of our limited understanding of heredity.
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Kammener
Beethoven
Montreal Family Herald
How Disease Creates Pears
Scientists explain pearls arise not from irritants but a disease in oysters. This rheumatic condition stems from excess uric acid, mirroring human gout. The idea of pearl shells forming around sand grains is dismissed as unfounded. sand simply enters and exits with tides.
Fixing a Window Shade with a Thumb Tack
A lower shade hem can slip out of place if not close fitting. Insert a small flat topped thumb tack at a corner on the window side to hold the wood firmly and hidden from view. Thumb tacks also secure paper or cloth used for lining drawer bottoms.
For Your Benefit and Our Profit Lines of Business
A historical business notice outlines three main operations The Herald Printing and Office Supplies and states commitment to serving customers while making a profit It lists printing capabilities including lithographing engraving and a partial sample of products like auction bills bank forms birth announcements blotters booklets etc.
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The
Herald
Typewriters and Adding Machines Specialties
Shipman Ward rebuilt Underwood typewriters and the Victor adding machine are two of our specialties. The listing mentions carbon paper envelopes pencils pens penholders ink stamp pads receipt books and other office supplies including stenographers note books thumb tacks and rubber bands.
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Shipman-Ward
Underwood
Victor
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WORD
Church History
Marshall Herald
Clark County
the Herald
Samya
Marshall
Hottie
Illinois
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