City rich men seek rest in satire tale
Mr Solomon Pratt narrates a comic tale about Nathan Studder and two wealthy New Yorkers Edward Hrunt and Martin Hartley. Hartley’s lavish spending ties the segment to lunacy while Pratt reflects on poverty versus wealth and pities the two young men as he cooks herrings.
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Solomon Pratt
Nathan Studder
Big Town
Edward Nan Hrunt
Martin Hartley
Sears Meadow
Hartley
Baptist Burying Ground
Sol Pratt
The Heavenly Twins and a Keeper from the Asylum
A seafaring narrator recalls Nate Scudder and the two rich sisters known as the Heavenlies visiting a New England harbor. A pretentious keeper named James Opper tries to corral the group while exposing the twins' extravagant circle and the allure of a so called Natural Life. The tale shifts between sly humor and sharp social observation as the crew mutinies against pretension aboard the Dora Bassett.
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Dora Bassett
Nate Scudder
Land Sakes
Skipper
Sol
Trumet
van Brunt
Hartley
Martin
Van
England
Paradise
United States
Yankee Land
Boas
Nate Studder
James Upper Hopper
New York
Hinself
van Runt
Scudder
James
Agnes Page
Agnes
Europe
Lora James
Artley
Brother James
Heavenly Twins
Martin Hartley
Tobh
Practical Fashions Misses Nine Gored Skirt Pattern
Pattern notice for a Misses nine gored skirt in Paris pattern style. Includes fabric yardage for sizes around 15 years, requirements by width, and price of pattern 10 cents. Requests mailing pattern with size and number, sent to Pattern Department.
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Paris
Paris Pattern No 2636 Girl and Childs Kimono
Pattern details for a two piece kimono for girls and children with sizes 2 to 12, using French flannel or similar fabrics. Describes hand embroidery, materials required for a ten year old, and instructions to obtain the pattern by mail with 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Food preservation and a country scene in an illustrated page
The text mixes notes on school spending and population, a country scene with a man in a purple band, and a cultural aside about refrigeration and appetite. It includes vignettes of a tramp at a college cookery and a quip about bad cooking driving men to drink, from an illustrated Sunday Magazine.
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Ilke
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
New Life Found In Change to Right Food
A mother and her son recover from sour stomach by switching to Grape Nuts. After months of digestive trouble they improve quickly, regain lost weight, and continue enjoying meals with morning and evening servings. The letter credits the Postum Co. and cites better health and energy.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Mr Drait
Joseph C. Lincoln
Pantacas
Barnes
the Man
Wellmouth
Branven
Prince of Wales
Edward
Opper
Upper Hopper
Parsons
Edward van Brunt
Vally
Edwards
Valet
Felee
Edward ‘Ad
Pratt
Mr. Opper
Hopper
Maurice
Nfe
Eassee Tees Town
Reese Street
California
New Yorkey
O Undersying
Hes Corporation
Henry
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