Necklace of Pearls Sparks a Lovers Reckoning
Rosetta quarrels with Billy Wright over cosmetics and control. A fake pearl necklace becomes the catalyst for a jewel heist misunderstanding. Rosetta learns Billy was innocent when the real necklace is found in her doll Ruth’s possession, ending with their renewed engagement and a true ring gift.
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Father
Rosetta
Billy Wright
Billy
Madeline Pratt
Madeline
Boudoir
WM. Wright, JR
Ruth
Nerest
Baby Ruth
Decline in Law School Attendance Linked to War
The Columbus State Journal notes lower law school enrollment, attributing it to many young men serving in the war and to anticipated postwar changes. It predicts shifts in precedent reliance, judicial finance, and legal practice as society rethinks law amid a new democratic foundation.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Journal
The Verger and the Pending Attendance
A clergyman laments low male attendance at services and quotes a humorous exchange with the verger. The verger replies by noting his own faithful attendance and asks what harm others gain. The piece reflects a Presbyterian Advance.
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Presbyterian Advance
Humorous jab at a leading citizen nicknamed human thermometer
A speaker teases a prominent local figure by joking that he has earned so many degrees the college calls him the human thermometer. The exchange highlights the status and recognition of a respected resident.
Animals in Hedges Through Ancient Box Top Craft
The piece notes quaint box hedges shaped into birds and animals as a long standing practice in Britain. It cites Pliny the Younger describing a villa garden with animals in box facing each other around year 100 A D.
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British Isles
Pliny the Younger
Cold Extremities Should Be Warmed By Exercise Not Fire
When hands or feet are chilled do not place near fire or in hot water as blood vessels dilate too fast and cisblains may form. Warmth should come from exercise and rubbing with tepid water and occasional warming with a little hot water as needed.
Brisk Brussels Trees Bloom After Electric Currents
Stray currents from a railroad in Brussels are said to rejuvenate trees along one street causing buds and occasional blossoms after shedding leaves each fall.
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Brussels
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