Understudy Dreams and Jealous Hearts on Broadway
In a backstage drama, Wal ler and Hunice push through stalled dreams. Fuller, the understudy to John Carlton, wins a dramatic chance at a big Broadway production after a car crash ends Carlton’s wait. Jealousy erupts when Hunice’s ride with Carlton is revealed as a ruse to test Fuller’s commitment and love.
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Waller
New York
Hunice
Chiy
Napoleon
Janice
Fuller
Eunice Charters
John Carlton
Eunice
Carlton
Winice
Guy
Hanice
Individualism Threatens Japanese Family Cohesion
Tokutomi, among Japan's leading writers, laments rising individualism eroding the family council, once a bulwark of society. He argues a strong family system would ease policing and courts, streamline internal administration, and free the state for world politics. He stresses the family as the heart of the empire shaping patriotism and urges its growth.
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Tokutomi
Japan
Hiding Places for Money Revealed During War Loan Drive
Distrustful savers concealed gold in curious spots as they funded the British war loan. A woman hid savings beneath a mother's tombstone, banknotes were found in a hole in Ely church belfry, Nottingham Castle housed hoards, and a vault keeper hid seven thousand notes inside ancient, rarely used documents.
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Ely
Nottingham Castle
England
The Good Old Ways Hold Fast to Old Favorites
An Exchange editorial argues for preserving traditional recipes and cooking skills from grandmothers while also valuing modern innovations. It urges balancing respect for past achievements with revival of nearly forgotten dishes.
Road to Wickedness and Virtue in Hesiod and Plato
A scholarly aside notes Hesiod warning that wickedness comes easy while virtue demands sweat and labor. It contrasts with Plato’s view that virtue requires a long steep climb, initially hard but ultimately rewarding.
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Hesiod
Plato
Watering and care tips for garden and window boxes
The author advises soaking soil deeply to keep dahlia roots moist and warns against intermittent watering. Use suds from wash day for plants, and plant Coleus in window boxes with yellow and scarlet varieties for constant color. Emphasizes strong supports for dublius, green-painted stakes, and tidy geranium beds with trimmed spent blooms.
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E. van Benthuysen
Coleus
Veranda Box Rose Cultivation and Care Tips
Instructions for planting a long veranda box with roses and climbing annuals. Describes box dimensions 15 by 10 inches, drainage via bottom holes with crockery or pebbles, soil mix with clay and well rotted manure, spacing by rose type, sun exposure, pruning after bloom, watering practice, and winter storage with soil packed in a dry garden corner.
Spinach growth tips and autumn varieties for cold regions
Spinach is easy to grow with spring sowing yielding a good crop and fall sowing giving an earlier harvest. It is a heavy feeder needing rich soil and should be sown in drills or beds to stay weed free. In regions north of the Ohio River winter protection is advised, while mulch is usually unnecessary south of the line. For autumn sowing the Prickly Winter and Long Standing varieties are best, the latter staying edible longer before seeding.
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Ohio River
Iceless Refrigerator Demonstrated For Food Preservation
Woman demonstrators in extension work show how rapid evaporation of water cools a wooden framed cooler. A screened case uses canton flannel and burlap with water pans to draw moisture, creating temperatures near 50 degrees on hot dry days.
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Wrk
South
United States Department of Agriculture
I Wished Time AWay by William E. Burke
A reflective verse recounts wishing time away through life from schooldays to old age. The speaker laments impatience and labor, noting the slow passage of years and aging as he looks back on three score years.
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Race
College Women urged to take active wartime roles
Miss Rice declares college women must not wait for after the war but instead help advance progressive movements now. She urges them to take an active part and perform service in the major efforts underway.
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Miss Rice
Cure for strawberry nose described in simple operation
Sir William Millican of the Royal Infirmary Manchester explains a rhino phyma cure in the London Lancet. The procedure removes all hypertrophied tissue while keeping nasal passages open, then grafts skin from the thigh are applied with a sheet of gold leaf and a dry dressing. Expected dressing removal after five days.
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Willliam Milligan
The
Royal Infirmary
Manchester
London
Observations on marriage and money troubles
The piece notes a bride’s shock at finding half used chewing tobacco in a husband’s pocket. It remarks men’s faults and the empty hope that divorce courts fix bad bargains. It jokes about men flashing cash and spring’s slow entry, offering a wry take on marital tensions.
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Spring
Mother's Cook Book
A compact reflective verse excerpt presents Shakespearean lines on self ignorance and the paradox of prayer, noting how loss can foster wisdom and growth.
Says College Women Will Have Big Part in the Work Of Rebuilding
Miss Ada Rice secretary of the Kansas State Agricultural College Alumni association says young women must prepare during wartime to rebuild national and international life after the war. She stresses leadership and training as essential to the rebuilding effort.
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Ada Rice
Kansas State Agricultural College Alumni Association
Miss Rice
Onion Sandwiches and Ham Variant Join Simple Lunches
A tasty sandwich is made by mixing olives with cottage cheese. Onion Sandwiches soak Bermudas in sweetened salted ice water, then mix with seasoned mayonnaise and serve on buttered bread rounds. Ham finely chopped with pickles or olives offers a change from ordinary ham sandwiches.
Novel Deep Sea Sounder Patented in England
A new deep sea sounder uses the time between bomb release and explosion’s sound to measure depth. A sinking bomb triggers a clock recording pen and a second pen records the explosion’s wave. Corrections account for ship movement.
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England
Rhubarb Marmalade Method
Recipe notes describe using three quarters of a pound of sugar per pound of rhubarb. Cut rhubarb into short lengths without peeling, cook slowly while stirring to prevent sticking or burning. After an hour, jar in the usual way.
Invention promises easy home floor polishing device
A new electric floor polisher described by Scientific American aims to simplify housekeeping. The compact machine polishes floors to a bright finish, reducing the hard work of daily upkeep.
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Scientific American
New Waxing Machine Eases Floor Polishing
A compact electric floor waxer attaches to a light socket and automates floor finishing. An included applicator spreads wax while a 3000 rpm bristle brush polishes the surface, requiring only guiding the device with no extra pressure.
Penurious Papa and Designing Mamma Dialogue
Fragmented dialogue shows Penurious Papa seeking May belle and Mamma affirming actions in a dark room. References to developing negatives and photography pose a tentative scene without full context.
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Penurious Papa
Maybelle
Muclcash
Penurious
Follow Up to Build Lasting Success
GEORGE M. ADAMS urges steady, repeated effort over flashy but brief brilliance. He argues greatness comes from consistent work and following up worthy thoughts and actions to accumulate lasting achievement.
Facts in Figures: Hawaii Mountains and National Stats
Hawaii has two mountains 14 000 feet high United States received 298 000 immigrants last year Turlock Cal will own 25 000 tons of peaches this year Wilmington Cal is to have a 5 000 000 shipbuilding plant United States in 1916 exported 150 000 000 worth of leather Southern California is gathering 1 000 000 a day from tourists United States last year exported glass bottles valued at 2 500 000 Glen County California will devote 14 123 acres of land to rice growing
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Hawaii
United States
Turlock
Cal
Wilmington
California
Glen County
War Service of Y. M. C. A. Requires Vast Expenditure
The Y M C A plans a wartime service for the selective national army in cantonments needing 1 100 secretaries and 3 000 000 dollars, with nearly 2 000 000 already paid or pledged. It envisions 200 buildings to serve 1 000 000 men, requiring pianos and players, films, writing paper, pens, ink, vehicles, moving picture gear, phonographs, records, ice, Bibles, and magazines in large quantities.
Rich chocolate syrup on hand for quick serving
Instructions describe mixing cocoa sugar and water to form a rich syrup, chilling in a jar on ice, ready to use at a moment's notice. To serve, add a tablespoon of the syrup to a glass of cold milk.
Minty Currant Jelly Preparation
Combine a cupful of currant or tart jelly with the juice of one orange and a half cup of finely minced mint. Let stand in a cold place for an hour before using.
Strawberries Preserved Whole With Pineapple Mix
Crush two quarts of small strawberries and simmer twenty minutes then strain. For each pint of juice use a pound of sugar and boil to thick. Fill hot glasses with hulled berries and cover with boiling syrup. Pineapple and strawberry mix: dice pineapple and add twice as many strawberries, fill jars with sugar as usual.
Iron mine found in Egypt once worked by ancients
A fragment reports that one iron mine has been discovered in Egypt and notes it was already worked by ancient peoples. The text is brief and does not provide dates or names beyond Egypt and ancient activity.
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Egypt
Women’s Town emerges near Grenoble in wartime France
In the Val Ley of the Romanche near Grenoble a new women’s town grows from munitions needs. An electric iron works expanded from 100 to 300 workers prewar and must triple output for government contracts. With male labor mobilized, local women filled posts, while lodging was scarce until Lyons exposition buildings were relocated to form a self-contained village of about 1,000 with baths and facilities.
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Romanche
Grenoble
France
Walf
Metal Overshoes Patent Slips Resistant On Wet Surfaces
A new patent covers overshoes stamped from sheet metal and formed to prevent slipping on wet or icy ground. The design aims to improve traction and safety in slippery conditions.
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Mary L. Parrish
W. G. Chapman
Puller
Humee
Kunice
Kuntee
Road To Wickedness
William E. Burke
Tives
Tive
T Hope
George M. Adams
Merweth
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