Magazine Solicitors and the fading appeal of subscriptions
Irvin S. Cobb reflects on a waning subscription business in Texas and muses on aging solicitors, fluctuating magazine deliveries, and the shifting role of women in public life. He wryly contrasts past efforts with present indifference while warning against censorship and echoes of wartime press freedom.
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Berkeley
Virginia
Irvin S. Cobb
WNU
Hearth Flame Endures 147 Years in North Carolina Cabin
In Hendersonville a 77 year old recluse Robert Morris tends a family flame started five generations ago. His cabin hearth, rebuilt in 1879, is kept alive by Morris and is hoped to become a preserved memorial in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Robert Morris
Morris
William Morris
Great Smoky Mountain
Holbert Cove
New York
North Carolina
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Museum Division
National Park Service
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Man ages older courting much younger woman in desertion case
A 36 year old man seeking divorce on desertion falls in love with a 19 year old office helper and housekeeper who resists marriage due to age. Advice cautions him to back off, respect her pace, and avoid pressuring her while she decides if marriage is right for her.
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Doris Dene
H. K
Two Log Cabins Recall Harney Treaty Era site
Two abandoned log cabins on Peoria Bottom north of Pierre, South Dakota, mark where Gen. W. S. Harney's troops wintered in 1855 56 before his treaty with the Teton and Yankton Sioux at Fort Pierre. The Peoria Bottom housed a residence used by Yellow Hawk and later a farmer’s shed, near the Arikara village. The 1855 56 conference offered a plan for tribal police along the California trail, but the treaty was never ratified.
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Pierre
S. D
Peoria Bottom
W. S. Harney
Fort Pierre
Yellow Hawk
Peoria
High Felon Count St. Paul
St. Paul enforces a city ordinance registering all former felons with at least one in every 200 residents identified as a felon. The register aims to track recidivism and improve public safety through monitored records.
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St. Paul
Birth of Three Blue Pigs Baffles Ohio Farm Owner
On Palmer’s Norwalk, Ohio farm three newborn piglets are dark blue, a surprising contrast to his black swine. R. R. Palmer reports the mystery as the rest of his herd remains unchanged.
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Norwalk
Ohio
R. R. Palmer
Palmer
Inspector Brings Suspect Before The Court In Quiet Library
A tense library scene ends with Inspector Harrison ordering the suspect brought in after an old clock chimes a quarter hour. Brooke is shocked as a tall policeman ushers in Henri, questioned over denying a found will in a desk amid a bruised body.
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Inspector Harrison
Tim
Brooke
Henri
Will
Marital drift ends in divorce suit and tough lessons
A wife writes that her husband left after a year claiming marriage does not suit him and has filed for divorce. The adviser argues some men enter marriage lightly, often influenced by family, and urges the wife to accept the breakup or pursue life beyond a failed union.
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Doris Dene
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