Mary Finds Path Home Amid Family Strife
In a continuing Eleanor H Porter tale, Mary sketches a week of fraught scenes with her father as she hides in Marie’s clothes, asks about a return home, and finally receives news that she may go home for the school opening after her mother’s letter prompts Aunt Jane to consider the request.
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Mary
Father
Aunt Jane
Mary and
Marie
Mr. Hyde
Charlie Smith
Paul Mayhew
Claude Livingstone
Boston
Jane
College
Susie
Mother
Untrimmed Louisville Poest-ound Hat Seeks Escape from Profiteers
An intriguing note cites a untrimmed hat and a mysterious figure, asking where she has fled to escape profiteers. The fragment hints at curiosity about a woman’s movements and motives amid economic pressure.
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Louisville
Reparations Commission Grants Germany Payment Moratorium
The reparations commission delays Germany's cash payments for 1922 and sets conditions for a broader reform plan. It allows six months of gold guaranteed treasury bills in lieu of installments due August to December 1922, pending budget balance, currency reform and reform of foreign loans.
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Paris
Germany
Sir John Bradbury
Lloyd George
M. Dubois
France
Premier Poincare
Belgium
Nellie Grant Jones Dies in Chicago at 82
Mrs. Franklin Hatch Jones known as Nellie Grant dies in Chicago. She was the daughter of General Ulysses S. Grant and widow of a Chicago banker. Survived by two brothers Ulysses S. Grant Jr. and Jesse R. Grant, two children from a former marriage Algoneron and Vincent Saratoria, and several nieces including Princess Cantacuzene.
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Chicago
Ill
Franklin Hatch Jones
General A. Grant
White House
Jones
Nellie Grant
Cleveland
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
California
Jesse R. Grant
New York
Algoneron
Vincent Saratoria
Princes Cantacuzene
Surplus Freight Cars Decline on American Railroads
Washington report shows on August 15 there were 140 253 surplus freight cars in good repair and ready for service but not needed by traffic, down 13 627 from August 8. The American Railway Association notes 111 521 of the surplus are coal cars.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Rent Houses in Demand in El Campo Tex
Rent houses are all taken in El Campo Texas with a demand for more housing. No vacant business building remains in town as work progresses on the new school buildings.
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el Campo
Tex
New School Building in Taylor Gets Solid Rocky Foundation
Excavation has begun for the new Taylor high school foundation with multiple blasts. The structure will sit on a solid foundation formed by the rocky bed, ensuring a sturdy base for the future building.
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Taylor, Tex
Kitchen Cabinet Recipes and Homemaking Tidbits
A vintage kitchen column offers simple dishes and tips. Banana toast, lager sandwiches, a fish dinner with spinach and beets, beet salad, walnut maple cream, and aphorisms about effort and gratitude accompany practical cooking steps and pantry ideas.
Lunches for Bright, Healthy Schoolchildren Kept Fresh
The article urges well nourished mornings for pupils, noting that poor sleep, bad ventilation, and undernutrition dulls learning. It stresses simple, digestible foods, limits on tea and coffee, and appealing lunch packing. It recommends milk or cocoa, waxed paper wrappers, and varied menus to maintain appetite and energy.
Mrs Lula Vann Fulton Testimonial for Vegetable Compound
Mrs Lula Vann of Fulton Arkansas recounts monthly pain and backache eased by Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy, offers to let her letter serve as a testimonial, and urges sick women to consider the treatment for female troubles.
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Fulton
Arkansas
E. Pinkham
Mrs. Lulavann
Box
Lydia E. Pinkham
Foresee Trouble to Stay Calm and Prepared
A brief proverb-style notice urging proactive thinking to anticipate problems. It emphasizes planning, vigilance, and steadiness to reduce stress when difficulties arise. Potential readers include workers, students, and families seeking practical guidance for daily challenges.
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Eleanor H. Porter
R.h.livingstone
Carries
Charlies
Carrie
Charlie
Benton Woods
General Grant
Lula Vann Fulton
Ark
Licoyd
the Lioyd Mfg. Company
Howe and Wake. Fild Co
Menominee Mich
Are Mfg. Co
Waki Cet Devt
Menominee, Mich
Mothers of the World
Bright
Dean
Texas
Beyette
E. Overland
el Paso
Doan TS
Sibir Pills Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Winslow
Leew All Druggiste
T. D. VanHorn
Byrne
Los Angeles
Cal
Ww. N. UH
Houston
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