The Princess Cinderella Atop a Town Society Move
In 1916 Chicago society, the Rodney Aldriches rent their grand old house to Allison and Florence McCrae for a year to host a social whirlwind. Rose, newly married, finds life flowing smoothly as Violet and Frederica forecast a Cinderella rise through Junior League and club circles, aided by Florence’s plan and a fairy tale ease.
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the Society
Rodney ‘Aldriches Kee
Allison McCraes
Rodney -Aldriches
Chicago
Florence Micarsé
Florence Wag
Rodney
Florence
Frederica
Betteman’s
Martin
Rose
Cinderela
Violet
Cinderella
Cimderella
Myrtle Point Enterprise Runs Word Contest With Ten Letters
The Myrtle Point Enterprise announces a March 2 to March 31 1917 word contest built from the letters in ENTERPRISE. Top prize is six dollars plus a year of subscription, second prize three and a half dollars with a year of subscription, and nine runners up receive a year’s subscription credit.
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Pete Eb Gree
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Coquille River Valley
Oregon
Enterprise
Myrtle Point
Wheile
Coos County
Portia Learns the Feel of Service and Demand
Rose realizes she has rarely been served, as Portia and her mother spoiled her. After returning from a woods camp with Rodney, she experiences orchestrated help and quiet obedience from others, finding it novel and sensuously comforting to be cared for. Rose laments having nothing to do while Eleanor Randolph’s plans shift and a matinee ends early.
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Redney
Violet
Frederica
Rodney
Portia
Belle
Rose
Eleanor Randolph
Little country paper and its democratic pull on hearts
A reverent meditation on the local weekly newspaper as a social glue uniting townsfolk. It praises the paper for broadcasting weddings, births, deaths, and upward shifts, calling it a democratic conduit that keeps country hearts quick and minds open.
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Grover
Theodore
Woodrow
Country Club
Vale of Tears
California Limited
Corps
Local paper muses on Harper's tone and simple tales
The Old Home Paper reflects on Harper's Magazine and calls its voice weary yet earnest. The piece notes provincial tales and intimate nature touches that resonate with readers and reveal life’s small, sweet stories.
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Harper's Magazine
Fragmented Text Reflects Historical Medical Pay Concepts
The excerpt contrasts Chinese physician pay tied to patients’ health with old Western practice where doctors waited for disease to appear. It notes a shift toward reform and wisdom in medical systems, highlighting changes in payment and treatment ideas.
Is Your Father Rich Through Love at Home
A family life feature urges mothers to blend Martha and Mary roles, stressing a warm, well kept home as true wealth. It extols hard work, thrift, and early home management training for daughters, while condemning idle waiting and frivolous extravagance.
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Couse
Martha
Mary
Home Life and Self-Control Promoted as Guard Against Temptation
An article urges making the home cheerful withWall decor flowers books and music to shape virtues in youth. It warns young men living beyond income to avoid futile plans and stresses personal sowing of present actions determining future honor or poverty.
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Henry ‘Kitchen Webster
the Bobbs-Merrill Company
the Princess
Cinderilla
Woman's Auxiliary Boards
Thursday Club
Whiffers
Bnerk
Rodiny
Sepper
Charlie
THE
OLD Home Paper
Ally
Éteers
the Family. and Home Circle’ Department
Wade
Inanimaa
Peery
Caatiee
Swett
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