Reunion of Netta and Leslie After Years Apart
Netta Deane learns Leslie Dayton, once presumed a prowler, is alive after returning to her Maine coast town. Dayton saves two children from a sea wreck and earns Netta’s forgiveness, only to discover she married another man for protection. they reunite as his past and her future converge.
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Netta Deane
Gideon Deane
Rodney
Netta
L. D
Leslie Dayton
Dayton
Leslie
Eus
Moomey
Sim
Deanes
Ower
Penne
James Rodney
Deane
Maine
Flo
Saltery
Great Beach
Ton
Memorial services honor Julia Ward Howe in San Francisco
The city’s literary circle gathered for a memorial in Howe’s honor. A municipal officer presided and praised her as the immortal author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The service reflected San Francisco’s appreciation of literature.
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Julia Ward Howe
San Francisco
Julia Ward Howard
Saturday Evening Post
Milk Turned During Thunderstorms
Quip about milk spoiling and a tiny refrigerator. The exchange notes the milk turning during storms and humorously contrasts a small fridge with the incident.
Assert Yourself by George M Adams
The piece argues that recognizing personal ability triggers initiative and achievement. It cites Napoleon as an example of decisive leadership and urges systematic self organization toward a definite purpose to gain recognition and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Matthew Adams
Napoleon
Italy
Poultry Breeding and Rearing Advice for Farmers
The article guides farmers to mate breeding pens regardless of immediate hatch needs, notes early hatched cockerels sell well, and emphasizes hatching early to beat market competition. It advises using alfalfa with hot water for hens, warns beginners about overstocking, stresses lice control and a final dusting before hatch, and promotes outdoor exercise and safe nesting during incubation.
Average Woman's Vital War Role Hidden in Everyday Tasks
The Red Cross describes women's war work as a pyramid. Top nurses contact fighters. next aid nurses manage hospital housekeeping and support convalescents. the base holds thousands of women across cities, farms, and towns who provide hospital supplies, manufacture, packing, and shipment. Their quiet sacrifice sustains front line care, though rarely praised.
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Red Cross
Red Cross Magazine
United States
Iere
Wise and Otherwise Platitudes in Conversation
The excerpt reflects on common sayings and the dull air they create. It notes that social interaction often centers on judging others rather than self improvement and hints at a division in a man's life.
War rifle dominance and global industrial facts
The text notes the Mauser as the fastest firing rifle in the great war, borax used for surfacing Oregon roads, and Pennsylvania anthracite mines with extensive underground tunnels. It cites 1916 U.S. tax receipts on cigarettes, forest products value and employment, Osaka as a Japanese industrial hub with many factories, and low daily wages of up to 64 cents for men and 24 cents for women.
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Borax
Oregon
Pennsylvania
United States
Osaka
Life on marriage and trust among husbands
The passage contrasts a man’s understanding of women before and after marriage. It suggests a husband cannot prove freedom from worry to other married men, and imagines sealskin sacks as a humorous measure of a man’s spending.
Barbed Wire Rivaling Machine Guns in WWI Effort
The American Steel Export Company of New York has shipped over 12,000 tons of barbed wire to Europe since the war began. If laid end to end, the wire would stretch about 86,000 miles, enough to girdle the world at the equator with a three strand fence and still reach from New York to France.
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American Steel Export Company of
New York
Europe
France
Day Dreaming and the Call to Action
A Washington Evening Star note contrasts day dreams with practical duty. It portrays day dreamers as impractical yet idealistic and urges readiness to wake up and act rather than merely imagine.
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Washington Evening Star
Asiatic expedition seeks elusive blue tiger in China
Roy and Mrs. Andrews led an American Museum of Natural History expedition to Fukien and Li-Chiang in southeastern China starting in 1916. They gathered about 350 birds and 150 mammals, including five gorals and four serows, with many specimens likely new to science. The team faced extreme heat and humidity and nearly spotted the blue tiger.
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Roy C. Andrews
Asiatic Zoological Expedition
American Museum of Natural History
China
Fukien
Andrews
Harry R. Caldwell
Salonica Churches Survive War And Time
The article notes Salonica retains 21 ancient churches with St. George as the oldest after Galerius arch. St. George is uniquely circular and endured Turkish rule as Hortaji Suleiman Efendi’s mosque. Its dome mosaic ranks among the finest in the city and world.
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Salonica
National Geographic Magazine
Galerius
St. George
Hortaji Suleiman Effendi
Constantinople
Your Day and Pay Day Jokes in a Witty Exchange
A playful exchange features a fortune teller warning about a Saturday day of luck and a man joking about pay day. A doctor explains artistic temperament versus a costly bug habit, and a lodgegoing husband is teased for missing time at home. The dialogue closes with a pun about losing a digit and gaining four as good business.
Court Awards Dorlrtue Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Nine
A court awards Dorlrtue nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine dollars for the loss of his finger. The ruling notes the injury and compensates him accordingly.
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Dorlrtue
Debate Dilemma Splits Photographers Club
A photographers' club plans a debate on a topic but the challenge emerges that every member would want to argue the negative side, causing a humorous stalemate as members resist taking the opposing position.
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Photographers’ Club
Not responsible for hats or valuables sign at restaurant
A restaurant display shows a sign that reads Not responsible for hats, other apparel or valuables prompting a cheerful quip from Happy Fellows about the proprietors and the patrons. The exchange highlights a protective disclaimer common in dining venues.
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Henpeck
Clever young man avoids traffic complaints in ride with police
Dialogue notes Gladys with a new baby and Mrs Askalot discussing a young man she is dating. The pair joke about him riding loudly and the episode where three traffic police were jolned out of complaints for speeding. The tone imitates a humorous, chatty exchange.
Swamp Root kidney remedy praised by Illinois druggist
Letter from L A Richardson, a Marine Illinois druggist, lauds Swamp Root for kidney and liver cases. A spring 1916 testimonial recalls a near fatal patient who recovered after three months on the remedy. Readers urged to order a sample from Kilmer & Co. and note the paper.
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L. A. Richardson
Marine
Illinois
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Blunder Mistakenly Addresses Daggett’s Wife
A humorous exchange shows Blunder misidentifying Daggett’s wife as his own. Daggett corrects him saying the seated woman is his wife, prompting Blunder to admit the error and laugh at the confusion.
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Sitti
Daggett
Freckles vanish with Ethine double strength treatment
An advertisement promotes Ethine double strength to remove freckles. It claims applying a small amount nightly and morning yields clear skin, with even severe freckles fading and light spots disappearing, usually within one ounce. The product is sold with a guarantee and a money back offer if ineffective.
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Coe
White U-Boat Crashed Into Lunchroom Snack
A Boston Post cartoon caption describes a quick exchange where a messenger boy demands a white U-boat and a clerk serves a vanilla éclair, the pastry being eaten in three bites as the cartoon ends with the punch line.
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Vanila Ehlair
Boston Post
Cuticura Emollients Offer Free Mail Sample
Promote Cuticura skin cream as a quick safe remedy for itching and skin troubles for all ages. Claims daily use prevents minor conditions from worsening and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet, addressed to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
War and Theology in Wartime Seminaries
Rev Ward G Meehan a Brooklyn diocese priest offered to serve as army chaplain at the declaration of war and has been accepted He pursues a post graduate theology course at the Catholic University in Washington awaiting active service The plan honors full credit toward his degree if called before completion mirroring secular colleges during national duty
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Ward G. Meehan
Brooklyn
Catholic University
Washington
Dead Shot Vermifuge Promises Worm Expulsion
An advertising claim promotes Dead Shot Dr Peery s Vermifuge as a remedy to exterminate worms in the body. The copy asserts that one dose will expel tapeworms and other nematodes.
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Dr. Peery
Ady
Charles Henry Hawkins In Trouble After Expensive Play
In a domestic scene, Charles Henry enters the room dirty and fatigued after wearing his best clothes for a ball or fight. His father admonishes incorrigible behavior while Charles Henry laments a shopping trip with his mother, pleading innocence.
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Charles Henry U Mawkins
Charles Henry
Charles Henry Hawkins
Fashionable Fig Leaf Ensemble Sparks Modiste Debate
In a witty exchange, a mother notes fig leaves as attire while a modiste concurs and imagines a chic modern version. The dialogue hints at playful fashion discourse and styling possibilities inspired by classical motifs.
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Eve
Boasting of Ancestry Angers Bored Acquaintances
A short item notes how self important claims about family background annoy friends. The piece hints at social friction and the need for humility in casual conversations among peers.
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