Irene's Little Adventure ends in cautionary romance
Irene and her mother clash over suitors as Irene accepts rides from Gerald Garston. After a policeman arrest leads to a staged police HQ heist, Irene loses a diamond wristwatch and learns a hard lesson about trusting new acquaintances.
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Mansy
Mr. Garston
Jerry Carver
Jerry
Bessie
Irene
Albert
Folsom
Gerald Garston
Garston
Easton
Old Woman of the Sea Legends From Greenland
European ethnologists report a northern myth calling the universe’s ruler an Old Woman of the Sea. Hartley Burr Alexander recounts a mortal woman beloved by a petrel, cast into the sea after a storm, her fingers turning to sea creatures, and Nor and Kvik guarding her lamp in a deep underwater home.
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Polar North
Hartley Burr Alexander
Kvik
Corn Saved Pilgrim Fathers and Jamestown Founders
The piece notes that Indian corn saved the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth and Cavaliers at Jamestown during The Starving Time. It cites Captain John Smith on Indian theft of caches and mentions Lewis and Clark relying on maize from Native Americans for survival.
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Flymouth
Jamestown
John Smith
Lewis and Clarke Expedition
Itinerant musician seeks aid for lost instrument
In a brief exchange a wandering musician laments a need not for food but for a new alra on his hand or gan. The wording suggests a plea for assistance or repair as he travels.
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Alra
Gan
Eye on the Runner and Planting the Feet in Baseball Wisdom
In a sports feature Ty Cobb discusses base running and pitching tells readers not to slide headfirst and warns against arguing with umpires. He cites Eddie Plank Walter Johnson and other pitchers as examples of how watchers react to runners. He recalls Elberfeld teaching him to slide feet first after a headfirst spill.
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Eddie Plank
Caldwell
Bender
Coombs
Walsh
Shawkey
Walter Johnson
Ty Cobb
Wid Elberfeld
New York
Stanil
Watch
Watch Mender
Common But Nourishing Foods From The Mother's Cook Book
Public domain text outlines economical ways to repurpose tougher cuts and leftovers into meat substitutes like hamburgers. It provides recipes using cornmeal mush fried slices and a cornmeal cornmeal batter with eggs milk sugar and baking powder, aiming to reduce market costs.
Glass Houses and the Search for Private Seclusion
A meditation on living publicly in transparent modern life. The author warns that glass houses expose every fault and lack true privacy, urging a new form of seclusion within communal existence while preserving individual inner life.
Players complain as games hinge on umpire calls
The passage notes players often blame umpires when plays fail, arguing kicks are used to cover for a missed attempt and to create an alibi after a failed steal or other action.
Patriotism in the Kitchen Sparks Food Conservation Effort
Miss Bob Bell of the Missouri College of Agriculture urges housewives to act as patriots in the war by adopting efficient kitchen habits, studying food values, and moving from warnings to systematic action amid widespread guidance on reducing waste and substituting affordable foods.
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Bob Bell
Missouri College of Agriculture
Miss Bell
Simple Meals and Hamburg Steak Instructions
The article outlines preparing a buttered crust with powder and drop s by spoonfuls into hot buttered murtin rings, then baking and serving with roast beef. It stresses nutritious meals for ordinary families and urges cutting main meals to three courses, then details making Hamburg steak from beef breadcrumbs onion salt and pepper, fried in butter.
Rumor Cure Spreads in Kent Town
An official in Kent, famed for German activity concerns, required residents with stories of espionage to write and sign them. Most could not provide plausible tales, so only some stories received serious attention. The practice became a local method to sift truth from rumor.
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Kent
Facts in Figures from City and State Data
Honolulu reports 2 500 registered automobiles while Los Angeles lists 2 857 industrial concerns employing 27 261 people. San Francisco shows 3 249 industrial plants with 47 626 workers. A Pennsylvania county holds 12 000 acres of undeveloped coal lands. Hawaii contains 11 000 U S soldiers and 2 000 National Guardsmen. Lippincott mansion site in Philadelphia bought for 2 500 000 in 1916 sold recently for 4 500 000.
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Honolulu
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Hawaii
United States
Lippincott
Philadelphia
Knowledge Seen as Essential for Proper Substitutions
A reflection on how every woman perceives the necessity of knowledge to make correct selections. Without it she feels helpless in choosing and substituting appropriately.
New Inventions Parade Sparks and Speculation
A New Jersey teacher unveils a gasoline engine powered digging machine requiring only guiding labor. A flexible tent is suspended by a tripod and hammock, with canvas to enclose occupants. A Chicago inventor’s hand signal light activates on finger extension to warn drivers. A scale attachment reads container weight by balancing empty and full units. A Tennessee radiator cover uses auto shutters to regulate temperature. English hulls explore corrugated designs for cargo and strength. An Austrian scientist claims a nettle fiber substitute for cotton to fuel Germany and Austria. A cabinet with 15 minute pigeonholes signals meetings by bells and lights.
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New Jersey
Chicago
Germany
Austria
Evangelist Travels in Auto Converted as Home and Pulpit
A Pacific coast preacher tours the nation with his family in a customized two and a half ton motor truck. The light colored vehicle bears many Bible quotations on its body and features an observation platform at the rear used as an outdoor pulpit. Inside is a living room with window seats, disappearing beds, a small kitchen, and a pantry alcove.
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Milwaukee Journal
Clock and Watch Debate Time and Absurdities
A clock and a watch discuss meaning, time, and manners in a playful exchange. They explore how rushing their masters, catching up with moments, and judging appearances shape daily life and perception.
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Chapman
Mrs. Folsom
Sporting World
Plank
Cobb
Runner
Charles G. Shaw
New York University
Daddy
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