Famous Piano Piece Written For Cash
Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote his Prelude in C sharp minor in spring 1893 while staying at a noisy Hotel America. He sold the piece for forty rubles each as part of five short works, totaling two hundred rubles, with no copyright or program behind the composition.
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Conservatory
Sergei
America
Paderewski
Rachmaninoff
Serge Rachmaninoff
Russias
Kremlin Beils
Siberia
Gutheil
Guthet
England
Victor J. Seroff
Crochet pattern ad from Laura Wheeler book
The ad promotes easy crochet patterns and knitting projects for dormitory girls with Laura Wheeler improved patterns. It offers pattern 845 with crochet directions and charts, plus a new Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book featuring household accessories motifs and a free pattern. Send twenty five cents by coin to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ont.
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Laura Wheeler
Eighteenth St
New Toronto
Ont
Worrying about war and life pressures in uncertain times
A reflective piece discusses the urge to worry about global conflicts and daily trials. It contrasts constructive thinking with defeatist fear, urging energy and intelligence to face crises, narrates a personal example with family travel, and ends noting Venezuela's bid to curb illiteracy after sacking two illiterate judges.
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Elise
Irving
Dear Amie Hirst advises a fiancée on a troubled engagement
In a letter to Anne Hirst a reader from New Toronto Ontario asks how to handle a cold fiancé who has become controlling after an engagement. The advice urges a plain discussion or a period of separation to reveal the fiancé’s true nature and protect the reader’s happiness.
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Amie Hirst
Mae
Anne Hirst
Eighteenth Street
New
Toronto
Ontario
Snow for the Tree Trimming with Huffy Snow
Trimming the Christmas tree with sea flakes soap fakes and warm water creates fluffy snow. Beat until smooth using an electric or land heater and spread over branches for sparkle. Apply artificial glittering snow to complete the effect.
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Ion
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Cash
Rachmaninof
Babs
Caracas
Betata
Calvert
Gisters
Amherstburg
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