Love and marriage advice on deception and dating
A reflective column urges honest love over flirtation and deceit. It counsels seekers to seek true affection, warns against hiding pasts, and stresses candor with family as essential to lasting happiness. The piece also notes men and women must respect trust and avoid deceit to protect future marriages.
When Bachelors Marry Then Change Their Minds
An essay on bachelors who fear commitment and the awakening to love. It notes how single life distracts, social gaze and heart wounds shape behavior, and how meeting one honest woman can turn a would be catch into a husband. The piece surveys mood, gaze, and personal reform through romance.
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Alain
Sayling
Stockholm
Supreme Court Receives Stuttering Marriage Complaint
A bride seeks annulment claiming her husband’s stutter renders him a unsuitable matrimonial partner. She states married life has been marred by a lisp and prolonged stutter, and that he even stutters in his kisses with brief explosive kisses interrupting affection.
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Demosthenes
Supreme Court
Worthy of Thanks in Everyday Privileges
A reflection on gratitude for daily mercies such as a night's sleep good health a pleasant meal time with family an hour with a friend quiet study or reading. The piece urges recognizing ordinary blessings as the true measure of happiness rather than chasing grand blessings.
Joking about a hunter's new horse named Sensitive
A brief quip imagines naming a hunting horse Sensitive to reflect its fence skipping habit. The exchange plays on wordplay about race or jump fencing and the horse's apparent talent in clearing obstacles.
Cornwall coast described as naval hub by Florence Albrecht
Florence Albrecht portrays Cornwall’s coast from Lands End to Plymouth as a vivid naval frontier and fishing heart. She highlights Scilly Isles, Plymouth’s harbor, Fowey, Polperro, and ports like Penzance and Newlyn, noting war signs, historic fleets, and cornish pie lore amid London era fears.
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National Geographic Society
Florence Craig Albrecht
England
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Scilly Islands
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Penzance
Newlyn
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Ezekiel
Fowey
Calais
Normandy
Fowey Harbor
Polperro
Albrecht
Tamar
Devon
Portsmouth
Substitute for Rubber Tubing From Glue Masses
Reports in Technische Monatshefte describe tubes made from solidified glue as a substitute for rubber. They resist gas permeation and heat better, resist rotting, and withstand high pressure when envelope guarded. They are inexpensive but water attacks limit uses, per Prof. J. Traube.
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Technische Monatshefte
J. Traube
Wanted One Day of Rest
Orville L. Kiplinger recalls a Michigan City reformatory tale of a patient who tore at his clothing for carpet rags. The doctor offered ten cents a day not to tear clothes but the man kept the habit until Sunday when he ripped the garments again, explaining he would not work on Sunday.
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Michigan City
Ind.) Reformatory
Drammen
Sande
Engerud
One Solution Solves Dilemma With Few Dishes Left
A speaker boasts solving a household problem by breaking most of the dishes to avoid a pile of dirty ones on hand before his wife returns. The exchange frames a humorous, practical mishap as a clever fix.
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Denmark
America
Tiny Brother Quip Sparks Family Laughs
A joke unfolds as a child mishears a remark about his brother being small. Tommy responds with a pun about being his half brother, lightening the mood and drawing smiles from those nearby.
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Tommy
Scandinavian War News and Economic Shifts Across Europe
The long semi official statement reassures Sweden on Russia’s Aland fortifications and confirms they would not remain postwar. Denmark reports surging farm values, meat and dairy imports from America, and a push for American plays and cinema. Sweden limits whisky and potato production, while health rules curb hypnotic acts. A meteor and novel explosive debut in Denmark round out a diverse regional digest.
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Russia
Sweden
Aland Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
Stockholm
England
France
Christiania
Marksman Target Ignites Colored Fire on Hit
A target with a center and concentric rings sparks colored fire at impact, allowing the shooter to see the hit value without a marker. This device, noted in The Wonders of Today in National Magazine, demonstrates an instant visual cue of accuracy.
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Neg.tional Magazine
Norway's 65 year old Expressman completes eight day cross country trek
The 65 year old Expressman Mathiesen from Kalvedalen walked from Lardalsoren in Sogn to Christiania on a wagon road averaging about thirty English miles daily while carrying a twenty four pound load. Other notes include a Drammen broker's $800 daily earnings from $400000 in deals and a blue furred rare hare displayed at the Christiania zoological museum. Minnesotans at the San Francisco exposition are guided to the Norway building by Minnesota officials.
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Kalvedalen
Lardalsoren
Sogn
Christiania
Tonset
Kvikne
Zoological Museum
Versatile Humble Pie From Antiquity To Modern Tables
A traditional dish praised for economical use of leftovers. The article describes a meat and game pie with crust lattices, a filling of cooked scraps, beef, liver, ham, and fowl, plus onion juice, barley, pepper, and gravy. It likens it to shepherds pie and notes serving with gravy or tomato sauce for a hearty meal.
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England
Ireland
Dani
Svouang
Tobieman
Enyiy
How to cover hot biscuits with linen heat retaining cover
A guide for hostesses to keep biscuits hot by using a white linen cover with a square center and four pointed ends. Embroider tips include a biscuit on a pointed piece or tinting edges brown, or stitching the words Hot biscuit for an attractive, practical table addition.
Angel Cake Recipe from Old Cookbook
Whites of six eggs with cream of tartar and soda beaten stiff. Fold in granulated sugar gradually then add flour and salt, with almond extract. Bake forty five minutes in a moderate oven in an unbuttered angel cake tin.
Rule for Baking a Cake
A four stage guide divides bake time into rising and coloring phases. First phase: rise with no color. Second: rise continues and faint color begins. Third: even tint turns a light brown. Fourth: if needed, slight diminishment as the cake shrinks slightly from the pan. Do not move the cake during second and third quarters. Let it hang inverted in the pan.
New Decorative Pillows From Cretonne For Beds
New bedroom accessories feature cretonne pillows to match hangings or provide contrast. Craft a 20 inch square box cushion, join top and bottom with a three inch seam, wrap in cretonne, sew top and bottom and four sides with outer seams, and finish corners with tassels.
Culinary tips to prepare roast with potato crust
The article describes roasting a joint of meat and using a seasoned potato crust. It suggests smoothing the crust with hot water and finishing in a quick oven. Serve the dish with sauce or gravy for extra appeal.
Corn Custard Instructions for a Creamy Pudding Dish
The passage reads as a recipe directing to score green corn and scrape, beat yolks with salt and pepper, add one pint of milk, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, pour into a buttered dish, and bake until firm.
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