Peasant Life in Modern Greece Amid Scenic Ruggedness
The article surveys rural Greece focusing on peasant life near Athens and in the Peloponnesus. It notes widespread poverty, currant and vine work, goat herding, weathered costumes of Albanian origin, windmills, and mining in Lavrion, Pentelicon, and Limne quarries. A British company operates magnesite quarries in Limne, Limmes, with monks granting concession at Galatake.
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Athens
Egypt
Smyrna
Levant
Europe
Peloponnesus
Lassie
Thessaly
Kalamata
Jaffa
Lavrion
Pentelicon
Limme
Euboea
Galatake
A. E. Johnson
Household Tips From Old Times
Practical notes on home care and cooking advise avoiding wax on windows and alcohol or ammonia for polish. It suggests baking soda for tinware stains, baking soda paste for cleaning, and using salt water for eyes. It mentions orris root fragrance, dates in rice pudding, eggs in mashed potatoes, drying with towels, kerosene oil to prevent rust, and washing all produce before eating.
Made Up For It Fay The Widow Dashaway Story
The widow Fay Dashaway faces a joke of affection and money as bickering about inheritance surfaces. A lighthearted column notes her late husband’s generosity in life and the comic implications after his death.
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Fay
Dashaway
Ray
Bird Banding Traces Migration Across United States
Bird banding has grown in popularity in the United States and may set a record, attaching numbered tags to legs of captured birds and releasing them to track migrations. Last year over 800 birds were banded, with bands bearing the phrase Notify American museum New York. A New Hampshire swift found with a band showed the same bird returned after a year, illustrating long-distance travel from chimney to warmer regions.
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United States
American Museum
New York
New Hampshire
Central America
Saturday Evening Post
Christmas Eve Temptation Over a Baby’s Money Box
A woman sits by the fire on Christmas Eve with no money to gift a baby. She contemplates stealing from the baby’s money box, debating if John would notice, then quietly empties the box of coins and small items while John has already arrived.
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Baby
John
Cure for infant eruption with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Jackson Missouri reader reports a ten month old daughter suffering red spots turning to bloody sores. After trying various remedies the child slept better and was fully well within a week following use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Sample free with $2 Skin Book offer in Boston.
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Jackson
August F. Bartels
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Adv
Beginning of a Essay on Moliere by Anatole France
Anatole France repeatedly delayed delivering pages to his publisher until legal action loomed. Ramon Poincare, then a lawyer, urged him to start with the line Moliere is a Parisian and proceed. France began, assisted by Poincare, and produced the essay within the required time.
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Anatole France
Moliere
France
Raymond Poincare
M. Poincare
Poincare
Daylight at All Hours From London Scientist
Dr Herbert EB Ives of London claims to have invented daylight a sunlike light produced by a special incandescent lamp and mantle arranged in a cabinet to shine downward through colored screens. He says the rays resemble sunlight and eliminate non north light for a sunlike effect.
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Herbert EB. Ives
London
Doctor Ives
Grape-Nuts credited for health turnaround in worked day study
A testimonial from a Ga man who credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health after stomach trouble and long days. He says the cereal boosted strength appetite and nerves, enabling him to work from 6 A M to 6 P M and study at night without fatigue. The letter promotes Postum Co. and Health column references.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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