Marital Dream of a Country Home Shaped by Plans
Harold and Margaret Reynolds of a two room city boarding house imagine a life of country bliss funded by a hoped for promotion and a $30,000 inheritance. Their plans crumble when the job goes to another, then revive with the sudden fortune only to be dashed by a return to New York.
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Sldridge
Margaret
Harold Reynolds
Upshaw
Margie
Harold
Jones
Henry
Broadway
Stafford House
New York
The
Hudson
Opera House
Grand Union Station
Expression Through Music for Emotions Bursting Free
The article argues pent up feelings need outward release and notes women express emotions more openly through talk while men often suppress them. Music is proposed as a superior outlet enabling release of strong feelings and restoring health and happiness through piano and violin playing.
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Howe
Old Tips and Tipples: Rustic Wines of by gone days
The article recalls thrifty rustic winemaking practices once common in rural homes. It notes dandelion, elderberry, blackberry, raspberry, cherry, gooseberry, pear and parsnip wines along with fruit brandy, mint liqueur and a noted Per simmon beer tradition. It mentions a colonial era peppermint wine tradition brought by early immigrants.
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Potomac Country
America
Pineapple Use in Canning and Serving Takes Center Stage
The text explains how pineapple juice from canned fruit enhances flavor in pears during cooking and that pineapple is often canned grated or chopped. It notes sugar adjustments before serving and that pineapples are picked green for transport, highlighting its suitability for cannery and preserving processes.
Dumplings That Never Fall Cooked with Milk and Meat
Two cupfuls of flour two heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder one half teaspoonful salt and one cupful sweet milk are mixed. Drop spoonfuls into boiling water with meat. Boil fifteen minutes uncovered then ten minutes with cover on. Finely suited to beef or chicken.
Hot-Water Platter For Keeping Breakfast Food Hot
A hot-water platter solution helps maintain warmth in dining rooms during breakfast. Boiling water fills a tank beneath the platter, the top is screwed on, and a nickel cover keeps food hot and orderly for about thirty minutes. The cost is around nine dollars, but it offers lasting comfort through proper use.
Dust Cloth Assembly For Home Duster
Instructions describe splitting and sewing upper halves of fine cotton hose to create dust cloths. Place in an airtight pall with kerosene drops and let stand 24 hours to produce an inexpensive dusting device.
Incomplete text on starch preparation
A fragment discusses starch preparation and adding substances to starch. The legible lines mix garbled terms and do not provide a coherent event or identifiable entities. No clear person, organization, or location is present to anchor a proper summary.
Fox Hunters in War Echoes of War and Africa Antiquities
A discussion on fox hunting as wartime morale and national duty cites 150 masters of hounds and thousands of huntsmen. The piece then surveys ancient Africa noting Gumba pottery in Kikuyu country and myths of Miathoachiana earth-gnomes and possible pre-Bantau iron discovery.
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Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Eton
Britain
Flanders
George Bernard Shaw
Mr. Jorrocks
Jorrocks
Africa
Man
W. H. Beech
Kikuyu
Mr. Beech
Humorous Dialogue Notes and Quips from a Pulpit Voice
A collection of brief lines on family, faith, and memory. A preacher’s claim sparks incredulity among his church members who label the dissenting man an infidel. Witty adages warn that memory loss is not a calamity for a fool.
No Angel Comes for Harold Says Nighttime Plea
A four year old named Harold asks his mother to sit by his bed as he tries to sleep. She replies she is busy and tells him to be quiet so the angel will visit. Harold protests that the angel has not appeared despite his quiet waiting.
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Mamma
Harold
Angela
The Real Thing Tale of a Fortune and a Rejected Suitor
A rich bachelor dies and leaves his fortune to the woman who once rejected him. The loved one’s gratitude appears as a surprising inheritance and reshapes past affections.
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Lemuel
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