McFarlane Falls for Lieut Spang Gordon at Camp
McFarlane, 26, falls in love with Lieut Spang Gordon. Jill learns her mother Jella hoped to shield her from army life after her husband Richard vanished in the war. Ric, involved with a divorcee, resists. Jill sees Ric with Sandra Calvert, and Captain Mackey known as Old Cyanide hints at past ties.
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Yim McFarlane
Spang Gordon
Jella
Richard
Ric
Jill
Spang
Sandra Calvert
Sandra
Captain Mackey
Mrs. Calvert
Win
Ricky
Mackey
September Hearts and Spies At a Hotel Table
Jill McFarlane befriends Mrs. Calvert in a hotel dining room and learns of Ric’s money troubles and his soldiering in a tense chat. Spang calls and Distrusts Captain Mackey while Jill laments September and longs for news of her absent father.
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Spang
Jal
Jill McFarlane
Jill
Practical Household Tips from An Old Almanac
A collection of old era domestic guidance on cooking spices and nutmeg in sauces, egg storage temperatures, keeping lime from kettles with muslin, rural mailbox construction, platform sizing for package reception, biscuits for meat pies, avoiding sogginess, inspecting walls for moisture and holes, temporary fixes for vacuum belts, warming glass paint, and preventing fires from ashtray carelessness.
Normandy Honors Allied Landing By Leaving Wrecks On Beach
Normandy preserves the wrecked ships tanks and other battle debris on the beaches as a war memorial to the Allied troops who landed there to begin the invasion of Europe.
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France
Normandy
Europe
The shirtwaister styles for summer patterns No 8037 8052
The article promotes shirtwaister patterns with new looks and extended shoulders. It lists Pattern No 8037 in sizes 14 to 46 with fabric yardage for size 16 and Pattern No 8052 for sizes 12 to 16 with yardage. A 25 cent extra for pattern book H COPY is requested with the order and a free hat pattern is included.
Not Dry Cleaned Slur Sparks Public Debate
A fragment from a 19th century column notes a gentleman described as slovenly and badly dyed. The exchange hints at social judgments over appearance and cleanliness in a local context.
Substantiation Diner Hardest Steak Ever Eaten
A diner joke about a steak described as the toughest ever, with a waiter remark that the prior customer who left it claimed the same. The line plays on the shared exaggeration of a challenging dish.
Dopey Alice Gives Lovelorn Advice Punchline
The speaker jokes that she offers “Advice to the Lovelorn” by giving a telephone number. A quip about a man so fat he appears two inches taller when seated closes the humorous exchange.
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Alice
End Laxative Habit This Easy Way
An urging health note promotes lemon and water as a natural laxative. Sunkist lemons mixed with water upon rising stimulate bowel action, boost vitamin C intake, aid digestion, and provide a refreshing wake-up drink.
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Sunkist
California
Cut Up Bill What Happened To Pete
A quirky dialogue scene unfolds with a barber, a mouse scurrying the floor, and a joking skeleton line. The conversation weaves jokes about past love and odd observations in a playful, punchy frame.
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Bill
Pete
John
Colossal Chinese Funeral for War Lord Wu Pei-fu
The 1940 Peking funeral for Marshal Wu Pei fu drew 80 pallbearers and six bands. Attendees burned life sized paper possessions including his automobile and theater stage to accompany him to heaven, with 200 workers seven weeks building the paper items.
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China
Wu Pei-fu
Peking
Collier’s
Question prompts from Ask Me Another list
An extracted set of trivia questions and related notes including queries about Washington Monument steps first comic book publication anchor ice moon temperature railroad miles Alamo cry watch screw weight dactylogram location uses of wampum and a police fingerprint record. It cites three uses of Indian wampum and its role as wealth tally and passport.
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Washington Monument
United States
Answers of a curious trivia list
The statements present a range of odd facts. They include 898 steps, a 1848 Philadelphia weekly comic magazine titled The John Donkey, ice at the bottom of a body of water, extreme sunless region temperatures about 240 degrees below zero, higher sunlight temperatures reaching boiling point, a figure around 233 670, San Jacinto, and a weight of 1 563 000 of a pound.
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Philadelphia
John Donkey
San Jacinto
First Bullfight Attempt Ended By ASPCA Action
The first and only U S bullfight attempt occurred in New York when a promoter built an arena at 116th Street and Sixth Avenue after being refused Madison Square Garden. On July 31, 1880 celebrated Spanish matadors staged a fight before 2 000 spectators but the ASPCA halted further events.
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New York
Collier’s
Madison Square Garden
Barnum
116Th Street
Sixth Avenue
ASPCA
Home Made Cough Syrup Claims Easy Relief
A home mixed cough remedy offers relief by combining sugar or corn syrup with water and Pinex to create a pint of cough medicine. It claims to loosen mucus, soothe irritated membranes, ease sore throats and aid sleep, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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