Law and marriage clash in a novelist’s interview
Dell Floyd, a popular novelist, discusses marital strife in Hearst's International. He claims he told his bride the next day after the wedding that marriage is old fashioned and honest, warning that if either party falls in love again the other should act on instinct and not pretend to be refined. He predicts many quarrels as part of a quest for happiness.
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Floyd
Dell
Hearst
International
Turkish Divorce Law Lets Man End Marriage With Two Witnesses
Beatrice All Ogilvie notes in Current History Magazine that Turkish divorce courts permit a husband to pronounce I divorce you before two witnesses and remarry, repeat the process up to three times, and only after a fourth remarriage must the wife wed another man first.
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Beatrice All Ogilvie
Current History Magazine
Joe
Long trans mission span spans Cheat River WV
A 4317 foot transmission span crosses Cheat River in West Virginia drawing attention. A nearby sleeper is noted as a dreamer, hinting at the wider public fascination with engineering feats and personal oddities.
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Cheat River
West Virginia
Colored Onions Repel Germs In Plant Disease Study
Dr. J. C. Walker reports colored onions show high resistance to diseases attacking the common onion. The colored variety contains a germ-poison chemical that kills pests attempting to invade the bulb, while white onions succumb quickly.
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J. C. Walker
Fragmentary note on a man’s imagined success as husband
A garbled sentence suggests a man who believes his failure as egret inessce is a success as a husband. The fragment is unclear and reads as a stray thought rather than a coherent report.
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Manyia
Egret Inessce
French Women Use Plows Because of Small Farms
The article notes handplows sold in France and used by both women and men due to many small farms. It quotes Bishop Francis Paget on fortitude and heroism while highlighting domestic and agricultural life.
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Francis Paget
France
Castoria A long trusted remedy for children
An old advertised remedy claims Castoria has served for over 80 years as a pleasant harmless substitute for narcotics and sedatives. It asserts no narcotics, states directions on each package, and is endorsed by physicians while bearing the familiar signature.
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