The Old Music Teacher Lived On Through Her Pupils
A seventy three year old music teacher, famed for training stars like Moritzy and Spanier, endures rheumatism while guiding a legion of former pupils. Her tiny home hosts annual birthday gatherings where world names honor her influence, even as she waits the rest of the year in solitude.
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Madam
Moritzy
Lilienthal
Mann
Forenzi
Lanz
Spamer
Spanier
Fee
Brahms
Beethoven
Fortune Found In Subway Gold Mine Story
A western millionaire recalls finding wealth by retrieving a $5 coin dropped through a subway grate in San Francisco. He then discovered other dropped coins, earning $8, which funded food and a cleaner life, and led him to meet influential people, changing his fortunes and self-esteem.
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Chicago Herald-Examiner
San Francisco
American honesty and business in New York voyage tale
The remark by a Chicago banker aboard the Berengaria links American business success to honesty. A parable about a blind beggar who, after regaining sight, explains his past misfortunes and the need to adapt, highlighting traditional vs modern ethics.
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Melvin Traylor
Chicago
New York
Immense Floating Dock at Southampton Crowned Largest
A colossal floating dock at Southampton is claimed to be the largest afloat with a 60 000 ton lifting capacity. It spans about 314 acres, contains 17 240 tons of steel, rises over 70 feet from pontoon bottom to deck, and sits in a 65 foot deep berth. The deck is a hollow steel pontoon flanked by hollow walls forming a giant U shaped structure.
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Southampton
England
The Friendly Mosquito
The cannibal mosquito despises humans and feeds on other mosquitoes that prey on people and animals. The piece notes its antipathy toward humans while describing its diet and behavior.
Wide Brims Capture Summer Hat Trends in Paris Models
The article highlights versatile wide brim hats for summer with Paris models showcasing a range from rough blue straw to fine black milan straw. Emphasis on lightweight construction, varied crowns, and white accent touches reflects chic Parisienne styling in mid summer millinery.
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Panama
Paris
Milan
Western Newspaper Union
Paris Women Embrace Curlicue Hair With New Clips
Paris fashion shifts from late nineties curls to marcels framing brows and ears. Hair devices surge, including invisible pins and caps, plus diamond hair clips derived from jewel clips on dresses. New four part slides grip waves at the temples, as styles cluster around a high gloss finish.
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Paris
Modes of This Summer Kind to Larger Women
Summer fashion favors larger women and offers wardrobe options. The jacket trend suits size 40 figures by providing coverage with long or three quarter sleeves when out, while matching or contrasting with skirts for a balanced look. Boucle and shantung fabrics flatter by avoiding bulk and cling, and hats with proportioned head sizes complete the ensemble.
Smart Evening Wear Showcases Cotton Mesh Fabrics
Paris designers praise the new cotton mesh weaves for evening wear. A white cotton mesh gown pictured demonstrates graceful draping and sophisticated simplicity as the season's stylish model.
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Paris
Cowl Neckline Remains In Style Across Seasons
The fashion note states the cowl neckline stays popular across seasons and will likely endure. It suggests options like a deep V or a broader oval shape and mentions pairing with a modest lace or lingerie piece for styling.
Celtic tongues Cymric and Gaelic rise from shared roots
The article explains Celtic languages split into Cymric and Gaelic groups. It notes Welsh is Cymric with phonetic spelling, Irish and Scots Gaelic form Gaelic with deeper historic spellings. It describes language history in Ireland under Cromwell, and current status in schools and public life, plus Welsh culture and its literary output.
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Ireland
Cromwell
Pale
England
Free State
Gaelic League
Dail
Senate
Lloyd George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Polish Leader Praised as Savior of Europe in 1920 Tribute
Lord d Abernon lauds Marshal Pilsudski as the savior of Europe in a Gazeta Polska article marking ten years since Poland’s victory over the Bolsheviks. He argues a Bolshevik victory would have opened Central Europe to communist expansion and swayed wider history.
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Europe
d’Abernon
Pilsudski
Gazeta Polska
The
Vistula
Poland
Warsaw
London Borrowing Habit Spreads Through Classified Ads
A London daily carries a personals style column where readers air troubles. An ad asks borrowers to return Waverly N o v e l s No 5 and Les Miserables Vol I to Viscountess Astor MP. The note clarifies the MP stands for member of parliament, not motion pictures or mounted police.
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United States
London
Times
M. P
Max Cohen Goes Fishing With Family At Opening Day
North Hollywood artist and fisherman Hungry Max Cohen leads a family trout outing on opening day. They camp in a secluded spot known to him and a crowd of anglers. In the night an uproar begins as Buddy calls for quiet.
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Max Cohen
North Hollywood
Max
Buddy
Fellows' Syrup Promises Restored Vigor and Vitality
Advertised tonic claims to restore energy for worn out, run down feeling. It pledges quick mental and physical pick up after a few doses, boosts appetite and calms nerves, urging customers to ask for the genuine Fellows' Syrup prescribed by doctors.
Fellows Syrup Fellow Syrup
A fragment features a boy named Buddy voicing fear after dark while a companion reassures him that angels watch over him. The dialogue hints at danger or unease in a nighttime setting.
Concentration and aviation admiration in small town chat
Josh says he will be an aviator. Farmer Corntessel responds that aviation could help him stay focused on work. The exchange highlights a rural belief in aviation as character building and discipline.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
To Be Pitied
A quarrel between Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown centers on a family’s finances and lifestyle. Mrs. Brown condemns their lack of possessions while Mrs. Jones defends them, claiming they owe nobody and live simply at home.
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Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Brown
Conversation Snippet on Admitting Being Wrong
A brief exchange frames a humorous dynamic about admitting fault. The husband recalls his wife noting truth in his error and his own acceptance of being wrong.
Writing Fluid Inspires Poems Beyond Wine
A writer asserts inspiration comes from the ink bottle not wine. The remark contrasts indulgence with craft, suggesting creativity arises from disciplined writing and the act of putting words on page.
Discovery of Carboil Aids Pain and Boils Worldwide
Spurlock Neal Co of Nashville Tennessee promotes Carboil as a pain reliever and boil healer. The ad claims rapid relief overnight and lists a 50 cent generous box with more than 25 years of sales and thousands of testimonials across the United States.
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United States
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Leprosy Patients in U S Largely in Carville Facility
Hygeia Magazine estimates 600 to 800 leprosy patients in the United States and about 8 million worldwide. Most U S cases are confined to the leprosarium at Carville, Louisiana. A recent report shows only one of thirty one discharged as cured relapsed.
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United States
Hygeia Magazine
Carville
Child Relates Heat as Grass Seems Perspiring
A playful morning scene has Josephine noting the intense warmth outside as she tells her mother it is so hot the grass is perspir ing.
Practice Makes Perfect Whys on Earth A Three Car Garage
A cartoonish dialogue shows a character planning a three car garage for a bantam auto to enable indoor driving next winter. The exchange hints at ambition and humor about hobbies.
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Bantam Auto
Ash Receivers Display Card Table The Queen of Hearts
Ash Receivers noting neat ash receivers for the card table described them as representing the queen of Hearts and considering using the tray for arrangement.
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Queen of Hearts
How are you getting on at school
Alla for Alla Stockholm presents a fragment exploring a dad and child in dialogue about school life and daily routines with a playful, shop talk twist. The piece suggests a cultural vignette on family conversation and urban life in 20th century Sweden.
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Alla
Stockholm
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Patee
N. Floreston Shampoo
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
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