Rules for introductions and etiquette guidance
The reader service advertises booklet No 45 New Book of Everyday Etiquette offering guidance on introductions table manners and note writing. It instructs to say the woman's name first unless the man is very old or distinguished and to present the younger to the older when two people are the same sex. It asks readers to send 25 cents along with name address and booklet title to Weekly Newspaper Service.
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Janet Smith
W. 17Th St
New York
Detective Burns Encounters Drunken Husband in San Francisco Tale
A drunken man on a San Francisco street reveals he is the husband of Burns’s laundress. After a terse exchange, the man boasts he is wearing one of Burns's white shirts, highlighting Burns’s reputation for vigilance. The anecdote ends with Burns’s nonchalant response to the surprising claim.
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San Francisco
William J. Burns
Mr. Burns
Burns
Blood and charity cross in a New York cab tale
A taxi driver Louie reflects on a tired passenger who asks about Grand Central. The man explains his blood donation saves lives yet he was evicted for unpaid rent. The driver confronts class and charity, learning that helping others may come with hidden costs. The passenger then offers a final token of thanks.
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Louie
Grand Central
Fourth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Lotie
Spain
China
Foreign Relief
Red Cross
New York
Fourteenth Street
Forty-second Street
Grand Central Station
Adam
Crossword Puzzle Word List Clues
Crossword clues present a long list of horizontal and vertical hints for a puzzle. Spanning terms include names, measurements, and common phrases across various categories.
Giant Strawberry Potholder Pattern No 5333
Learn to crochet a 7% inch Giant Strawberry Holder in red with green leaves. Send 20 cents, name, address and pattern No. 5333 for complete instructions. Also a 20 inch Grape and Leaf Doily to treasure with five inch grape clusters and three inch leaves, Pattern No. 5384.
Ten rules for happiness from the Cleveland Academy of Medicine
A Cleveland Academy of Medicine committee proposes ten rules for happier living. Have a hobby, develop a philosophy, share thoughts, confess and consult, face fears, balance fantasy with fact, avoid escapism, exercise moderately, love wisely, and don’t worry, trusting time. The guide emphasizes practical steps and eternal truths for better life quality.
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Cleveland Academy of Medicine
Questions from a General Quiz The Answers
A reader supplied quiz list asking how heavy water is in air the impeachment of a congress member whether Casey was a real person whether India’s size compares to the US speaker eligibility four western states meeting at right angles how Stephen Decatur died an earlier name for Columbia University and the source song for a famous war line.
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Congress
India
United States
Casey
House
Mississippi River
Stephen Decatur
Columbia University
Answers to common trivia from the historical piece
The item lists ten questions with concise answers: water is 775 times heavier than air. a house can expel a member with two-thirds concurrence. Italy. one-half the size. yes, David M. Casey played with the Phillies, Ernest Thayer wrote the poem in 1888. no, the house can choose speakers and officers without restrictions. four states Utah Colorado Arizona New Mexico. in a duel with Commodore James Barron. King’s College. and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Italy
David M. Casey
National League Phillies
Ernest Thayer
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
James Barron
King’s College
One Race Disease Confined to a Specific Inheritable Strain
A 1920s science note asserts sickle cell anemia is the sole disease confined to the Negro race due to a inherited blood strain. The claim ties the condition to racial heredity and a characteristic blood trait.
World Flight by High Wheel Bicycle Pioneer Thomas Stevens
In April 1884 Thomas Stevens began a round the world journey on a high wheel bicycle, leaving San Francisco to conquer a feat thought impossible. He rode over 13,500 land miles through the United States and 11 other countries, crossing oceans by boat, and returned to San Francisco in December 1886.
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Thomas Stevens
San Francisco
Collier’s
Stevens
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
England
Japan
End Laxative Habit This Easy Way
An advertisement promotes lemon and water as a natural laxative. A Sunkist lemon juice in water taken at sunrise is claimed to stimulate bowel action and aid digestion while supplying vitamin C and other nutrients. It advocates California Sunkist Lemons and a ten morning trial.
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Sunkist
California Sunkist
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Irma
Numaid
C.P. Leydecker
KMOX
Newega
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United Press
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Rex Davis
Gene Claussen
Eric Severied
Robert Trout
Bill Henry
Sons of Adam
Eugene Wright
Chi FT
Jack Johnson
Chaldea
Puzsie
Aed
Sewing Circle
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Ill
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America
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