County J Homer and family tale of names and travels
The fragment recounts Homer J and relatives with vague notes about births, moves to New York, and a visit to a relative. It mentions a wife, a father, and a book royalties controversy though details are unclear due to damaged text. The piece reads like a personal reminiscence with scattered names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willy Elie
Fermi
Hamer
emiFen
Cray
Phybe
Faer
Jomer
New York
Nie Gretevel
Bose Riap
Final Years and Paris Trials of a War Memoir Actor
An aging writer recalls his father and family, the death of a child in Paris, and a spiraling search for money. He narrates farm pride, wartime moves, and a mortgage on their home, ending with a cliffhanger about crossing into real estate speculation.
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Riviera
Grand Hotel
Sainte Maxime
Water Tower
Mediterranean
Dale Carnegie
Europe
Reof
Standles Road
Love and Strain in Wartime Family Life
A Canadian wife recounts postwar upheaval at home with husband Austin, his son David, and stepchild Deirdre. She notes his nervous irritability, David’s unruly behavior, and suspicions about Elsie’s death, detailing efforts to balance duties to all three children while preserving the marriage amid tension and blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Service
England
Margaret Jones
Canada
David
Meyer
Austin
Deirdre
Elsie
Austin Speiled
Mille Deirdre
Noth
Seiping Cycle Patterns For Smart Daytime Frocks
The advertisement promotes Easy-to-wear button front daytime frocks with cap sleeves and gored skirts. Pattern No. 8194 covers sizes 12 through 42 needing three yards of material for size 14 and 44 yards for neck bow. Pattern No. 8780 offers a smart housefrock in checked fabrics with three and a half yards of material for sizes 14 through 46. War delays orders due to high demand.
A Stepmother's Woes and Soldier Husband Struggles
The article discusses the challenges faced by stepmothers when a war veteran husband returns home with a child from a previous marriage. It suggests the father should assume full custody of his son for a period to reveal the difficulties of rearing a willful child and help the veteran regain perspective and stability.
Let Papa Deal With Son In Postwar Family Struggles
A veteran column urges the stepmother to yield parenting control to the father to calm a troubled home. The advice emphasizes patience, humor, and reducing friction by letting the husband set limits, guiding the child toward harmony, and finding appropriate schooling. The writer cites postwar cases where this aloof approach helped minimize conflict and restore normal family life.
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Margaret
Papa
Austin
David
Diffcult
Europe Needs Our Gin Clothes Millions
Millions in war devastated areas need clothing and food urgently. Until factories can be set up in the regions, our country must provide garments, blankets, and quilts. Infant garments and rent goods are especially needed, plus scraps of fabric and thread with each donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Tte
Yeabie
Alec
Banana oddity: single fruit banana feeds three
A banana plant from the Far East bears a single fruit rather than bunches. The fruit is as long and thick as a man’s arm and contains enough food for a meal for three hungry people.
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Far East
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Homer
Cuvee
Chapter
Phebe
Forth
University
Wren Hi Tong
Nvn
Walter Lippman
Paris
Paria
Momer, Junior
American Hospital
Professoss
Burts
Tor
America
Kathleen Norris
Pratineas
Dustin
By Kathleen Norris
Fds
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery St
San Francisco
Calif
Tnt Oy
Kelloggs
Fleischmann's
Will
Fleischmann
Plaschmann
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