Dear Darling Dean Reveals a Typewriter Mystery
Blodgett returns home to find Dalice missing and a cryptic note on her typewriter. A confrontation with a visitor named Dean uncovers a mistaken love affair, but Dalice explains the note was about a stuck key and her need for a “typewriter man.” Blodgett resolves the misunderstanding with a pang of remorse.
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Ting
Dalice
Death
Blodgett
Dallce
Calice
Dean
Darling Dean
Red Blodgett
Young Dean
Fred
Blodget
Chinese Printer Errors and Silk Trade Tales
Carl Crow notes humorous English slips by Chinese printers in Shanghai texts and recalls a dead man insult in a city directory. He also recalls a Shanghai architect’s joke about building the Empire State and a silk trade claim about purity proven by burning silk to ash.
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Carl Crow
China
Shanghai
Empire State Building
New York City
Mr. Crow
Christ
Misjudged War Timeline Delays Allied 1914 Advance
In September 1914 a British general in France predicted four weeks to cross into Germany while a French commander believed three weeks. The campaign stalled at the Aisne, delaying any crossing for four years.
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France
Germany
The
Aisne
What Makes a Good Husband and Why It Fails
EAR MISS DENE argues there is no universal good husband. compatibility and love shape satisfaction. A kind, steady provider may bore the wife if she lacks affection, while a thrilling mate can fail if not matched to the right woman. Parents seek practicality, but happiness depends on mutual desire and fit rather than fixed traits.
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Mary
Miss Dene
Bobbie
Bell Syndicate
WNU Serviaa
Canada
General Foods, Ltd
Cobourg
Ont
Postum
How to stiffen draperies with heading canvas
How heavy the material is decides if you line new draperies. For a French heading stiffen the top with heading canvas cut four to six inches deep. Sew over, create three small plaits starting two inches below the top, then sew through to match the stiffening. Attach a ring to each plait on the wrong side.
Quotations from notable figures on culture and virtue
A compact excerpt of quotations from Emily Post Albert Einstein Vice President Garner Irving T Bush and Prince de Broglie on adapting conventions wisdom love friendship character and human understanding.
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Emily Post
Albert Einstein
Garner
Irving T. Bush
Prince de Broglie
Unrolling Tape and Home Care Tips
Practical household guidance on unrolling friction tape without edge tearing, balancing furniture groupings, threading needles correctly, timing cake finishes, using zipper coverings, washing walls with flour paste, preparing stuffed prunes as a light dish, and improving potting soil with sand to keep soil loose.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Spears
South Desplaines St
Chicago
Illinois
General Foods
Battle Creek
Mich
King Features Syndicate
G. F. Corp
VV Finly
Deak
ORK
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