Miss Selina Lue and The Soap of Babies
A River Bluff grocer Miss Selina Lue runs an improvised day nursery for local babies known as the Soap-box Babies. Her world intertwines with Miss Cynthia Page and artist Alan Kent as he plans a barn studio while a poor mother risks losing the family homestead. The tale centers on care, charity, and a community balancing hardship with kindness.
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Selina Lue
River Bluff
Cynthia Page
Widow Page
Cynthia
Selina
Alan Kent
Blossom
Selina Sue
Mr. Alan
Kingdom Come
Charity
Ethel Maud
Miss Cynthia
Miss Gumpas
Miss Selina Sue
Carrots
How Miss Selina Lue Helped Through a Hornet Cyclone
In the Bluff community Miss Selina Sue and Miss Cynthia rally a maimed group of children after a hornet cyclone. They turn the incident into lemonade and recovery as neighbors discuss a mothers meeting and the day’s mischief and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina Lue
Cynthia
Bennie
Ethellaud
Miss Cynthia
Miss Selina Sue
Ethel Maud
Luella
Leeks
Selina Sue
Tennessee
Jericho
Mis’ Dobbs
Mis’ Peters
Mis’ Kinney
Few Rules for Dieting Guideline for Young Women
The article advises against dieting on friends advice and warns against excessive or spasmodic dieting. It urges choosing medical guidance carefully, dieting only for a serious cause, and weighing the cost to family meals. It stresses common sense and moderation in eating.
Browning Line on Sky Color
The excerpt notes the blue of the heaven as greater than the cloud, expressing a poetic comparison. It reflects E. B. Browning’s characteristic imagery of vast sky and transient clouds.
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E. B. Browning
Cure for Constipation Promises Health Smile
Advertisement-style notice touts CAS CARETS as a cure for constipation and torpid liver. It urges readers to apply a “good health smile” and promises quick, easy results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascarets
Pettis Eve Salve and Home Veggie Notes From City Farmer
Farmer grouch notes city cabbage supply while Pettis Eve salve item hints at self grown vegetables. A. B. Hatch Cleveland endorses Resinol Ointment for dry eczema after two applications, praising relief and urging purchase at drug stores.
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A. B. Hatch
Cleveland
Ohio
All Drug Store
Disturbance Prevention Ends With Mouse Raid
Colonel Scotchem, weary after a day retreating from the enemy, plans to sleep in his tent. His servant MacPherson reassures him after a gunshot snare, explaining he shot a mouse to prevent a disturbance. The event resembles a trivial incident amid tense circumstances.
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Scotchem
Scott
Mac
Truth a Trouble Maker Hat Gift Sparks Rift
A West Philadelphia man and his wife separate amid unspecified causes. One curious friend asks the husband about the trouble, and he recounts a trivial incident: she bought him a $20 hat and he simply replied that he had no opinion.
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West Philadelphia
A Blustering Man Teases A Religious Opponent
A small man taunts a religious opponent asking about his sect. The respondent replies that by the blustered man’s appearance he fits a class he calls the im sect.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Selina Lue
Marie Thompson Daviess
Merrill Aer
Mary Allen
Kinney
Miss Kinney
Miss Bumpas
Mistress Bumpas
United States
Pettis Eve Salve
Mean
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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