Bluff Barn Art Gallery Reveals Hidden Masterpiece
Miss Cynthia climbs to a Bluff barn loft and discovers an unexpected art gallery. Miss Selina Sue explains Alan Dobbs and the Painters Union crew crafted a sunset scene and portraits, including a back view of Cynthia, as townsfolk react with awe and whispers of future works.
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Selina Lee
Cynthia
Miss Selina Sue
Mr. Flarity
Mr. Dobbs
Miss Cynthia
Chicago
Flarity Twins
Painters’ Union
Singer
Alan
Whistier
Jerusalem
Whistler
Heaven
Mary Hilen Dobbs
Miss Kinney
Mary Willen
Ethel Maud
Selina Sue
Bluff
Cynthie
Adoniram Millsaps
Adoniram
Soap-Box Babies Shelter Faces Mortgage Crisis
Miss Selina Sue runs a rear-area day nursery for River Bluff, caring for Soap-Box Babies with help from Cynthia Page and Alan Kent. A mortgage threat looms as land developers push to buy the grove and barn home, prompting a plan to move or sell while offering a hopeful future.
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Selina Sue
River Bluff
Cynthia Page
Widow Page
Cynthia
Miss Selina
Alan Kent
Blossom
Miss Sue
Alan
Selina
Miss Cynthia
Miss Selina Sue
Naval ship Solace offers lemon ginger seasickness remedy
A surgeon aboard the hospital ship Solace shares a lemon and ginger decoction to ease seasickness. It can be served as lemon soda or with ginger ale, sometimes with a splash of seltzer. Ginger provides the stimulant effect while lemon boosts gastric juices, and the mixture should be taken in small doses at the first signs of trouble.
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Naval Hospital
Solace
London doctor finds simple toothbrush cure for child speech
A West End physician, Dr Stewart, reports a child who had hoarse speech for years regained voice after six months of daily toothbrush use. He warns lisping can stem from imitation of adults and that simple cleanliness helps many cases.
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West End
London Week End
Stewart
Free $3.50 Kidney Cure Recipe Seeks Readers
An advertisement offers a free home remedy recipe claimed to cure weak kidneys and bladder issues. It promises rapid improvement within a week and invites readers to request the prescription from Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit, noting the remedies are pure and harmless.
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A. E. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Mall
Baseball Clash Over Safe Call At First
A dispute erupts after an umpire rules “Out at first” in a baseball inning. The baserunner protests the call and clashes with the umpire, prompting a confrontation on the field.
Like Home Touch. Crab Proves Persistent on Train Rack
A weary traveler, Simkins, dozes in a train car rack where a crab in a bucket awakens and slides to his shoulder biting his ear. Passengers tense as the crustacean clings on but Simkins groggily mutters I’ve been at the office all the evening and releases the crab.
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Simkins
Sarah
Evidently an Amateur in Suburban Gardening
A suburban resident plans a garden project and lists tools and seeds while lamenting a market shortage of angle worms for bait. No seller has worms available despite shopping efforts.
No Girls
A dialogue snippet shows a visitor recounting a brief stay at Wombat's country place. He recalls being promised a tour of local scenery and attractions but notes the encounter was short and spent away from the promised highlights.
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Wombat
Suburb Golf Banter Cites Score and Cooks per Year
A humorous exchange notes a bogey in the suburb and records that forty cooks a year are produced, with last year yielding forty one. The light comment reflects local humor on small numbers and daily life.
Foot Ease powder advertises relief for tired feet
Antiseptic foot powder from USM ALLEN promises to ease tired feet and relieve corns and bunions while making walking comfortable. Sold widely for 2 cents or substitutes offered. Free trial package available by mail from A. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York. All married men are heroes, but they can't always prove it.
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USM Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
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Leds
Ges Roy
Marie Thompson Daviess
Magnus Ettrer
Warren County
Charity
Jackson Page
Si Bradford
Baseball
Fletcher
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