Moon Table and the Moon Table Boy Mystery
In the gable room a beloved Moon table haunts the family as Aunt Persis offers it to Neville and Millicent. The table bears ink stains from Owen the boy who loved music and a hidden drawer yields a fragile moon table boy melody, linking past and present with a haunting tune.
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Persis
Millicent
Sheraton
Clippendale
Owen
Aunt Persis
Neville
Fay
Muuch
Moon Table Boy
Fayrie
Woodbine
Moon Table
Old Gable
Flower Wall Paper in Bedrooms and Infant Sanitary Crib
Advice on affordable flower wallpaper for bedrooms emphasizes simple restful schemes, light colors for dark rooms, and sensible fabric choices. It highlights a versatile infant sanitary crib chair and walker, easy washing canvases, and practical tips to prevent moths, with room height tricks using borders and unified paper and carpet in adjoining spaces.
Insect That Throws Sand Stuns Prey in Sahara Tale
An African explorer notes a desert inhabitant called the fourmilion. It digs a funnel shaped hole and hurls sand at visiting spiders ants and beetles. The volley blinds and suffocates the prey then the fourmilion dismembers and stores it for later meals.
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Sahara
Fourmilion
Menu Strains Family Budgets Over Lamb Prices
A reader laments menu prices in a newspaper noting a leg of lamb costs more than a shoulder. She argues leg may suit large families able to pay, while small families would prefer the cheaper shoulder cut.
Rooster Scares Crows on Maine Farm
Fred Small of Swanville Maine uses a bantam rooster in a wire cage with nest attached to scare crows from his corn. The cockerel’s early crowing starts at once, keeping the birds away from the crop.
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Rooster
Fred Small
Swanville
Bishop Dudley’s rustic admirer defecting to preaching
A Kentucky hunter meets Bishop Dudley, learns he is a preacher, and voices rustic praise. The admirer attends Dudley’s sermon in Louisville, then candidly declares the Lord intended him to be a hunter, not a bishop, in a Louisville Courier Journal anecdote.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Cleaning White Paint Practices and Soap Residue
The text advises using hot water and mild pure white soap to wash white paint when it turns yellow. After lukewarm water, rinse with clear water and a clean cloth to remove soapiness, as soap residues can affect paint and fabrics.
Rice Chocolate Pudding Recipe Instructions
Scald a quart of milk with three ounces grated chocolate. Add one cup boiled rice, a cup of sugar, and the yolks of four eggs beaten. Bake until set. Cool, top with meringue, and bake briefly to color. Chill in the ice box until serving.
Baked Potpourri Casserole From Leftovers
A simple method for using macaroni left from dinner. Add tomato bisque and thin slices to a pudding dish, stir in butter, top with bread crumbs and brown in the oven for a savory bake.
Opium Use Reported Among New York Whites
A substantial rise in opium use is noted in New York City with estimates suggesting at least five thousand white individuals are users of the drug. The assertion highlights a growing social problem and calls for attention to narcotic issues in the metropolis.
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New York
New York City
Texas clergyman praises Dean’s Kidney Pills
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas testifies that four years of lumbago pain ended after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. He reluctant to reveal his name but shares his experience so others with kidney trouble may benefit. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. M. Gray
Whitesboro
Tex
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Elephants Advertise Paris Music Hall In Sandwich Men
An unusual promotional stunt in Paris uses elephants as sandwich men to push a Champs Elysees music hall. The spectacle aims to attract pedestrians and boost theater attendance.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women
Thousands of American women suffer in silence from female troubles and seek help. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has for thirty years been the standard remedy and claims to cure displacement inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related pains. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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God
Bishop
Bishop Potter
Dudley
Kentucky
Louisville
Tom
Hazlitt
Texas
Jefferson
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lever
Erbrask
Kimball County
Neb
Holmes Investment Company
Kimball
Nebraska
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