Christmas In The Custard Cup At Penfield House
Lettie and the Penfield family host a festive Christmas gathering to celebrate with neighbors and friends. Gifts, songs, and a lavish tree create a dreamlike night, while Lettie’s newfound happiness signals a turning point from past hardship toward hopeful belonging.
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Lettie
Thad
Fairyland
Silient
Crink
Mr. Wopple
Game
Drink Penfield
Lorene Chase
Dick Chase
Uttle
Youthful Couple in Luck Over Stamp Misprint Value
A stamp misprint from 1918 Sweden yields 6,000 kroner for a young forester and his sweetheart after a philatelist buys sheets at 200 kroner each. The tale blends postal errors, a wedding fund, and notes on General Pershing’s knighthood.
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Fred J. Melville
London
Harry Weinberg
Stockholm
Riksdag
Gulikaberg
Norland
Forester
Guliksberg
Late William Rockefeller Gala Interview Relives Public Trust Tale
In a candid chat before his death William Rockefeller discusses shifting public views of wealth. He notes that twenty years ago rich men were blamed as villains with no proof, paralleled by muckraker claims and a public eager to believe. He uses schoolboy proofs and personal anecdotes to critique credulous discourse and gossip.
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William Rockefeller
Lawson
Gaya
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims relief for catarrh Deafness
An advertisement explains Hall's Catarrh Medicine combines an Ointment for external relief and an Internal Tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to restore normal conditions. Sold by druggists for over 49 years by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Summer Etiquette Tips From The Right Time
Mary Marshall Duffer offers summer manners guidance noting heat inflates temptation to slip standards. She advises palm Beach attire and casual shirts to stay comfortable, maintain decent appearance, and avoid stiff collars, emphasizing practical elegance over formality in hot weather.
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Palm Beach
McClure Newspaper
Syndicato
The Hoosier State and the Word Hoosier Origins
Indiana enjoys a national reputation as the Hoosier State with debate over the etymology of hoosier. Etymologists split on whether the term derives from Who's there or from Hugher Noosher, a nickname for lumbermen. The article notes early American usage in 1669 and links to Scot word whush.
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LE Indiana
United States
Middle West
Hugher
Noosher
In- Mana
Wheeler Syndicate
Tno
How Sects Grow In Tiny Communities
Two prominent church workers travel through a sparse settlement and find two churches opposite each other. A local explains that one side believes Eve tempted Adam while the other says Adam was a rascal from the start. A humorous take on minor doctrinal differences.
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Columbus Disnatch
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Florence Bingham Livingston
Bonnie Geraldine
Plymouth
Penzie
Mrs. Penfield
Sandy
Uncle Jerry
Carline
Jerry Winston
Settie
Mr. Drake
Orin
S.scssreyseeees
General Pershing
Order of the Bath
George
Sir John Pershing
Diaz
Mexico
Cadorna
Foch
Denmark
Sweden
Siam
Morocco
Afghanistan
Jack Holt
Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
Jack
Hollywood
Cal
Mary Marshall Duffer
sHterace
W. W. Beam
First National Bank
Rolls
E. L. Hollis
Mitta
Sarah Matthews D
Rolfe Mor
W. E. Powley
Palmer School
Successul
West Bend
Iowa
T. D. Jones
Res
Rolfe
Iona
L. M. Graham Veterinarian
Kent
Bessie, Gay. Patterson
School of
Grinnel College
M. HH. Hammes
Sheholl
Hammes & Sons Pocahontas
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
Pocahontas
J. M. Bush
Col
HH. Grove
Plover
Joseph Zimmerman
Gilmore City
R.F. D Rolfe
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