Love and Automobiles Conflict Sparks a Lifetime Search
Bartley Dunn and Ran som Drake bet on luck and a license tag game as a novel wager. A chance accident saves a young woman, Ruth Devlin, and Bartley tends her wounded arm, drawing admiration. He proclaims he has found the ideal in Ruth, reversing his bachelor stance.
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Windsor Castle and English Royal Heritage Topic
A passage recounts a family scene about a kiss and a protest over an insult, then pivots to a descriptive note on Windsor Castle near Windsor in Berkshire England. It covers Windsor’s ancient origins, its Norman origin by William the Conqueror, a Roman settlement, royal burials including King Edward VII in May 1910, and its longstanding role as a principal royal residence with grand grounds.
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Space Economy In House Plans Disappearing Beds In Closets
Architectural feature shows a square type house with stucco and brick, designed by William A. Radford. It uses movable attic stairs and disappearing beds to maximize space, with four bedrooms and a bath on the second floor and a sun parlor doubling as a sleeping porch.
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War Apple Crop Scarcity Forces Emergency Harvest Plan
War conditions push apple growers to recruit volunteers for a two-bushel per person national crop. Chambers of commerce and boards of trade mobilize business leaders to organize picking crews, store and export best fruit, and manage labor shortages across towns and farms.
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Khaki's Long Rise in British Army History
The article notes khaki has been used by the British army for over forty years, present during the 1877 Juwaiki expedition and the 1878 to 1880 Afghanistan war. Troops wore tan leather gear, khaki helmets, and unpolished buttons, with khaki meaning crusty earthy in Hindustani.
Apologizing to the Tiger in a Westward Tale
In Raymond Blathwayt’s reminiscence a tiger in a traveling menagerie eats jam and bacon in the messroom after breakfast. The keeper and Blathwayt both laugh at the mix up, while the proprietor’s son quips about needing no washing up.
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Children and Untruths in Mothers' Magazine
Eewin S. Puller argues imagination fuels a child’s mind and that lies arise from imagination rather than fault. He prescribes education to distinguish fact from fancy, directing imagination toward rational growth rather than suppressing it. A thinking person knows the limits of his knowledge.
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