Getting It Straight Heiress Exchange Sparks Witty Quip
A comic quip contrasts a vow of lifelong hands with a playful jab about marriage as a livelihood. The exchange highlights social tones and witty gendered humor of the era.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
8
Boschee's Syrup Ad Claims Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a remedy to quiet coughs soothe throat and lung inflammation ease bronchial irritation and aid restful sleep. It asserts fifty two years of American manufacture and usefulness for lung trouble asthma croup and bronchitis with sale in civilged countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Adv
Found It High
A patient tells the doctor the prescribed medicine was found expensive. The exchange notes concern over the cost of the treatment and the physician’s response references the medicine’s high price.
Conquest of the Aerial Service for Passengers and Mail
A dramatic report outlines the rise of air transport tracing the conquest of passenger service mail and merchandise by early airlines. It highlights pioneers and routes expanding reach and speed across regions, signaling a new era in travel and commerce.
Pan American Aeronautics Convention To Attract Enlistments
Atlantic City New Jersey will host the Pan American Aeronautics Convention in May drawing American and foreign aviation leaders. Captain Charles J. Glidden of the U S Air Service touts rapid postwar air service expansion across the United States and hemispheric routes, predicting widespread six hour access from twenty four hubs and a large surge of enlistments for fifteen thousand air service positions with benefits and training. He urges immediate applications to recruiting officers before the limit is met.
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U. S. Air Service
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Charles J. Glidden
Military Aeronautics
United States Lying School
Southerfield
Georgia
United States
Atlaetic
Atlantic
Afghan origins myth and literature in historical view
Afghan historians trace their people to King Saul and call them children of Israel, a notion not widely accepted by ethnologists. Afghan literature features war epics and love lyrics, while most mountain peoples are Mohammedan with remnants of pagan mythologies. The text also discusses the nine lives legend and mystical number symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul
Israel
National Geographic Society
Pressure figures for water depth in fathoms and psi
The document lists water pressure per square inch at depth. At five fathoms the pressure is 22.99 pounds, at ten fathoms 25.99 pounds, at fifteen fathoms 438.97 pounds, and at twenty fathoms 51.96 pounds.
Salmon Swiftly Speeds Across Short Distances
For short distances the salmon is the swiftest swimmer among fish. It can travel at a rate of 25 miles an hour.
Homemaking tips and kitchen wisdom from a bygone column
A collage of household hints covers pastry shells, baking, soda and vinegar use, cleaning with kerosene, mop care, fish preparation, and cooking methods. It includes practical advice on crusts, turnips, parsley breath odor, and mothballing with teakettles, plus a Wordsworth verse excerpt.
Curried Lamb With Macaroni And Other Recipes
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes includes Curried Lamb With Macaroni using lamb, macaroni, curry sauce and baked layers. Carrot Pie combines carrots with ginger cinnamon sugar eggs and milk in pastry. Chocolate Nut Cookies mix chocolate nuts sugar and spices then bake. Vegetarian Scrapple uses cornmeal onion carrot green pepper and peanuts baked and fried. Jeffled Peaches coats canned peaches with melted currant jelly and almonds or coconut.
Wholesome Family Desserts and Simple Dishes
The page lists easy fruit desserts for children and wholesome treats such as Jellied Apples with pineapple syrup and gelatin, Lemon Jumbles cookies, and Hash made from chopped meat potatoes and onions. It provides basic steps and quantities, focusing on simple ingredients and home cooking.
Jane's Prospects
London Answers notes a witty exchange about crime and return to the scene of the crime. The remark implies a habitual pattern in criminals. No named individuals beyond generic references appear in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Jack
Joan
London
Promoter Sparks Cautious Hope in State Mentions
A Louisville Courtier Journal quote captures a promoter urging resilience as some voices cast doubt. The remark invites readers to view forthcoming statements with skepticism yet optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courtier-Journal
Yankee Joker Made Good in Horn Prank Tale
A World War I soldier nicknamed the Yankee Joker, famed for tricks, spread a hoax about horned plainspeople. He teased a group in France by claiming a horned American detachment had arrived and led them to a brass band, declaring Most of them have horns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
Thom
Fruin
Spiker
Film Eun Story Sparks Director's Departure
A quirky note recalls a film director quitting after his wife claimed to glimpse a sea nymph. The tale hints at a melodramatic or mythic influence on the creator's career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Film Eun
Frugal Struggles Spur Storefront Humor
A compact quip about exhaustion from spring shopping and unpaid bills. The speaker laments the toll of expensive purchases and lingering financial strain, noting humor as a coping theme in a tired economy.
Little Things of War Women Recall in the Trenches
Excerpts from Margaret E. Sangster in the Christian Herald recount a conversation among women about life in wartime billets. They describe old, crowded rooms with rats and shells, mud up to knees, gas attacks, rheumatism, and the small burdens that girls rarely mention.
Lawyer Seeks Eight Month Estate Settlement
A courtroom dialogue shows a lawyer assuring a client they can settle the estate in about eight months, while the Principal Elei questions whether the delay can be tolerated for the money. The judge weighs the timing and the needs of the parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elei
Cost Question Sparks Gossip Over Sweet Man Ner
The exchange centers on a discussion about a rumored romance and its price, with Jo-I and Jim-For debating the value of affection and the sum involved in the informal bargain.
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Jim
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