Why I Have Never Married Says Hard Luck in Love
A longtime single man recalls failed marriage attempts from 1890s Arkansas to Oklahoma. He recounts encounters with a 17 year old, a widowed farmer’s wife, and a mother in law who soured his prospects, ending with the refrain that bad luck doomed his quest for matrimony.
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Cynthia Grey
Higmen
Toston Bean
Dixie's Land
Arkansas
White River
States
New Foundland
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Bally
Sally
Miss Grey
Fort Reno
Ten Years Older Than Husband Lived Happily
Dear Misa Grey writes that she is ten years older than her husband and they have a fourteen year marriage. She recounts gossip, a bid to separate them, and how adaptation and understanding rather than age figures keep them content.
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Misa Grey
Bread and Cheese Club of New York
An old New York literary men’s club known as the Bread and Cheese Club. Notable members included Cooper Bryant Halleck and others. The name derived from a voting custom where bread was used for affirmative and cheese for negative ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Grey
Bread and Cheese Club
New York
Cooper
Bryant
Halleck
Strange Sunrise Riddle Prompts Westerly Dawn
A terse note hints at an unusual sunrise from the west with curious phrasing and a playful, cryptic tone. No concrete event or figures accompany the line, leaving interpretation open.
Widow Adjusts To Social Pressures In Luncheon Dilemma
Margie, a widow, rebuffs Barclay Sill's invitation to lunch, telling him she cannot act as a chaperon for Donna. Donna notes Margie’s discomfort with social scrutiny and urges a return to society, while Margie reflects on the care of her baby Richard and the private limits she maintains. To Be Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barclay Sill
Donna
Mr. Sil
Tichard Waverly II
Richard Waverly III
Donna Tenny
Barclay SI
Margie
Eliene
Harry
Mary
Max
Alice
Pat
Mollie
Chad
Mr. Sill
Marygrne
Freezone corn treatment promises painless lift off
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless remedy for corns and calluses. It claims instant relief from pain and easy removal by lifting with fingers after applying the liquid, with a note of a Cincinnati genius behind the product.
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Cincinnati
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Cheever
Jim Dyckman
Cecil de Mille
Rupert Fries
Dixie
Marius Brambilla
Greater Coliseum Symphonic Orchestra
Pike
Seattle
Naval Training Camp
Naval Relief Society
Navy Yard
Bremerton
University
Armory
First Ave
James St
Second Ave
Giria
Columbia
Phonograph
Wegner Optical CO
B. Wegner
Union Street
Teddy, JR
Theodore Hoosevelt, Jr
Christian FL Holmes
J. A. Murphy
France
Maj
Roosevelt
Empire Mortgage Loan CO
Kerab
Dh J. Rh
Binyon Free Examination
Northwest
Grote-Rankinco
Grote Rankin—Pike
Grote-Rankin
Parsons
The
Star
London
Newt
Bell-Geverua
Washington GF
Right Drug CO
Second Avenue
Jessa
Union Dentists Fair
Pike Street
ER Owl
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