Between Sentiment and Sentimentality in a Strained Neighborhood
A tale centers on the Old Maid and the Cheerful Idiot as they navigate sympathy for a wounded man named Stone. The Old Maid protests sentimentality while witnessing anxiety over Stone’s injured arm and the need for care. The Cheerful Idiot argues sentiment breeds misery. the Old Maid accuses him of callousness as they part.
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Stone
Lee
Dear Miss Grey Letters Encourage Helpful Advice
A page of Q and A letters to Miss Grey covers family finances fashion travel manners and etiquette. Readers ask about child support clothing for travel and wear and answers advise practical steps and gentle guidance.
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Miss Grey
Wee A
Some Summer Menus and Recipes for Housewives
A bright breakfast sets a steady day for housework with simple summer dishes. The section gives a breakfast menu including coffee or tea and oatmeal with stewed fruit, meat rissoles with parsley garnish, and buttered toast with orange marmalade. A recipe for meat rissoles describes mixing lean cold meat with bread crumbs, herbs, lemon peel, form into balls and fry until brown. Parsley garnish and advance-prep tips are included.
Panhandle Club Girls’ Cooking Skill Win Mates
Deep in Ohio’s Miami Valley a Panhandle Club of 12 girls hosted monthly feasts at each member’s home. The hostess prepared wholesome dishes and delectable fiuffiness as 12 men were invited. eleven have since married the girls, leaving one bachelor who laments his departure from the village of romance.
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Panhandle Club
Miami Valley
Ohio
Anthony Wayne
Why Your Baby Cries and Your Neighbor’s Criers
A regional column argues babies cry from tiredness warm lack and hunger while asserting neighbor babies cry from neglect. It claims readers should blame their own baby’s needs, not others, and ends with a playful comic exchange about sharing candy and a muddy kiss.
Man asks date for wedding after six months
In a moonlit stroll, George plans to ask Ethel about the wedding date after dating her for six months. The tale notes he had not proposed yet and was a prudent suitor. The article mentions Boston's first newspaper beginning April 24 1704.
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Ethel
George
Ao Audden
America
Boston News Letter
When I Marry I Need a Cook Like My Mother
A humorous exchange about marriage asks if a prospective spouse can cook as well as a mother and whether she can match the father’s tablet routine. The joke plays on expectations of culinary skill and family remedies.
Parrot Swears Up Divorce In Chicago Case
In a June 22 divorce suit, Mrs. J. Herman Wagner claimed her husband taught their parrot Polly to swear at her. She described the profanity as terrible and noted the bird could escape death with ease. The court found a conspiracy between Polly and Wagner and granted Mrs. Wagner a decree.
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Chicago
J. Herman Wagner
Wagner
Polly
Judge Refuses License To Brilliant Lady Lawyer
Atlanta June 22 United Press: Miss Mienia A. Fels a top law graduate is denied a license to practice in Georgia. Judge Pendleton says laws permit only male attorneys. Friends plan to appeal to the legislature. In a separate note a Missouri wife recalls six years without kissing her husband and wonders if he found other partners.
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United Press
Atlanta
Atlanta Law
Mienia A. Fels
Miss Fels
Pendleton
Superior Court
Georgia
Have You a Friend Who Drinks to Excess
An appeal describing the Neal Institute on Capitol Hill as a cure for alcohol addiction. It claims three days suffice for a miracle, with a vegetable remedy, no injections, and ongoing physician oversight. Send for information with endorsements mailed in plain envelopes to The Neal Institute Seattle.
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Neal Institute
Capitol Hill
Neal
East Howell and
Sixteenth Ave
Seattle
Cedar
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