Old investor finds art therapy in unlikely portrait
Seventy six year old Collis P Ellsworth, failing health and a rash for purchases, agrees to art lessons with Frank Swain after doctor Caswell suggests painting. Ellsworth’s chaos gives way to galleries and a winning landscape prize, while he admits business still matters most.
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Koppel
Collis P. Ellsworth
Doctor Caswell
Caswell
Iowa
Happy Package
Ellsworth
Metropolitan
Museum of Modern Art
Swain
Lathrop Gallery
Mister Ellsworth
Lathrop
Eppel
Young Swain
Doctor
Poultry Prices Stay Low Despite Rising Food Costs
A 1926 price index shows poultry at historic low levels while other foods rise. The feature offers practical kitchen guidance and tested recipes including Chicken Chop Suey with Mushrooms and Barbecued Chicken, plus step by step frying and braising tips for fork tender results.
Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Theme Notes
A dense crossword puzzle grid with across clues and a vertical section. Entries include geography, language, and general knowledge items such as capital of Tasmania, sacred songs, and Maltan gibbon, plus a note of scale and various abbreviations.
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Capital of Tasmania
Chaldea
Vermont Country Store Museum recreates 1880 emporium in Weston
The Vermont Country Store in Weston replicates Gardner L. Orton’s 1880 emporium. Housed in 1828 brick and timber, the museum features authentic fixtures from the original store and a busy forum under a wood stove. Nearly 30,000 visited last summer and fall, with higher attendance this season.
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Weston
Vermont
North Calais
Gardner L. Orton
Wrest Orton
Orton
Gypfindfather
Don't Yell Moron At Reckless Driver
An insurance study notes drivers show varying intelligence levels while driving. It estimates up to 24,000 lives could be saved annually if motorists use their full attention and IQ while behind the wheel.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Insurance Company
Rural School Pupils Pass Up Desserts To Aid War Victims
NEWTOWN PA As a memorial to alumni who died in World War II pupils of George rural school Bucks county started a relief effort for German schools Gertraudenschule Berlin and Jacobi gymnasium Dusseldorf. Pupils give up desserts to fund food clothing and necessities for 800 children. In six weeks the relief chest reached 1319 dollars with regular and saved-menu contributions.
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Newtown
George Rural School
Bucks County
Gertraudenschule
Berlin
Jacobi Gymnasium
Dusseldorf
Ma Greene the Inland River Pilot Keeps Going at 79
Cincinnati reported long time Ohio river pilot Ma Greene at 79 remains active and licensed for another five years after passing tests easily. Known as Ma she is the nation's only woman piloting inland waterways. Her son Tom runs the family steamboat line and she resumes steering to show passengers she can still do it.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ma” Greene
Coast Guard
Harry A. Voight
Mary Greene
Tom
Future Teachers Instructed in Makeup at City College
City College of New York conducted lecture demonstrations to teach education students grooming and makeup for the classroom. The program, aiming to improve presentability, ended with a style show featuring classroom attire including a black silk dress for the traditional old maid teacher.
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New York
City College of New York
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Heart's
By . Goldberg
Old Ellsworth
Collis P
Mister Elsworth
Frank Swain
Lynn Chambers
Huntington
Lynn
Western Newspaper Union
Pursle
United States
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