Christmas Party at the Penfields Ends in Joyful Revelry
Lettie, refreshed by care and a new serge dress, shines at a Penfield Christmas gathering. The group shares songs, games, and a festive tree as neighbors recall past hardships and vow to honor individual dignity while cherishing simple abundance. Rich feelings replace riches, and anticipation lingers for Christmas Day feasts.
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Ryland
Thad
Lettie
Ister
Sanders
Faithen
Dlesh
Crink
Mrs. Penfield
Mr. Wopple
Drink Penfield
Lorene Chase
Dick Chase
Wade
Dave Wied
Mr. Drake
George
Christmas Day Absence Strains Penfield Family
In a Cry of hardship the Penfield household endures a costly holiday week. Uncle Jerry’s sudden trip delays dinner plans, Crink’s lateness and wage gaps threaten bills for laundry and coal. Mrs Penfield tightens budgets as hunger and cold press the children, with Lettie and Little Thad sharing scarce water and hope in a winter of poverty.
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Balu
Toll Evans
Penfield
Jerry
Crink
Mrs. Penfield
Settle
Punzlet
Thad
Lettle
Lettie
Ming
Anne
Scouts Turn Camping Into Year Round Outdoor Trend
A scout executive from Walla Walla Washington notes booming camping among boy scouts with the slogan Every Scout a Camper. He cites 200000 attended camps last year for a week or more traveling 10,000,000 miles total at three miles per hour.
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Walla Walla
Washington
Tnap
Scout Gets Test A Milwaukee Scout Takes A Timely Duty
An elderly foreign woman in Milwaukee learns scouts do a Good Turn Daily. A Troop 11 scout explains a baseball game was scheduled and late arrivals were barred. He helped a non English speaker by delivering a long distance call, missing the game by two minutes.
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Milwaukee
Indy
Governor Hinkle Praises Boy Senate of America and Their Work
Governor Hinkle extols the Boy Senate of America for their daily faithful remonstrance to the nation. He lauds their efforts in defense of the republic and vows support for the youth and their leadership amid national dangers.
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Ameria
Dianetern
Valle
Doday
Erie
Minky Goynenur
A Mother Praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Mahoningtown mother details her daughter’s improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes weight gain, restored energy, and return to school routine, urging others to consider the remedy for young women entering womanhood. The letter promotes the company and offers a free medical booklet on women's ailments.
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George E. Whitacre
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mahoningtown
Lydia E Pinkham
Lynn
Massachusetts
A Knockout In A Humorous Exchange About a Tie
A brief domestic quip shows a wife praising a necktie while a husband recalls a salesman taking four dollars. The banter shifts to ownership and spending, ending with the wife noting a birthday and a challenge over right to spend.
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Lfe
Children cry for Castoria remedy advert
An old advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted remedy for babies and children. It claims to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea while reducing feverishness and aiding digestion for natural sleep. The genuine bottle bears a signature.
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Fletcher
Advertisement copy on cosmetics and perfume powders
An excerpt promoting Cath cura Talcum Powder as a versatile antiseptic scented powder for face skin baby and dusting use. It touts it as economical and superior to other perfumes, part of the Cutleura Toilet Trio, with further lines urging honor and respect and referencing a Japanese maxim.
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Tafeum
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Caroline
Eboys
Hinkle
Jack
Young
Lyman St
Springfield
Mose
Dr. Thompsin
Ruy Ar June Drugersteur
Rivne
Bonklet
Chevrolet Motos
Flint
Mich
Seattom
Everrukere
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