Summer Romance on Parkvale Farm and the Postal Man
Ruby and Dabney Forbush watch Peter Perkins, the rural postal driver, charm Ruby during a peaceful summer. Ruby confesses love and faces her ambitious mother’s disapproval while Perkins contemplates a future together. Dabney congratulates Perkins as the couple plans a possible marriage after harvest.
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Postal Service
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Parkvale
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Daboey
Dabney
Peter Perkins
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Diet and breathing urged to cure bilious liver health
The piece prescribes a reform diet and outdoor exercise to treat a torpid liver. It urges deep breathing, nerve foods like fish and beef, cereals and acidic fruits, and suggests avoiding milk. A lemon juice daily routine is advised at breakfast and bedtime for bilious symptoms.
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How to find your way when lost in the woods
A Boston Transcript piece in a forester training context offers practical tips for anyone lost in woods. It advises staying calm, sitting to think, following a stream toward settlements, using sun and contours for orientation, avoiding moss as a guide, not discarding supplies, and keeping confidence. It frames getting lost as a rare but manageable challenge requiring cool, common sense.
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Civil Service
The
Boston Transcript
United States
How to Care For the Feet
Instructions for swollen feet include warm baths with lemon and salt baths, then a second evening wash. A powder mix with phenic acid borax and starch is suggested, plus violet essence in alcohol. Calluses should be rubbed with a pumice stone, and corns require removing the underlying tight shoes.
Horace Pletcher’s eating rules at Harvard Dental School
The article lists Horace Pletcher’s dietary guidelines for patients at the Harvard Dental School dispensary. Eat only when there is genuine appetite and prefer plain bread and butter. Chew solid foods thoroughly and sip flavorful liquids like soup and lemonade. Water is swallowed without taste and not while angry or worried. Remain calm to aid appetite and relieve anxiety.
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Horace Pletcher
Harvard Dental School
How to Treat Kitchen Walls With Enamel Paint
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch advises enamel finished paint as the only acceptable wall covering for kitchens when tile is not an option. Kitchen walls need frequent washing, and white enamel paint surfaces provide the best cleaning ability and dirt visibility.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
How to Hold Skirts Firmly For Proper Position
A simple back button device keeps the dress skirt in place. Make two buttonholes on each side of the skirt band and fasten them to a central back button. This method is more satisfactory than hooks and eyes for securing skirts.
How to Deodorize a Sickroom
Advice suggests deodorizing a sickroom with camphor or coffee berries burned on a tin plate stirred by a red hot poker. The resulting fumes are claimed to readily overcome disagreeable odors in the room.
New Fashion In Wills Sparks Legal Fashion Change
Law Notes says a growing New York practice subjects wills to expert ant emortem review as if testator is alive. Daniel Remsen notes such predeath scrutiny reveals weaknesses and errors, potentially reducing future litigation and preserving fortunes. Twelve years in a brunswick hospital ends for Ferdinand Schimme, paralyzed after a fall, who died after a long water tank confinement that eased pain but led to tuberculosis.
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New York
Daniel
Remsen
Stemsen
Tilden
Fusco
Brunswick
Ferdinand Schimme
Berlin
London
Tooth Plugging and Quirky Dental Materials
Mr Killkin ton recalls a humorous old song about Grandpa’s teeth and reflects on modern fillings. He notes four teeth filled with amalgam gold porcelain and gutta percha, and fears more varied materials may follow as he has seven teeth left to treat.
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Mr. Killkinton
Grandpa
Prayer For Pie Answered In Runaway North Carolina Hunt
An unusual Providence tale from North Carolina recounts a huntsmen party led by Attorney Ben Bradford and Sam Clark of the Reporter after a pie oversight. A runaway buggy halted by startled horses distracted the group, revealing two apple pies wedged under their crusts, a quirky twist reported by the Minneapolis Journal.
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N. C
Ben Bradford
Sam Clark
Reporter
Minneapolis Journal
It Wasn't Funny The Clerk of the Day Story
The Boston Transcript recounts a tale where two neighbors quarrel over a club link. A golf round ends with many balls sinking into a pond while a nearby curious girl asks what is fun about the game, prompting a quiet moment.
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Boston Transcript
Commonwealth Country Club
Drihkly
Tobacco Moth Invades Indian Tobacco Boxes
Tobacco dealers in India face pests from a moth or fly that lays eggs in cigars. The worm bores through wrappers and spoils the tobacco, with few protections aside from encasing each cigar in a bottle or wrapping it in heavy tin foil.
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India
Notable Rail Official Visits Lewiston
B Carothers a prominent Baltimore and Ohio railway official and main line figure is a frequent Lewiston visitor. He was formerly Miss Leland of Lewiston, reflecting changing connections in regional rail leadership. Also notes a humorous exchange about proofreaders in local papers. Pineapple Eggs recipe outlined with gelatin pineapple lemon juice and sugar followed by whipped egg whites for serving.
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B. Carothers
Carothers
Miss Leland
Lewiston
How to Avoid Red Noses and Hands
Red hands and red noses stem from poor diet and impure soaps. Loose belts and collars, and avoiding hot water help. Eat lean meats, fruits, vegetables, and skip pastries, salads, greasy foods, and strong coffee.
How to Preserve Coal Fire
Newspapers soaked in cold water squeezed and rolled into balls can be used to hank up the back of a fire that is wanted to burn a long time but a good layer of small coal on top.
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