Tennessee girl Marguerite Martin named healthiest in nation
Marguerite Martin of Shepherd Tennessee won the national health contest at the First National Boy and Girl Club Congress in Chicago with a score of 96 5 10 out of 100. She credits outdoor life on her mother’s farm near Shepherd and sensible eating and milk intake for her health and plans to become a physical culture director after high school.
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Robert Fuller Shepherd
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Tennessee
United States
Chicago
America
Marguerite Martin
Shepherd
South
Marguerite
Sheperd
LICKSKILLET ITEMS FROM Bloomington Star
Local notes from Bloomington star describe spring fever among boys on the store platform and a blacksmith firing wagon wheels for a mule team. Items include a pedlar trading junk for old pump and red suspenders, plans for straw hats, barefooted Zeke Hawkins, Ed Bivins’ hire at the blacksmith shop, a left handed horseshoe pitcher, a May pole dance cancelled by a fiddler, measles among the Bisler twins, a traveling dentist seeking teeth, Si Plum’s Decoration day candidacy, and the Rev. Perkins’s illness and lack of sermons.
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Bill Blithers
Zeb Stubbins
Zeke Hawkins
Ed Bivins
Deacon Ebbersole
Solsberry
Jim Slivers
Dee McFadden
Bisler Twins
Si Plum
Perkins
Magnet on sewing machine saves time for dressmakers
A small magnet tied to a sewing machine helps pick up dropped needles and pins, saving time and effort for dressmakers and housewives. Use wool cloth to press woolen garments for best shine before finishing. The magnet on a string gathers needles with minimal bending and eye strain.
Home Remedies From a Historic Almanac
Practical tips on treating grease stains with flour and blotter, reducing swelling from a fall by applying grated raw potato, and easing earache by binding a roasted raisin to the ear. These remedies reflect common folk knowledge printed for household use.
Cleaning Feathers With Benzine Instructions
Soak the feathers in benzine then rinse in clear benzine and dry outdoors. Keep away from any flame and fire hazards during the process.
Household Tips for Cleaning and Care
Washing windows with a touch of bluing in the water improves clarity. For stiff leather shoes rub with castor oil to restore softness. Wash white silk gloves stockings and lingerie in cold water and dry in shade to prevent yellowing. A raw burn or scald benefits from white of an egg eye treatment. avoid iodine on open skin.
Uncle Joins Josh in Hilarious Exchange at Dice Game
Comic exchange shows a man named George joking about gambling and shaving as his wife scolds him for shooting craps. A light note on a funeral toll hints at a child's swimming hole incident and local sorrow.
Summer Sports Rowing and Picnic Fixes
A lighthearted note on rowing a boat in heat and touring to fix blo outs while keeping ants from invading cake at a picnic. The piece blends outdoor sport with practical summer adjustments and a playful nod to picnic challenges.
Part of the Job Gossip and Speculation
Gossip claims a woman accepted a ring from a man she barely knew. A character labeled Killjoy quips that she is a telephone operator.
Gloves Dropped Lead to Witty Exchange on Street
A playful scene unfolds as she drops her gloves and he picks them up with a teasing remark. She retorts with humor asking how dare him, while he apologizes and explains the moment with a light share of charm.
Son in College Finances Prompt Father humor
A humorous exchange hints at parental support in college costs with a punchline about self-reliance. The line contrasts a son's college status with the father’s financial burden and immediate relief.
Fat employees required to wear suspenders for two handed work
A reader proposes a new rule to double the workload on overweight workers by making them wear suspenders. The suggestion claims the suspenders would force them to use both hands while working.
Scotchman Fends Off Two Yeggs After Robbery Attempt
A Scotchman fought off two would be robbers in a street encounter. It ended with the aggressors defeated and the man remarking he carried only a nickel and would have killed them if he had a dime.
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Yeggs
Cooking the Cook's Goose
A joke tale about a man hiring a cook and asking why the applicant left the last job. The punchline reveals the husband and wife quarreled over how meals were cooked, highlighting domestic culinary disputes.
Harvest Hands Named Right and Left
Hiram boasts two harvest hands named Right and Left to his mother, who is surprised by the joke and the brisk hiring.
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Hiram
Missed the Car A Letter to Firm for Sympathy
A quondain owner laments his wife left him in a car and seeks sympathy from the car manufacturers. He says he does not know how he will get on without the car, though the makers could hardly be troubled with any need he feels for his wife.
Leeds Bride Laughs Then Loses Fiancé in Street Accident
A Leeds girl laughed at old marriage omens on the eve of her wedding. Ten minutes later her father brought the news that her fiancé had been killed in a street accident, despite friends warning against superstition.
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Leeds
England
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