Horizontal and Vertical Puzzle Clues From Historic Record
A mixed set of crossword style clues appears with numbered entries across horizontal and vertical sections. The fragment includes definitions for scales, measures, verbs, and common terms, ending with a note that the solution will appear in the next issue.
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
Instructional note explains filling white spaces with letters to form words across and down. It clarifies that each word starts at a numbered definition below the puzzle grid and that black squares remain empty. All entries are dictionary words except proper names. Abbreviations slang and technical terms are marked in definitions.
Reflect on Your Life and Forge Right Paths Daily
A McClure Syndicate meditation urges daily private reflection to assess self and direction. It contrasts courageous self-Examination with fleeting amusements, warning that neglect leads to drift, failure, and regret while disciplined inner work builds character and future usefulness.
Madame Swetchine and her Paris salon faith and exile
The passage recounts Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine's life born to a Soymanov father who founded a Moscow academy. It notes her 1790 marriage to General Swetchine, her St Petersburg salon, and how the Revolution drew French nobles to Russia. It follows her 1815 Orthodox to Roman Catholic conversion and relocation to Paris with a religiousizing salon.
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Anne Sophie Soymanov
Swetchine
France
Russia
Madame Swetchine
A Soymanov
Moscow
General Swetchine
St. Petersburg
Joseph de Maistre
Paris
Madame
George Matthew Adams
Mottier's Cook Book and Housekeeping Clues
A playful fragment hints at a woman named Mottier and her home methods. It notes her cellar and broom storage as telltale signs, alongside observations about unused rooms and overall housekeeping style.
Diet Tips For Year Round Frugal Family Meals
The article urges lighter meals and daily green salads for health, recommending fresh fruit like apples and varied vegetables. It highlights spinach, carrots, onions, beets, corn, beans, celery, cabbage, squashes and buck greens as versatile options, with ready-to-serve canned varieties as a fallback.
Riding on a Railroad Train Poem of Travel and Reflection
A lyrical piece describes riding a railroad train through varied scenery from sun to rain. It extols constant movement, sights of fields, forests, towns, and houses, and finds joy in travel. The poem pairs movement with divine presence and friendship, likening life to a train journey and framing travel as a source of beauty and comfort.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The Schaeffer Name in American Heritage and Origins
A historical overview traces the Schaeffer surname from German roots to American lines. It notes early bearers Alexander Schaeffer arrived in 1728 after England, while David Schaeffer settled in Pennsylvania in 1776. The Morris theory links Morris to Moor origins, with Richard Morris arriving in New York in 1668 and land purchases in the Bronx.
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Chaeffer
Alexander Schaeffer
Palatine
England
Schaeffers
David
Maur Rhys
Richard de Clare
Strongbow
Ireland
Itgyrs
Richard Morris
New York
Bronx
Morris
Europe
McClure
Her Young Lady Across the Way
A column notes a young woman across the way praising wireless radio as a wondrous invention. She cites ships saved by sending out a C. O. D. call as an example of radio’s value.
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C. O. D. Call
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Continental Currency Redeemability Under Early U S Acts
The Treasury states Continental currency was never redeemable under the Constitution. An August 4 1790 act allowed $100 in Continental money for $1 in specie to subscriptions to a loan, with an 1797 act extending receivability until December 31 1797. The text adds a unrelated note that pigs from Tibet have thick rusty hair.
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Treasury Department
United States
Treasury
Woman Manages Massive Pennsylvania Coal Mine
Mrs. Nettle L. Macomber of Pennsylvania assumes management of a lignite coal mine believed to be the largest in the United States after her husband’s death. The property is valued at 10 million dollars and includes about 1,200 acres of coal lands.
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Nettle L. Macomber
Pennsylvania
United States
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Fize
Science Service
Berne
Cima
Portland Cement Association
West Washin Street
Chicago
National Organization
Ford
Champion Sparkling Co
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