Snowy North Wind Poem by Alix Thorn
A short verse marks the cold season with lines about snowflakes and bare fields. The speaker finds comfort in a comrade at home and the warmth of an open fire, attributed to Alix Thorn within a 1926 Weatherm Newspaper Union publication.
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Alix Thorn
Foods for Occasions Dishes and Convalescent Recipes
A collection of period recipes for entertaining and recovery meals. Sweetbreads with orange sauce, currant jelly sauce for game, chicken fillete in cream stock, convalescent dishes like egg soup and rice pudding, baked apples with raisins, pineapple pudding, lobster canape, eggs and dried beef, with prep notes and simple variations.
Wooden Lightning Rods of 1820 Amiens Book
A plate from an 1820 Amiens publication by Lapostelle shows wooden lightning rods painted with straw ropes to ground. The author claims lower cost than Franklin metal rods and endorses hail protection. The scene features rods in fields and hills, though the ideas are regarded as nonsensical.
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Lapostelle
Amiens
France
Franklin
Europe
Charleston Champion Warns of Charleston Health Risk
Dr Joseph A Interland president of the Pediatrists association spoke in New York arguing that the Charleston dance causes flat feet and circulated a humorous anecdote about a rich bachelor blaming influenza symptoms on Charleston to avoid it.
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Charleston
Joseph A. Interland
Pediatrists’ Association
New York
Horse Hauler Steers Junk Wagon With Odd Grace
A horse pulling a junk wagon moves along as if the animal belongs on the load, a scene capturing a rural transportation quirk and local color.
Grave Error at Fence Corner Leaves Local Man Shot
Mrs Johnson recalls Horace Bristles shot near his fence corner after a passerby fired. Gap Johnson of Rum pus Ridge comments Bristles should have shaved more, avoiding misidentification as a mad dog. Kansas City Star report notes a neighborhood incident with a fatal or injurious shooting.
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Horace Bristles
Mrs. Johnson
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Indignant Pig Distracts Auction as 640-Pound Sow Attacks
A 640 pound sow brought to the ring charged the rostrum smashing the door and tearing the auction scene. It grabbed the auctioneer’s clothes and ripped his leg. The auctioneer and clerk fled to the ring floor as several men wrestled the pig free for about ten minutes.
Diamond Dyes Color Things New
Diamond Dyes offer simple directions for tinting lingerie silks and robes or dying cotton linen and mixed fabrics. Each 15 cent package instructs whether wool silk linen or cotton mixed material. Buy Diamond Dyes from your druggist.
Propriety of the Phrase Grammatical Error
Pathfinder Magazine argues that usage grants legitimacy to the term grammatical error. It notes grammatical also means pertaining to grammar, not only correct according to rules, defending the phrase's acceptance in language.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Cuticura Soothes Itching Scalp Advertisement
Advertisement promotes Cuticura products for scalp itching. It instructs rubbing dan druff spots with Cuticura Ointment and shampooing with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Encourages daily use for clear skin and soft hands.
Monmouthshire Girl Maintains Perfect Attendance Record
Cora Price fifteen year old daughter of a Varteg miner kept a flawless attendance record in Monmouthshire schools for ten years. She endured heavy snow at home on a mountain top before Christmas to protect her record as described by the London Mail.
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Monmouthshire
England
Cora Price
London Mail
Dessert Recipe for Heart Shaped Muffins with Pink Frosting
A vintage recipe instructs mixing milk sugar and eggs with vanilla and butter, then alternating flour and milk with baking powder. Beat whites stiffly and fold in, bake in heart shaped muffin pans, and finish with a pink frosting.
Believer Pays for Luck as Japan Chants Eight
A Japanese subscriber pays $500 annually for the belief in luck tied to the number eight. The practice centers on the lucky status of eight and the premium attached to holding it.
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Japan
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Boosts Middle Age Vigor
A testimonial from Mrs Hasver Tucks of Shelbyville Indiana touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring vigor in middle aged women after health declines. The letter praises appetite return energy increase and urges others to try the remedy along with Sanative Wash.
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Lydia
E. Pinkham
Lydia & Pinkham
Mas. Hasver Tucks
Walker St
Shelbyville
Indiana
Lydia EB. Pinkham
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