My Great Big Brave Boy Comes Home for Christmas
Mrs. Burke frets over son Carl missing in action for weeks then bursts with joy as he returns home from training. Carl explains he could not write while in Kansas and spent days traveling from Boston before arriving, greeted warmly by his mother and sister Mildred. The scene closes with Mr. Burke praising his son as a brave, loyal officer and the family cherishes a brief reunion before Carl’s five day visit ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Mrs. Barke
Mildred
Mr. Burke
Kansas
Washington
Boston
Fanny's Dilemma Between Harvey and George
In a tense scene at a Biltmore table Fanny faces pressure from Harvey Dibble while clinging to a dream of George Dean. She fears ending their bond as Harvey presses for closeness and she glimpses a future with George while wrestling lingering doubts and family expectations.
Dont you remember George dear back at Johnsons
Mrs Lind needles Fanny about George Dean returning to work for Mr Johnson as the old flame reappears. Fanny denies feelings while her mother asserts she has changed, and a phone call from Harvey promises a meeting after supper. The scene mixes nostalgia, tension, and upcoming news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Clayton
Mr. Barke
Harvey Dibble
Harvey
Harv
George
Mrs. Lind
Fanny
George Dean
Preserving the Hat of Good Luck
Lois Denver saves for a gray Tuscan hat with a pink rose while five dollars for the arrangement looms as the goal. She trims costs nursing a sick sister and helping her mother, but a rainstorm and steady work test her resolve as Curtis McCall lends support with umbrella and kindness. When Miss Winship arrives, Lois sees Curtis drift toward a stylish rival, while Elsa Marsh buys instead two hats with her Aunt Jane’s ten dollar gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossman’s
Lois
Miss Emerson
Savings Bank
Curtis
Curtis McCall
Miss Winship
Conny French
Curt
Harrison's
Louise
Elsa Marsh
Elsa
Jane
That's a fine idea hat inspires romance and a saved straw
Elsie Endicott narrates Lois and Louise as they bargain for a new hat while an April shower turns into a courtship cue. Curtis McCall secretly helps Lois realize she is the world to him, prompting Mr Harrison to raise wages to ten dollars so Lois can marry Curtis. The tale closes by noting billiard balls are aged and reshaped before use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois
Louise
Curtis McCall
Curtis
Mr. Harrison
Byways Of Popular Science Aboard Home Innovations
A roundup of gadgets from heat reuse to safer pencils and mobile X rays. Toaster designs heat two utensils, ironing boards fold, a centrifugal gun aims for high speed, and safer pencils deter chewing. Front line X rays aid wounded soldiers, chloroform versus ether in animal studies, and catalase enzymes in tissue experiments noted.
Catalase Enzyme in Body Tied to Oxidation Process
Dr. Burge demonstrated that oxidation rises with catalase activity and falls when oxidation is reduced. He showed ether gradually lowers catalase while chloroform causes a sharp drop, suggesting anesthetics injure the liver, reduce catalase output, and permit narcotics to act on nerves. He noted liver industry of Jagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Burge
University of Illinois
Burge
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Maine
Academy
Bess
Mamma
Viola
Diana
Abner Anthony
Biltmore
Elsie Taylor
By Joella Johnson
Elsie Endicott
Scientific American
Army Medical Department
Army
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