The True By Elizabeth Schoen Cobb
Anita Berdon faces ruin after her father's collapse and a sale of belongings. Waldron Merritt, a calm lawyer, offers marriage to shield her, and she accepts after a simple ceremony. Merritt protects her, then learns Anita loves him as husband, not a mere guardian, as she recounts a past deceit and embraces a hopeful future together.
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Anita Berdon
Anita
Waldron Merritt
Berdon
Vane Powers
Miss Berdon
Dasek
Merritt
Uberni
Flo
Powers
Norfolk’s rapid growth leaps past Washington in size
G W Sizer, manager of a Norfolk hotel, notes Norfolk’s population doubling since 1910 from under 70 000 to about 140 000 or more. He cites wartime prosperity, ships in Hampton Roads, thousands of soldiers, and booming business as driving Norfolk toward dominance in the Old Dominion within a decade.
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Norfolk
G. W. Sizer
Raleigh
Washington Post
Washington
National Capital
Hampton Roads
New Zealand
France
Belgium
Old Dominion
Strange Varieties of Food in War Time
Unusual foods like potato flour and artificial protein cakes appear during the war, reminding that much good material is wasted in normal use. Snails, locusts, snakes, raw hippo steak, polar bear flesh, snails in France, dog steaks, decomposed fish, Limburger comparisons, and a remark that tastes vary, with a New York Sun quotation.
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Roy Roosevelt
Bartlett
Stefansson
New York Sun
Playing the Man in Life's Strenuous Race
The piece urges men to act with steadfastness and a manly purpose in all life roles. It cites Robert L Stevenson on viewing life as a path from birth to destiny and urges readers to stop listening to fear and to run the race with resolve, regardless of fate or suffering.
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Brotherhood
Robert L. Stevenson
Flying Fish Torpedo Sounds Like Dying Fish
The piece explains aerial torpedoes used against German submarines and trenches, describing their tapered cylindrical shape as resembling dying fish. It notes that air resistance can speed up falling objects, causing these bombs to whirr as they fall. It also mentions finned forms for Zeppelin bombs.
Uses of Potatoes In Sweden
Sweden's potato crop worth an estimated 4 244 820 bushels will interest U S readers. Of the total crop 37 1 percent is used for direct human consumption 227 percent is fed to animals and 6 5 percent is used for making gour. The loss averages 11 0 percent and 1 8 percent are kept for seed.
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Sweden
United States
Testimony Encourages Doan's Kidney Pill Use in Monroe
Mrs. T. J. Price of 500 N Main St Monroe recounts four years of back pain kidney weakness and dizzy spells. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Union Drug Co she reports relief and lasting improvement. Price urges neighbors to try the same remedy distributed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Monroe
Mre
T. J. Price
N. Main St
Doan
Union Drug Co
Sein Long
Pean
Fester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Hogwallow Notes: Tiny Tales From Feb. 3
Crick Hicks learns bicycle riding and clips the Tin Peddlers wagon by a bend. Miss Gondola Henstep vows marriage, while the Bather Club laments postage and windows. Washington’s birthday quiet at the post office and the Mail Carrier demands dignity after death. Posterity sees a painted ocean by Miss Henstep, porch plant upgrades, and moving pictures’ quiet progress. Weather prophet Washington Hocks forecasts oak summer heat. Excelsior Fiddling Band serenades Sim Flinders, and Depuy the detective tips a derby. Yam Sims jailed briefly for mule theft. Slim Pickens visits Tickville for a snake charmer show.
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Bather Club
Washington
Gondola Henstep
Fletcher
Yims
Washington Hocks
Excelsior
Sim Flinders
Depuy
Rosy Mosely
Shakespeare
Literary Society of the Wild Onion School House
Tickville
No-Cure No-Pay Rheuma Offer Draws Rheumatism Sufferers
Local druggists promote Rheuma as a guaranteed prescription for rheumatism. If it fails to bring quick relief, purchase price is refunded. A testimonial from Mrs. Lucia Peruet of Syracy praises Rheuma after five years of aching joints and swelling, claiming cure after two to three bottles. Large bottles advertised as inexpensive for two weeks of treatment.
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English Drug Co
Lucia Peruet
Gilbert Street
Syracy
Unclear text fragment from historical page
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Bay War Savings Tampa Piles and references a geld money term. The unreadable lines obscure clear events, dates, or proper names. No coherent reportable item can be established from the available readable fragments.
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