War poetry ban and diet woes in Prairie du Chien columns
A collage of light Yankee columns cites a Chicago trip for Alex Frederick and his wife to attend Billy Sunday and a sanitarium visit. Humorous bits include a New York woman suing for damages after an elevator kiss, jokes about war curtailing spring poetry, and a hoarse critique of potato prices. Also notes humor about handling a movie scenario and a plea to save the Met for Geraldine Farrar. War bond notes conclude the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Frederick
Chicago
Tabernacle
Billy
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Prairie du Chien
Wis
New York
Bullusky Cape Fashion Note Appears
A quirky fashion blurb notes color marahou capes to be worn with a suit or street dress in warm weather replacing heavier outerwear from August onward. Described as satin sued and designed to discard tan outer wear as days grow warm.
Dinner Stories in a Traveling Train
A fragmented humor piece recalls a conductor and passengers joking about a brakeman loss and a thirsty traveler delaying a train. An American touring Ireland asks for vivid steak terms, while a wry inn scene unfolds with garbled, humorous speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Buying China and Cooking Tips From Old Domestic Guide
The article discusses selecting china patterns such as Canton Howe and Sedjl for flexible open stock purchases, and shares folklore about Canton the willow pattern. It then offers pie baking tips with cornstarch, sugar and flour mixing, and crust handling. It ends with packing fine dresses in boxes using tissue and pins for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ag America
Orient
Canton
Howe
Sedjl
Canton China
Li-Chi
Chang
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Rheims
KO Spur
Roy K-Moulton
Herbert 1100Ver
Feller
Quietus
Holland
United States
James B. Holohan
Metropolitan Opera House
Geraldine Farrar
J. Fuller Gloom
Schwab and Edison
Thomas Edison
Charles Schwab
Daisy Mary Eurana Ward
Newark Hay
Newark Bay
Edison
Eurana Ward
Schwab
Aine
Ana
Ash
China
Toledo Used Car Exchange
Madison Ave
Toledo
G. Kibby
Mgr
Summit Street
Ohio
Gabare
Ires
Racine
Camel Tire Co
Madison Avenue
Toledo, Ohio
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