Spangles for Spaghetti A light romance in class notes
In a 1916 Daily Short Story, Alonzo Arnold meets Hildegard in a Spanish course. They become friends and then more, as he pursues ambition in language work and she hints at travel and daring, while their growing attraction stirs curiosity about their future together.
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Osborn Jones
McClure
Hey
Alonzo Arnold
Huw
Cleswyre
Aren Alonzo
Alonzo
Hildegard
Spain
Mexico
South America
Bravl
Spaniah
Wimeek
Ghiut
Fie
Hildegarde Henry
Alon
Josson
Wildegarde
Alanne
Gay Toes for Skating Fashion by Betty Brown
A women’s fashion column describes two new skating outfits from Fashion Art maza wine for Mare, including plaid wool coats and green pontino trims. A romantic subplot follows Alonzo, a stenographer, as he loans his lover, Hildegarde, a fan and later purchases groceries with a credit gift, revealing their strained social gulf as Christmas approaches.
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Betty Brown
Mare
Mazawine
Alonzo
Sant Las
Ble
Uhiie
Vibe
Burriea
Thrio
Han Brown
Tifide Gurdy
Joe Drew
Ile
Atonga
Owen Conferton
Rome
Confessions of a Wife and a Grand Yet Frugal Life
The speaker recalls a modest apartment, a shelf with photos of handsome boys, and a revelation that wealth cannot buy happiness. A veteran chorus girl shares how love, betrayal, and a husband’s tragic death shaped her view on romance, warning Paula to guard her heart and avoid blind trust in men.
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Ruth
Ivan
Pritfroton
Hayi
Maisia
Misa Dayton
Erin Lawton
Paula
Bie College
Falcow
Palm Beach fashion preview from Marguerite studio
A Palm Beach fashion preview describes a beige tweed cutaway outfit from Marguerite of the Fashion Art League of America. The ensemble features a closely tailored skirt with pleated detailing and a black satin hit trimmed in silver, finished with a small black tulle veil.
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Betty Brown
Palm Beach
Binek
More Men Than Women Have Appendicitis
Surgeona agate men are slightly more subject to appendicitis than women. Fairmont people should know that a few doses of gimple buck thorn bark glycerine etc. aa mixed In Adlerka, often relieve or prevent appendicitis. This mixture relieves such surprising soul matter that one spoonful relieves almost any case of constipation sour stomach or gas. The instant easy action of Adlercka 18 surprising Martin's Drug Store.
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Surgeona Agate
Fairmont
Adlerka
Adlercka
Martin
Quaint bridal cap frames Gladys Burger wedding
Miss Gladys Burger wore a quaint bridal cap of fish net tulle with a double frill around the face and a soft tulde veil falling from the cap to the gown. The wedding, a society event in Chicago, showcased youthful simplicity over elaborate fashion.
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Betty Brown
Gladys Burger
Chicago
New Passenger Schedule Filed by Coal and Coke Railroad
A new schedule filed with the public service commission covers trains between Sutron and Garsaway, in line with a prior commission order. The same session granted Monongahela Valley Traction permission to advance gas rates at Wyatt, while Montgomery Gas sought higher rates.
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Charleston
W. Va
Coal and Coke Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
Sutron
Garsaway
Monongahela Valley Traction Company
Wyatt
Testimney
Montgomery Gas Company
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Endorsed by Women
Fragment from an old reader letter praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female complaints. The writer reports relief from headaches backaches hot flashes and other symptoms and urges others to try the medicine and its accompanying Pleasant Pellets. Credentials and full address details appear, with a testimonial tone typical of early 20th century medical adverts.
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West Va
Warkersturg
Dr Pierce
Fifth Heels Cause Corns On Toes Warns Doctors
A dispatch notes modern high heels force toes into tight positions causing painful corns and infection. It cautions against self treatment and promotes a drug named freezone available at pharmacies to remove corns safely.
Denies compensation to widow in coal mine case
In We West Virginia a Workmen's Compensation Board refused compensation to Bertha Forsbonins and her children after a mine accident involving Honeelilated Poal company near Pocahontas. The decision came less than seven months after the death, with the claimant seeking relief for losses from the mine disaster.
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Whatleston, W.V A
Becaue
Wieg
Coes Peam
FL Forsbonins
Beth of Ly
Poal Company
Pocahuntas
Elderly Patients Harmed by Contaminated Tonic
A local doctor allegedly administered a tonic laced with strychnine for years, causing dizziness and irritability among elderly patients. Witnesses recall no other effective remedy, and the doctor’s formula appeared unique to Hickory Tonte, sold in small towns and rural areas.
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the Daily Short Story
Uni
Alon- 10
Atmost
Villegarde
Aiall
Confessions OF
Wife
Wilder Stamfer
Isil
Rim
Mina
Wil
France
AGORN
Pitteburgh
Offica
Main Street
Court Houe
the Union Dentists Bell
Seaman & Titherington Bell
Mountain City Drug Co
Court House
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