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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1922
Page
10
Mrs Timmins, a keen gossip and keen detector, tracks the Ridley Gordon engagement fallout. Carol Denham looms at the center while Lisbeth Gordon flirts with danger and Jack Ridley ponders a future with money, status, and a home.
The article details light summer styles for flappers including Soft shirted sleeves and a wide half skirt in sheer fabrics. It highlights figured batiste, dotted Swiss with green, tissue gingham for girls, and escalating calico prints as cool, dainty trends.
In a 1922 fiction excerpt, Peg and T reveal their elopement to Bart and Bonny, while Mr Tearle offers a gift for memory after Peg’s marriage. Jack curses upholding duty, but Peg and T discuss finances, job hopes, and a bold test of love through a six month hardship. The scene ends with plans to test whether the couple can endure hardship before returning home.
Mrs Timmins worries as Lisbeth uses a car with Billy Cantrell and Ridley in tow. Lisbeth’s late returns to Denham steps alarm her. Carol remains distant. Ridley’s banker stance prompts Timmins to seek a straight account of the tangle among Lisbeth, Carol, Billy, and Ridley.
Nancy and Nick visit Moon Man hunt with Wally Woodchuck and Fairy landlord Mr Tinga ig the Moon Man is lost old Comet-Legs Weather fairy turns the Moon square causing a cliffhanger as the duo sail toward the Moon with Sprinkle-Blow on a broom. To be continued.
A speaker recalls letting Lisbeth marry for money from a late cousin, hoping to break the engagement unless funds were spent. Lisbeth’s thrift and wedding preparations tested the plan, but she sees happiness and is guided by Carol and the matchmaker figure Mrs Timmons notes. The narrator credits Lisbeth, Carol, and Billy in a quirky 1922 vignette.
This week the Cook Hospital saw only thirty five patients, the lightest period in memory. A prior rush of tonsil operations filled wards, but those patients left. Few ward cases arrive as mines halted and typhoid cases remain rare this spring. Florida coast reports a giant eighty pound crawfish captured offshore.
A cooking expert promotes appealing, colorful summer dishes for June. It suggests using fresh fruits and vegetables like green peas asparagus and strawberries, making curd or cottage cheese with strawberry jam, and repurposing cold meat into croquettes or salads. Emphasizes varied plating, leftovers served in different forms, and buttering biscuits hot for best flavor.
Romance unfolds at the Midvale Boat Club where Molly Wayne learns three suitors pursue her Ben Wheeler Billy Barton and Donald Manning. Molly weighs love and work while Manning presses for a midnight escape. Wheeler schemes to influence Molly’s choice as the scene ends with a cliffhanger.
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