The Globe Trotter’s Tale Ends in Small Town Love
A family with globe trotting ancestors and bold travel ties shapes Hattie a cosmopolite yet she runs away to marry a local merchant. Jokes and morals mix travel lore and quirky facts from the era, noting Fourth of July plans and oddities from a Holyoke chemist to a rubber heel-fed ostrich.
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Hattie
Stanley
Africa
Arctic
Phineas
South Pole
North Pole
Paris
Omsk
Vienna
Pelping
Wappingers Falls
Sattle
Hattle
Chariie
New Haven Railroad
American Automobile Company
Holyoke
Mass
What’s Wrong With These Sentences
A reader’s collection of garbled lines and outdated jokes shows misspellings odd phrasing and nonstandard quoting. It highlights errors in grammar and punctuation while depicting a dubious gendered humor tone from a bygone era.
On Home Gardens for Boys and Girls
A children's garden poem urges every little boy and girl to tend a small plot with spade hoe and land to grow vegetables. It celebrates the joy and economy of home gardening, noting potatoes peas cabbages beans and spinach can come from seed and rain and heat may yield food or not.
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WPA
New York
Neons Sa
Dod
SCRAMBLED LETTERS CONTEST ALLY NAMES REVEALED
Rearrange the scrambled names to spell the American ally nations and cities: Philadelphia Albany New York Chicago Boston Los Angeles Quito? Paris? (Note this entry hints at finding known ally names. ignore unclear fragments and present coherent ally spellings in proper form.)
Curious Facts for Curious People Item
Curiosity notes mix playful claims about American Indians mats fear of basa drums fire crackers and pink boards. The fragment hints at creating a rowing machine but provides no concrete details or context.
Definition Test Puzzle from a 19th Century Page
A mosaic of crossword style clues lists varied prompts from a pedigree and embezzlement to a French anthem and a Roman palace. Some entries reference objects, people, places, and roles, while others appear as garbled OCR strings.
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Seseeesod
Mabertine
Dian
Paris
Athens
Geography Check the following statements to make sense
A garbled quiz volume lists dubious claims about US and world geography. It wrongly names provinces and states, confuses rivers and cities, and jumbles countries with cities. The piece is a faulty practice item with multiple incorrect pairings and nonsensical spellings.
State of the Union myth and global views mix with crime news
The column blends Arthur Brisbane's critique of the AAA decision affecting farm payments with a global sports and political roundup. It cites the Supreme Court ruling on the agricultural adjustment act, a projected budget balance, and questions about farmer compensation. It also notes a bizarre sports claim about mile speeds, plus political commentary on Lloyd George and Ethiopia, then shifts to social issues including a Poughkeepsie murder and Hauptmann execution coverage.
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Supreme Court
Wrap Around Makes Good Utility Frock
Pattern 2598 promotes a jiffy wrap around frock with a smart shirt option, designed for daily utility from morning routines to changing time. It slips on like a coat, opens flat for froning, and offers generous front overlap with no petticoats needed. Sizes listed include 14, 18, 18, 20, 32, 84, 86, 88, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. size 16 uses 354 yards.
Sewing Circle Pattern Offer for 16 Inch Fabric
An illustrated step by step sewing pattern is offered for 16 inch fabric. Send fifteen points or 16 cents in stamps or coins, with name address and style number. Order to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. 248 W Seventeenth St New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Seventeenth St
New York City
Household Tips From A Modern Almanac Column
Al Aroma At House offers kitchen and garden hints from keeping icing smooth to fern care with ammonia solution. It advises room temperatures 40 to 65 degrees for house plants, DIY indestructible garden labels from tin scraps, fur cleaning with hot sawdust, and bread under a broiler rack to catch drippings. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
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Associated Newspapers
WNU Service
Hezekiah Brown Loses Foreclosure To Topeka Bank
The colored defendant Hezekiah Brown lost a foreclosure suit to a Topeka bank. The judgment awarded the bank 19 of 20 acres of his Eldaikiah plat adjoining Shiinganingd Creek. Kansas law allows a homestead of one acre in one place, so Brown chose a 16 foot strip along the creek bank around the property edge to remain in his possession, while the bankers must cross Shunganunga to reach their land.
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Topeka Bank
Eldaikiah
Shiinganingd Creek
Kansas
Hezekiah
Adlerika Promises Fast Relief for Constipation
An old advertisement claims Adlerika relieves constipation within 30 minutes after one dose. It asserts complete cleansing of the bowel, reduces gas, and warns ordinary laxatives miss much. Dr. H L Shoub notes it also checks intestinal bacteria growth, with Dr Shoub based in New York. Sold by druggists and drug departments.
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Adlerika
H.L. Shoub
New York
Adierika
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