South Seas Pass from Cannibals to Pearl Trade Charm
New York essay recalls South Sea romance and adventure in the Society Islands led by Tahiti. It notes little change beyond cannibalism ending, with natives living simply under white rule. Tahiti is celebrated as a temperate Garden of Eden with Mount Orphena 8000 feet high.
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New York
Treasure Island
South Pacific Ocean
Robinson Crusoe
South Seas
South Sea Islands
Stevenson
South Sea
Australasian
Society Islands
Tahiti
Garden of Eden
Pacific
Orphena
Gasoline Explosion Hurts Man in Passaic
Thomas Donahue knocked over a milk bottle of gasoline and struck a match to inspect the spill. He sustained burns but is expected to survive.
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Passaic
N. J
Thomas Donahue
Want Fourth Marriage Annulled
Patchogue New York records show Morton E. Jones aged sixty five seeking annulment of his fourth marriage to Ellen Lee thirty five following a week prior. case highlights ongoing marital disputes and court action in local probate proceedings
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Patchogue
N. Y
Morton E. Jones
Ellen Lee
Health dept to vaccinate 125000 parochial pupils in New York
With approval from church authorities the health department will vaccinate 125,009 pupils in parochial schools in New York. Mrs Heyvelock Ellis urged suffragists not to kiss their husbands until they secure the vote.
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New York
Health Department
Heyvelock Ellis
Aged Woman Casts First Vote at Sycamore
In Sycamore lil Miss Margaret Swinbank aged one hundred and one cast her first vote here choosing the dry option.
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Sycamore
Lil
Margaret Swinbank
Green Serge and Taffeta Afternoon Gown From Paris Mode
An article describes a Green of Paris afternoon gown noted for its quiet, restrained mode. The model features a left-draped skirt with a hem split, ankle length, and a separate silk lace underbodice. A kimono-sleeved coat with folded front shaping, basque back, double ruffie, military cord trim, three quarter sleeves with an underruffle, and a plaid silk neck tie.
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Green
Paris
Home Trimmed Hats For Misses And Children
Julia Bottomley notes fashionable yet varied millinery for misses and young girls. She highlights sailor shapes poke bonnets sombreros and trimmed at home with ribbons bows and forget-me-nots. Four readable hat models and steps show how home trimming can rival shop creations.
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Julia Bottomley
New Cross Stitch Pattern Creates Relief Roses
A spring and summer needlework trend introduces a cross stitch design on oyster white linen where the background is filled with cross stitch and the rose motif rises in relief. The method reduces labor and suits towel borders pillow cases table runners and similar projects.
Points in potting plants by Evaryman Gaillard
This guide advises larger pots for foliage plants and smaller ones for flowering varieties. Root bound plants often bloom more, but avoid starving them. When roots fill the pot, move to a slightly larger container and refill with rich soil. do not overfill so water runs off the top.
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Evaryman Gaillard
Transplanting Tips for Seedlings and Crown Care
The author describes sizing pots for rooting cuttings and seedlings. Leave a top space in larger pots, adjust soil height for crown sensitive plants like primrose to avoid crown-rot, and avoid watering into the crown. Thumb pots are useful but three inch pots are preferred after repeated rootings. use flats for early transplants before final potting.
The Heavy Shower Exchange with a Stranger
A soaked visitor comments on the weather as a man jokes about a heavy shower and wider facts. The stranger replies with sly, vindictive wit, noting the year 1914 and earth’s roundness before walking off spiritedly.
Mistral Compared to Burns in Provencal Revival
The article likens Mistral to Robert Burns, noting Burns found language fully formed while Mistral had to create a living Provencal. It says Provencal had been a ruined tongue and Mistral must mold it anew amid social change, with warnings from reformers about disrupting beauty.
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Mistral
Robert Burns
Burns
France
First Thing in Nature Philosophy Quotation
A concise quotation from Athenaeus highlighting the idea that true natural investigation seeks only to satisfy the stomach, emphasizing nature’s guiding principles over higher aims.
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Athenaeus
Misfortune and Fortune Respect No Persons
A concise reflection on how bad luck and good luck affect all people without bias, noting that fortune does not spare anyone and misfortune is indiscriminate. The line suggests universal vulnerability and the randomness of fate.
Get After Summer Pests In Spring Cleaning
A wartime style urging readers to combat flies and mosquitoes during spring cleaning. It stresses the pests lay eggs now and threaten future months, urging use of swatters and kerosene as essential tools alongside brooms and brushes.
A Better Plan to Borrow Records for Mischief
A neighbor boasts of a plan to borrow disliked records to disrupt the graphophone playing next door. They claim the hosts are kind and willing to lend any records, prompting the speaker to consider borrowing items they personally dislike to remove them from rotation temporarily.
Practice of Watchful Waiting in Lawn Care
A light hearted quip on lawn maintenance notes that one answers about cutting grass by timing it with a neighbor’s lawnmower sharpening schedule. It frames waiting as a mindful, humorous approach to yard work.
Notable Social Quips on Shared Expenses
A humorous reflection notes that a woman eager to pay another woman’s car fare mirrors a man willing to settle another’s gas bill. The remark highlights social expectations around generosity and financial support.
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Redwood
California
McVoy Pail Company
Minneapolis, Minn
Daisy Fly Killer
Express
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
U. Araxlor Company
Wall Street
New York City
Tip Eer Parker
Kish
B. Gregory
Dept
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Spohn
Ing. Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Indey
Bright
Dean
Doan
Minnesota
Anthony P. Kern
Faribault
Minn
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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