Wise Woman's Vacation Reflections and Revelations
A long prose piece recalls a woman's early frugal summers with her husband John, then a shift to luxury and vanity at summer hotels. She details careful home styling, window boxes, and meals to reclaim affection, ending with a broader note on propriety and duty in a changing marriage. The text also includes a late reflection on storekeeping and a Venezuelan president Castro, describing his rise, gait, and paradoxical mix of dictatorship and democracy.
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Success in keeping a small store
A professor notes that success in running a small store hinges on the storekeeper’s personality. Politeness without obsequiousness, a modest air of success, and quick recognition of new customers help foster repeat business and timely greetings by name when possible.
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Carnally
Boils Pimples and Sores Remedy from Old Recipe
A handwritten recipe promotes a spring tonic to cleanse blood and kidneys. It calls for Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla taken in tea and at bedtime. The formula claims to purge acids and wastes causing skin eruptions.
Up Against a Woman's Loyalty in Wilminglob Times
A fragment notes a question about how a woman should treat her husband when he stays out late and where he has been. The line hints at marital strain and social scrutiny in a Wilmington era column.
Women In Hotel Lobbies Reflect Changing Social Norms
From a Baltimore taled excerpt a dozen women aged eighteen to older gather in a city hotel lobby as a traveling salesman notes a shift in propriety. He observes women frequenting hotel spaces, mingling with men, and influencing hotel social norms due to business trips and modern travel patterns. The piece contrasts past notions with current behavior among well-dressed itinerant travelers and their companions.
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Nox
Tal Graph
Fett
Sita
Canalusion
Reiieve
Trouble at the boarding house over six legged chicken caps
A landlady recounts the daily grind of serving varied meals to picky boarders. A table of six men erupts when six legs arrive due to a mistaken order, provoking a sharp joke about six legged chickens and ending with the table walking out.
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