Wives of Tomorrow by Frances McDonald
A reader letters column recounts four broken engagements by Frances McDonald at age nineteen, detailing family pressure, a failed first engagement, a conflicted second, and a spurned third, with reflections on why relationships end and the social dynamics involved. The piece invites more letters to The Washington Post for discussion of love, commitment, and personal choice.
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Miss McDonald
Bern
Frances McDonald
Theane
Bountiful
Allright
Romeo
Milk Substitutes in the Tropics for UNICEF style readers
The article discusses milk shortages in Central and South American regions where United Fruit operates. It notes goats milk and donkey milk as partial substitutes, and presents various baby formulas using condensed milk, evaporated milk, and water. It emphasizes keeping feeding bottles sterile and boiling water, with guidance on daily quantities for different infant ages.
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Tropics
Central
South America
United Fruit Company
Fruit Company
Deeks
Ste Ounes
Poetry for the People: Go Getting to Succeed
Encourages striving for wealth through practical work and self improvement. Advises modeling success on millionaires, pursuing trades or service roles, and viewing money as a gold mine of ideas. Ends with spreading knowledge to gain fame and acclaim.
Let Us Be Fair Peggy Joice and The Catch In It
A fragmentary 1924 Bell Syndicate piece references Peggy Joice’s unmarried status and a quip about alienists profiting as self press agents. It notes Germany growing suspicious of a proposed loan tied to security requirements amid syndicated commentary.
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Peggy Joice
Germany
The
Bell Syndicate Inc
Visitors Guide for Today’s Theaters and Sights
Listings for Pola de Wolf Hopper in El Capitan and Belasco shows plus Rialto and Loews films. Places of interest include United States Capitol Botanic Garden Library of Congress Corcoran Gallery and Lincoln Memorial with hours and access details for tours and viewing.
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Pol
de Wolf Hopper
Keith
Belasco
Rialte
Metropolitana
Loew's Palace
Loew
Columbia
Great Fanls
Library of Congress
Capitol Hill
Memorial Continental Hall
Seventeenth Street
Corcorazn Gallery of Art
Lincoln Wemortal
Government Offices and Monuments Public Hours Listing
Public notices list opening hours for government offices and cultural sites in Washington and nearby areas. Entries cover the Government Printing Office Treasury Pan American Union Public Library Soldiers Home and Smithsonian facilities with varied weekday and weekend hours. A separate note from Portland Ore reports the completion of a Joan of Arc statue in Paris for a planned Oregon park tribute.
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Pan-American Union
Seventeenth
FE Streets
Public Library
New York Avenue
Eighth Street
Upshur Street
Rock Creek Church Road
Zoological Park
Rock Creek
Adams Mill Road
White House
State Department
Portland
Joan of Arc
Fremier
Henry Waldo Coe
Oregon
Paris
F Sarbedienne
Custer
Lronzes
Place Des Pyramids
Pansy
Doctor Dolittle We Find The Sick Man In The Infirmary
Cheapside and Becky search London hospitals with guides and a tip from One-Eyed Alf and locate a patient in the Work House Infirmary. A yellow brick ward, a scarred head, and a bed marked with the number 1 lead the Doctor to the likely patient as the duo prepares to guide him there.
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Becky
Cheapside
Ahs
Becty
London
Alf
Billingagate
Pippinella
Making the Most of Personality by Mildred Holland
In this 1924 essay, Mildred Holland warns that squinting and frowning during sunny seasons ages the eyes, shrinking their apparent size by forty. It urges women to train eye muscles to keep eyes open, relying on will power rather than aids, to preserve youthfulness.
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Mildred Holland
Iida
The
Republic Syndicate
Monday Morning Breakfasts in Jane Eddington's Daily Cook Book
A slice of old time kitchen advice urges stocking up on breads jams and jellies to ease weekday mornings. It recommends ready cereals cornmeal or oatmeal and a flexible breakfast plan when fresh fruit and milk arrive. The piece notes the value of planning and avoiding last minute deli runs and underscores sharing leftovers for desserts.
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Papa
Tommy
Jennie
Modish Mitzi Dora Reunites Canada Item in Box for Bob Hair
Dora brings back a bob comb with a loop to keep hair from falling over the face. Eleanor receives magnet shaped metal colored glass earrings that suit bobbed hair with a sophisticated expression. Matthew Adame.
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Eleanor
Dora
Matthew Adame
Polly admires handkerchief and silver bead necklace
Jay Polly exclaims over Dora s silk handkerchief with a multicolor hand painted figure in the corner and notes her silver filigree bead choker. Novelty in the spice of life she remarks, confidently aware of her look.
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Polly
Dora
The Man in the Shadow Installment XXXI at Slakeham Towers
Cecily meets her mother in law Lady Slakeham at Slakeham Towers and views the grand suite prepared for her future life. Derek’s absence creates tension as Cecily longs for his presence while he confronts his own dangers at Honebyker prison.
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Cecily
Ady Slakeham
Slakeham Towers
Maoul
Slakeham
Marion
Aout
Derek
Lady Slakeham
Cecils
Emmeline
Geelly
Lady Maoul
Cerilys
Cerily
Emmis
Baker
Lord Slakehar
Shakeham
Honebaker
Inek
Rulnad
Honebyker
Chicago
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W. A. Evans
L A J
Hla
Edgar Ateuear
James J. Montague
Poetry
Bhurese
Hureau
Government Printing Office
North Capitol
G Streets
Mount Vernon
Washington Monument
Lincoln Museum
Tenth Street
National Academy of Sciences
B Street
National Red Cross
Navy Department
Highteenth
B Streets
Treasury
Tennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
War Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nineteenth
Smithsonian
National Museum
Old Building
Arta and Industrien
Ninth Street
New Building
Natural History
Tenth and
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Jane Eddington
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Mitzi
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