Wives of Tomorrow letter from Frances McDonald
A nineteen year old worker writes to Miss McDonald about the social mask worn by young women seeking love. She contrasts artificial, glamorous behavior with genuine, simple characters and asks if modern girls must continue posing or risk missing true partners. She admires two who stay true and hopes for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McDonald
Sentimenta
Firesto
Medicare
Marty
Rason
Stakeham
Slakeham
Krow
Tomust
Pendall
Pend Teomarry
Peidall
Alene oThanke
Ron
Stance
Lord Slakeham
Smith
Anawer
Ahgaard
Rasen
Mr. Rason
Cou
Aason
The
Chicago Tribune
How to keep well some notes on midgets
A reader asks about dwarfism causes and cures citing Mrs. Tom Thumb and others. The reply notes nonheritable glandular causes, tuberculosis from unpasteurized milk, and cretinism from thyroid disease, then contrasts inherited versus acquired factors and mentions Davenport and De Vries theories.
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Barnat
Tom Thumb
Thumbd
Rad
Eugene Sue
Paris
Samoor
Davenport
Ieland
de Vries
Tourfiers
Dr Vries
Be Such a Boy and You Shall Prosper
An elder counsel from Edgar A. Guest urges a boy starting work to seize early duties with cheer and diligence. He warns that life’s tide ebbs and flows, but effort in small tasks builds future greatness, ending with a copyright notice from 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Teachers Declared Ignored by Farmers
New York Aug. 17 rural schools are the chief defect in the national education system educators from many states say after lectures at Columbia University summer session. They cite lack of trained teachers illiteracy child labor and limited high school access as country life handicaps. Pr Ernest Burnham Kalmazoo Mich normal school asserts farmers undervalue teachers and rural teachers average annual salary is 729 dollars.
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New York
Columbia University
Ife
Ernest Burnham
Kalamazooo, Mich
To a Young Robin
A brief poem recounts a growing robin abandoning its father after he fed it through spring. The speaker contrasts youthful appetite and independence with a father’s patient care, ending in a note on the bright promise of youth and the dread of aging.
Four-year jail sentence sparks envy in Ponzi tale
A satirical note mocks Ponzi schemes and jail time while commenting on fashion and radio speeches in a dated newspaper snippet. Turkish visitors in New York are described with humor about bobbed hair and harems, reflecting era attitudes.
Child's Story of Human Race by Ramon Coffman
German printers moved to Italy and began loose type printing in Venice and Rome. The first English books were printed by William Caxton in Bruges and England, starting with the Trojan history translated from French. Caxton produced 96 editions, including King Arthur and Canterbury Tales, as printing flourished in England.
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Ramon Coffman
Italy
Venice
Rome
William Caxton
Bruges
Belgium
Troy
Caxton
Kent
England
Joan F. Dille Co
Chicago
Doctor Dolittle Seeks Regents Park Wildlife Tour
In a London scene, Doctor Dolittle and Cheapside recall journeys across Europe with Becky and sparrows, visiting Paris Geneva Rome and more before returning to Regents Park. The tale hints at the Doctor’s next greeting by park wildlife in tomorrow’s continuation.
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Gub-Gub
Cheapside
Regents Park
John Dolittle
Sparrow
Europe
Continent
Regenta Park
Becky
St. Paul's
London
Amburge
Hantwerp
Parla
Plonka
Gardena
Lufer
Paris
Paria
Geneva
Switzerland
Rome
Barcelona
Madrid
Royal Exchange
Making the Most of Personality by Mildred Holland
The article prescribes simple home remedies for insomnia and headaches, arguing cold water foot baths and high temperature variations shift brain blood flow to ease symptoms. It urges light meals, a hot drink, and regular quiet habits to maintain personality, and suggests medical consultation if self care fails.
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Mildred Holland
The
Republic Syndicate
Wild Fruits Shape The Return Of Jelly Making Trends
The piece notes rising interest in wild fruits for jellies with tips on best ripeness stages for blueberries, wild grapes, hawthorn, and thorn apples. It explains sugar ratios for blueberry jelly, pectin from unripe fruit, and classic pairings like barberry with apple, elderberry with grape, and cherry with apple, plus general methods for cooking and setting jellies.
Coats and suits marked down at Fine Apparel Shop
The Fine Apparel Shop offers coats in silks priced originally at 150 and 175 now 89.50. Suits by Kasha, Shepherd with checks and silk blends were 95 to 125 now 45.
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Jersey
Viyella
Pongee
Man in the Shadow unfolds a tangled marriage ruse
Derek Mlakeham, imprisoned for Pendall murder under the alias Amith, fights a web of mistaken identity and love as Cecily Pendall’s marriage to another man shatters his assumption of reunion. A prison inquiry with Detective Rason uncovers loyalties, disguises, and a startling twist.
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Derek Mlakeham
Pendall
Cape Town
South Africa
Cecily Pendall
Cecily
Paris
Derek
London
Amith
England
Lord Slakeham
Dickson
Carside
Siakeham
Stedding
Blakeham
Lord Blakeham
Maoul
Tardy
Richard Culhame
Goodby
Macu
Ceclix
Slakeham Tower
Dick Ann
Slakeham
Ponebaker
Tickaon
Acon
Almn Smith
Saict
Thick Sop
Home Office
Amith Ia
Pickson
Tolerantg
Nick
Rason
Fiscort
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Wives OF Tomorrow
Frances McDonald
Mary
Washington Post
KON
Wesley Barry
Shen
F. DD
Gure
Gar A. Gufo
James J. Montague
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
Daily Cook Book
Jane Eddington
Real Sport
By Jay V. Jay
Eleanor
Polly
Mitzi
Tayv Sey
Bill
Matthew Adame
Jelle
F Street
N. W
Man In the
Roy Vickers
Rason Slakeham
Swift & Company
Washington
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