Annette and Mother Split Over Junior Care
A torn family narrative reveals Annette clinging to herself while her mother sacrifices for Junior. The letter writer condemns Annette's training and questions gender roles, duty, and future plans as four people face a fork in the road and a judge's decision. Frances McDonald in The Washington Post invites letters seeking solutions to happiness.
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Annette
Almays
Junior
Annete
Mother
Junor
Junio Ao
Gueas
Bris
Fath
Washington Post
Frances McDonald
Contentment
Hes
How to Keep Well by Dr Evans and More Health Notes
A dense reader letter page with medical guidance and questions. It discusses ailments from swollen joints to skin conditions and asks about salt baths and weight loss methods. The piece mixes amateur medical tips with reader inquiries and brief endorsements of home remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Evans
Just Folks by Fouar 4 It Just Folks
A fragmented verse piece describes a social scene where a person greets others with Hello There, sparking recognition though the speaker cannot recall a name. The poem hints at social anxiety, memory, and the awkward exchange of greetings in morning air. The voice remains intimate and humorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim
More Truth Than Poetry
A poet laments neurosis and health fears sparked by medical texts. He recounts six weeks of knee arthritis and worry over new diseases reported in papers, noting how quickly headlines trigger anxiety about his own health.
When I Am Sick I Think The End Is Near
The speaker describes anxiety that illness triggers thoughts of death and doom. Relief arrives only when social activities like golf or outings distract the mind. The cycle shows how fear of new ailments clouds the future until a moment of forgetting illness restores calm.
Prohibition Era Talks Compare Composers and Prices
The piece notes that composers struggle in prohibition days as they did after meals speakers find few well chosen words effective. It references La Pallette facing a price problem for wheat and a public service commission ruling after New York telephone rates rose, reminding residents of jailhouse legal talk.
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New York
Public Service Commiission
the Belt Syndicate Inc
Making the Most of Personality by Mildred Holland
An article discusses using hair styles to adjust facial contours and neck appearance. It suggests shaping bangs, curls, and neck-length bob variations to soften features, narrow the face, and rebalance proportions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Holland
Rome
Girl Leaps to Death to Avoid Marriage
A Chinese girl student at the government normal school committed suicide by jumping into a well to avoid an arranged marriage her parents pressed on her. Her father decided to take her abroad in an effort to help end the traditional custom.
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Anuki Inghina
Government Normal School
Jin
Doctor Dolittle and a far-off Polynesia query
The scene follows Doctor Dolittle and L the green parrot as Aunt Rosie’s kitchen visits unfold. They discuss Polynesia’s fate, a diet mishap caused by meat, and missing canaries Zit and Pippinella while Aunt Rosie answers the door for tea guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie
Pippinella
Ainglér
Emily
Child's Story Of Human Race O Q Travel In The Middle Ages
A 1922 illustration piece contrasts modern travel with medieval journeys. It notes no railways or steamboats then and describes horses, wagons called chars, and open carriages. Roads are muddy and rough, bridges scarce, and water routes on the Rhine Seine and Thames offered alternatives.
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Rhine
Seine
Thames
John F Dille Co
Chlvane
Visitors Guide to Today’s Theaters and Landmarks
A dated visitors guide lists showings at Keith's and other theaters, and opening hours for major sites in Washington DC. It covers venues from the Capitol and Library of Congress to Mount Vernon and the White House, with daily hours and notable tours at government offices and museums.
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Reladeo— Smilin Thru Motion Piltures Hialto— Babbitt
Salt
Toews Palace
Yoew's
Rlyoli
United States Capitol
Botanic Garden
Pennsylvania Avenue
First Street
Bureau of Fagraving and Printing
Fourteenth
Bureau of Fisheries
Sixth
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Great Falls
North Capitol
G Streets
Library of Congress
Capitol Hall
Memorial Continental Hall
Seventeenth Street
Lincoln Memorial
Mount Vernon
Washington
Fifteenth Street
Treasury
Pan-American Union
Seventeenth Jana E
Public Library
New York Avenue
Eighth Street
State Department
White House
War Department
Nineteenth and
Smithsonian
Mall
Tenth Street
National Museum
Arte and Industries
Ninth Street
Bom National Museum
Zoeologless Park
Rock Creek
Adams Mill Road
French birthrate dwindles in France in 1924
Paris reports a continuing fall in birth rates in the second quarter of the year per the national alliance for increase of population. The ten garment cities show a 650 decline from 1923, Strasbourg and St Etienne among the twenty cities posting increases. Marriages drop 441 and deaths 354.
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Paris
France
National Alliance
Strasbourg
St Etienne
Frocks for Fall Offered at Hickson Reduced Prices
The Fine Apparel Shop Jet A Wastington, representative of Hickson, advertises fall frocks from Hickson Inn at deep discounts. Prices range from 55 to 85 dollars, down from 95 to 165, with navy, Bengal silks, satin crepes, black, and lime green options.
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Jet A. Wastington
Hickson
Hickson Inn
Willcs
Wea
Bengal
Man in the Shadow reveals a London murder plot and escape
Derek Stakeham is framed by two former Pendall associates for the murder of Cecily Pendall and her father. The prisoner Brith aids a breakout plan and a series of interrogations lead to negotiations over money, betrayal, and pursuit across England and Paris as authorities scramble to reopen the case.
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Stnof
Derek Blakeham
Priang
Wistriff
Cone Hhon
Cape Town
South Africa
Cecily Pendall
Cecily
Breddin
Slakehage
Grest
Slakeham
Bredding
Dickson
London
Stakeham
Derek
Ceefly
Tady Maou
Barrett
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Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
Polynesia
Aunt Roses
Dia
John Dolittle
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Mily
Ramon Coffman
Keith
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National Academy of Sciences
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Rock Creek Church Road
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Eleanor
George Matthew Adama
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the Man In the
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