Intensely Practical Poet charms Ruth with verse
Harry Furber, a wheat pit trader in Chicago, pursues Ruth Koessler while balancing his image as a practical businessman and an aspiring poet. A staged public reading backfires as Ruth discovers a newspaper feature highlighting his poem and college athletic photo, fueling their romance.
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Harry Furber
Farber
Koessler
Robert Phelan
Phalng
Harvard
Phelan
the “Monthly
Am Eastern
Ther
Furber
Chicago
Ruth Koessler
Ruth
Greece
Rom
Ripley
Dil
Firber
Rex
Abe
Furbher
Harry
Daily Story Pub. Co
Biscuits Fail Through Cream of Tartar Substitution
A young woman attempting a culinary demonstration misused baking ingredients after a missing cream of tartar. A bucket of white powder was misidentified, leading to biscuits that puffed and hardened like steel. The incident ends with a lesson in proper ingredient checks. A separate item notes Hammersmith Council building a greens house to aid mourners with affordable flowers for graves.
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Hammersmith Borough
Humorous Anecdotes and Wit From Old Jokes
A collection of short humorous snippets includes a suitor’s blundering proposal answered with a rose and a florist visit, a crowd drawing speaker joke, a jealous scare tactic for a wayward wife, and a pastor’s lawn sermon turned into a punchline about Nature’s sermons.
Enigmatic Escape From Modern Fashion Lands in Hidden World
A dialogue sketches a longing for a nature bound utopia away from fashion and social rules. A youthful speaker imagines a paradise where hats and dresses lose meaning, while the beloved yearns for such a place. The piece juxtaposes satirical snippets from newspapers on wit and whimsy.
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Harold
No Browning and the Goosberry's Feat in Humorous Quips
A collection of light jokes and quips from various papers. A shopkeeper lacks Browning while a listener contemplates travel and backward peasants, as a Chinese gunner joke and a seaside trip gag appear amid playful wordplay about geese and gees. The items echo early 20th century humor and misheard phrases.
Holmes Traces Burglars by Scent After Theft
Milwaukee Sentinel reports a strange burglary where thieves stole perfumes and Fetlock Holmes followed the trail by scent aboard a car, leading to a pursuit and capture. The odd clue drives the investigation and underscores Holmes's famed tracking method.
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Fetlock Holmes
Milwaukee Sentinel
Just Possible Clara I Wish I Could Believe What He Says
A string of clipped quotes from newspapers captures a mood of skepticism about love. Clara questions a suitor who claims to love her after two days. Maude pushes for realism as witty exchanges follow.
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Clara
Maude
Chicago Daily News
Objections to Algernon and the in law idea
A Bloom of voices debates what qualities a son in law should have. A young professor and Miss Clipper express views on character and fun versus deeds, contrasting with snippets of humor from papers and cartoons about stories and a golfer’s temper.
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Algernon
Chicago Daily News
Miss Clipper
Detroit Free Press
Poetry in Everything and a Basket of Vit
A brief exchange reports a poet noting poetry in all things and an editor replying with a playful example of a basket full of vit in the corner. The dialogue highlights whimsy and wordplay between creator and editor.
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Edtor
Royah
Making Good Pastry Rules From Prairie Farmer Advice
A compact guide on pastry making from plain and puff pastes, detailing butter quantity, kneading, folding, and resting steps. It covers using plain paste for lower crusts and puff paste for uppers, storing leftovers, and creating cheese straws and tarts with apple filling and jam.
Against Canning Time Guidance for Home Food Preservation
Practical early 20th century advice urging readers to prepare utensils and clean jars, test seals, and harvest fruit under favorable conditions. Emphasizes using appropriate jar sizes, avoiding old rubber rings, checking for leaks, and choosing cool mornings for canning to ensure quality preserves and jellies.
Apple Custard Pie from a Historic Recipe Card
A concise recipe describes lining a pie tin with paste, layering thick stewed apples, and pouring in a custard made from the yolks of three eggs three tablespoons sugar a pinch of salt a pint of milk and nutmeg. Bake with a bottom crust and serve very cold. It also offers a tip for stoning raisins using butter on fingers and knife to ease the task.
Excellent Sandwiches From Ledger Monthly
Attractive recipes outline cold roast chicken or turkey sandwiches with canape sauce mustard butter and lettuce. Variations include Club Sandwiches and mixed fillings with bacon ham eggs lettuce and mayonnaise, trimmed and cut into triangles for serving.
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Ledger
Tonat
Salads and Dressings From Farmer's Review
A short collection of fruit and vegetable salads with citrus orange segments, walnuts, grapes, lettuce, and dressings. Includes Peanut Salad with olives and celery, Cabbage Salad with sour cream dressing, and instructions for sour cream and cream dressings.
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Farmer's
Notes for the House Remedies and Practical Tips
A compilation of household guidance covering bruise care and des coloration, fabric whitening, stain removal, and kitchen substitutes. Tips include buckram edging on rags, spinach in bouillon, ammonia chalk for marble sinks, a paste with alum and clove oil, toasted bread for invalids, bisulphite and muriatic acid for flannel whitening, and pipe clay for wallpaper grease stains.
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J. Louis Engdahl
Farmer Corntassel
Washington Star
Jack the Kisser
Jeane Newton
Supreme Court
Chicago Tribune
Topeka State Journal
Topeka
Houston Post
Browning
Pels Mele
Ethel
Cleveland
Detroit
Houston’ Post
Jack
Widga
Twain
London
Paine
Hope
Howells
Bateceller
Flower
Fgbert
Younkers Statesman
Eugene Field
Belle Estes
Canning Time
Eper
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