Home Health Club Promotes Health Advice
Community health column by Dr. David H. Reeder outlines the Home Health Club’s aims to share tested remedies, inspire better living, and help suffering readers. Letters describe infant paralysis recovery, complexion and weight concerns, and scalp ringworm discussions with home treatment guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Home Health Club
Moorehead
J. P
Lberty
The Fony Jape and Gentle Nature in Japan
A wartime fragment notes Japanese photo displays of Russian prisoners in camp to contrast hardships with comforts. A quip about jail contrasts marriage with time off for good behavior. A Louisville Courier-Journal joke pivots to a gentler view of Japan where animals seem tame and non-threatening.
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Russia
Japan
Plunkville
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Girl With an Allowance Teaches Practical Finances
Margaret Sangster argues for moderate regular allowances for girls from age 12 to 28, teaching budgeting and self control. She shares examples from boarding schools and a financier’s daughters, warns against improvidence and borrowing, and urges systematic saving and charitable giving as part of a responsible money plan.
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Margaret ¥. Sangster
Joseph B. Bowles
Powers That Be
Suall
Myra
Fashionable
Lucy
Novel Pin Cushion for Toilet Tables
A quaint cushion crafted as a holiday or bazaar gift. Use silk or muslin scraps, bran, and a small doll with legs cut off at the waist. Attach a round cushion to the body and dress the doll with voluminous sleeves and skirt, gathering the edge beneath the cushion. Small cushions fill out the sleeves to form frilled ends.
SOME BEAUTY DON'TS FOR A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Advice to improve appearance through calm behavior and daily care. Avoid wrinkling, washing with soap, chewing gum, biting nails, or twisting facial muscles. Ventilate rooms, bathe daily, care for hands, hair, and skin, and skip harsh grooming that harms pores and tone.
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Philadelphia
Fragmented Humorous Exchange From Old Papers
Quick witticisms about a broken meerschaum pipe, stray items in hallways, and a quip about an earthquake. A wealthy woman asks to adopt a child and prefers a blonde child, saying her car is blue. The snippet comes from humor pages in N Y Weekly and Puck.
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Burband
Orphan Asylum
Puck
Told the Truth Rich Heiress
A dialogue from the Louisville Courier-Journal presents Rich Heiress scorning a former liaison as she mocks his claim of needing her. Jack Ardupp replies he is not living, only surviving by strict economy, highlighting urban social tensions.
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Rich
Jack Ardupp
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lucky Bee Man and Jim Beerley Exchange Tales
An informal exchange recalls luck and past fortunes as a man asks about Jim Beerley and whether he has achieved anything. The conversation notes cautious acknowledgment and familiarity with old acquaintances.
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Jim Beerley
Luckler
Jim
Houstom
Quotes and Quips From Various Papers Snippets
A collage of humorous exchanges and light verse from several papers. Snippets include class remarks about chickens and marriage, product ads for mosquito netting, a clock-winding joke, and witticisms on originality and class hatred. Notable lines reference the Gard Fair customer, a souvenir spoon, and the Bearded Woman vignette.
Wealth and guilt clash in rich man’s dilemma
A humorous dialogue ponders the tensions of wealth and philanthropy. A magnate fears public judgment whether he hoards or donates, while friends mock his motives and search for clever stock and personal misfortunes.
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Millonaire
The Modern Jack Horner and The Inexperienced One Parody
A satirical exchange from Chicago Journal and Puck parodies humorously exploring secrets and social behavior. The verse snippets reference modern Jack Horner, Little Jack Horner, and a corner as a setting for revealing confidences, with witty wordplay on secrecy and experience.
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Jack Horner
Reassured and Referenced in a Cracked Spare Dialogue
The excerpt shows a teasing exchange about marriage and motives, with a comic regional spelling of strikes and prison, including a line about a man punching the boss and ending up in the penitentiary. The piece references a Record-Herald quote and a Judge’s remark about a worker’s strike.
Why He Did It and Other Quotations
A collection of quips and gags from newspapers including the Houston Post Chicago Ban Cleveland Leader Judge and others. Jests range from horse lore to office mishaps and medical misadventures. Witty exchanges highlight social stereotypes and humor about daily life.
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Bridget
Cleveland
Houston Post
Descon Hardup and Town Talk Clash Over Poor Ground
In Descon, Reuben Hayseed laments awful poor ground while Roger Turniptop vows to cause trouble. Judine calls it a mean thing as Susie and Ike Mine react. Lucie teases Cleve land Leader with chatter about a knocker. Town gossip frames a playful dispute.
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Foor
Reuben Hayseed
Descon Hardup
Roger Turniptop
Judine
Susie
Tomi
Lucie
Cleveland
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David, Reedee
Hartville
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Young
Gard
Rob
Bera
Philadelphia Press
Mr. Binks
Misa Cayenne
Washington Star
Sokem
Hardappe
Museum Ures
Pittsburg
Crawford
Bradstreet
N. Y. Sun
George
Grayee
Chicago Record-Herald
Grumby
Washington Bitar
Ody
Chicago Journal
Gail Loan
Atlantic
Mner
Lenda
Record-Herald
Mollie
Mike
Chicago
Cleveland Leader
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