Tristan and Isolde aboard ship in a flirtatious tale
Tristan travels with Isolde after King Mark asks him to locate a bride. On a voyage to America he falls for Isolde while her aunt appears ill. Isolde reveals a younger aunt and a surprising engagement twist as Tristan realizes his own fate may shift with the voyage’s end.
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Tristan
Norway
Sweden
Athens
Europe
Balkans
Bear Bros
London
Hamburg
Land's End
Mark King
King Mark
Mark
Bremen
Pif Weer
Feel Channel
Isolde
Fire Island
New York Harbor
Tristen
A Woman's Choice at the DeForsh Ball
Margaret Ashton prepares for a social ball while torn between two suitors. Charley Hamilton writes of true devotion and love, while Gerald Lorrimer offers wealth and status with a calculated proposal. Her fear and longing clash as she weighs marriage and poverty.
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Margaret Ashton
Charley
Gerald Lorri
Charley Hamilton
Margaret
Charl
Miss Ashton
de Forsh’s
Wealth or Love Drives Woman to Marry Wealthy Suitor
A woman chooses wealth over true love in a dramatic scene. She weighs comfort against toil and plans to marry Mr Lorrimer, letting Charley fade as she rides away in a carriage. The moment ends with roses abandoned and Love deemed weaker than gold.
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Charley
Indianapolis
Early Grist Mill in Quincy Turns Corn to Ground Eccon
A local tale from Quincy describes an early corn grinding mill built near a spring. A weighted bowlder dropped onto a hollowed log mortar ground a bushel of corn nightly, with a raccoon mistaken for part of the meal after an intrusion. The device popularized corn bread uneasily in town.
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Quincy
Bia
Wee
Thanked by Jonah Yale Record Quip
A Yale Record quip imagines Jonah thanking God for survival after the famous voyage and jokes about thanking the whale, injecting humor into a biblical tale. The line blends dry wit with a playful reversal of expectations.
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Jonah
Whale
Yale
Merits of Smaller Colleges Versus Large Institutions
In comparing small and large colleges the test of products and alumni shows the smaller schools often produce more true and useful men. While large schools offer wealth and prestige, they do not necessarily offset the advantages of smaller institutions in character building. Leslie's Monthly.
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Leslie’s Monthly
A Promising Financier and the Family Pipe Dream
A gold mine promoter tells his youngest to dig a patch for a sister's garden. The boy asks 25 percent upfront as working capital and plans to plant a buried 10 cent piece to lure diggers. He muses he might even find the coin himself. The father weeps at the prospect of future financiers.
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Sonny
Gov’nor
Bill Nye's Little Joke Heard in Portrait Sitting
James Whitcomb Riley recalled a prank by Bill Nye and Nye in New York with the snobbish Twemlow. Riley related the tale told during a portrait sittings in Philadelphia at John Lambert's studio on South Seventeenth Street.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Philadelphia
John S. Sargent
John Lambert
South Seventeenth Street
Mr. Riley
Bill Nye
New York
Millonaire
Twemlow
Nye
Times Change and The Disgrace Of Arrests
Farmer Corntessel notes that in the past getting arrested was a disgrace while modern times seem to reward notoriety. He quips that gaining attention in the paper now may come with wealth from horse owners and big cars.
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Corntessel
Washington Star
Fairy Songs Of Sweets And Shedding Tears
Stanzas present verses about orchard stealing and fairies at play translated from Leigh Hunt and a Keats farewell. The patch reads like a poem fragment with mythic imagery and seasonal motifs. The text includes alternating tones of mischief and sorrow expressed through flowers, fruit, and flight.
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Leigh Hunt
Mother at home keeps family thriving with simple style
A columnist extols the homemaker's role, urging practical dress for daily tasks, neat morning outfits, and evening readiness. It notes one color schemes for gowns, sunshades, and parasols, plus preserving keepsakes from gowns and bridesmaids carrying floral crooks at weddings.
White Dimity Matinee Dress Description
Matinee garment described in white dimity over pink china silk. Lace butterflies accent the neck and flutter from the square front corners. Edges finished with three inch fringed val enciennes borders.
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Valenciennes
Velvet Neckbands and Gown Accessories Highlight Fashion
Novelty notes describe a black velvet neckband with delicate rhinestone accents to be worn with gowns. Directoire style sticks for Parisian weddings appear, along with ivory and gray tones in gloves and gloves. Rows of ribbon and lace insertions decorate late summer silks, with colored boots to match belts. Needlework remains highly fashionable and popular.
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Moldova
The Happy Seaming Room and its Simple Floor Covering
A sewing room enhances a crafter's life by keeping materials close at hand. The ideal space holds a machine a work table and chair with storage and a long mirror for fittings. A floor covering of unbleached muslin, looped and screwed to the floor, simplifies cleaning and disposal of scraps.
Becoming Jewelry and Fashion Colors of the Season
The article advises choosing soft colors to complement highly colored gems like rubies and sapphires while avoiding red shades. It notes pearls and diamonds for certain complexions, opals as flattering, and contrasts with blue tenkinoise stones. It highlights season trends including white stockings, cretonne parasols, Panama hats, tussore silk, and white cloth suits with color accents.
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Panama
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Biode
Bre
Callius
Gerald Lorrimer
Tust
Kansas City Journal
Paradise
John Keats
Tatler
Directoire
Mt Parisian
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