Browne Boy Hero of South African War Return
J McIlroy Browne, once missing from Whittier school, returns home after two years in Boer War commands including Brabant's Horse and Steineker's Horse. He survived multiple firefights, a leg wound, and a dramatic escape, later received a South African medal and potential $500 cattle-rain bounty, with family confirming his safe return.
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Tranper Browne
Whittler
J. McHlroy Browne
Daniel W. Browne
New York Life
New Orleans
South Africa
McElroy
Mack
Kansas City
Mr. Browne
Attica
Brabant
Pietersburg
Steineker
Jimmy Cashman
Jimmy
Turmiie
Jimmy Cashan
Comrané
Australia
McDlroy
Kchoolboy
Browne
Gove
Detoy
Relug
Rebued
Indianapolis News
Leopard Fight Ends In Narrow Triumph At Voi
An African settler recounts a dramatic confrontation with a leopard at Voi, waking to a snarling cat on the veranda. He wrestles and strangles the old female beast, sustaining injuries but surviving, recalling the moment with vivid detail and noting the leopard’s fierce posture. Clocks are installed in Dresden streetcars.
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Fast Africa Protectorate
London
Voi
Lin
St.t
Ste Jan
The Funny Jide of Life and Cartoon Snippets
A collage of humorous quips from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes riff on life, beauty, furniture, dogs, and explorers with winked captions and light irony attributed to the Detroit Free Press, New York Sun, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Chicago News, Chicago Journal, Washington Star, and New York Journal.
Hints About Housekeeping on Whitening Clothes
Hints about housekeeping suggest whitening clothes with turpentine. A tablespoonful dissolved in the wash aids the whitening process, offering a practical tip for improving laundry results.
A Novel Idea for Bathrooms Gains Popularity
A novel German concept for bathrooms spreads here as glass tubes two and a half inches thick, annealed for durability, create a translucent look. The result suggests greater cleanliness and purity, appealing to buyers seeking a modern, bright aesthetic.
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Germany
Old jokes and quips from late newspapers
A collage of humorous quotes and brief exchanges from various papers. Notable lines reference Miss May and her husband Fred, a self made man, party cake, a chauffeur job interview, and a Lapp moving method. Includes Archaic spellings and regional slang.
Baby nursery furniture and a vegetarian cooking trend
An article discusses a nursery fad featuring a weighing basket on top of compact scales and a washstand styled with Kate Greenaway designs. It notes a growing interest in bright hunting picture decorations, including a high backed brown oak chair with pigskin straps. The piece also covers mock vegetarian dishes such as mock chicken croquettes, detailing a rye bread base mixed with walnuts, spices, sauce, eggs, lemon juice, and frying steps.
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Kate Greenway
New York
Soup and Pudding Recipes From a Historic Menu
Old style kitchen notes describe Prousehol ds soup with mashed sweet potatoes egg yolks and parmesan shaped into balls to serve hot. Chestnut pudding uses chestnut puree vanilla whipped cream orange jelly and chocolate bavarian cream, chilled until firm. Rolls dough with butter flour baking powder sugar salt egg milk cut into rounds and baked quickly. Chicken loaf uses boiled fowl juice reduced with gelatine and layered with white and dark meat in a jelly mold with boiled egg slices, chilled to set.
Velvet Tailor Gown With Three-Tier Skirts Described
The velvet tailor gown in plum or dotted material comes in black Czarian blue moss green or brown and is highlighted by three-tier skirts. The design features a shaded foundation with mounted skirts and a plain back waist line with central embroidery.
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Paris
White Winter Fashion and Lace Adornments Past and Present
The piece notes Chantilly lace as a key dress accessory, recalling Louis XVI court etiquette for black lace lapels and a strict court symbolism. It also describes a new rubber hair curler aiding curly hair and remarks on the persistent white fashion trend with white hats, trimmings, and garments dominating the season in New York and other cities.
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Ecru
New York
Americin
Russian enamel novelty charms the jewelry trade
Manufacturing jewelers tout Russian enamel as a striking German made novelty. The transparent enamel appears in hatpins with Mercury wing and knight head designs priced at 3 dollars, plus an eight dollar double shell, a chain ready pendant necklace with a gold ancient style and a carved feminine head, green vines, and a cabochon emerald across the forehead.
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Germany
How to Talk to Stan
A fragment discusses talking with a man and the girl who is comfortable with him. It notes she acts friendly, shows interest in his affairs, and avoids over probing or self conscious behavior while keeping boundaries. The passage emphasizes natural interaction and ease in conversation.
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West Mitchell
Stan
Ward
New York News
Gentlewomanly charm advised for success in society
A drifting composite of social advice and anecdotes defines a narrative on feminine behavior and influence. It contrasts courteous listening with self-assertion, cites Countess Marguerite Cassini as an example, and recounts a colorful vignette of a traveling fortune-teller parrot vendor and her family life, illustrating gendered social dynamics and mobility in turn‑of‑the‑century America.
Fashion Notes from Norfolk on Winter Styles and Accessories
Norfolk fashion overview highlights saffron house gowns and short fur coats. Describes knitted green silk bands with red sweaters, turquoise belt buckles, and novel silk underskirts. Notes white hair gear coats for winter driving and the bishop’s tab design in belts and collars. Emphasizes velvet gowns with bright cloths trimmed in fur and lace, plus sable lace hats and shell hair ornaments in the season’s look.
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Norfolk
Trent
Madame
Mode
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Pilar el
Dresden
Detroit
Reparico
Becker
New York Sun
Juvariaily
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Henry
Chicago News
Washington Star
Mr. Blizzing
North Pole
New York Journal
Miss May
Fred
Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
New York Commercial Advertiser
Willie
Wille G
Chicago
Second-Therald
Lapland
Yorkshire
Prouseholds
Buuvo
Sor Knowles
Washington
Marguerite Cassini
Count Cassini
Li Siung Chang
Pekin
Jomat
Hime
New York Mail
Ispress
Baroquets
New York Tribune
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