The Downfall of the Boxmore Club
Binks receives a hidden love letter at Roxmore Club stirring gossip among rivals Conklin and Spears. Old Oliphant, a sharp observer, counsels five members to resign and marry well as the club dissolves, revealing a scheme to profit from the men’s fates.
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Roxmore Club
Binks
Spears
Roxmore
Old Oliphant
Oliphant
Mfe
Ol Oliphant
Conklin
Young Spears
Hinks
Orphant
England
Heart and Home Association
The Way He Proposed Over the Telephone
A London Tit-Bits excerpt recounts Egbert Tigsmore proposing to Flossie while she helps her mother with chores. she is disheveled in old clothes and dirt, yet accepts. The tale notes his deep love, and the twist that the proposal came by telephone.
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Flossie
Egbert Tigsmore
Egbert
London
Defrauded over baby name inheritance incident
Mrs Green laments a family inheritance dispute during a visit to her daughter in law. She reveals her niece or aunt has redirected the Bunker Hill teapot and Paul Revere sugar tongs to a historical society, sparking concern for the baby Omma Louisa. The tone shows disappointment and archaic social concerns.
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Mrs. Green
Mr. Green
Omma Louisa
Parisian Fashion Hints for Blouses and Accessories
Hints from Parisian leaders of fashion suggest simple blouse dresses with lightweight fabrics and coordinated skirts. Descriptions cover waistline fits, separate toy skirts, belted looks, front-fastening blouses, lace collars, plaiting details, and decorative sashes. Accessories include wide girdles and pale velvet ribbon boas in light blue, pink, or gray for summer wear.
Ingenious Bedspread Pattern From Prize Work
A detailed description of a bedspread reproduction using Oso- Bilkie thread on quart canvas in cream. The design features solid star embroidery, four border panels joined by drawn thread work, pale emerald outlining, and a heavy white basket work border with green stitches. A silk lining offers a stronger color option.
Gold Brown Hair Fashion Moves From Paris To Public Eyes
A Paris correspondent notes the coming season favors pure gold brown hair, likely sparked by two notable Parisians in New York. Hair tinting remains hard for amateurs, with henna dirty and peroxide risky, as coiffeurs lament idle times since undulations declined. The trend shifts toward natural-looking hair and softer, natural headdresses replacing stiff, artificial styles.
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Paris
Persenage
New York City
Coiffeurs
The Missouri River’s Wrath on a Kansas City Land Strip
A humorous yet cautionary tale describes how the Missouri River relentlessly reshapes land along its banks. Owners who refused to sell watched acreage vanish, then reappear in surprising patterns, as the river manipulated parcels and fortunes, leaving a complex web of losses and gains and a warning about the river’s powerful, unpredictable personality.
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Missouri
American
Kansas City
Missouri River Bank
Hey
Star Point Variations on Early US Coins
An official at the Washington mint explains that coin stars differ in points by side. Early designs used six pointed stars reflecting heraldry, while the flag’s coat of arms tradition favors five pointed stars. The obverse shows six pointed stars, the reverse five, mirroring the great seal with emutted clouds and differing star points.
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Mir
Washington Mint
Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Where She Lost Interest In Automobiling Affinity
A fragment depicts two travelers in a dark walk toward a house. The female voice comments on kissing and appearances while the male suggests practical items for automobiling. A realization hints she will not choose him as an affinity. The passage ends with the word Judge.
Good Natured Exchange on The Grip’s Aftermath
Gaubte notes the grip’s lingering after effects can rival the disease. Brokley agrees stating last winter’s grip still troubles him. He adds he is not under a doctor but his lawyer now.
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Gaubte
Brokley
Too Much Experience in Vexed Question About Punishment
A fragment quotes a discussion between friends debating if people are punished as they go. The speaker notes long experience as a baseball umpire and hints at revolts or uprisings. The excerpt is unclear but centers on judgment and authority.
The Original Mr Dooley In Classic Anecdotes
The item recounts the comic Mr Dooley figure influencing George Ade and others, noting how Vance Thompson twice charmed a sleight from the old wit and how Ade later staged a humorous misadventure ending with Dooley’s rebuke. The piece cites Ade and Dunne as part of the tradition surrounding Dooley’s fame.
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Mr Dooley
Wolk
George Ade
John McGuighean
Vanes Thompson
Hiany
Tdi Chitten
Peter Dunne
Vance Thompana
Hurleine Tonel
Huaman
Tate
Ade
Guard Mistakes Burro For Spaniard In Cuba Report
Amourdale police station orderly Charley Allen recalled in a Kansas City Star item that Lem Thompson, a Regroe in the same Kansas regiment, shot what he mistook for a Spaniard during garrison duty near San Louis de Cuba. The target was a donkey struck by a bullet, not an enemy combatant.
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Charley Allen
Amourdale
Sue Twenty-hird
Kansas
Cuba
Kansas City Star
Jow Lem Thompson
San Louis de Ciba
Thompson
Lem
Baimlino
Volcanic Dust In Lower Silesia Disturbs Spies And Skaters
A Berlin Pall Mall Gazette report describes yellowish brown volcanic dust covering Liegnitz district in Lower Silesia after a storm. Dust on roads and freezing water halted sleighing as observers express perplexity. The piece also mentions Queen Wilhelmina and a comic anecdote about a Dutch governess beheading custom, noting her authority and reinstatement.
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Lower Silesia
Berlin
Pall Mall Gazette
Liegnitz
Europe
Wilhelmina of
Trolland
Forto
Aminister
Holland
Elikk
Origin of the Dark Horse Phrase Traced to Lord Beaconsfield
The piece explains the familiar term dark horse originated with Lord Beaconsfield in The Young Duke where a new contender unseen by many advances to victory. It notes the rider color was once considered but now the color matters little as the horse represents an unexpected success.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Duke
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Mrl Dooley
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