Parisian waistlines and goose legends in a curious paper
Elegant afternoon tea fashion highlights a French inspired waist with velvet touches and a blue satin belt. A long tale follows of Ella Rodman Church recounting a goose tale from Quebec where a sentry’s brave goose named Jacob saved a patrol, earned a gold collar, and patrolled beside the man for 12 years, ending with a solemn epitaph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jace
Telen Crey-Pace
Ella Rodman
St. Au H- Olas
Quebec
Bborhead
Willy
Jacob
England
Canada
Error ridden fragment about a gold collar at Horse Guards
An OCR fragment notes a gold collar with the name Jacob and an engraved exploit, visible at the headquarters of the Horse Guards in London. The passage is incomplete and lacks context, offering only a single artifact detail and its location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Horse Guards
Louden
Bugs On Their Collars Novel Fashion Fear Theme
The piece describes a craze for wearing an outline sketch resembling a bag or kettle on collars, with bug like designs causing fear and playful panic. It notes that wearers’ friends struggle to remove the imagined intruder, while the collar’s glossy stiffness resists efforts.
Passengers Love His Whistling Conductor
A Chicago Inter Ocean report highlights a Indianapolis trolley conductor famed for whistling on fingers instead of a nickel whistle. Passengers prefer his soft celestial note to the shrill blast that rattles riders and stops the car, making travel more tolerable on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mwe
Country with One Policeman in Iceland
Iceland, descendant of Vikings, has a single policeman kept for dignity. The lone officer, six feet tall and well uniformed, serves more as ornament than necessity, with law abiding citizens reducing the need for active policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Tceland
Ile
An Expensive Losery in Blencoe Neigborhood
The Blencoe La Bescon notes a neighbor’s three month old baby has somehow consumed nine dollars worth of condensed milk, leaving the household to joke the child has cost enough to buy a good horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blencoe
Bescon
Fragmented verse on savings and theater in old text
The text presents a mangled poem with jagged lines about saving money, avoiding waste, and a theatrical scene. It references a small boat, indoors usage, and a coming age, but remains largely unintelligible with numerous garbled phrases and misprints.
Judge and Maud Tale in Rural Verse Echoes of Desire
A nostalgic prose poem recounts a summer day encounter between a barefoot Maud and a reluctant judge. It follows her visions of romance by a spring, the judge’s distracted musings, and the ensuing social commentary on love, pride, and judgment, ending with Maud’s unfulfilled dreaming and a moral reflection.
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People Review Claims
The ad proclaims Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a universal remedy for nervous disorders and a wide range of ailments. It lists conditions like locomotor ataxia partial paralysis and rheumatic complaints and states pills are sold in single packages or six boxes from Schenectady New York at 50 cents per box or 2.59 for six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat Tanner
Hamilton St
Albany
New York
Dr. Williams
Mar Tanner
Plaid Skirt Fashion Sparks Demand At Exposition
Neat dressy plaids in blue gray brown and green draw attention with high demand for skirts. New American dress goods offer rich serge and skirting plaids at $1.00, plus imported novelty copies. Catalogue available. visitors to the Pittsburg Exposition are urged to browse for value and pleasure.
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Yilvet Trimmed
Ayole
AMC
Helen Grey-Page
Helen Gre
Buch
R. Mcheas
Ohio
Goose ON
Miis
Charliy
Petrienu
Lanninearr
Haus Muller A
Roger A. Pryor
John
Maud
Jimige
Jevel Enoble
Aiaud
Geor Dy Maurier
Pam
Hay
Simmer
John Greentear
Sven
Leslie
Treasury
Treasury Department
Roberts
California
Pacific Coast
Numa F. Towser
Pittsburg Exposition
Department
Allegheny
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