Marion on Beaver Island Ends With Rescue
Captain Plum lands on Beaver Island to demand Strang's settlement for looted sloop. He bonds to deliver a package to President Pierce and rescues Neil while Marion is swept toward bondage. A Michigan warship arrives as Obadiah Price triggers a rescue, and Marion is found alive in the cabin. The sequence ends with Marion in Nat's arms as the ship nears.
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Nathaniel Plum
Beaver Island
Obadiah Price
Nat
Franklin Pierce
United States
Price
Strang
Artur Croche
Plum
Marion
Neil
Winnsome
Arbor Croche
Bhhn
Arbur Croche
St. James
Nell
Ney
Stion
Net
Marian
Nathaniel
Erlea
Marlon
Mormon City
Obadiah
Michigan
Sleeping on the Porch Collier's Reverie
A reflective vignette depicts a peaceful night on the porch with crickets and a distant piano. The narrator cherishes restful sleep after hard work, waking to a morning of sparrows and a crowing rooster, grateful for the body and new day.
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Collier’s
New Habits in Coiffure Fashion This Season
Julia Bottomley notes fashion blends millinery features into elaborate coiffures. Peacock feathers with emerald and rhinestone eye accents, ostrich plumes in pearl circlets, jeweled cabochons on paradises, and dew drop spangles decorate hats, plumes, and ribbons. Fashion targets debutantes to dowagers with jeweled bands and rose accents.
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Milady
Julia Bottomley
Styles for the brunette at Washington fashion show
A Washington style show under society sponsorship favors brunettes with brown hair and eyes over blondes. Paris designers led by Poiret rely on oriental color schemes and dramatic gowns, but require models with olive skin and almond eyes to best display vivid fabrics.
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Washington
Paris
Poiret
Orient
Desirable Millinery Furs in Winter Models
The Drygoods Economist notes fur touches dominate winter millinery. Ermine leads high-class designs while beaver appears as a novelty in brims edges and crown bands. Small bonnets and turbans pair with empire scarfs and matching muffs. Mole skunk and sealskin appear in trims and fur bands.
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Drygoods
Dancing Frocks Impress With Wool Embroidery
Delicate afternoon gowns for younger dancers feature chiffon or net with wool embroidery. Frocks show bands of wool flower work at skirt hems and waist, with white chiffon dress accented by a blue tunic bordered in worsted flowers resembling roses and forget-me-nots.
Dress for Young Girl 10 to 18 in Blue Cashmere
A vintage sewing description for a girl aged 10 to 18 uses pastel blue cashmere. It details a short waist bodice with a square low-cut neck, galloon trim across the front and back, wide shoulder pieces edged with trim, a gathered band, and a paneled skirt with a deep point and button trimming. Materials call for about 3 yards of 44 inch wide fabric and about 4 yards of trimming.
Hateful Exchange Flares Between Ernie and Miss Zimmerman
Ernie Casey and Evangeline Zimmerman erupt in a heated stand off over love, pride, and prideful slights. She insists she is mad for keeps and resents his behavior while he calmly asserts his actions mattered less than the fact he did it. The quarrel escalates as both cling to wounded pride and mutual frustration.
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Ernie
Miss Zimmerman
Misa Zimmerman
Miss Zhamerman
Ernie Casey
Times
Frane
Miss Zimmertian
Evangelina
Piffle
Erniie Casey
Evangeline
Brina Casey
Kies
Tulle Theater Caps in Autumn Milinery Flair
The piece highlights theater caps in vivid autumn tulle shades such as red, green, blue, orange, and cerise. Edges boast darker fur trims, with orange tulle bordered in tank and a mink muff. cerise tulle contrasts with seal, and red hues pair with ermine. Bright blue pairs with moleskin in a favored combination.
Unnamed visitors flood town after board of trade boom
Residents recall the abrupt end of a booming board of trade that drew in many unfamiliar strangers. Local figures note the sudden influx paused quickly, leaving Uncle Eben to explain the town’s swift halt.
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Board of Trade
Eben
Alli
Honeymoon or Divorce Frontier in Gossip
A terse exchange hints at a couple's trajectory with a wry quip about travel choices. The line jokes about heading to the falls, specifically Niagara, and contrasts with an unexpected reference to Sloux, implying underlying relationship tension or speculation.
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Falls
Niagara
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Captain Plum
James Oliver Curwood
Magnus G. Kettner
Ike
Iiea
Bondage
St James
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