Goose Goes to Court in First Legal Case
Young Chester, a novice lawyer, meets Miss Mildred Vane in a village when a goose is killed on the highway. The farmer seeks fifty dollars for the bird, claiming it defended the farm. Chester defends the couple, winning the case with legal ardor. The girl hints at future cases and potential partnership.
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Young Sewell Chester
Chester
Mildred Vane
Mr. Vane
Vane
Miss Mildred
King’s Highway
New York
Rome
Sandbag Heat For The Sickroom
A sandbag filled with dry sand in a flannel bag lined with cotton or linen provides safe long lasting heat for a sick person. Heat in an oven or on a stove top. Avoid using hot water bottles or bricks. Prepare two or three bags in advance for ready use.
Opportunity Knocks at the Door in The Parable
A brief parable portrays Opportunity knocking at a man's door in the afternoon. Finding no one home, Opportunity quips that Ife has likely gone to the baseball game and then seeks a man who is always on the job.
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Opportunity
A Jealousy Scheme Sparks a Flippant Remark
A man’s attempt to provoke jealousy is undercut by a sharp retort. In town a handsome stranger smiles at a woman, prompting a witty comeback about appearance. The exchange highlights playful flirting and social humor in daily life.
News of Scandinavia reflects varied regional events
The University of Iceland will open next fall. Danish harvests set records with enormous herring catches and crop values around 148.5 million dollars. A memorial grove will be planted at Hojerup church. A communion wine substitution incident occurred at Bogense church. Labor talks ended in a five year binding compromise. wages and hours saw mixed changes. Store Nordiske Telegraph Company reports over 2 million dollars in 1910 profit with substantial capital and foreign investments. Genealogical and business notes cover Herme Unbaronial meetings in Stockholm, L M Ericsson negotiations with France for factory and state telephony orders, and praise for Ericsson equipment in Paris.
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University of Iceland
Iceland
Hojerup
Denmark
Bogense
Store Nordiske Telegraph Company
France
L. M. Ericsson Company
Sweden
L. M. Dricsson Company
Paris
Sweden News: Factories Expansion and New Ventures
Sweden reports a Stockholm bathhouse expansion costing 400000 dollars and a series of industrial ties abroad. A Stockholm scales maker sends equipment to Japan for railways. lamp factory secures a 70000 dollar Italian order. rubber goods to Japan. steamship plans Stockholm to Reval. A Swedish press venture aims at Swedes in America. literacy tale from Umea and radium extraction claim by Landin. tall Skansen flagstaff erected with a concert. A young woman in harem skirts shocks Stockholm. her restaurant employer demands change. A plain sarcophagus for Oscar II to sit beside Karl XIV Johan in Barnadotto Mausoleum.
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Kiara
Stockholm
Japan
Italy
Reval
Trelleborg Rubber Factory
Selma Lagerlof
Baron Cederstrom
Riksgransen
Gelligare and
Ofoten
America
Sweden
Karlsson-Faltin
Umea
John Landin
Landin
Skansen
Kolmard
Oscar II
Karl XIV Johan
Barnadotto
Norway News Highlights and Wireless Plans
Norway authorizes a 16 million dollar loan as Kaiser Wilhelm plans a July coastal voyage. Captain Otto Sverdrup heads a U S whaling expedition bound for Alaska while Bratlie attends the millennium celebration. Prohibition support surges in Bratsberg with large no votes and many abstentions. Wireless telegraphy stations will link Christiania Mandal Bergen Hammerfest Spitzbergen and polar expeditions. 1909 shipping receipts reach 35 million dollars with historic fluctuations. Crown Prince Clay recovers from measles as other royal children face the illness.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Norway
Otto Sverdrup
United States
Alaska
Bratlie
Duchy of Normandie
Bratsberg Amt
Vinje
Prohibition
Flaabyed
Jondalen
F Latdal
Christiania
Mandal
Bergen
Hammerfest
Denmark
Germany
Nolland
Ingland
Scotland
Russia
Polar
Spitzbergen
Clay
Childran
White gown and veil ideas for brides in cotton and lace
A 1910s style bridal guide suggests using sheer white cotton with embroidery or lace for an affordable gown, then contrasts satin or net options. It offers veil tips with tulle and wire foundations, and sketches varied headpieces such as Spanish lace scarves and antique frills, plus bridal dress ideas like mull dresses with bordered trim and silk waist cords.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Simple One Piece Portfolio for Carrying Items
A compact portfolio is shown in a sketch and built as a single piece. It can be cut from art serge cloth or American cloth and lined with canvas. Bindings use braid or narrow ribbon, with a stiffened section A tucked between the cover and lining for rigidity.
Oriental Effects in Paris Lace and Embroidery Styles
Paris favors laces such as point de Milan Flanders Florentine and Jorchon with venise Irish crochet appearing in venise patterns. French knots dominate embroidery with whole patterns built on them. Colored embroidery on Angerle waists features Egyptian Arabic Turkish and Balkan influences. Madeira and English eyelet embroideries remain in style, English outlines with soutache accentuating designs while oriental patterns dominate.
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Paris
Point de Milan
Flanders
Florentine
Jorchon
Madeira
Washing Jerseys: A tip on preserving knitwear shape
A note explains sewing a band of wash alk or soft linen inside a knitted golf jersey at the waist to prevent stretching and maintain its proper fit. The method aims to keep the garment from deforming during washing and wear.
Suit colors Pair of gloves and buckskin tones
A discussion of suit accessories recommends heavy gloves in gray or brown. It suggests both kangaroo or soft finished buckskin as material options. Either color complements most suit shades and fits well with many tones.
In Nile Green Poplinette Dress Displayed
In Nile Green poplinette a dainty little dress features a full gathered skirt at the waist and a deep lace trim. The Magyar bodice shows a lace yoke with lace edged oversleeves and cream lace under sleeves. Black Tagal hat trimmed with Nile satin ribbon completes the ensemble. Materials listed include 4 yards poplinette 42 inches wide 244 yards 18 inches wide 4% yards lace for under sleeves.
Dotted veils and veils styles revive in Paris fashion
Dotted veils in chenille or velvet appear with new variations such as black veils in alternating blocks two inches square and white flora designs. Filet meshes, star patterns, and black and white lace veils gain favor alongside lace veils. Fancy nets and chiffons with color borders persist, with chiffons in towers and silk beads on scarves, and silk roses on green satin scarves as fresh novelties. Embroidered ends with cotton beads stay fashionable.
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Dame de Paris
Making Plipinga Piping for Fashioned Gowns
Instructions on making piping for gowns. Cut bias strips for width, fold, baste along center, and slip under the seam with a quarter inch showing. Sew piping close to edge. For narrower piping adjust width and seam allowance to three eighths of an inch.
Easily Restored Camel Hair and Red Sable Brushes
Restoration method for brushes involves dipping in hot water then cooling in cold water to return curls and shape. The guidance notes applying heat briefly to camel hair and sable brushes and reshaping after washing.
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By Donald Allen
Glum
News of
Scandinavia
Caroline Bjornson
Aulestad
Erling
Bulken
Didriksen
Langesund
Eastern Fisheries Company
National Insurance
Dreas
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