Vernon and Amelia in a suffrage era love tangle
Senator Morley Vernon and his fiancée Amelia face separation as a suffrage intrigue with Miss Marla Greene draws Vernon into voting for House Resolution No. 19. Amid jealousy and a breakfast confrontation, Vernon pleads for clarity while Amelia accuses the entanglement, ending in a cliffhanger as preparations for a confrontation unfold.
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Morley Vernon
Vernon
Senate
Marla Greene
Chicago
Miss Greene
Amelia
Mrs Overman Hodge Lathrop Controls Lobby Power
Vernon confronts Mrs Overman Hodge Lathrop in the senate lobby as she directs her influence over Braidwood and Porter. She orders Amelia sent away and arranges carriages for a capitol visit, prioritizing the pending resolution while plotting to handle the Greene matter later.
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Senate
Braidwood
House
Porter
Vernon
Amelia
Mrs. Overman Hodge-Lathrop
Mrs
Capitol
Morley
Miss Greene
State House
Vernon and Amelia In a Quiet Hotel Parlor Scene
Vernon finds Amelia resting by a window in a hotel parlor. He asks what troubles her as they sit beside her and seek to understand Cap itol avenue’s view. The moment hints at a developing personal tension and foreshadowing.
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Vernon
Amelia
Morley
Capitol Avenue
Washington Swore at Monmouth Inspires Admiration
A Philadelphia Ledger quote recalls Washington swearing openly during the Monmouth battle, praised as a charming display of fervor. The note frames his exclamations as angelic, while a Pittsburgh ozone plant touts rapid cold cures and germ-killing water purification.
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Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
Peculiar Wheel of Fortune at Comfort Church
In the village church of Comfort near Pont-Croix a primitive wooden wheel of fortune with bells can be made to revolve by a cord and crank. Locals believe it has miraculous healing power when run over a sufferer’s head placed in the locked box. A sailor’s wife sought whether this would help her backward child, prompted by a nurse’s tale from the region.
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Comfort
Pont-Croix
Brittany
Diacecards PomeMade Place Cards Describe Dames and Baskets
The article details creating colorfully painted place cards from designs including a rose chiffon gown debutante damselfigure, a basket of flowers named Susanne Marie Rodocanacht, silver bells with red ribbons, and rosy cheeked winter apples. It covers color schemes, back attachments, and finishing touches for elegant table settings.
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Susanne Marie Rodocanacht
Gongs for country houses in dining this era
Country houses increasingly use musical chimes and gongs to summon family to meals. Articles note Japanese origin devices and an ornamental, non bell style. A Chinese bronze figure at a dining door illustrates a compact buffet setup with a striker ready for use.
Green foulard gown with lace yoke and embroidered border
A pale green foulard gown features a white silk mousseline yoke with lace stock tab and side pieces. The bertha band and strap pieces use the border with an embroidered ring in darker green, edged in velvet ribbon, with crochet buttons at each point and multiple tucks on blouse and sleeve tops. The plain skirt finishes with a dotted hem border.
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Hordered Foulard
Bertha
Use Of Slips In Fashion This Season
Corset covers and sheer lingerie waists push slips into demand this season. Made of mousseline de soie with round neck and short sleeves, ready made in stores, plain with narrow hems. A thin girl wears slips under summer waists for better shoulder shape and comfort in heat.
Iron Hair Tonic Keeps Scalp Healthy and Strong
A hair tonic recipe uses half an ounce tin ture of acetate of iron, half a pint water, quarter ounce glycerine, and 2% grains of sulphuret of potash. Mix well, leave stopper out briefly, add ten drops of oil or lavender, then massage nightly into the scalp.
Accent on the Push of Eight Legs
A playful classroom quip has Jimmy Green misdefine an octopus as an eight-sided cat while a teacher prompts a basic explanation. The exchange highlights a light moment in a learning setting with a punning misnomer.
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Jimmy Green
Sore Eyes Cured By Cutleura Ointment In Virginia
A 65 year old resident of Mouth of Wilson Virginia reports severe eye inflammation lasting two years. After failures with home remedies and three physicians Cutleura Ointment improved the condition in one week and nearly cured in two weeks. The testimonial dated April 4 1908 is from G B Halsey and Potter Drug & Chem Boston.
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Cutiura
G. B. Halsey
Wilson
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Wrigley’s Spearmint Ad Quotation Fragment
A garbled ad style fragment critiques imitators of Wrigley’s Spearmint. It riffs on humor from a G A R memorial sermon joke, then shifts to promo lines claiming spearmint aids digestion and freshens breath, while warning against fake imitations and dishonest dealers.
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P. P. Parker
Arizona G. A. R
Phoenix
Dre
John Blank
Wrigley
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Trusted by Patient for Avoiding Third Operation
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding a third operation after two surgeries. She suffered inflammation and a small tumor but improved after using the remedy. the ad urges building up the feminine system to remove underlying causes of female ailments.
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Chicago
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
Lydia B. Pinkham
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