Furs a Wide Range for All Tastes and Budgets
A local dealer advertises a large variety of furs in many styles. The shop highlights gifts as a strong option and claims to offer fur pieces at any price customers wish to pay.
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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
10
Christmas Gift List Features Wide Range of Goods
Christmas presents are highlighted with dress goods, silks, embroidered shirt waist patterns, shoes, neckwear, caps, gloves, mittens, pocket books, handkerchiefs, jewelry, ribbons, fascinators, and more. The range promises easy selection for everyone at any price.
Winter Birds Of The Northland A Seasonal Note From St Nicholai
Winter maps the daring, tame travelers dotting the northern lands. Birds like rosy little red polls, creepers, kinglets and other deep forest dwellers seek shelter as white foxes and erming hunt nearby. The essay notes how these birds hardly fear humans in their northern woods near St Nicholai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bili
Zardy
Crossbirls
St. Nichokis
Remarkable Escape of M de Chateaubrun During Terror
During the Paris reign of terror a notable escape occurred as M de Chateaubrun, condemned with twenty others, slipped from the guillotine after a guillotine fault halted the execution. He moved through spectators, was freed by a passerby in the Champs Elysees, and later fled France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Tholdeut
Varin
Paris
M. de Chateaubrun
Himeelf
Hnully
Champs Elysees
France
Honest Abe and other legends of integrity and memory
A compact collection of excerpts on honesty in Lincoln era culture, the famed memory of the detective Vidocq, a tale of a French forger’s long disguise, and Wesleyan maternal influence. It closes with a light aside on romantic devotion and social exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Lincoln
Frederick Trevor Hil
Nelle and Walling Nail Expressions Explained
A buyer’s remark about paying cash “right on the nail” alludes to a doorneil, a term for a door nail. The phrase “Dead as a doornail” signals a firm, definite condition. The passage also urges carrying one’s load firmly and cheerfully, “carry your present load.”
Woman Moves Upstairs to Avenge Rugs With Stain
A New York Press item recounts a woman who, after a year of being tormented by neighbors cleaning rugs on wash days, decides to relocate to the third floor. She vows revenge by hanging rugs to shower the other family’s clothes with paint like “spotted measles,” a method she claims brings satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennes
John
Wuiter
Grizzly Sight as Seal Slaughter Grips Arctic Ice
Technical World Magazine describes a brutal seal hunt aboard the Healltag steamer on glittering ice floes. Thousands of seals lie stretched on the ice as crew of nearly 200 men wade in with iron tipped clubs. Baby seals are crushed while parents flee toward the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lce
Technical World Magazine
No Time to Sort Her Mail in General Post Office
A humorous exchange at the general post office features a woman dismissing divisional mail sorting as unnecessary and preferring a plain letter box. The man quips about women’s ways as beyond comprehension, while the tale pivots to a Westminster abbey anecdote about Jenny Lind and a rebuking pulpit joke from Christmas Hyans, illustrating wit among congregants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
General Post Office
New York Press
Westminster Abbey
Wilberforce
Chistmas Hyans
Jenny Lind
Jenny Stad
Herveo
Mr. Hyans
Christian
Chimpanzee in Buffon Era Described in 1740 Tale
The English Illustrated Magazine notes Buffon kept a chimpanzee in 1740 that walked upright and acted like a man. It offered its arm, walked beside people, sat to table, ordered its napkin, wiped its lips, used a spoon and fork, poured wine, and cleaned glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottini
Buffon
Mis ing Him Up and a Nickel Hole Joke
A Philadelphia Press note quotes a self confident man jokingly admitting one fault a small one then comparing it to a nickel with a hole the remark highlights a humorous self awareness and a playful analogy reflecting period humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caendid
Burglary Query Sparks Quiet Household Debate
Mrs Johnston asks Henry what he would do if burglars entered their home. Dot answers curtly that she would comply with the burglars' demands, noting she never has had her own way in the house. The dialogue hints at tensions in household dynamics and gender roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robyalasive
Henry
Mrs. Johnston
Dot
Christmas Memories and Family Cheer Mixups
A fragmented, quirky Christmas scene shows Tinas, Featherstatie, and Tommy planning gifts and chores. A grandmother notes a relative’s recent death while a child anticipates a turkey for Christmas. The narrative hints at holiday rituals, family dynamics, and playful misunderstandings amid a festive setting.
Plum pudding recipe mixed with odd ingredients and dialogue
An old recipe fragment describes plum pudding steps including plums milk sugar salt eggs suet raisins currants and diamonds. It also includes a clipped dialogue where Jack frets over an expensive gift and Marie hints at saving money for future contingencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupanion
Atimey
Vloyes
Maeest
Jack
Marie
Tack
Christmas in Dixie Song Fragment
A brief fragment from Frank Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution features the chorus Dixie themed Christmas imagery. It mentions Christmas time in Dixie with weather and a gobbler turkey as part of the rural holiday mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Frank Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
The Campanero Bird In South American Folklore
A fragmentary note on a white plumage bird called the campanero. It describes a spiral tube on its forehead, a pungent cry tolls, and the bird’s song described as sweet and novel by observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ajay
Iim
Cambanero
Aghiwon
Orpheus
Waterton
America
Prices of Coffee and Tobacco in 1602 at the Exchange
A collage of old trade notes and items includes coffee and tobacco prices from a 1602 exchange shop, with coffee powder at ten shillings per unit, scented tobaccos from four to eleven shillings per pound, and various confections and perfumed goods priced by quality. Also notes on arrow throwing in Yorkshire athletic meets and a string of light humorous captions from Cleveland and Chicago newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jg Exchange Alley
Asoiat
Morat the Great
Mercutina Publicus
Yorkshire
Mrs Goliely’s cake called worst she ever baked
A fragment from the San Krayetsco Call quotes Mrs Goliely claiming she made a particularly fake cake and overhearing her guest at the table saying she believed it was the worst cake she had ever baked.
Topsy Turvy Christmas Party Reflections
A fragmented reflection on a topsy turvy Christmas party with notes on gifts, simple acts, and frugal nourishment. It contrasts excess with restraint, urging simple pleasures over lavish display while musing on food, garnish, and the period's domestic customs.
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Vwidocq
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Rixchange
yaCarry
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Sal
Joris
Tommy
Christiaas Manor
Tomy
Ganda
Johny Jones
Thomas
Crisamysg Turkey
Sapia Clans
Chyris
Campanero
Cleveland Plain
the Pearly Gates
St. Peter
Chicago News
Danforth
Ayer
Sue
New York Herald
Bedford
Iowa
Associaton
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