An Hour With Mephistopheles In A City Museum Tale
A museum visitor recalls a terrifying sleeping encounter with a gargoyle Mephistopheles image hidden away between exhibits. He later learns the statue’s odd, light dependent transformation and the sculpture’s eerie backstory. The piece ties to a long, scandalous family history involving Miss MaloneyOsborne Clarkson and a late 19th century elopement and annulment saga.
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Maloney
Miss Maloney
Clarkson
Chef Navier Landry Showcases Artful Dishes at Tremont Street
Navier Landry, chef at Cafe Sirvain 226 Tremont Street for 12 months, is an artist in culinary set pieces. Born 1878 in Trance, he trained in Digon, spent five years in Paris, served in the army, then wintered in Nice and summers in Vichy. He later worked in New York hotels including the Metropolis and Martinique, creating notable pieces such as Boneless Truffled Turkey, The Crow and the Fog, and Game Pate St Hubert with wan flowers displayed at Cafe Sirvain.
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Tremont Street
Trance
Digon
Paris
Nice
Vichy
Africa
New York
Mr. Landry
Pate St. Hubert
Helen Maloney Weds Arthur H. Osborn in New Jersey
In Spring Lake New Jersey on February 2 Helen Maloney married Arthur Herbert Osborn, a New York broker and Princeton student in 1905, with parental consent and church sanction, in a ceremony before a Mamaroneck justice of the peace.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Helen Maloney
Arthur Herbert Osborn
New York
Mamaroneck
Princeton University
Leftover Fish Dish and Timbale Delights Recipes
A recipe section presents a fish and egg dish with bread crust, milk, and cornmeal gems for three, credited to Mary Ellason of Waltham. It also lists a timbale style batter with flour milk egg and olive oil, deep fried to crisp brown, plus a fruit filling timbale shell using oranges pineapple bananas and coconut with cherries for garnish attributed to Grace Bacon of Danielson Connecticut.
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Mary Ellason
Grant Street
Waltham
Danielson
Conn
Grace Bacon
Judge blocks Haskell interference in gas company case
Federal Judge R. E. Campbell issues a temporary restraining order against Governor Haskell, Attorney General West, and the State of Oklahoma to prevent interference with the Kansas Natural Gas Company property in Muskogee.
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Muskogree
Okla
R. EK. Campbell
C. N. Haskell
West
State of Oklahoma
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Love and longing in a letter to Mildred Champagne
A man writes of unrequited love for a woman he cannot stop thinking about. He seeks advice on curing the persistent obsession that interferes with his work and considers pursuing another relationship, though he still desires the original woman. The letter hints at the writer's unsettled mental state.
Quaker Oats Week Highlighted Across United States
Quaker Oats Week runs February 1st to 8th with seven days promoting breakfast and healthy starts. The campaign urges eating Quaker Oats, branding it as the world’s favorite breakfast.
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United States
Lincoln Stories Highlight Pullman and Mrs Lincoln Tales
A collection of Lincoln anecdotes features George M. Pullman shipping a tall passenger for half a berth and Abraham Lincoln paying 50 cents for half, Mrs Lincoln tidying his appearance before New York officials, and Lincoln urging a sentry to seek shelter from cold plus a hogshead tale illustrating wartime wit.
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George M. Pullman
Pullman Car Fame
Lincoln
Chicago
George Pullman
Pullman
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Fiske
Don't Be Proud of That Postscript in Parentheses
A warning about failed romance urges introspection and honest questions. If a woman has changed for another, accept it and move on. Seek opportunity with a new partner rather than dwelling on a rooted sorrow.
Angell Calls for Horse Warmth in Boston Cold
Boston letter requests humane care for horses kept in streets during cold weather. Angell urges blankets on animals and proper positioning so horses are protected by carriages they pull, not unprotected themselves. February cold anticipated by writer GEO. T. Angell.
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Post
Boston
Feb
GEO. T. Angell
Italian Worker Expresses Pride and Threats in Street Speech
A speaker claiming to represent Antonio and Gregorio voices anger at presumed discrimination and warns of a strong man ready to strike. He boasts of witnessing a non American, possibly Italian, man driving a pickup and swinging a spade with speed and strength, stirring communal pride.
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Antonio
Gregorio
Winter Fashions In Paris Paris Apples And Needlework
Fashions feature Falkons U2 and ads Limerick Brussels applique and old needle point lace in demand. Mexican drawn work on serge and thin cloth emerges. Madras collars for men and heavy linen crepe for waists gain traction. Mephisto quills and colored stockings mix with new winter hues including blue and metallic dye. Corsets modernize with boneless, coarse linen, long steel stays and embroidered tops.
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Limerick
Brussels
Paris
Mephisto
Tuttle resigns from force after raid and wife’s sentence
Patrolman George A. Tuttle of the Hanover street station resigned from the police department at roll-call last night following a raid on his home at 9 Temple street and his wife being convicted and sentenced to eight months for conducting a house of questionable repute.
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George A. Tuttle
Hanover Street
Temple Street
Cure Dyspepsia With Pape’s Diapepsin
A vintage stomach remedy era pitch describes food fermentation causing indigestion and related symptoms. It promises relief by taking over digestion with Pape’s Diapepsin after fifty cent case purchase, claiming meals digest fully and no laxatives needed.
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