Pride and Prejudice Give Way to Trust in Lost Ring Tale
In a domestic drama Miss Winters and her family grapple with suspicion when a missing diamond ring strains relations. Elsie, the trusted helper, reveals her engagement to Mr. Stanley and clears her name as Miriam, Bob, and Mrs. Walker uncover the truth behind the ring theft. The resolution restores faith and harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Mr. Walker
Bob
Miriam
Eisie
Ady
Oman
Mr. Stanley
Mrs. Stanley
Juliet
George
Jas Lansing
Miss Winters
Miriam Haad
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions For Fall
Indian blanket designs appear on bath robes for boys while velour hats suit wee girlies. Black and white remains in young girls topcoats with sleeveless brocade tunics and charmeuse gowns. Ball trims edge serge skirts and dresses in elephant gray and deep plum. Fruit colored trims adorn black hats, hexagon mesh veils with chenille dots. Soft felt hats with ribbons suit school wear. Zibeline two tones show in winter goats. Hand done French knots appear on black silk waists.
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Bath
Magistrate Ira Koehne Convicted of Extortion
Dayton Ohio September 26 City Magistrate Ira Koehne was convicted of extortion and sentenced to a $100 fine and 90 days in the workhouse. He was kept in custody by the constable of his own court and transported to the workhouse.
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Dayton, O
Ira. Koehne
Woven Letters on Eugenics Love in The Boston Post
A reader letter section discusses marriage choices, arguing love should trump eugenic and financial criteria. The writer warns against arranging marriages by fitness and money, praising true love even if poor or ill. Letters also critique flattery and creep into personal insight on love, credit, and independence. Daisy signs off reflecting on cash payments and the cost of strict prudence.
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Sewing Circle
Cleopatra
Helen of Troy
Anthony Hope
Women and Money Dear Sewing Circle
A 67 year old woman argues that strict control of household spending by a wife harms families and society. She recalls raising 11 children, notes income supported education, and says money for personal spending would not have improved her contentment with motherhood. She cites nagging for money as a driver of discontent. ONE WHO LAMENTS NEW WAYS.
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Sewing Circle
One Who Struck A Wifes Strike For Allowance Lesson
A correspondent recounts a strike against housework to secure spending money. The plan backfired as the husband sought comfort elsewhere and the wife faced her mother in law, who warned that the adviser exploited the situation. The woman ultimately abandons the strike for love and stability.
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Sewing Circle
Hubby
Two Girls Living in Boston on Their Own Resources
A Sewing Circle letter from Boston compares two sisters from Nova Scotia living independently. One works at home earning an unspecified weekly amount with cheap living, the other rents a boarding house, spends more on clothes, and is in debt while the first saves. The writer advises housework as the safer path for young women new to the city.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Boston
Nova Scotia
New England Children to Compete for 150000 Panama Prizes
Mrs Albert L Babbitt reports her daughters Alice aged six and Elinor five among the children selected to compete at the Panama Exposition for prizes totaling 150000. She describes feeding them meat juice from eight months, training in swimming and self reliance, and hopes for college and musical education. Lyman, eleven, aims to become a chemist amid a family of MIT graduate father and conservatory trained mother.
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New England
Albertl. Babbitt
Alice
Elinor Babbitt
Little Sandy Pond
Pembroke
Mrs. Babbitt
Lyman
Episcopal
United States
Mr. Babbitt
Navy Yard
Mra. Babbitt
New England Conservatory of Music
Temple of Childhood
San Francisco
Alice Babbitt
Albert L. Babbitt
Henry Havelock Pierce
Boston College Juniors Elect Officers at First Meeting
At a meeting of the Boston College junior class held at University Heights yesterday afternoon, Maurice J. Flynn of Dorchester was elected president, Joseph Norton of Dorchester vice-president, Frederick Wennerbers of Roxbury secretary, and James K. Hopkins of Concord treasurer.
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Boston College
University Heights
Maurice J. Flynn
Dorchester
Joseph Norton
Frederick Wennerbers
Roxbury
James K. Hopkins
Concord
Padre Angelo and the Snuff Box Heats Up the Dailies
A comic tale in dialect about Leeda Padre Angelo hearing bad news and reacting with a snuff box habit. He sneezes and coughs, then smiles sadly as the reader learns the tale is troubling. The scene centers on the Padre’s puzzled, humorous response to grim news.
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Padre Angelo
Leetia Padre
New Corporation Heads for Everybody's Store
B L Robertson and A B Rice purchase Everybody's with long ties to retailing and manufacturing. Their Glen Shirt and Collar Co in Boston area supply lines and Glens Falls factories anchor plans. Newton resident Rice sits on city government as Meyers stays on as manager under new leadership.
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L. Robertson
A. B. Rice
Glen Shirt and Collar Company
Tremont Street
Kingston Street
Glens Falls
Robertson
Rice
Newton
New York City
New England
Boston
Meyers
Professor Clayton to Go to South America
H. Helm Clayton longtime head of Blue Hill Observatory meteorology and ballooning expert will depart in about a week for South America. He plans observation work and to introduce American meteorological methods in various parts of the continent.
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H. Helm Clayton
Blue Hill Observatory
South America
Sauerkraut Prices Jump to Unprecedented Level
In Fremont Ohio on September 26 sauerkraut prices surged to 17 dollars per ton as kraut makers in the city, a center of the American kraut industry, battled to obtain cabbage at higher costs. Several lawsuits were filed against growers who had agreed to low contract prices but refused delivery.
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Fremont
Rooke Heads Rhode Island W C T U Convention
Mrs. George F. Rooke of East Providence was elected president of the Rhode Island State W C T U at the annual convention in Central Falls. Honorary presidents named were Mrs. M. A. Babcock, Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston, and Mrs. J. K. Barney. Officers elected include Vice-president Mrs. John Roberts, corresponding secretary Mrs. Mary E. Olney, recording secretary Miss Emma G. Welch, assistant recording secretary Mrs. J Babcock, and treasurer Mrs. Eva H. Swett.
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Central Falls
R. I
George F. Rooke
East Providence
M. A. Babcock
Phenix
Deborah Knox
Livingstone
J. K. Barney
Providence
John Roberts
Greenville
Mary E. Olney
North Providence
Emma G. Welch
Warren
J. ©. Babcock
Eva H. Swett
Washington
Train Bandits Two Mere Boys In Alabama Loot Mail Car
Cottondale Alabama September 26 Two more boys robbed a mail car and dynamited the express safe on the Alabama Great Southern train No 7 near Cottondale and fled with a booty estimated from a few hundred to fifty thousand dollars A deputy sheriff James Bonner of Birmingham was killed by a posse member from Montgomery who mistook him for one of the bandits in the ensuing search.
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Cottondale
Ala
Alabama Great Southern
James Bonner
Birmingham
Montgomery
Bonner
Calumet Miners Benefit Drive Wins AFL Support
Washington report says the American Federation of Labor executive council decided to levy a nationwide assessment on its members to aid the Calumet copper mine strikers. The council also approved raising funds by voluntary subscriptions to bolster the aid effort.
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Washington
The
Americal Federation of Labor
Calumet
New Bedford Chief Elected President of State Firemen
Edward F. Cahill chief of the New Bedford fire department was elected president of the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association at the convention in New Bedford. Henry A. Fox of Boston and D. Arthur Burt of Taunton were re elected secretary and treasurer as the convention concluded.
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New Bedford
Edward F. Cahill
Massachusetts State Firemen’s Association
Henry A. Fox
Boston
D. Arthur Burt
Taunton
H. R. Williamson
Worcester
Triangle Waist Co Head Fined for Factory Doors
New York reports Max Blanck, owner of the Triangle Waist Company, found guilty of having factory doors fastened on August 6 this year. He was fined $20 for the offense linked to the deadly March 1911 blaze that killed over 140 workers.
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New York
Max Blanck
Triangle Waist Company
Buffalo Bill Tribute by Walt Mason in 1918
A lyrical homage to Buffalo Bill Cody contrasts the fading era of show tents and frontier legends with modern stock market pursuits. It lauds Cody as a pioneer, guide, and symbol of frontier virtue, praising his courage and memory as a remedy to a world focused on wealth and mergers.
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Deadwood
Bill
Bill Cody
Bayard
Buffalo Bill
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Little Pauline Curley Delights Children At Hospital
Child actress Pauline Curley visited the Children's Hospital on Huntington Avenue with her mother and a company member from the National Theatre. She sang lullabies and distributed roses to each patient, calming unsettled youngsters at the ward’s far end. The performance moved many, as her encore showed her emotional yet hopeful delivery.
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Pauline Curley
Children’s Hospital
Huntington Avenue
National Theatre
Pauline
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the Daly Ditty
Peencha
New Corporation
Everybody’s Store
Clayton
America
Elizabeth Porter Gould
Mrs. Rooke
Calumet Miners
Triangle Waist CO. Head
Purdy
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Dr. J. W. Haines Company
Glenn Edy
Cincinnati
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Tria
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