Porches and porch furniture ideas from a 1900s guide
Practical tips to maximize porch space with hidden folding tables and wall brackets. Suggestions include ironing boards as wall desks, shelves above a bench, and a fold down table supported by iron brackets. Enhancements like curtains, book shelves, and plant screens are proposed for a charming outdoor room.
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Windsor
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Niagara Flagship to be Raised from Lake Erie Memorial
The 1813 Lake Erie battle is celebrated as a key American victory. Congress appropriated 20000 dollars to raise the Niagara from the lake and house it at the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Brig, Pa. The relic will be publicly exhibited after salvage and a brick or stone building is erected on a Lake Erie bluff. Commodore Perry led the action, transferring his flag from the Lawrence to the Niagara to seal victory over British ships.
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Panama Canal
Congress
House
Senate
Arthur L. Bates
Lake Erie
Brig
Secretary of the Navy
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home of
Erie
Perry
Lawrence
Niagara
Great Britain
Oliver Hazard Perry
Rhode Island
Robert Heriot Barclay
Barclay
Nelson
Detroit
Elliott
Hints for Housekeepers From the Boston Budget and Beacon
Practical tips on home remedies and textile care. A nutmeg neck charm for sore throats, moth prevention methods, velvet cleaning steps, strawberry salad ideas, carpet moth protection using alum and borax, cautions about boric acid, earache relief guidance, foot comfort with hot cloths, shoe padding technique, and stain removal for white flannel using egg yolk and glycerin.
Perry’s Narrow Triumph at Sea in a Two Ship Victory
In a recap of naval action, American ships like the Niagara and Lawrence faced Superior British long guns. Perry pushed through deadly fire to bring his smaller guns into action. After brutal hours, he sent the famous line to Gen. Harrison: We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
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Lawrence
Uncle
Sam
Scorpion
Ariel
Perry
Niagara
Detroit
Hunter
Ica
Harrison
Missing photos spark a price dispute and social satire
A quoted exchange points to mischief and humor as Miss Magley questions paying $18 a dozen for her photos that supposedly resemble her. The dialogue then riffs on department naming and quirks of modern life, ending with a pun on a new wedding trip society linked to Niagara Falls.
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Niagara Falls
Hicks Concert Interview Quip Sparks Lighthearted Exchange
In a playful moment, Hicks quotes a fan or interviewer remark about his wife, joking that she is a sensible partner. He responds with a witty retort affirming their marriage and humor.
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Hicks
Railroad Wreck Gains a Stockholder's Insight
A humorous exchange reveals a stockholder’s blunt view of railroading misfortune. One character notes a wreck is terrible, another adds it matters when one owns railroad stocks. The quip underlines investor risk in the era's transport networks.
The Mississippi River Mouth Joke
Lucy asks where the river’s mouth is and Johnny answers it is right under its nose. The dialogue plays on a child’s simple geographic joke about the Mississippi.
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Lucy
Little Johnny
Swedish British press tour creates entente cordial link
Hugo Vallentin reports from Minneapolis on a Swedish Press club invitation inviting nine London dailies seven provincial papers and Irish and Scottish papers to visit Sweden. King Oscar hosts journalists while Swedes showcase progress and hospitality highlighting closer ties and mutual understanding between nations.
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Sweden
Préss Club
Stockholm
Great
Britain
Ireland
Press Club
British Institute of Journalists
G. F. Gratwicki
Oscar
Royal
Great Britain
Hugo Vallentin
Minneapolis
Journal
Honors for Skrefsrud in Santhalistan recognition
L. O. Skrefsrud, the Norwegian missionary in Santhalistan India, has been decorated by the British government with the Kaisar-i-Hind medal for public service in India first class. Missionaries Borresen and Skrefsrud have long been praised by Indian officials for lifting natives from savagery to industry and prosperity.
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Santhalistan
L. O. Skrefsrud
India
Kaisar-i-Hind
Borresen
Skrefsrud
Haakon Lays Cornerstone at Bergen Theater
King Haakon laid the foundation stone of the new Bergen theater last Wednesday and delivered a fine address. The city decorated with flags garlands and evergreens. Bonfires on mountains formed H and M in flames as a farewell to the royal guests. The Jun gle translated into Swedish by Excelsior Publishing House. United States Steel Corp official P Thorstenberg named to royal tech institute commission in Stockholm.
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Haakon
Bergen
Seven Mountains
Floiffjeldet
Upton Sinclair
Excelsior Publishing House
Stockholm
Sweden
P. Thorstenberg
United States Steel Corporation
Royal’ Technical Institute
Europe
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