A Dreary Shop, A Frame, And A Painted Secret
Duncan Collis buys a small frame from a shop where a hidden oil painting is found. The picture, depicting a fair haired girl with lilies, is revealed as Duncan’s own work. He confronts Elsa and Rupert Warren learns the truth while Elsa hides their past.
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Duncan Collis
Duncan
Stooks
Buncan
Miss March
Rupert Warren
Elsa
Lansale
London
Eilsa
Maintaining Servant Harmony Through Respectful Management
Jane Cum mings argues in The Woman's Home Companion that servant friction stems from harsh authority and shifting mistress expectations. A fair housekeeper who judges by results, uses kindness, and avoids constant retraining gains faithful, long lasting help.
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Jane Lowry Cummings
Bridget
The Girl in the Gainsborough Hat Inspires Blushes
In a playful verse from the New Orleans Times-Democrat the speaker contrasts a shy maiden wearing a black feathered hat with ostrich tips and a red rose to the Gainsborough hat beauty. He muses on courting, kissing, and a whimsical poetic fixation on feathered headwear and affection.
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Madonna
Transforming wood into liquids opens new uses
The New York Times reports that heat converts wood into gases and liquids, yielding pyroligneous acid, wood alcohol, acetate of lime, and wood tars. A cord weighing 4000 pounds can produce about 2050 pounds of acid, 700 pounds of charcoal, 9 gallons of 82 percent crude wood alcohol, 25 gallons of tar, and 200 pounds of lime acetate.
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New York Times
Humble Flock Member Praises Absent Husband
A curate questions a woman who extols her absent husband noting she claims he says his prayers every night of his life, drunk or sober, never misses that. The exchange underscores quiet humor in religious life and marital devotion.
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London Telegraph
Scarlet fever beds outnumber diphtheria beds in London
The metropolitan asylums board in London allocates 3,800 beds for scarlet fever and only 700 for diphtheria. Historical trade notes mention tea cakes in India, silk in China, salt in Abyssinia, and codfish in Iceland used as money.
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Metropolitan Asylums Board
London
India
China
Abyssinia
Iceland
California Artist Jessie Allen Wins Paris Praise
A young American woman, Jessie Allen of California, earns praise from Parisian critics after study in Paris and Holland. She trained at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute and the Art Students League, then studied in the Julien academy and under M. Collins. Her Venice views, inspired by Canaletto and Guardi, attract notice in a Paris exhibition of 200 American works, highlighted by Le Matin's critic.
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Jessie Allen
Miss Allen
Mark Hopkins Art Institute
Art Students’ League
Julan Academie
Paris
M. Collins
Holland
London
Rome
Venice
United States
Lagunes
Ducal
Canaletto
Guardi
San Francisco Examiner
Russian Blouse Trends Highlight Silk Rich Fashion
The New York Post notes next season favors Russian blouses in black green brown blue or gray silks with deep yokes and gathers. Jeweled belts will match or contrast with silk colors while styles vary from left side openings to front fastenings with reverses. Some designs use silk braid patterns with jet nail heads and pendants for dressy effect.
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New York Post
Woman at North Dumpling Lighthouse Rouses Bell During Fog
Mrs J T Fowler wife of the light house keeper at North Dumpling Fisher s Island Rhode Island took charge in her husband s absence when a bell mechanism broke in fog. She climbed the tower by ladders tied a rope to the bell and rang it until the fog cleared. The lighthouse board sent her a formal thank you praising her courage and service.
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J. T. Fowler
North Dumpling
Fisher's Island
Seqund
Rhode Island
Lighthouse Board
Boston Woman's Clubhouse plans new public clubhouse
The Woman's Clubhouse corporation of Boston pursues a central meeting place for club interests across the state. A suitable building and land are estimated at 200000 dollars with stock shares at 50 dollars each. The project aims to attract investors and has a nucleus fund at the Massachusetts Loan and Trust company.
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Woman’s Clubhouse Corporation of
Boston
Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
Boston Letter
Dinah May or Dinah Might Named at City Baptism
A Syracuse Post item describes a baptism in which the priest asks for the baby's name. The father answers Dinah M though the minister presses, joking that the middle initial may mark the child's fate. The exchange leads to a lighthearted verdict on future character.
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Syracuse Post
Dinah M
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Sam
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Hubby
California
Womman
Boston Clubwomen
Hull
Michigan
New York
Ville
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Glenwood Ranges
CG Ho.g. K Bte
Concord Junction, Mass
Tremont
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
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