Bachelor Stories Showcases Four Narratives of Love and Loss
Four men recount romantic misfires and revelations at a bachelor dinner. Hugh Clinton recalls a Newport summer love turned unrequited. Felix Eliott narrates a post sea captain romance disrupted by a secret wedding. Russell Moore shares a haunting obsession with a photograph and a possible soulmate in an asylum. the twist ends with Moore’s marriage to De Forest, revealing a shared, mysterious thread. The page also offers a moral urging business girls to choose self respect and honest paths over easy but hollow attractions.
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Hugh Clinton
Felix Eliott
Russell Moore
Hugh
Newport
Florence
Boston
Stewart
Europe
Elliott
Port Townshend
Puget Sound
Simpson
Arctic
Sitka
Alaska
Moore
San Francisco
Jack Carroll
Philadelphia
Jack
Russell
Washington
de Forest
Miss de Forest
Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Original Otter and the First Slide
In Ed W. Sandys' Outing piece the otter is described as the original tobogganer. The animal’s slide is linked to its life, with speculation on how the idea arose and noting otters slide on ice and summer earth slides along streams.
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Ed W. Sandys
Long trailing skirts return for house gowns and evening wear
Harper's Bazar notes a trend toward long skirts paired with house gowns and evening attire. Styles favor graceful lines with minimal goring, plaited fullness, and trains, with trims and embroidery enhancing front breadths.
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Harper’s Bazar
Paris fashion and French stilt racing endurance noted
A Paris fashion critique warns of waisted silhouettes and boots squeezing feet while noting hats and hair as focal points. The piece then highlights French peasant endurance with a Bordeaux to Bayonne stilt race, praising Pierre Deycard as champion after a 490 kilometer eight day challenge, amid crowds, laurels, and cash prizes.
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France
Landes
Landais
Bordeaux
Bayonne
Oscar II
Sweden
Pierre Deycard
Biles
Gironde
St. Vincent de Terosse
Garter Styles Shift To Roman Stripes And Four Leaf Clovers
The article notes garters adopting Roman stripes and plaid patterns with a four leaf clover buckle and crystal accents. It mentions a switch from round garters due to circulation concerns during exercise and describes belt and fork details with gold or silver buckles and clasps, priced at $8.50.
Spring Hats Show Quiet Neutral Tints For 1900s Styles
Spring fashions indicate neutral tints for round hats toques and bonnets in fancy straw chip dunstable and milan braids. Milliners add bright trims of shaded flowers velvet foliage nets feathers ribbons and laces already on display in major import houses.
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Milan
Awful Life Threatened by Family Noise Says Toronto Globe
A Toronto Globe verse complains of a chaotic household with a cantankerous cat a dog muddy paws a baby sister with an evil nose two mischievous brothers and loud drums and trumpets. The speaker pleads for common sense to save the girl from an awful fate.
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Toronto Globe
Wild life still prowls Chicago corners
The Chicago Record notes West Ridge residents trapping minks for fur and facing weasels that raid poultry. Hunters report prairie chickens, raccoons, rabbits, and groundhogs in the area. A farmer once shot an African hyena that had escaped from a 200.
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Chicago
West Ridge
Native Australian Weather Prophet Warns of Dry Spell Ahead
Sergeant Dalton consults Warrigul the tracker who reads gum leaves and cloud patterns to predict weather. The aborigine signals a two month dry spell despite fears of rain, citing leaf positions and dew as signs.
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Warrigul
Dalton
Massa
Dal
Methods for gathering pond creatures and bait in old notes
The text explains how to collect frogs crabs and dobsons from streams and moist meadows using nets and stones, with tips on handling and keeping them alive. It also mentions where grubs form in decayed wood and how to extract them, plus a note on using grubs as trout bait. It closes with a brief historical note on Britain's ancient names Barat Anac and Britannia.
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Harper’s Round Table
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The
Bois
Hyde Park
Central Park
Island of
St. Petersburg
Alice Freeman Palmer
Congregational Club
Brooklyn
Berlin
Palmer
Dax
Wild Animals In
Michigan
New York
Britain
Britannia
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Glenwood Ranges
Concord Junction, Mass
New Tremont
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
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