Mountain maid fashion and Adirondack scenes in Lake Placid
Ellen Osborn describes Adirondack summer culture with vivid portraits of mountain maid attire, guides, and pleasures from Lake Placid. The piece blends fashion notes, hiking lore, and social contrasts as women increasingly join the Adirondack scene while photographers and writers capture flora, boating, and dress.
Sultan of Sulu and Philippine War Fears Reported
A 19th century sketch portrays the Sultan of Sulu as a potent sovereign over Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago with a large uncertain population. It notes past Spanish influence, U S independence, and questions about modern warfare versus traditional bravado. It also mentions Sulu fanatics and the juramentados. Separate sections describe women’s fashion and French English dress trends.
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Paradise
Catto Bato
Dale
Philippines
Sulu
Sula
United States
C Muigloma
Ishind
Mindwnne
Sulu Archipelago
Borneo
Ble
Mayhun
Maiti
England
Germany
Bul
Sulus
Vanished Bootblack in a Dying City Street Scene
A fragmented portrait recalls a bootblack with a cigarrette in mouth, a newspaper under his arm, and a brass-studded shoe-polishing box nearly vanished. The scene hints at urban drift toward concentration and the parlors where the subject was discussed, amid a bright young proprietor.
The Decline of Rustic Shoe Booths Remembers A Past Era
An elderly speaker recalls vintage street shoe cleaning booths and their decline. He notes how chairs and parlors evolved into modern setups with cleaners, polishes, and amenities. He laments the loss of the old “boothlack” system while detailing rising costs and changes in the trade.
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Galler Boys
Nick Carter
Boothlack
Opals in Australia Centered at White Cliffs
Opal mining dominates new Australian mineral industries with White Cliffs as the principal center. Opals are found in highly payable quantities of rich quality within a ten mile radius, where about 1,600 residents inhabit the area.
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Ita
Ellen Osgoln
White Cliffs
Tornado brings mass of water snakes to Australian beach
After a severe tornado in Australia, thousands of water snakes surfaced on a beach in one area while another coast area saw the beach washed away leaving only bare rocks and shore.
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Whiteface
Lake Meacham
Triut
Dune
Australia
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Albany
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Fifth Avenue
Othe
Iesa
Grahamo
the Sultan OF
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TALE
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