Duties of a Police Matron in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn police matron, Mrs. Cox, details her daily life on Adams Street. She tends intoxicated women, theft suspects, and the seriously troubled, recounting stories of Maggie the regular lodger and others, including a fatal night from drink and a former “lady” who rose from country roots to ruin.
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Brooklyn
Brownsville
Maggie
Magige
Hudson
Goodby
Adams Street
Boylan
New York
Bring Up Boys With Confidence And Courtesy
Margaret E. Sangster urges balanced parenting to shape boys into honest, capable men. She emphasizes avoiding overindulgence or harshness, fostering confidence, teaching money matters, and instilling courtesy toward women and authority from early years onward.
Stage Guvying at a Prevalent Evil
A critic denounces the ongoing guying in top theaters that spoils serious dramatic art. He argues that persistent ridicule by actors harms future American drama and calls for a cultural shift toward sincerity and respect for the stage.
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America
Pretty Clover-Leaf Doily Pattern Instructions
Detailed crochet guide describes creating a circular doily with a clover leaf motif. Steps cover stitching, treble stitches, picots, chains, and borders, including repeating rows and finishing around a center. Guidance emphasizes fastening, joining, and picot formation for a decorative edge.
Perils of a Great Man Visit to President Thiers
Baron Hubner visited Thiers at the French president’s home and met a stranger who feared an assassination. The baron declared he was not Thiers. the butler admitted being Thiers’ butler. Both men realized they had mistaken the other as an assassin. The note mentions an informal musicale for a bride-elect and a wedding invitation program.
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Margaret E. Sangster
New England
Thomas K. Beecher
Lyman Beecher
Brooklyn
New York
Lords of Creation
Joseph B. Bowles
Baron Hubner
President Thiers
M. Thiers
Hubner
Way to Black's Farm Directions by a Farm Hand
A driver asks directions to James Black's farm and receives a rambling route describing landmarks such as the Bill Bruce place a red schoolhouse near Bunker and a sequence of turns ending at an empty house and the fourth left-hand residence.
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James Black
Bill Bruce
Bunker’s
Western girl's secret engagement surprise
A western girl announced her engagement using a unique method as the groom lived out of town and remained unsuspected while a guest at the house. The piece hints at a social intrigue with an undisclosed final outcome.
Work Over Worry: A Woman's Daily Burden and Benefit
The piece argues work sustains health and fortitude while worry drains nerves and health. It contrasts homemaker tasks as beneficial exercise with the harm of fretful attitudes. Examples note porters in Constantinople and field transport in Alaska illustrating heavy loads despite small bodies.
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Mme. Hebe
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Knitted Hood for Baby From Boston Budget Pattern
Instructions for a baby hood using pink and cream yarn with No. 16 needles and No. 7 ribbon. Begin at back cast on 18 stitches, pattern rows with purls and knits, increase every other row over 20 rows, then reduce 10 times each end, shape sides, knit 64 needles, form front stitches, finish with ribbon strings and rosettes.
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Dresden
Saxony
Boston
Shakis Rugs Noted for Porch and Hall Use
Large Shakis rugs suit center room or porch spaces on wood floors or outdoor areas. They feature brown green and tan tones with color hints from Indian arrow motifs and a matching border with a white fringe. Reversible and colorfast, they endure rain and sun exposure.
Round linen doilies retain popularity with new variations
The article notes left over linen or damask doilies remain popular. Variations appear including dotted damask, still common for tables. Both square and dot patterns are used, usually the smallest size. Scalloped edges are heavily embroidered and sometimes a smaller circle is added near the edge.
Washing Pink Fabrics With Red Calico For Color Preservation
A 19th century tip suggests tinting wash water with a piece of red calico to preserve pink fabrics after laundering. The water should color slightly, then the dress passes through it to regain brightness. For lavender fabrics, blueing with red stained water creates a violet tint before washing.
Evanston classroom recall of the Declaration signers
An Evanston teacher asks a student to name the Declaration of Independence signers. The student recalls John Hancock and many others but cannot remember all the names.
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Harold
Evanston
Miss Blankston
John Mancock
Flavoring Jelly With Spice and Geranium Leaves
A small bag of spice added to the kettle during apple or crab jelly enhances flavor with no effort. A few leaves of sweet geranium also lend a delicious note to the jelly.
Vintage armchairs dressed in floral and denim covers
A short note suggests updating old-fashioned armchairs by covering them with floral chintz cretonne or denim in brown green or dark red to refresh their appearance.
Product of the Times and Changing Social Tides
A society-tinged meditation contrasts old well bred manners with a new brash crowd driven by wealth, speed, and pleasure. The author labels modern idols as rushing seekers of money, horses, and nightlife amid aristocratic drawing rooms.
Pet snake Pines for mate at Soldiers Home
Veterans at the Soldiers Home keep two pet pine snakes. One vanished a week ago and returned, apparently lonely, seeking to rejoin its mate inside the reptile cage. Vine land correspondence Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Vineland
Philadelphia Bulletin
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