Adrift Forty Hours in Nova Scotian Dory
Charles Matheson and Frederick Hemmeon drifted for 102 hours off Brown's banks in a dory after losing their fishing schooner Quonnapowitt. Hemmeon suffered hunger and delirium while Matheson steered with a batter board, bailed, and kept hopeful signals. Rescue came when Flora S Nickerson crew spotted a dory and towed them to Boston.
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Halifax
Brown’s Banks
Nova Scotia
Charles Matheson
Boston
Matheson
Frederick Hemmeon
Nova
Hemmeon
Urban scandal alleges corpses skin trafficking in Bay Area
In San Francisco, several young men formed a partnership to traffic in human skin stripped from corpses and dissecting rooms. Medical students allegedly sought tanning firms in West Berkeley to prepare skin for products like belts and purses, with skin valued around $500 when tanned.
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San Francisco
West Berkeley
Brazilian servants keep early hours in absence of overnight stay
In Brazil servants do not sleep in the house and depart at seven each night, returning next day after seven or eight. Families leave a pane of glass removed in a window so bakers and milkmen can pass goods during early rounds without waking anyone.
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Brazil
Penalty of Fame for Port Arthur General Nogi
Gen Nogi famed for Port Arthur is besieged by autograph seekers in Japan. Relatives of soldiers who died at Port Arthur seek his signature for inscriptions to place on the tombstones of the dead.
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Nogi
Port Arthur
Japan
Ice Boat Proposal Sparks Hug on Lake
Yonkers Statesman reports a quirky scene where a couple on an ice boat had a proposal leading to a hug as they drifted. Patrice explains she did not intend to accept at first, while Patience notes she did not mean to reject either in the tense moment.
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Patrice
Yonkers
Fishing for a Compliment Stray Stories
Miss Elderleigh jokes about age in a light exchange with Mr. Braix. The flirtatious dialogue features playful aging banter and a compliment misread as truth in a brief stray story segment.
Training Girls to Buy Their Own Clothing and Save
An advisory piece on girl allowances and money management from 1906 urges parents to give daughters steady pay for daily needs, teach thrift, saving, and charitable giving, and avoid borrowing or over-spending. It cites a 16 year old and a friend with a 12 year old start as examples of responsible financial education.
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Margaret ER. Sangster
Susan
Mother
Jeanie
Julia
Sue
Father
Susie
Jean
Papa
Jane
A Very Pretty Blouse with Pale Green Voile
Description of a delicate blouse using pale green voile with gauged shoulder fronts and center front insertion straps. Center strap laid over others edged with frilled ribbon. sleeves gauged to create two puffs and gathered into a frilled ribbon edged band. Materials listed: two yards 46 inches wide two and a half yards insertion four yards frilled ribbon.
Three French Games for Youth and Fun
A former correspondent asked for games played by French youth. The article describes Portrait where a guesser asks yes no questions about a chosen person, Falling Soldier with a collapsing line of players, and Singe where the monkey leaves and the group hides the joke, provoking laughter among girls. Madame Merri.
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France
Madame Merri
Treatment for Pimples and Black Heads Advice
Advice on cleansing the body to treat pimples and black heads. Recommends water intake fruit diet daily bathing and nightly facial scrubbing with hot water and green soap followed by a healing cream. Cream includes lanolin oil of almonds sulfur precipitate oxide of zinc and extract of violet applied sparingly.
Marking Silver and Linen for Wedding Gifts
A correspondent asks how table silver and linen should be marked when given as wedding presents. Custom decrees that items given before the marriage ceremony bear the full name, monogram, or initials of the bride. On silver the date may be added but is not necessary.
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Madame Merri
An Awkward Carriage and Its Correction
An awkward walk or carriage is no longer a gift of the gods but a bad habit to be corrected by a dancing master who understands physical culture as well as the two step and the waltz.
When to Shampoo Every Four Weeks with Ess Shampoo
The guide advises shampooing every four weeks using Ess Shampoo. It notes regular intervals help maintain scalp health and clean hair without overwashing.
Lack of Courage Cited by Irish Gaelic League Leader
Douglas Hyde argues that loss of national characteristics dulls courage. He recounts an Ireland fair where a youth spoke English to him, saying his parents spoke Gaelic but he would not. Hyde says he struck the youth after the remark, then notes the man did not retaliate.
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Matheson
Hemmeon
Companion
Douglas Hyde
Irish Gaelic League
Ireland
Dr. Hyde
Man's Progress
A concise reflection on how the scope of the possible narrows as human endeavor expands. Progress reduces the realm of impossibility through innovation, exploration, and persistent effort across fields.
Pattern for a Girl's Dress No. 5510
Pattern No 5510 features a pleated belted in dress for girls with a fitted bodice lining optional, full circular skirt, and invisible left side waist closure. Suitable fabrics include mohair cashmere thallis albatross linen and madras. Medium size requires three yards of 44 inch material for ages 4 to 12. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and pattern number and include name and address.
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Pattern Department
Baby Coat Pattern 5125 Promises Simple Elegant Style
Pattern No 5125 outlines a baby coat with a large cape collar and battlement edge cuffs. Materials include cashmere, French flannel, broadcloth, Bedford cord and bengaline silk with a lace underlayer option for charm. Medium size needs 1.5 yards of 44-inch fabric. sizes 6 months to 2 years. send 10 cents to Pattern Department.
Cabbage Patch Inn May Become Mrs Wiggs Shrine
Louisville reports indicate Mrs. Wiggs may rent the Cabbage Patch inn and a would be lessee seeks a license. The piece notes inns as haunts of literary figures and suggests Wiggs has been transfigured by being captured in print.
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Louisville
Cabbage Patch Inn
New York World
Wiggs
Chance
Tabard
Shakespeare
Ben Johnson
Congreve
Wrycherry
England
Irving
Old Bull’s Head
New York
Prediction That Came True
A widow recalls her husband predicted his death and died on the exact day. She notes he was morbid and often spoke of dying soon, which she accepted as a true foretelling. The exchange appears in N. Y. Weekly.
Fair Traveler and Stay-at-Home Solve Sleeve Query
A playful exchange compares sleeve styles. The traveler hints at recent travel to Central Africa while the stay-at-home figure describes a coat sleeve worn around the waist, reflecting a humorous contrast in clothing habits.
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Central Africa
Of Age in Russia
A note states that in Russia the legal age is 26, not 18, meaning a Russian does not reach adulthood until age twenty six.
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Russia
Unknown Woman’s Gift to Fort Leavenworth Building
A donor, anonymous, will fund the construction of the finest army Y M C A building at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The post prize project is described as the largest military post YMCA in the United States and will cost $45,000.
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Army Y. M. C. A
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Birds Inside Ivychurch Parish Church
Birds nest in the rafters of Ivychurch parish church during services flit between pews and are fed by breadcrumbs from worshipers pockets.
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Ivychurch
Ent
Witty mispronunciation at Oxford oration sparks amusement
An Oxford speech reveals a political quip about liberals but is muddled by a speaker’s vowel swap producing a humorous misquote. The incident highlights the perils of mishearing and the enduring impact of spoken rhetoric in public discourse.
Bacon Is That Lady I Saw with Your Wife
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a witty exchange about a man asking if the woman is his wife’s mother, revealing a family joke and social banter. The remark highlights humorous domestic confusion circulating in local circles.
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Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
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