Five Dollars a Job: A London Dancing Scheme
A clerk recounts being hired by an agency to attend private dances as “Captain Hartley.” He pays £5 for entry, and meets Miss Gladys Murison and Col. Varnay, develops affection for Miss Murison, and learns Mrs. Varnay used Blackley to supply dancing men for social events. He ends humiliated when exposed as a paid dancer rather than an army man.
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Tama
London
Daily Tattler
Sixth Avenue
Blackley
Gordon Hartley
Gladys Murison
Colonel Varnay
Paverns
Ilames
Miss Murison
Cantali Wartley
Miss Alurson
Reynolds
Hungarian Linguists Noted for Language Aptitude in New York
An observation from the New York Sun notes many Hungarians resident there are linguists. It states Hungarians show aptitude for learning foreign tongues beyond their native language, often speaking Italian English and French with some knowledge of classical languages.
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New York
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Almighty dollar in early American prose and poetry
The piece traces the phrase almighty dollar as an Americanism for wealth and gold, noting Washington Irving’s use and Farmer’s critique that it is an old idea in a modern guise. It cites Ben Jonson’s earlier use linking money with virtue and vice, and mentions the line about virtue sold for gold.
A DAINTY BREAKFAST ROOM IDEA FOR SUMMERLE
A decorative breakfast room plan from The Decorator and Pur tisher showcases a 10 by 10 foot space with an octagonal carpentry table cream painted legs pink silk cushion chairs sachet powder cushions and a canary in a white cage. Features include 18 by 36 inch shelves on one wall white stand for a vase and morning paper apple blossom wallpaper and blue framed etching prints with white wallpaper and white oilcloth flooring plus goatskin rugs with apple blossom sprigs.
Embroidered Cushion Design with Chenille Flowers
Olive foundation cloth features traced design. Flowers sewn in white gold and strawberry chenille with bronze stem stitches center. Buds and leaves created by stem and bone stitches in greyish green olive and bronze split tassel, then appliqued and connected by leaf stems.
Meringue Beards and Cream Puffs From A Historic Receipt
Whisk egg whites to stiff froth then fold in sugar per white. Drop spoonfuls on white paper to form even meringue heaps. Bake until straw colored and firm, then hollow centers and dry. Fill hollows with lightly whipped cream and sandwich pairs by joining undersides.
Appetizing Heochauffe And Curious Kitchen Fragments
A collage of recipes and domestic anecdotes appears. Instructions for a coffee flavored cake glaze, a beef puree with fried potato chips, and a humorous tale of a bank president’s wife enduring a burglary, followed by a New York Times critique of electricity fallacies.
Love Rekindled Amid Brighton Ball Scene
Connie Luttrell breaks an engagement with Leigh Summers while on vacation in Brighton. Leigh is engaged to Miss Vandeleur, but Connie confesses she still loves him. Leigh reveals his intent to marry Connie, and they become engaged again with Kate Laurence as bridesmaid in a festive ending.
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Connie Luttrell
Connie
Leigh Summers
Sam
Kate
Leigh
Brighton
Lelgh
Coun
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Ife
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Hove
Clagham
Miss Vandelaar
Miss Vandeleur
Miss Vandeleur,” She Cried, ‘What Will She Say?" “Miss Vandeleur
Graham
Boston Globe
New York Surgeons and the Equal Treatment in Medicine
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch New York corresp describes New York as the center of surgery with renowned surgeons drawing students and patients nationwide. It asserts that treatment is equal for rich and poor, and money offers little advantage once under a surgeon’s care.
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New York
Inno
United States
Europe
New York Cor
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Somnambulism explained and classroom behavior cautions
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes somnambulism as a long studied mystery with many explanations and little consensus among physicians. A Pilgrim Teacher column suggests privately rebuking forward students and, if needed, seating them separately to prevent disruption in classes.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
In the Cornfield Experiments at Hinote Station 1892
A bulletin by Morrow and Gardner reviews five years of Illinois station corn field experiments. Key findings include yields rising at least five bushels per acre without extra cost, no link between kernel color or ear smoothness and performance, and cross breeding likely boosting yields. Early maturing varieties may be used for initial feed, but generally May planting and uniform stands are vital. Deep plowing harms yield. weed control and soil surface levelness matter. Thick planting increases stover quality. weeds are the main enemy. Cutting at or near maturity varies with purpose, but generally mid maturity offers better overall value than waiting for fully ripe corn.
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Hinote
Messrs. Morrow and Gardner
University of Ilinois
Dinois
Control tips for wire worms in crops
Wire worms are prone to breed in damp cold soils and attack grass roots. No fully practical destruction method exists. Fall plowing and crop rotation help reduce numbers, underdrainage aids control, and delaying replanting to divert worms is advised. Some recommend sowing arsenic-soaked corn and harrowing in to kill wire worms.
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Dixie Farimer
Weed
New York creates agriculture department and commissioner
The New York legislature forms a department of agriculture with F.C. Schraub named commissioner. Farmers discuss copper carbonate as an effective fungicide, easier on sprayers, with Farm Journal guidance on plowing around dead furrows. An English gardener notes cabbages thrive on manure and nitrates, while unmanured plots favor phosphates nitrates and salt.
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Department of Agriculture
New York
F.C. Schraub
Farm Journal
Massachusetts
Chinese Children and Other Everyday Tales
A San Francisco column sketches Chinese children's youth from ages ten to sixteen, noting play with firecrackers, balloons, toy wagons, and an automatic tin horse, then shifts to a petrel story, a lighthearted verse on Miss Muffet, and a moral about a bright five year old noting ship versus boat distinctions.
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Ike
Walter
Norning Walter
Auntie
A Warning to Parents Mr Figg
A brief account notes another boy who went into the river Sunday and drowned. The boy, Tommy, was reportedly kept busy with school and errands during the week, leaving little chance to learn to swim.
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Figg
Tommy
Tobogganing In Canada and Its Popular Appeal
The article describes tobogganing as a favorite winter sport in Canada enjoyed by both adults and children. It explains the light wooden sledge called a toboggan, about feet long and two inches wide, used by one to three people. A Chinaman’s phrase “Swish swish Walkee back a mile” captures its swift, exhilarant motion.
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Canada
Aleas
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