New Year Birthday Revelations in Featherstone Home
Delysle Ferree Cass begins a New Year birthday morning after a wild party night. Roger Featherstone contemplates bachelor life and vows to stay single as Magde and Phil visit. Betty, the old friend, reappears in a tense, flirtatious scene that makes Roger question his resolve.
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Featherstone
Roger
Ted
Derthoven
Henkette Iirenser
Fogard
le Roxy Visinne
Mage
Bimasu
Roger Featherstone
Madge
Phil James
Jolly
New Year customs in old Wales described in 19th century account
An old Welsh account notes two New Year traditions: the first male visitor to a household on New Year’s morning being unlucky, and families paying to deter the first male visitor. The second custom involves the waits performing on New Year morning, offering New Year’s Water, singing greetings, sprinkling water on households, and reciting verses to wish health and prosperity for the coming year.
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Old Whalen Wan
Stie
Bo Femly
Peentie
Guardian Angel of Life Noted in Timed Evocation
A fragmentary verse image reflects on a guardian angel watching over life from above, described as unseen yet always present and attentive, offering a protective, hopeful tone. The lines suggest reverence for a divine watcher guiding human fate.
Portrait Drawn by Will or Fate
A silent man creates a portrait for his companions driven by inner force and choice. The narrative centers on how his will shapes the art without spoken word, reflecting themes of agency and destiny.
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Avery Word
Emerson
Garment Ideas For Baby Wardrobe From Birmente
Advice on practical baby clothing gifts emphasizes wearable outfits for ages one to three years. Recommends fabrics like muslin and linen, notes popular colors and styles, and suggests simple yokes and embroidered details to charm both mother and child.
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Birmente
Joan White
Benides
Skating Fashion Emphasizes Chin Chin Collar Style
A 1910s skating fashion feature highlights the chin chin collar as a top trend. Describes white velour trim with black sequin accents, delicate embroidery, and fine underwear, noting the season’s emphasis on simple, elegant lines and handwork.
Use for the old raincoat in home crafts and bags
The article proposes repurposing an old silk raincoat into bathing air and bloomers or into waterproof bags for school use. Instructions describe cutting, trimming, and decorating with beads to create bags shaped like envelopes, about half a yard long and wide, to be worn over the shoulder for convenient transport.
Crochet Buttons for Everyday Wear and Kids Frocks
Crochet buttons come in two sizes for use on morning dresses and children's frocks. The article highlights their appeal in holiday sewing and notes the skill of women who crochet can earn money by making varied button styles for fashionable garments.
Right Neckwear and Hair Fashion Shifts for Women
Fashion notes discuss neckwear for youth and mature women, detailing detachable collars and tailored suits with embroidery. It highlights changing trends in forehead styling influenced by old master aesthetics and modern hairdressing, emphasizing polished, formal looks.
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Ted
Colin
Forehead Fashion Edict Angers Style Councils
Fashion authorities announce a strict standard, requiring visible foreheads to be bright and prominent much like a nose on the chin. The decree aims to shape public appearance and determine who is considered fashionable in society.
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Councils of Fashion
Combination Sport Outfits Description Noted
A description of light-colored corduroy outfits with skirts matching and roomy pockets. Coats may be Norfolk style or straight coats, belted, pocketed, and knee to hip length, with conservative tailoring and full front buttoning.
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Rport
Why Trees Thrive in Lawns in Dry Summers
A reader asks why deciduous trees in lawns fare better than those in drier soil. The Los Angeles Times notes the dry summer air causes faster leaf transpiration, while lawn soil provides cooler, more evenly distributed moisture aiding root uptake and reducing plant stress.
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Los Angeles Times
Locating the New Home in Growing Travel Corridors
The piece warns home builders to consider land along major travel routes near expanding cities. Buyers hedge profits by purchasing urban fringe land now, anticipating rising values as adjacent city growth pushes land prices higher and increases potential income for future sale.
Plants To Study Garden Shelter And Winter Care
The article urges studying plant care across seasons, noting hardy perennials can be grown indoors then moved outdoors. It discusses starting seeds or rhubarb at home, selecting plants for winter work, and designing outdoor planters integrated with architectural style for year round appeal.
Fruit Trees Along Roads and Nut Planting in Oregon
The Portland Oregonian notes the European habit of planting fruit and nut trees by roadsides should be adopted in the United States. It praises hickory and walnut trees for beauty and usefulness and mentions Salem’s streets with many walnut trees. It reports McMinnville pavement plantings yielding ten and a half nuts per tree this season.
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Europe
United States
McMinnville
Portland Oregonian
Dutch New Guinea Mapped by Dutch Expedition
A Dutch expedition recently mapped Dutch New Guinea, an area about fourteen times the Netherlands. It reports encountering primitive peoples in the south seas equipped with stone implements and crude weapons. Some tribes were warlike while others were peaceful and offered no resistance.
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Dutch New Guinea
Netherlands
South Seas
Remarkable wheat yields prompt western Canada land value discussion
A Canadian land market feature highlights Western Canada wheat yields from a single crop. Reports cite Manitoba and Manitoba area farmers producing high per acre results, with examples from Manitou and Darlingford. The piece argues these strong yields justify cropping idle land, boosting land value and inviting investment at low costs.
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Canada
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canara
United Stats
Can
Culrose
Manitoba
Cs Bronehiron
Chican
Cilcom
F. Ly
Davidson
Manitou
Walter Turner
Darlingford
Wm. Sharp
Linear
Parbari
Rmilway
Mother's Errand Sparks Confusion as Child Answers
A caller asked five year old Lela if her mithma was home and she replied no. The girl said her mother went out to get some time and would visit a neighbor for a minute, prompting the caller to echo the phrase.
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Mithma
Lela
Fractured Remarks and Odd Phrases From a Faded Page
A fragmentary OCR reads as scattered quotes about a last time, sharp pains, and an anxious man chasing money by others' toil. It mentions a price of one dollar, a frenzied man, and a note about keeping the grip at bay with dubious advice.
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Bing
Skater
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Ringlon
Flutte
Galnshormueh
Ihmit
Torter
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Esa
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