Escapade on the English coast ends in shipboard chase
Captain Jeremiah Tuggles aids Ellen Slocum and Deborah in a daring escape from an English fleet after Ellen, posing as a male, flees Portsmouth aboard the Flying Star. Pursuers include Lords Carrington and Seton. a later confrontation with the Britannia looms as the tale continues.
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Ellen
Deborah
Debbie
Tuggles
Jeremiah Tuggles
William Penn Slocum
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tam
America
Capt. Tugegles
Runaway Couple Seize Sailboat Escape to Boston
Ellen Carrington and a companion flee Bordeaux by ship heading for Boston. A grizzled captain challenges them while harbor boats chase, but Ellen arranges to board the vessel, sending Debbie up the gangway as guards tighten. The plan hinges on Ellen’s resolve and a hastily improvised escape.
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Bordeaux
Ellen
Tuggies
England
Jeremiah Tuggles
Flying Star
Sartin
Tuggles
Boston
Carrington
Elen
Isden
Llttle
Debbie
Bud
Jes
Mouth not a coin purse says physician in a streetcars soliloquy
A physician condemns women placing coins in the mouth while opening purses on streetcars. He cites a scene where a young woman, coins between her lips, takes a dime from a conductor and notes the danger of throat and lung troubles. He urges a discreet pocket device to avoid this habit.
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Coine
Faults of Friends in Civility and Courtesy
Advice on how to treat intimate friends with honesty and kindness. It warns against flattering yourselves into saying disagreeable things and emphasizes that closeness requires factual, courteous speech, except in rare necessary cases.
Practical Fashions Ladies' Work Apron Pattern
Paris Pattern No. 2621 showcases a one piece work apron that covers the front, sides and back with a princess panel above the waistline and bound pockets. It may be made in heavy linen chambray duck gingham or denim. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number. Street and no.
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Paris
Paris Pattern No 2628 Girls Coat for Tweed Fabric
Pattern Department presents Paris Pattern No 2628 for a young girl's all-over coat. Features include heavy golden brown tweed, long side-back seams, plain double breasted front, cloth-covered or bone buttons, tan collar and cuffs, and optional material-matching finish.
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Paris
Pattern Department
Husbands of All Varieties as Commodities and Captives
A quippy essay notes husbands as broad social assets in the United States, with imported examples fetching higher prices. It jokes that husbands flee like evasive animals but can be trapped by flattery and appearance. It mentions 57 varieties and classifies them as good or bad by wives, per Success Magazine.
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United States of America
Crown
Success Magazine
Peruna
Sophia Kittlesen
Evanston, IL
Peruana
Canada
Hudson Bay
Prince Imperial's Death Remembered in Afrika Bush Quest
Maj Cary led a search party in the Zulu war to recover the prince imperial of France in England. Ellen Bar lee recounts the tragedy and a prophetic childhood remark by the prince about a scar behind his back. The prince, nicknamed "The Dear Boy," bore 17 forward wounds found on his body.
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Maj. Cary
England
Prince Imperial
France
Lieut. Cary
Ellen Barlee
Corps of
Cary
Hair powder fashions through centuries and wigs
The article traces hair powder practices from 16th century French court to England and America. It notes pulverized starch with violet scent used for wigs, greasing with pomade, heavy usage causing baldness, and a powder tax near $100,000. It mentions Gov. Barefoot wearing a powdered periwig and Cotton Mather denouncing wigs as luxury. The French Revolution shifts back to natural hair.
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Washington
Charles IX
England
Gov. Barefoot
New Hampshire
Cotton Mather
Baked Bananas and Rubber Heals Prescribed for Nervousness
The specialist recommends baked bananas to calm nerves and rubber heels to reduce nervous disorders from clumping heel strikes. He claims heels are unnecessary, noting they originated in Persia as desert protection, but we have no redhot sands.
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Persia
Electrically seasoned timber promises rapid curing
Timber is placed in a borax resin and carbonate solution in a large tank. An electric current drives sap to the surface while the solution penetrates the pores. The process lasts seven to eight hours and yields wood aged as if stored five years, in days.
Remarkable Women and Heart Versus Head Quip
A juvenile cynic quips that women are noted for head over heart. Miss Cayenne responds with a witty remark on relative measurements and perceived traits. The exchange underscores playful gender humor in a period tone.
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By Cyrus Townsend Brady
Dilon Blocum
Lord Carrington
Carringa Castle
Carringtons
Lady Carrington
Lord Strathgate
Lady Cecily
Ham
Portsmouth
Seton
Strathgate
Eien
Carringtion
Britannia
Kephard
High Seas
United States
Capt. Tuggles
Ship Of-The-Line
Lady Ellen
Antera
Seeeevager Ieee
Smething
MISS. SOPHIA _ KITTLESEN
Western
Ottawa
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo, Ohins
Dr. D. Jayne
D. Jayne
Grippe Stott
Cincinnati
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