Train Carantics on a Smoked Romance
In a railroad car Dr. Temple and passengers share risqué tales and comic mishaps. A flirtatious atmosphere grows as Mrs. Temple contemplates smoking and encounters a roomful of gossipy companions while Ira Lathrop, Anne Gattle, and others observe evolving romantic and comic entanglements aboard.
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Harry Mallory
Marjorie Newton
Taxtcab
Sidasdimasla
Bammy Whit
Jimmis
See
Rev
Pie
Cut
Temple
Marrie
Marjorie Ia
Ira Lathrop
One Gattle
Wallington
Mallory Gade
Jimmie Dlacorate Wallington
Mallory
Temple Poten
Foiled by a preacher on the Omaha platform
Mallory and Marjorie Rot observe a city platform scene in Omaha as a preacher signals a harvest festival. The page ends with a cliffhanger about a church move to wider pastures and a note on coal miners health and habits at the mouth of the mines.
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Indiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Bob Burdette
Nebraska
Omaha
Mallory
Marjorie
Staten
Must Be So. Mother Questions Daughter in Patois Scene
A mother named Sadie asks her young daughter why she and her late brother are always quarreling. The child answers in patois, delivering a brief, intimate domestic moment.
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Sadie
Eye Care and Subtle Evening Cosmetics for Working Women
A 1910s guide advises frequent distant gazing breaks for eye strain from close work and suggests lighting and rest practices. It recommends eye baths with tepid water and boracic acid, eye cups, and occasional ice packs. For cosmetics, it endorses natural eyebrow shaping with pencil by brushing along the brow line and applying a light shadow to lips or lids for a softer evening look.
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Fife
Ines
Rings Tear Stockings Repairs Hint for Women
Readers note that silk stockings often rip not from manufacturing flaws but from rings worn on the fingers. Rings with stones catch and fray the threads when run along the stocking, causing small breaks and runs.
Answers From A Wild Rose Questions
The piece answers practical etiquette questions. It says thanking compliments is polite for both you and your frock. Varsity short for university. A girl needs about the same at school as at home. cannot list garments. Misses is pronounced Sf, as Mrs. It is polite to acknowledge each passerby. White dress on a train depends on circumstances. cover with a long coat if needed. A bride’s initial marks her wedding linen. If a boy asks to see you home, say you are provided for and thank him.
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Mrs. Temple
Walter
Mrs. Willington
Dr. Temple
Mrs. Wellington
Mother Eve
Wellington
Mrs.Temple
Mra. Temple
Jimmie
Doctor Temple
Doc
Sally
Darby
Joan
Wild Rose
Varsity
Simple Home Wedding Etiquette Questions Answered
The note advises inviting only desired guests and sending announcements to others. It says no entertainment is required after the ceremony and that the bride simply places the knife into the cake while someone else handles the cutting. It frames the ceremony as a prettily symbolic act marking the bride as hostess.
Afternoon Party Menu Suggestions For Entertainers
A reader seeks simple yet elegant afternoon party ideas. Cards remain popular, with musicales and thimble parties noted. For warm weather, offer frozen items with small cakes and coffee, or a salad with coffee and sandwiches, or tea, small cakes, and sandwiches.
Picnic Party Proposes Novel Amusements for Lodges
A secret society’s amusement committee plans an outdoor Picnic Party inviting lodges of the same order. They suggest age and sex based races, a peanut hunt with a prize, and fun refreshments. Partners for refreshments to be found by matching flags of nations sold as paper souvenirs.
Etiquette on Bridle Couple Dining and Groom Dress
The question inquires about customary behavior for a bridal couple and the groom. The guidance notes that the couple are usually served first and that full dress for a bridegroom is prescribed after six o'clock, though circumstances may alter cases.
Proper Wording of Cards for Three Unmarried Sisters
In a four member family all sisters remain unmarried. The eldest uses the prefix Mise with the last name while the younger two use their full given names. Each card bears the address. Madame Merri is the family designation.
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Inquirer
Merri
Glass-Eyed Motorman Hurt In Snow Slippage Crash
Frank B. Payne of the state railroad commission recounted a trolley accident in which a motorman, speeding on a work car, lost trucks in snow and sleet. The vehicle struck a telephone pole, injuring the man who was treated for head wounds, while joking about a glass eye. Indianapolis.
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Frank B. Payne
State Railroad Commission
40 Love in a Tennis Tease
A flirtatious scene unfolds as the Author teases Sallie Quickstep about her game. He taunts with warmth as Sallie calmly replies that his books lack the same heat, quipping that she leads 40 love in the match.
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Saillie Quickstep
Castoria Ad Claims 30 Years Of Safe Use For Children
The notice markets Castoria as a trusted remedy for infants and children, urging parents to seek the product for safe use. It emphasizes the signatory claim of enduring use and the phrase Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Amusing Prose and Patent Remedy Ad from 19th Century
The fragment quotes a humorous exchange with Ned and Dan Kelly and their plan to flee, followed by a Paxton Antiseptic pelvic treatment promotion. The ad promotes Paxtine Antiseptic hot douches, priced 25 cents a box, available from The Paxton Toilet Co. in Boston.
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Paxton Toilet, Co
Boston
Masa
Fragmented dialog and products in a quirky ad midsection
The clipping mixes character banter about tailoring and payment, a Red Cross note about blue cloth, a Francola Auguste de Cha teaubriand quote on womanly grace, and an ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup plus a joke about a father receiving a lemon for his birthday.
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