Tin Cottages Turn Romance in Little Lakeside Settlement
Peggy and her mother arrive at Miss Brownlee's tin cottages by the lake. Artist Meredith befriends Peggy, tutors her in painting, and proposes marriage after a time of shared art and quiet courtship. Miss Brownlee celebrates a romance born at the rustic lakeside cottage row.
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Mrs. Linton
Peggy
Miss Brownlee
Cotea
Peggy Woed
Miss Wales
George
Meredith
Alroad
Sally
Rosy Peggy
Pioneer Miss Dove Elected Mayor of High Wycombe England
Woman's World profiles Miss Dove, elected municipal councilor and now mayor of High Wycombe, highlighting her trailblazing career from Girton College to Wycombe Abbey. The piece lauds her educational reforms, steady progress for women, and notes the town’s respect for her leadership. It ends with remarks on health and regular living among hospital nurses.
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Miss Dove
High Wycombe
England
Old England
America
Indy
Sisters of the Political League
Girton
Woman's College of England
Woman’s College
Cambridge
Queen’s College
Emily Davies
Dove
Cheltenham
St. Leonard’s School
St. Andrews
Scotland
Wycombe Abbey
Ulrh Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
Blunt Excuse and Artful Teeth in Clergy Service
A English clergyman covering a friend's duties injures his false teeth. The plate goes to a London dentist. promised return by Sunday, but faithless post. Clergy and clerk improvise prayers, then the clerk's vestry- whispered excuse says the parson must stay home as his teeth cannot be understood, urging the congregation to go.
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London
Impudent fraud at Manchester bank ends unseen
A customer opened an account with a few hundreds of pounds and soon drew two near balance checks. On a busy day, he and an accomplice timed cashing at opposite ends of the counter. Ledger staff, misled by the same cashier, approved both checks as correct. The thieves escaped detection.
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Manchester
Maneheater Guardian
Harmony in the Household and Progressive Stewardship
The article argues for clear agreement with a trained servant and allowing her freedom to use modern methods. It warns against micromanaging kitchen work, noting steak can taste good whether baked or broiled and praising adaptability over rigid tradition. It stresses encouraging innovation and not blaming a cook for not following aging directions.
Healthiest In the World Says Nurses Do Best Health
Miss Goodrich, superintendent at Bellevue Hospital Training School for Nurses in New York City, argues hospital nurses are the healthiest class of people. She says they suffer fewer aches and pains and enjoy health well above outdoor workers and even doctors, who overwork and strain their constitutions.
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Miss Goodrich
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
What's My Thought Like A Proverb Guessing Game Variant
A classroom style description outlines a variation of the guessing game What's My Thought Like. The leader prompts players with questions about a proverb illustrating authority and character. sample Qs reveal word count, familiarity, occurrences of the word the, and opening and closing words. The exchange confirms the proverb When the cat's away the mice will play.
Altering a Childs Skirt for Lengthenings
The guide lists five methods to extend a girl's skirt length. Use hem tucks for future letting out, add a plain hem with a facing, extend the hem with a lengthening strip matching the design, top it with feather stitching or a finishing braid, or insert rows of insertion near the bottom. For older girls a circular or pointed yoke at the top is suggested.
Sachets as Bridge Prizes Reflect Hospitality Trends
Sachets are now given as bridge prizes to showcase hospitality over money. Hostesses carry many fresh silk sachets in varying sizes to tuck among handkerchiefs, neckwear, gloves, and lingerie. They are mounted on fine white linen sacks, hold powder, and may be fringed or rose faced. Perfume remains subtle.
Choosing Fur to Suit Skin and Hair Tones
The article argues that fur should match complexion and hair color. It warns that sealiskin can overpower a sallow, dark haired woman, recommending lighter mink and fox shades instead. Brunes can wear lighter seals or golden browns, including chinchilla, to flatter features.
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Ted
Home Notes: Papering and Mirror Polishing Tips
A Papering Hint advises letting new wallpaper fade in the sun to match the wall and tearing patches for irregular edges. Mirror polishing is described: rub with a cloth wrung in cold water then dipped in dry whiting, followed by a dry soft duster for final shine.
English invitations omit Mr and Mrs on cards
In England invitations are issued by the mistress of the house and the phrase Mr and Mrs never appears on an invitation or visiting card. This reflects traditional etiquette and social protocol in British households.
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England
Influence of Pluck and Courage Across Life
A Victorian style remark extols pluck as the blindest instinctive effort with lifting power. It claims every form of courage raises life’s tone within its influence in proportion to the endurance exerted, reflecting a sentiment from the Hbbert Journal.
Plies Phenomenal Luck in Matrimonial Specialties
A humorous item notes Plies luck in marriage as his hobby. The quip claims each Wolo he marries ends in a divorce, framing a comic view of his matrimonial outcomes.
Wooden Tenement Tessie And Shanty Sue Gee Exchange
Tenement Tessie remains described as willowy and longing for her lover as she grows spruce when he approaches the gate. Shanty Sue Gee question asks where she worked in a sawmill, noting a transfer or exchange in the tale.
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Tessie
Coveland Leader Questions Unfound House Plans
In Coveland, a local leader questions the fate of architectural plans, joking that the architect must have carried them out since none are to be found about the house. The remark underscores ongoing suspicions about missing documents and accountability.
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Coveland
Grafting Techniques for Tomato on Potato and Related Plants
The passage explains simple grafting methods for herbaceous plants, highlighting saddle and splice grafts. It details cutting scions and stocks with sharp, slanting or V shaped cuts, joining faces, tying with soft bandages, and covering the graft with a bell jar or hand glass to prevent moisture loss and wilting.
A Simple Method for Reuniting a Young Couple
A judge recalls counseling a nineteen year old husband and seventeen year old wife in a court room. He guides them to think pleasant thoughts of each other, observes their budding affection, and grants a modest anniversary gift. A year later a vase of flowers marks their continued happiness and gratitude. Edmond Compton.
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American Press Association
John
Mary Hilton
Mary Hilston
Providence
Edmond Compton
Hard on the Lips and Horseradish Folly
A cornet player enjoys lemon with oysters but refuses horseradish. He jokes that horseradish weakens the Up muscles, a reason why horn blowers avoid it. The tale mocks the odd belief with a playful disclaimer about horn duties.
The King of Fruits Apple Style Opinion Piece
An essay extols the apple as the king of fruits, noting summer and winter varieties and their storability. It warns that even a small bruise can ruin a whole barrel and urges careful handling to preserve apples through winter and spring, citing expert pomology.
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Baldwin
Hubbardston
King
The Manure Spreader on Efficient Farm Soils
The manure spreader pays for itself by saving labor and boosting manure efficiency. Eight loads per acre with a spreader equal twelve loads by fork, spreading evenly across a wide area improves soil and sod. Some communities embrace the idea while others still resist learning this rationale.
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Thorne
Ohio Station
Deceptive Flight Rates Of Birds Across Species
A reprint from Ex change notes how observers often misjudge bird speed. Cormorants appear slow yet cover a mile in sixty seconds. honeybees seem fast but take two minutes per mile. hummingbirds trail bulkier birds. quails seem swift but are not.
The Drug Fiend. Macheesh And The Slave To Habit
A fragmentary excerpt from Everybody's Magazine discusses the narcotic effects of hasheesh and other drugs. It describes how such substances warp perception, induce false beliefs, and degrade moral and social function. The piece offers cautionary anecdotes about addicts harming others and themselves.
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Macheesh
Kasheesh
Everybody’s Magazine
O Connell Directs Safe Evacuation From Cracking Floor
Irish agitator Daniel O Connell faced a collapsing room during a meeting in a small city. He calmly ordered a staged exit sequence, guiding twelve at a time to the door. He then crossed the splintering floor and escaped as beams finally failed, averting disaster.
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Daniel O'Connell
Treland
O'Connell
Lieutenant reports victo ry at close quarters surrender terms
In London Scraps an officer recounts engaging at close quarters where the young lieutenant declares victory and asks for the commanding officer to sanction surrender terms after surprising his daughter in occupying the same chair.
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Leutenant
London
Kissing the Hands in Early Rome
The practice began as subjection and respect under early rulers, with Caesar’s era keeping it for a time. Emperors later reserved hand kissing as a mark of condescension for high ranking officers. Roman fathers avoided kissing their wives in front of daughters due to its delicacy.
Truth Versus Politeness
A mother guides her daughter Ethel to bid Marian's mother good night after supper. The child reports she avoided the exact greeting because Marian took the largest apple piece and spilled lemonade on her dress. She did say good night and inferred Marian had a pleasant time.
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Ethel
Marian
From Limb to Limb
A humorous dialogue excerpt features a housewife scolding a hobo about getting a steady job. The bum retorts with playful wordplay about “limbs” and law, reflecting streetwise banter from Kansas City.
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Bobo
Kansas City
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