Desperate game in Moriarty Maisonette romance
Barney Moriarty owns a nine story Harlem apartment house. Miss Cordelia Byrne rents a fifth floor flat and, with her piano, stirs the tenants. Moriarty tries to court her as a Pinochle club plots against the couple while Cordelia hints at joining a church. The romance unfolds amid faulty construction and neighborhood gossip.
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Barney Moriarty
Moriarty Maisonette
Barney
Florence
Cordelia Byrne
Mr. Moriarty
Miss Byrne
Moriarty
Paderewski
Mr. Mahoney
Mahoneys
Merceau
Moses
Kinsale
Kany
Misa Byrne
Jen
Win
Jose
Lou
Jim
Cash
Cordelia
Tigo
St. Catherine's
Spring braids and trims shift to color and edges
Fashion notes describe binding braids rising in popularity for tailored costumes next spring with colored stripes and raised cords centered on braids. Soutache radiums stay in vogue, with Berlin producing radiums and soutache still easy to apply. Filet lace embroidery and new imported oriental bands remain widely worn, with net fabrics often black and embroidery in bright colors.
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Berlin
New Flannel Waist For Winter Styles
The winter favors simple flannel blouses with two thirds of morning and school garments shown in thin striped flannel or delaine. Fabrics have smooth firm surfaces, take tailor finish well, are warm and durable, and come in shades mauve leaf green violet blues. Flannel waist collars often feature buttons piping stitched bands and braids.
For Finger Bowls
A woman with a mild mania for things Japanese placed little wicker baskets before each guest. Each basket held a folded napkin of unmistakably Japanese material moistened with perfumed water. Following the host, every guest seized his napkin and used it on lips and fingers while still folded.
Chenilla Trimming in Fringes and Embroideries
Chenilla is described as beautiful for trimming velvets and brocades with fringes or embroideries. Soutacheta is noted for embroidering nets and laces and other thinner textiles, providing a striking contrast.
New Shades Color Amsterdam Blue and Tapestry Blue
The passage outlines two new shades Amster dam blue and tapestry blue. Described as soft and lovely with no harshness, they position blue as the leading color in the palette.
Dry hair care tips from a professional dresser
A hairdresser urges keeping hair dry to avoid baldness, recommends letting it air dry during midday, warns against excessive curling with heated irons, and advises a weekly spray with moderately hot water and no soap. It takes about three hours to dry hair and advises a hot room for a soapy wash but warns against sudden cold rinses.
Pendants FashionUpdate for Dress Ornaments
Pendants are rising in use for dress and neckwear with evening basket forms jeweled in silver or gold. Roman inspired pieces feature goddess motifs in repousse or cameo and amethyst stones. Old oxidized silver settings are popular while chains remain very light and threadlike.
The Muff Purse From Skins of Animals and Imitations
A description of muff purses made from lizard, alligator, pigskin and other real or imitation skins. Sizes are six to eight inches long and about 3% inches wide. They can hold a good-sized wrist bag’s contents and are safer to carry since they are harder to open and less likely to be lost.
Child's Silk Frock for a Little Girl in White Silk
A smart white Japanese silk frock for a young girl features an empire bodice, tucked foot, and insertion with Jaca trim. It has a wide two-part collar, lace edging, and lace appliques at each point. Materials listed include five yards silk, four yards insertion, and six yards lace.
Young Cudahy Saves Ponca Chief in Icy River Rescue
John Cudahy Jr., son of a Chicago packer, saved Ponca Chief Horse Eagle from drowning in Salt Fork river. He suffered two broken ribs and facial injuries but recovered. Ponca braves held a dance in gratitude and offered a tribal marriage alliance, while Miss Horse Eagle lamented the end of her tepee life.
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Cudahy
101
Salt Fork
Horse Eagle
Granch House
Mr. Cudahy
South Dakota Couple Married in the Dark
Miss Rose Hynan and James M. Fontaine wed in secrecy after lights out at her home. Best man Henry J. Spealer led the candle lit ceremony while guests waited in darkness. The couple escaped to a train east as the house was searched for them.
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S. D
Rose Hynan
James M. Fontaine
Mr. Fontaine
Henry J. Spealer
Mr. Spooler
Lost Man Slept Week in Haynear Amherst
William Fernit vanished from Amherst and was found alive a week later when Charles Schultz, removing hay from his barn, swung a fork and Fernit awoke. Fernit had fallen into the swollen stream, dragged himself to a barn, drank cider to revive, and slept in the hay until the awakening.
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Elyria
William Fernit
Amherst
Charles Schultz
Fernit
Ferrit
No Other Choice for Woman in Early Debate
A clipped, fragmentary dialogue reveals fatigue with gender roles as a woman questions marriage as a sole option while a man answers with a bleak sense that no alternative exists. The exchange hints at social constraints and the push for broader life choices.
Exchanges Daughter for Railroad Position Case
Judson H. Coe admitted writing letters in 1902 offering to trade his 16-year-old daughter Ethel for a railroad job with G. W. Smith of the Sioux Central at Waterloo Iowa. The letters were offered in Mrs Theodora Coe's divorce suit. Coe has had three prior marriages and another is dead. Judge Bordwell condemned Coe as a stench in the nostrils of any community.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Judson H. Coe
Ethel
G. W. Smith
Sinois Central
Waterloo
Coe
Bordwell
Theodora Coe
Child Lies Stir Under a Train in Pennsylvania
Six year old Joseph Bradley wandered onto the Pennsylvania railroad tracks south of Pottsville and was run down by an engine. He miraculously escaped injury by lying flat on his stomach between the rails as the train passed. The engineer and fireman returned after the engine stopped, tearful but unharmed.
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Pottsville
Joseph Bradley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atricken
Young Bradley
Lost Temper Repaid In Rare Book Reunion
Edmund Clarence Stedman once threw a book at a servant and lost a rare volume worth fifty dollars. A passerby took it, later found in a second hand shop the same title, and sold it back to him for forty dollars. The dealer included a card proving ownership, revealing the buyer had bought his own property.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Stedman
Splenetic Post
Servants' Heads
New York Press
Sunday School Lessons Across the World From Hartshorn Group
A Boston group led by W N Hartshorn selects annual Sunday school lessons for distribution worldwide. After printing, the lessons are scattered across Europe Africa Asia and the Americas in dozens of languages. India alone requires 40 dialects and about 500 million leaflets are distributed each year.
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Fenway
W. N. Hartshorn
Boston Herald
Europe
Africa
Hawai
Japan
India
Queen Alexandra Visits Mansion House Fete
Queen Alexandra attends Inst epring’s Mansion House fete in London. A young flowermaid Molly, thanked by a kiss from the queen, explains she did it because it would be interesting to tell grandchildren, per Harper’s Weekly.
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Alexandra
Instepring
London
Molly
Harper'a Weekly
English as she is spoke in written German hotel notice
A party of American tourists in a German hotel found a multilingual room notice with English instructions that appear garbled. The sign, posted under electric bulbs in French German and English, urges guests to turn to the right to open something and to turn off lights before bed.
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Germany
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